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Battling Scientology

Anonymous's Gregg Housh is committed to bringing down the Church of Scientology. Is he a gadfly or a goon?
In a world wracked with uncertainty, there is at least one thing you can bet on: pick a fight with the Church of Scientology, and its leaders will fight back — always with vigor, often with a vengeance, and sometimes with litigation that can be long and costly.
By CHRIS FARAONE | October 23, 2008

Oddballs and noisemakers

Looking back 20 years to the Pixies' Surfer Rosa and the beginning of the Best Music Poll
Twenty years ago, the American Top 40 was nothing like Boston’s live music scene.
By TED DROZDOWSKI | May 07, 2008

LOL in the family

Post-roflcon antics at the East
Rick Rolling made real before our eyes? This truly was a special night.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | April 29, 2008

Excellent Italian interview

Steve Albini speaks
Steve Albini is a pretty nerdy guy.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | October 23, 2007

Welcome to Boston

Better than a Duck Tour
You’re one of us now.
By KARL STEVENS AND GUSTAVO TURNER | September 04, 2007

Catch and ‘Release’

Soundbender’s Victory Mile trolls for meaning
Soundbender’s debut full-length, Victory Mile , is not a summery affair.
By SAM PFEIFLE | August 08, 2007

O RLY? YA RLY

The LemmingTrail holiday party, Great Scott, December 22, 2006
“It smells like a middle-school dance,” said username andysad at the LemmingTrail message-board holiday party at Great Scott last Friday.
By WILL SPITZ | December 29, 2006

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