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Review: Afghan Star

Moving, chilling
The Russians couldn't conquer Afghanistan, and to this point neither have the Americans, but it seems a televised singing-competition has.
By LANCE GOULD | July 28, 2009

Spare Us the Early Onslaught of Christmas!!

Rant
On the night of Saturday, November 1, I went to a house party in the Fox Point section of Providence. Standing in the beer line, flanked by Cruella DeVille and Catwoman, I was both confused and underdressed.
By PHILIP EIL | November 12, 2008

30 on 30

30 local luminaries look back on 30 years of the New Paper and the Providence Phoenix
The Providence Phoenix celebrates 30 years with 30 interviews
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | October 24, 2008

Vicious squircles

The Big Hurt: grave errors and virtual disappointments
Someone has made off with Ian Curtis's gravestone.
By DAVID THORPE | July 15, 2008

Socks appeal

Drag kings flip the script on gender impersonation. We go undercover to get to the meat of the matter.
Rico swaggers down the aisle of the Art House Theatre in Provincetown, oozing confidence and brazenly flirting with the cheering women who’ve claimed every available seat for the sold-out show.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | July 09, 2008

‘Hell’ yeah!

Hellboy II is even better
The richness of Guillermo del Toro's vision as a filmmaker is even more visible in Hellboy II: The Golden Army than it was in 2004’s Hellboy , the last movie he made before Pan's Labyrinth .
By GARY SUSMAN | November 11, 2008

Cover girls

Cat Power and Shelby Lynne
On Cat Power’s second album of covers, she might be traveling the same territory Elvis did in “Kentucky Rain” — a country road with low clouds on a chill, gray afternoon.
By CHARLES TAYLOR | February 04, 2008

Defending the universally loathed

The Phoenix looks with loving eyes at some of the worst people, places, and things in the world — and gives them a big hug
Forsaken entities deserve a second chance.
By PHOENIX STAFF | January 14, 2008

Comedy Rambo

A gladiator of mockery, Stephen Colbert is dismantling American society from the inside
Misunderestimate Stephen Colbert at your peril.
By DAVID BIANCULLI | November 16, 2007

Flashbacks: May 26, 2006

The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966 .
These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Chris Brook.
By EDITORIAL | May 24, 2006

Ladies' man

Letters to the Boston editor, May 12, 2006
Letters to the Boston editor, May 12, 2006
By EDITORIAL | May 10, 2006

St. Anger

On the racks: Neil Young's Living with War ; Pearl Jam's comeback album
Plus new albums by Jewel, the BellRays, and Rebel Meets Rebel.
By MATT ASHARE | May 02, 2006

Holding the phone

Love, round two, in Freeport
Love-birds on a wire are the lead paramours of Neil Simon’s 1977 Chapter Two , a romantic comedy set in New York, produced by the Freeport Community Players under the direction of Barbara Buck.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | April 26, 2006

Hip-hop history interview and podcast

Hip-hop journalism comes of age
Authors Jeff Chang and Brian Coleman talk about the latest wave of hip-hop criticism.
By CARLY CARIOLI | March 09, 2006

Hitsville UK?

Art Brut, the Cribs, and Brakes spearhead Britain’s new underground
Of the many, many excellent jokes singer Eddie Argos makes on the crackerjack debut by his London-based band Art Brut, the best might be the band’s name itself.
By MIKAEL WOOD | February 22, 2006

Third impressions

Do the Strokes have anything left to say?
"With new bands I always listen to the third album," the Kinks’ Ray Davies has said. "That’s the real key to know what’s going to happen."
By WILL SPITZ | January 14, 2006