NEWS & FEATURES
Portland's gone pug crazy!
Michael Bronski looks back on the life of James Dean, and notes that, even fifty years after his death, he reamins a teen angst icon.
Plus, this just in:
KATRINA CONTINUES Rep. Eder’s report from Louisiana
CITY POLITICS What’s nonpartisan mean?
WILL VOLUNTEER FOR FOOD LPOV goes gala; you can come, too
SOX-YANKS HAIKU A calm before the storm
Politics and other mistakes
Bramhall Square
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love
Crossword solution
MUSIC
Sam Pfeiffle on Pondering Judd.
Scott Frampton interviews Franz Ferdinand as they try to avoid the sophomore slump.
James Parker took one for the team: he watched INXS pick their new lead singer on a television show so you didn't have to.
Jonathan Stern chills out with surfer girl Tristan Prettyman, accomplished songwriter and Jason Mraz's girlfriend.
Ted Drozdowski checks out the new alliance between Daniel Lanois and Tortoise.
Jonathan Perry advises you to make the trip for Ike Reilly and his Assassination.
Plus, Sibilance
Also, short reviews of:
THE BAD PLUS SUSPICIOUS
BANE THE NOTE
THE LIKE ARE YOU THINKING WHAT I’M THINKING
LOS LONELY BOYS LIVE AT THE FILLMORE
METRIC LIVE IT OUT
THE MOST SERENE REPUBLIC UNDERWATER CINEMATOGRAPHER
FILM
Short reviews of:
FLIGHTPLAN
OLIVER TWIST
SERENITY
Worth the trip:
Steve Vineberg recommends the Brattle's Greta Garbo retrospective.
THEATER
Megan Grumbling on how theater is taking on the Maine Civic Christian League.
Worth the trip:
Carolyn Clay has the story on a trio of musicals: Pal Joey, Camelot, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
DANCE
Worth the trip:
Vincent Matsoe at Zero Arrow
ART
Ian Paige checks out "Unveiling" at the Gorham Art Gallery.
Worth the trip:
Hirschorn's "Utopia" at the ICA.
BOOKS
Sam Pfeiffle on When Towns Had Teams, a compendium of Maine's baseball history.
Mike Miliard interviews Harvey Pekar.
Bernard Marx comments on the unveiling of DC's Infinite Crisis saga. The comic world will never be the same.
Nina MacLaughlin on wunderkid Nick McDonnell's second novel, The Third Brother. It should be noted that the 21-year-old McDonnell's first novel was published when he was 18.
FOOD
Andy King goes on a mission to find the best sandwiches in the area, and picks two winners: K & D Sandwich Shop and Full Belly Deli.
SPECIALS
Best Music Poll 2005
The Best of 2004
Portland Band Guide
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