Table of contents for week of April 29, 2005
NEWS & FEATURES
Good things come to those who wait: here, now, is the much-anticipated part two of our exposé, "Business as Usual in the Era of Baldacci?" This week, Lance Tapley investigates how a real-estate firm owned by prominent Baldacci supporters has emerged as a major landlord for state agencies.
Looking for the gay-and-lesbian social scene? Try the STD clinic or the tea dance, and don't worry at all about reaffirming the worst fears of bigots when you're getting dressed for the clinic. By Tony Giampetruzzi.
The religious right attempts a coup against the federal judiciary. Will it succeed - or prompt a backlash? By Dan Kennedy.
Don't be fooled again: Michael Bronski says the Catholic Church wasn't even all that liberal under Vatican II, when it began expanding into the Third World.
Plus, this just in:
Q&A: Sister Helen Prejean is still walking
LIVE-MUSIC SCENE: Acoustic fights back
GAY RIGHTS: Scalia gets an anal pop quiz at NYU
SAMSON SEAGULL: An Arden Hendrie comic
Politics and Other Mistakes
Bramhall Square
Letters to the editor
Savage Love
Crossword solution
MUSIC
Music plays a major role at Long Creek Youth Development Center. By Sam Pfeifle.
Ted Drozdowski talks to Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry about Perry's new solo album, which is creatively titled Joe Perry.
Indie icons Mercury Rev have embraced digital downloads as a workable business model. Why can't other, more influential bands do the same? By Mac Randall.
Matt Ashare examines the Experience Music Project.
Plus, Sibilance.
Worth the trip:
Sarah Borges finds her roots, plus Jimmy Ryan's new Hayride
Also, short reviews of:
Armor for Sleep: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE DEAD
Big Bear: BIG BEAR
The Books: LOST AND SAFE
Ivy: IN THE CLEAR
The Mountain Goats: THE SUNSET TREE
Stars: SET YOURSELF ON FIRE
The Supersuckers: DEVIL’S FOOD
FILM
Gary Susman says The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy gives viewers a thrilling lift.
Short reviews of:
HOUSE OF D
KING’S RANSOM
XXX: STATE OF THE UNION
Worth the trip:
Fearless Freaks at the Brattle
THEATER
Megan Grumbling explains how Portsmouth helped host Peace.
DANCE
Worth the trip:
Alvin Ailey; Cyberarts; 'Ten's the Limit'
ART
Chris Thompson chats with Aaron T. Stephan, whose "LIFT" is now showing at in the atrium of the University of Southern Maine’s new Joel and Linda Abromson Community Education Center. The picture cannot possibly do this justice.
Worth the trip:
"Andy Warhol: Intimate and Unseen Photographs from the Jon J. Gould Collection" at the Fitchburg Art Museum
BOOKS
The RZA looks inside the Clan in his Wu-Tang Manual. Now this is how you convince kids that reading is FUNdamental. By Sam Pfeifle.
Clea Simon reviews Wesley Stace's tall Victorian tale, Misfortune.
FOOD
Andy King says asparagus is a great way to bid farewell to the cold and welcome warmer days, and, as if to prove his point, offers a few recipes.
SPECIALS
Best Music Poll 2005
The Best of 2004
Portland Band Guide
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