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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Holy war

How an unholy alliance of Catholics, Mormons, and evangelicals seeks to control our lives
And so it came to pass, Roman Catholics, Mormons, and evangelical Protestants have banded together to battle, well, the rest of us — the heathens, the godless liberals, the Hitchens-reading progressives.
By: JEFF INGLIS  |  June 28, 2010
 

Arts

Dutch courage
David Mitchell's Jacob de Zoet revises historical fiction
Unholy contraptions
Tavares Strachan's rockets, plus 'The Boat Show' at Drive By, and 'Sensed, Unseen' at GASP

Food

Review: Basho Japanese Brasserie
A tasty fusion of new and traditional Japanese fare
Review: Kelly's Roast Beef
A new Allston outlet captures the flavors, if not the charm, of the original

Life

Gassed-up seafood
Hoopleville

Movies

Interview: Mark and Jay Duplass
The  Cyrus writer-directors keep it simple
Review: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Passion among the titans
Review: Cyrus
Umbilical discord: The Duplass Brothers get Oedipal
Review: Grown Ups
Puerile adult humor ensues
Review: Jonah Hex
Disfigured antihero shacks up with a prostitute
Review: Knight and Day
Cruise's creepiness only  adds to the role
Review: Le Amiche
An artsy, unsentimental chick flick
Review: Ondine
Mysterious mer-woman takes up with a fisherman
Review: Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
Linking movies and Cubist painting
Stuff and nonsense
Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle returns

Music

Dare to be filthy
Semi Precious Weapons celebrate partying and poverty
Don't mess with Neko
New Pornographers | House of Blues Boston | June 18, 2010
Kings of Queens
Why Mobb Deep are still the fittest
Photos: Courtney Love and Hole, live at House of Blues
Hole, live at House of Blues Boston, on June 23, 2010
Photos: Courtney Love at Ames
Courtney Love | Ames | June 23, 2010

Music Continued

Photos: Evelyn Evelyn at the House of Blues
  Evelyn Evelyn | House of Blues | June 19, 2010
Photos: Isis and the Melvins at the Paradise
Isis and the Melvins at the Paradise | June 21, 2010
Photos: James Taylor and Carole King at the TD Garden
  James Taylor + Carole King | TD Garden | June 19-20, 2010
Photos: New Pornographers at the House of Blues
New Pornographers | House of Blues | June 18, 2010
Quiet riot
The Points North don't need to be pushy
Review: Carole King and James Taylor
Live at TD Garden | June 19-20, 2010
Taio Cruz | Rokstarr
Mercury (2010)
The Big Hurt: Vince Neil acts his age
Plus The Situation singled, Drake unsurpassed, Pete Doherty denied, Lou Reed exonerated
Twos for the road
Duos that did

News

Dear Phoenix Readers
A word from the new editor
Harper's Magazine, 1850-1980
The legacy of Willie Morris and Lewis H. Lapham
Holy war
How an unholy alliance of Catholics, Mormons, and evangelicals seeks to control our lives
Mr. Patrick Goes to Franklin Park
'Deval in the 'Hood' Dept.
Riot squads
While Boston chilled, LA burned. What makes fans in some cities go wild — win or lose?
Same Old Faces
It's an outsider's year for candidates, but the consultants are old Beacon Hill mainstays. Plus, who spent what at the conventions, and Baker goes on TV first.
Save the pool
Plans to alter the magnificent reflecting pool at the Christian Science Center should not be allowed
Two sides to Guy
Boston Phoenix letters, June 25, 2010

RecRoom

Back to the future
Comedy Central resurrects Groening's other show
Crossword: ''Rumble in the Bowl''
Part of this unbalanced breakfast.
Sports Blotter: Dead Duck
Oregon's Masoli finally stalls out; plus, a World Cup ambush, and Florida strikes back



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