Tom Sawyer

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Beauty in the beast

Mastodon, live at the Boston House of Blues, May 7, 2009
My Zen moment with Mastodon hit at about the point where the maelstrom of "The Czar, pt. I: Usurper" receded only to be replaced with the falling-down-stairs drum battery and faux Southern-rock riff twang and intentional pick squeals of "The Czar, pt. II: Escape."
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | May 11, 2009

Crossword: ''Verse for wear''

Hey, at least it fits
Hey, at least it fits
By MATT JONES | February 04, 2009

Ambling

Caitlin Corbett’s dance for the masses
Tom’s Wealth: A Dance for the Masses , which premiered last weekend at the Tsai Center, is about the physical equivalent of these toys and talismans.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | September 24, 2008

Winged feet

Dance around town
Dance highlights from the fall season.
By DEBRA CASH | September 11, 2008

Prog bites

Eight completely awesome Rush moments
Okay, so we all know “Tom Sawyer” and “Spirit of Radio,” but the real genius of Rush lies not just in the deep cuts but in the awesome parts buried within every song.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | June 09, 2008

The curatorial eye

Daniel McCusker’s ‘tHisTHat’
Never merely illustrative, their unity seemed like the very source of Heaven.
By DEBRA CASH | April 28, 2008

Elect the dead

Politics and other mistakes
Before they can be taken seriously, candidates for Congress ought to meet certain stringent criteria. Such as: having a pulse.
By AL DIAMON | November 28, 2007

Keeping it surreal

The Beastie Boys at the Centrum, August 25, 1998
This article originally appeared in the September 4, 1998 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By MATT ASHARE | October 25, 2006

Second shutdown

The politics of the Georgia-Pacific decision
Some answers for John Baldacci's unpopularity may be discerned in an event that took place in Old Town March 16 — an event that could have sealed the Maine governor's fate.
By LANCE TAPLEY | March 29, 2006