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Sex and (comic) sensibilities

Dirty pictures
Josie and the Pussycats were sexy for cartoons, but they were a fairly chaste trio — too shy to appear in full-frontal shower scenes.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | January 30, 2008

Memories

Lisa Loeb at Newbury Comics
I have a secret crush on Lisa Loeb. When I was 13, I sang every word to “Do You Sleep?” in solidarity with Loeb, alone in my bedroom.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | January 28, 2008

Unguarded glamour

The Queens' Queen
In the formative days of her photography career, Kelly Davidson snapped portraits of dolls, and she took it seriously.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | January 09, 2008

Vowel free

Rcrd Lbl's free and legal downloads
Rcrd Lbl pays both artists and labels like Warp and Modular in exchange for permission to post songs.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | December 17, 2007

Just for him or her

Personalized gifts they have to keep
This goes well beyond engraved pen sets and monogrammed napkins.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | December 10, 2007

Twelve by 12

A dozen local filmmakers weave a musical, a serial-killer parody, and 10 other short movies into a cinematic patchwork quilt
It’s before noon on a Saturday and I’m at the Glass Slipper.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | December 07, 2007

Give a goat for $150

Earth-friendly charities
The holiday season is traditionally a time of wonder and wastefulness.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | December 05, 2007

Staying true

Ted Leo holds out
With his roots in the popular ’90s band Chisel and his passion for punk-influenced, politically minded music, Ted Leo is a man with all types of fans.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | November 27, 2007

If looks could thrill

Graphic design meets boards and twin tips
The world of snow sports merges with the world of art in completely unique way.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | November 14, 2007

Do tell

Secret agent man
The Internet has been an agglomerate of secrets since the first chat room was invented.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | October 24, 2007

Crank that, techie

Cool jerks
In the summer of 2006, DeAndre Way, then 16, combated summer boredom in Batesville, Mississippi, by writing songs with Fruity Loops digital-audio software.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | October 12, 2007

Shriiimp on the Barbie

Allston-based graffiti artists are giving new meaning to objets d’art
Shrimp, the edible crustaceans commonly dipped in tart, tangy cocktail sauce, don’t usually carry overtly sexual connotations.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | October 03, 2007

Silver spokes of justice

Cyclist foils heist
This past Wednesday, Lee Peters spotted a man and a woman attempting to steal his bike near the Christian Science Plaza.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | September 26, 2007

Writers extol sacred objects of everyday use — and uselessness
Until I was 14, I spent nearly every Saturday evening wading through a wealth of antique objects in my grandmother’s small apartment in the Baltimore suburbs.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | September 24, 2007

The list is life

His name's not Earl
There’s a line in John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy,” favored by free spirits and Type-B thinkers: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | September 12, 2007

Lost World

MTV’s The Real World: Sydney
Moments into the first episode of MTV’s The Real World: Sydney, Dunbar Flinn proudly confesses, “I summed everyone up quickly — who’s worth looking at, and who’s not.”

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | August 15, 2007

Dishes must be done before bedtime

Celebrating the passive voice
In May, 25-year-old Brooklyn-based writer Kerry Miller was swapping Craigslist-roommate horror stories on a date.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | August 01, 2007

MySpacing

Hot and not
Here are some current top MySpace artists to check out, and some to avoid.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | October 27, 2008

Prison sentences

Words to live by
On a recent Sunday, in the visiting room of the Bay State Correctional Center in Norfolk, a child darted between rows of green vinyl chairs in a flurry of giggles.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | July 18, 2007

More than just 'Abel'

The National, Middle East Downstairs, June 21-22, 2007
Berninger, eyes still closed, let the music overtake him as he led the audience in frenzied shouts of “I won’t fuck us over."

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | June 25, 2007

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