Recently added articles from The Boston Globe (Boston, MA):
TELEVI S I ON Six, Two, and uneven ; AMC miniseries `The Prisoner' gets caught in plot loops
Nov 13, 2009; ... Ian McKellen could probably make Ashton Kutcher's tweets soundlike poetry. The British actor just about sings his lines ofdialogue, using melody, dissonance, phrasing, and meter in serviceof his intentions. With his majestic delivery, he almost gives theexistential blather of AMC's "The ...
SOU ND OFF
Nov 13, 2009; ... A few weeks back Barbra Streisand pulled a slight upset when shebested Mariah Carey for the No. 1 slot on the Billboard albumcharts. Streisand had several things working for her, including anappearance on "Oprah" and core fans in a demographic that still buyrecords. Since Carey hadn't ...
iPOD SHUFFLE
Nov 13, 2009; ... Ageless lead Bangle Susanna Hoffs plays the Regent Theatre inArlington tonight with another master of pop, Matthew Sweet. As Sidn Susie, they've recorded two CDs of cover songs, the firstfeaturing '60s faves and the most recent focused on the 1970s. She'salso got an iPhone loaded with ...
RAUNCHY AND RAPID-FIRE ; AMANDA BLANK RAPS WITH A SPEED THAT JUST COMES NATURALLY TO HER
Nov 13, 2009 ... "I know, right?" Blank says from her hometown of Philadelphia,keenly aware of the skepticism. "I really don't know how any of thishappened. I just started rapping when I was younger, and that wasit. It's one of the very few things that come to me naturally. I'mnot really that good at a ...
Bringing power pop to the people
Nov 13, 2009; ... If you happen to know where the International Pop Overthrowfestival nicked its name (it's the title of the 1991 debut album bypower-pop revivalists Material Issue), then next week's celebrationof sharp hooks and catchy choruses are for you. But even if youdon't, IPO founder David Bash ...