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Flashbacks: Touring MIT's nuclear reactor, the coffee table book from hell, and a 1968 review of the White Album.

 

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Flashbacks: Tantric sex explained, dinner with Julia Child, and a Phoenix writer goes free in Chile

 

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Jayson Blair revisited, Radiohead’s least favorite Radiohead song, and notes on the plight of the tenant-musician

BAD TIMES 5 years ago May 16, 2003 | Dan Kennedy called for “tougher standards” in journalism in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal. “Yet by purging Blair, it would be wrong to think that all is now well at the Times , or in journalism. Tougher standards...

Flashbacks: alternative Seinfeld endings, a local astrologer on whether or not President Reagan is basing all of his decisions on the astrological charts, and Deep Throat on Trial

WEST ROAST 5 years ago May 9, 2003 | Jay Jaroch mused on the bi-coastal lifestyle and the differences between West and East Coasters. “Sure, it’s been new and exciting, but when you grow up East Coast you learn that you should never take yourself too...

Flashbacks: bidding adieu to Dawson’s Creek, the losingest team in basketball, a visit to an “anti-terrorist” driving school, and the most controversial course in Boston

NOT-SO-FOND FAREWELL 5 years ago May 02, 2003| Joyce Millman bade adieu to the WB’s Dawson’s Creek . “An era is about to end as one of TV’s most influential series says goodbye. And no, I’m not talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer . This Wednesday....

Flashbacks: how Al Gore’s favorite book hurt his campaign chances, animal testing controversy, and the mad, mad world of Miss Baby America pageants

PLAYING FAVORITES 5 years ago April 25, 2003 | Brent Kendall analyzed how a presidential candidate’s declared “favorite book” can affect his campaign chances. “The 2000 election demonstrated precisely how candidates' book choices play right into the...

Flashbacks: an embedded reporter goes over to the “dark side,” dumb things John Silber once said about gay people, and the virtual house call

CROSSING OVER 5 years ago April 18, 2003 | Dan Kennedy discussed what he thought was “perhaps the most astounding media story to come out" of the Iraq War. “This past Sunday, Jules Crittenden, the Boston Herald reporter embedded with the Army’s Third...

Flashbacks: A pen with the “genetic essence” of Abe Lincoln, eloquent words for a Red Sox legend, and Daniel Pearl on earthquake etiquette

THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL AND IT’S BEEN PENNED IN FLOURESCENT HUES 5 years ago April 11, 2003 | Camille Dodero looked at how city surfaces were providing "a canvas for public expression" concerning the Iraq War . “In the cavernous front lobby...

Flashbacks: The Pope as human shield, the Tarantino touch, and a hermit goes to heaven

HOLY PURPOSE 5 years ago March 14, 2003 | Michael Bronski talked to a peace activist with the idea of sending the Pope to Iraq in order to stop the impending war. “Renowned peace and anti-nuke activist Helen Caldicott thinks she has a way to stop the...

Flashbacks: adventures in smuggling, all-star alternatives, and yet another person who's been threatened by Dapper O’Neil

CONFESSIONS OF A SMUGGLER 20 years ago February 5, 1988 | Nancy Roosa wrote of her experience as a smuggler in Asia. “The offers were almost too good to pass up. For simply carrying items from Hong Kong into Thailand or Taiwan, as we did, handwritten...

Last Week's Flashbacks

CONSUMER CULTURE 10 years ago January 23, 1998 | Looking for culture on the newly named ‘Avenue of the Arts,’ Ellen Barry instead found corporations and flags. “For those who failed to notice it, Huntington Avenue is no more. From Copley Square clear...