PORTLAND

Words over pictures
- BY KEN GREENLEAF

It’s not about the art

Looking behind the effort to paint South Portland oil tanks
The Art All Around project proposes to paint original artists’ designs on several Sprague Energy Corporation oil tanks in South Portland.

By: JEFF INGLIS | September 03, 2008

Obscene gas prices, stolen equipment, broken vans, no sleep -- so why do bands still go on tour?
Right around this time 10 years ago, our van died in the desert plains of Arizona on some godless stretch of I-8.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | September 04, 2008

She’s all okay

Darien Brahms is better than ever on Number 4
Darien Brahms has been pegged as an alt-country diva or an anti-war activist, but on her solo records she’s mostly been an old-school rocker.

By: SAM PFEIFLE | September 03, 2008

Ask me anything

A free instant answer to any question is just a text away. But what do ChaCha’s guides have that , say, librarians don’t?
It used to be that, if you had a burning question, you had to a) ask your mom; b) consult a Magic 8 Ball; or c) trek to the top of a mountain to seek out a sagacious, all-knowing guru.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | September 03, 2008

The jury's out

Finding some distinct voices at the CMCA
Juried shows are a terrible idea.

By: KEN GREENLEAF | September 03, 2008

The enthusiasm gap

This election, with Obama having stoked pennant fever in Denver, it is the Dems who have cornered the excitement market
The selection of gun-shooting, anti-abortion, creationist, doctrinaire conservative Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as John McCain’s vice-presidential nominee has finally got the GOP’s conservative base excited.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | September 03, 2008

Palin: The plain truth

Don’t be fooled by the Tina Fey styling, McCain’s vice-presidential pick is a menace
In selecting Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential candidate, Republican nominee John McCain pulled a Clarence Thomas.

By: EDITORIAL | September 03, 2008

World without end

After we're gone
Will the Earth miss us when we’re gone?

By: JEFF INGLIS | September 03, 2008

Moving

Going green
I moved in August, from a largish two-bedroom on the Hill to a smallish one-bedroom downtown.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 03, 2008

A threat, but not to security

Deane Brown battles on
Maine prisoner Deane Brown, 44, is no longer in solitary confinement, though he remains far from Maine.

By: LANCE TAPLEY | September 03, 2008

Casual party

Low-key enjoyment at Flask
It is woman-owned and gay-friendly in a low-key way.

By: BRIAN DUFF | September 03, 2008

13 shots to the dome

The 10 hours and 29 minutes of LL Cool J’s career
What to do with LL Cool J?

By: RICHARD BECK | September 03, 2008

Murder Weapon, Werewolves on Wheels, Lead Stiletto

Music seen, Geno's, August 28, 2008
Despite a thin crowd, each band was in fine form.

By: DAN CLARK | September 05, 2008

Beautiful Losers

Shallow, reverent
Aaron Rose’s Beautiful Losers offers little more than a chance to see nice people talk about their nice-looking art.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | September 03, 2008

Keep the heat on

Letters to the Portland Editor, September 5, 2008
Thank you for getting this out in the open.

By: LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | September 03, 2008

Nobody's perfect

To err is Too Human
Fair or not, it’s hard to discuss Too Human without bringing in the circumstances of its creation.

By: MITCH KRPATA | September 02, 2008

Blood sucks

HBO does the ‘Southern Vampire’
With regard to this whole nouveau vampire thing, this revitalized appreciation for the undead, I should declare myself at the outset a more or less complete philistine.

By: JAMES PARKER | September 02, 2008