May 19, 2010
By Carly Carioli
May 13, 2010
By Ryan Stewart
This week in the paper, our own Chris Faraone interviews journalist DAVE TOMPKINS on his new book, How to Wreck a Nice Beach, which outlines the history of the Vocoder. As it happens, we know some people who have access to a Vocoder, so above, listen to audio of Faraone reading a passage from Tompkins' book filtered through that very device (and set to images of vocoders, voice boxes, Russian flight attendants, fornicating astronauts, and hostage situations).
February 19, 2010
By Ryan Stewart
Via Bostonist, Blue Mass Group has video of our new Massachusetts Senator talking with Neil Cavuto on Fox News about the incident in Texas where a man lit his house on fire and then flew his plane into an IRS building in Austin. He seems to be saying that the guy shares a mindset with his own supporters. The relevant quote:
February 09, 2010
By Carly Carioli
January 31, 2010
By Carly Carioli
Finally: the ass-kicking MARTHA COAKLEY deserves. Delivered not by any actual Democrats, but by Fred Armisen's BARACK OBAMA on Saturday Night Live. Worst. Candidate. Ever. And that "couldn't beat Dick Cheney for mayor of Berkeley" joke reads uncannily like our election-night Facebook update. Can we get a "Shame on you, Martha Coakley" ring-tone rip?
January 19, 2010
By Carly Carioli
KEITH OLBERMANN is a sports guy. Inside, we suspect he's not too happy about Martha Coakley's Red Sox flubs either. But there are times -- especially during the Hot Stove season -- when we put such minor things aside. Here's why:
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January 01, 2010
By Carly Carioli
SCORING HIGHLIGHTS: Bruins steal Fenway thriller late. More after the jump...
November 19, 2009
By Deirdre Fulton
We're proud to say that former Phoenix intern Sam MacLaughlin (bro to former Web Managing Editor and scribe Nina) is featured in this Daily Show clip about the mad rush slow crawl to buy Sarah Palin's new book ("So you've come in character as everything that's wrong with America!"). He's the bookish lad around the 2:45 mark: "One more than seven!"
October 01, 2009
By Chris Faraone
For all the bad things that “compassionate” talk radio crack-lickers say about Michael Moore, he sure is a nice dude. So nice, in fact, that he allowed us to video the round-table interview that Boston writers conducted before yesterday’s screening of Capitalism: A Love Story. His only request: we not show his legs.
September 17, 2009
By Carly Carioli
Tomorrow the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston opens its latest blockbuster, "Damian Ortega: Do It Yourself." It is, in the words of our own Greg Cook, a "survey of work by a former political
cartoonist whose sculptures — like a tin space capsule and mobile
victory obelisk — often address political and social themes from his
native Mexico.
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