Table of contents for week of June 17, 2005
NEWS & FEATURES
Lance Tapley has some bad news for Baldacci: Opinion polls have him below a 50-percent approval rating for the first time. Will his spaghetti-supper campaigning skills be enough for him to reconnect with voters?
Not everyone hates Hillary Rodham Clinton, but sometimes it sure seems that way. Dan Kennedy wonders: what's a power-player to do?
Plus, this just in:
THE BIG PICTURE: Going after CAFTA
OUT AND ABOUT: Smoke ’em if you got ’em
UPDATE OF DEVELOPMENTS: Sacred Heart RFP released
LEGISLATIVE FINALE: LD 1481 DOA
Politics and Other Mistakes
Letters to the editor
Savage Love
Game On
Crossword solution
MUSIC
Lissa Schneckenburger and Andy Happel rip the fiddle. What's not to love? By Sam Pfeifle.
Alt-rock survivors System of a Down, Audioslave, and Foo Fighters rise to the challenge of a new decade. By Matt Ashare.
After returning from Montreal's Mutek techno-music fest, Nick Sylvester was led to wonder if Boston will ever be a dance-music town. Which we in Portland are certainly deeply concerned about.
Forget the Björk comparisons: Mikael Wood says Emiliana Torrini finds her own voice on Fisherman's Woman.
Jay-Z gives his pal Memphis Bleek a push on 534. By Leon Neyfakh.
Plus, Sibilance.
Also, short reviews of:
Alkaline Trio: CRIMSON
Laura Cantrell: HUMMING BY THE FLOWERED VINE
Hugh Masekela: REVIVAL
Jimbo Mathus: KNOCKDOWN SOUTH
Alanis Morissette: JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC
FILM
Peter Keough praises Batman Begins for its evocation and exploration of terror.
Short reviews of:
THE HONEYMOONERS
THE PERFECT MAN
THEATER
Maine State Music Theatre brings on big band with Swing! By Megan Grumbling.
ART
Maggie Knowles peruses Duane Paluska's new sculptures and paintings show at June Fitzpatrick’s
Worth the trip:
"The Quilts of Gee’s Bend" at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
BOOKS
Christopher Marlowe writes Hamlet; Joan Aiken rewrites history. All this and more as Jeffrey Gantz explores alternate Englands in literature.
FOOD
Andy King says Michael Sanders’s Families of the Vine chooses to concentrate on a region long on history but short of press, and as such is quite intriguing.
SPECIALS
Best Music Poll 2005
The Best of 2004
Portland Band Guide
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