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NEW ENGLAND MUSIC NEWS
Portland scene report: May 16, 2008:
Sibilance
Pinksy, the new band that grew from the ashes of Local Nothing, were hoping to drop their first EP, Two for the Road, May 6.
By:
PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF
SIPPING
Cheers to green beer:
Going green
Since we drink so much beer, shouldn't we expect it to be produced sustainably?
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
TALKING POLITICS
Healthy living:
Politics and other mistakes
I love beer. I hate taxes.
By:
AL DIAMON
THIS JUST IN
Where's Nick now?:
And how the hell will he get to Hawaii
On his first night in Portland, Nick Galusha thought he might have to go without a bed.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
MUSIC FEATURES
Nine is fine:
Portland's Best Music Poll 2008
Thanks to the hundreds of you who ventured out right after work (or perhaps played hooky from work) on Wednesday night to attend our ninth annual Best Music Poll Portland Music Awards Show.
By:
JEFF INGLIS
LIFESTYLE FEATURES
Steam dream:
Steampunk bursts through its subculture roots to challenge our musical, fashion, design, and even political sensibilities
The All-in-One Victorian PC is the perfect little black dress of computer modifications.
By:
SHARON STEEL
THEATER
Staying mum:
Portland Stage questions authority
Caught between two strong personalities, between tradition and modernism, and between the realms of women and of men — Sister James wakes to the grays of good, faith, and motivation.
By:
MEGAN GRUMBLING
RESTAURANT REVIEWS
The dine-out set:
Mim's confluence of influences
Mim’s on Commercial Street is one of Portland’s best places to ponder life from the perspective of set theory.
By:
BRIAN DUFF
MUSEUM AND GALLERY
Artistic anatomy:
Molding discomfort in plastic
"There are three mahogany chairs chainlinked together. They have anus seats with hemorrhoids all over them."
By:
IAN PAIGE
LIVE REVIEWS
Akudama:
Music seen at 14 Winter St, May 10, 2008
By:
CHAD CHAMBERLAIN
NEW ENGLAND MUSIC NEWS
Portland scene report: May 9, 2008:
Sibilance starts now
Portland’s little music scene continues to make strange bedfellows.
By:
PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF
NEW ENGLAND MUSIC NEWS
Good to great:
Dead End Armory offer treasures by the ounce
Harrity attributes the reverb’s warmth to the location of the recording, but there is also a collective consciousness here.
By:
SAM PFEIFLE
NEWS FEATURES
Taking from the poor:
Democratic lawmakers show their Republican values
What values do Maine’s Democrats hold?
By:
LANCE TAPLEY
MUSIC FEATURES
A Peapod grows in Portland:
A young label sports sonic wisdom
Harrity’s albums sound like the work of an invisible hand, and it’s apparent that he likes it that way.
By:
CHRISTOPHER GRAY
THIS JUST IN
Venice in Longfellow Square:
On location
All the venue’s a stage in Naked Shakespeare’s theatrical ethos.
By:
MEGAN GRUMBLING
THIS JUST IN
SPACE auction may also serve as a swan song:
Farewell, Polaroid
Polaroid announced in February that it will discontinue manufacturing the film in 2008.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
THE EDITORIAL PAGE
Courting disaster:
Why McCain’s right-wing judicial pledge would further compromise America’s future
With the price of food and gasoline running at punishing levels, it is no surprise that the economy has replaced the disastrous war in Iraq as the issue with which voters are most concerned.
THIS JUST IN
Shields up:
Press releases
Reporters around the state should mark two dates on their calendars.
By:
JEFF INGLIS
THIS JUST IN
Look at Maine’s alternative-transport options:
Commute another way week
Check it out: the Portland Green Streets initiative (through which locals can get free coffee on the last Friday of every month — if they choose an eco-friendly method of getting to work) has taken off.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
FEATURES
Heirloom Ukrainian recipes:
Written in English for the first time
In a wind-bound seaside cottage rental where she’s been living this year, Sasha Prygoniuk, a 25-year old Ukrainian, has volunteered to teach me (and you) how to “kook,” (as she so charmingly pronounces it).
By:
LINDSAY STERLING
TALKING POLITICS
Twisted debate:
Politics and other mistakes
Perhaps you didn’t even know Allen has a challenger in his bid to take on Republican US Senator Susan Collins in November.
By:
AL DIAMON
LIVE REVIEWS
’80s night:
Music seen at Bubba’s Sulky Lounge, May 2, 2008
Do you know what the Number One single was the day you were born?
By:
SONYA TOMLINSON
THEATER
Natural style:
The Theater Project's fab Steel Magnolias
The Louisiana salon run by Truvy is packed with the stuff of 1980s comfort and beauty: Tab, trolls, and a whole slew of blow dryers.
By:
MEGAN GRUMBLING
MUSEUM AND GALLERY
A look back:
A longtime Maine artist gets a mini-retrospective
“Integrity” is the word that comes to mind while walking through the Lois Dodd show at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport.
By:
KEN GREENLEAF
MUSIC FEATURES
Best Music Poll 2008:
Local and national winners from our annual readers' poll
By:
PHOENIX STAFF
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BLOGS
ABOUT TOWN
Allen endorses Obama
posted at 8:57 AM / 5.18.2008
Freedom isn't free
posted at 8:57 AM / 5.18.2008
Maine's gas prices are relatively cheap
posted at 8:57 AM / 5.18.2008
Understanding Delogu
posted at 8:57 AM / 5.18.2008
It Depends On What Your Definition of 'Now' Is
posted at 8:57 AM / 5.18.2008
Strimling blames speculation for high oil prices
posted at 8:57 AM / 5.18.2008
UPDATED: Maine Attorney General obstructs public information
posted at 8:57 AM / 5.18.2008
Freedom isn't free
posted at 8:55 AM / 5.18.2008
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