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Kristen Lombardi says that when dealing with sex-abuse cases against priests, the Catholic Church acts more like a greedy corporation than a spiritual institution

Robert David Sullivan tells us why John Kerry is going to have a tough time getting past the primaries

An impressionistic guide to moving into the neighborhood

Danielle Sadler and Scott Kathan tell you how to settle in to your new place

In Don't Quote Me, Dan Kennedy pontificates about the role of the Globe ombudsmen

In the Phoenix editorial, the Catholic Church must stop its sleazy defense tactics in sex-abuse cases

In Out There, Nina Willdorf takes off her pants

In Urban Buy, Suzanne Kammlott buys window dressings

Plus, this just in:

TALKING POLITICS : Pushing his issues
BOOKS : The sex files
LITERARY LIFE : Roth gets medaled
AS THE GLOBE TURNS : Reporter suspended over Gloucester incident
DC MOVES : Keeping the faith
THEATER : Mickey Dick monologues

Letters to the editor

Moon Signs

Dr. Lovemonkey

Editors' Picks - Hot Tix - Future Events

Damon Smith boxes Echo & the Bunnymen;
Carly Carioli exhumes Elvis;
As for that other Elvis, the one who did Bebe Buell,
Ted Drozdowksi wonders what ever happened to Elvis Costello;
Jeff Ousbourne, some dude who once wrote a spiffy piece
about Wayne Newton in Vegas using the word "pulchritude,"
now reports on Graham Parker;
Douglas Wolk rediscovers (no, we don't have any other verbs for reissues) Neu!;
Finally, Sean Richardson, our favorite rock scribe with clunky glasses,
previews the Plea for Peace;

In Cellars by Starlight, Carly Carioli pulls out his great big metaphor maker to describe the likes of Fast Actin’ Fuses, Ghetto Thunder, the Humanoids, and White Trash Deluxe. But way before that, Carly uses one of the most brilliant similes written in the last five years ("as if [Steven] Tyler’d done it 20 years ago in a Mexican cock-fighting shack stocked with half a dozen squirrelly Tijuana hookers, Lemmy Kilmister, and a pile of laxative-cut Bolivian smack") to describe Crash and Burn. Thank you, Carly.

Also, a live reviews of Radiohead and Mary Chapin Carpenter with Steve Earle.

And last of our music ramblings, but not least: Roadtripping.

Also, short reviews of:

Puddle of Mudd : COME CLEAN
Neil Diamond: THREE CHORD OPERA
Bauer : CAN’T STOP SINGING
The Start: SHAKEDOWN!
Hot Water Music : A FLIGHT AND A CRASH
V/A : DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
DJ Eddie Baez : SUPERSTAR DJ EDDIE BAEZ VOL 2

Peter Keough gets happy about Happy Accidents
Chris Fujiwara heralds the video release of Joan the Maid
Plus, in Film Culture, Gerald Peary says chicken-livered blundering fools are reponsible for not getting Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her into theaters

Also, short reviews of:

SUMMER CATCH
JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK
THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION

Scott T. Cummings says Philadelphia, Here I Come!;
Jeffrey Gantz likes the Chinese acrobats in Dralion;
Chris Fujiwara informs us that Marat/Sade makes a rare appearance

Marcia B. Siegel does the two-step with 'Dance, the Spirit of Cambodia’

Christopher Millis waxes aesthetic about Iké Udé’s sharp satire and basket bounty at the Society of Arts and Crafts

Nina Willdorf acclaims Marian Thurm’s grown-up tales
and Clea Simon goes bonkers over Nina de Gramont’s Of Cats and Men

Hot Dots -- Drum Corps International Competition 2001: Anyone who's ever step-kicked to a Hal Leonard arrangement at halftime can appreciate the effort if not the fine points of the performances

On the Cheap: Lee’s Beehive.
Noshing & Sipping: Pirate’s Booty.

Summer preview

Best Music Poll 2001

Spring 2001 Band Guide

The 3^rd annual Best issue

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