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The aforementioned Matt has a piece in this week's Phoenix about Flobots and their visit to Providence later this week. In the wake of such artist-activists as the Coup and Rage Against the Machine, Flobots have attracted a strong following with their...
In a story about how one person can make a big difference, the Phoenix reported last year on how Caitie Whelan , a senior at Brown, has been aiding the Merasi, a community of lower-caste musicians in India. Under the Hindu caste system, the 15,000 Merasi...
I'm more partial to his son, Christopher , but it's hard to deny Buckley's influence. From the NYT : William Buckley, with his winningly capricious personality, his use of ten-dollar words and a darting tongue writers loved to compare to an anteater’s...
The most unusual candidate running in NH today could be Vermin Supreme , a political activist from Rockport, Massachusetts, who is on the Republican ballot . I only heard of him for the first time during a recent network TV report, but Supreme has a long...
So wonders Brian C. Jones : This year’s edition of the Newport Folk Festival was almost perfect. For one thing, it had the best T-shirt, just a simple line across the front: “What would Woody do?” It’s a great variation on the question about global warming...
It's time for the annual Best issue of the Providence Phoenix. The highlights include readers' picks for the best the state can offer in arts and entertainment , city life , shopping , a host of editors' picks , and more. One of my favorite parts of this...
