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Table of contents for the week of August 8, 2002 What election is worth $50 billion? The race for state treasurer, says Seth Gitell. If that job is arguably the second-most powerful on Beacon Hill, why isn’t anyone paying attention? Michael Bronksi wonders, Do ‘community standards’ bar the publishing of gay-wedding announcements? Or are major newspapers simply rubber-stamping the comfortable status quo? According to Ken Silverstein, there’s much to question or criticize about the Bush adminstration’s war on terror as waged in Afghanistan, but you’re nuts if you think it’s about oil. Camille Dodero takes the Urban Challenge and loses miserably. David Valdes Greenwood on education: more and more people are opting for specialized certificate programs instead of traditional degrees In our weekly Q&A, Tamara Wieder talks to comedian Margaret Cho, who gets serious. In the Phoenix editorial, dashed hopes for better neighbors in the Fenway. In Out There, Chris Berdik is shrinking. Christine Junge finds products to pamper the pooches (and kitties) in your life in Urban Buy. Plus, this just in: UNPLEASANT TRUTHS : US deaths in Israel should change policy MOURNING : Brian Honan’s wake TALKING POLITICS : Surprise endorsements from gay groups DEVELOPMENT : Chinatown says ‘no’ to high-rise VOTERS’ REVOLT? : Anti-Finneran question makes the ballot CAMPAIGN SNAPSHOT : Allston-Brighton Democrats’ golden opportunity Letters to the editor Moon Signs Dr. Lovemonkey Editors' Picks Hot Tix Future Events MUSIC According to Sean Richardson, Def Leppard bring the pop back to metal with X; Jon Garelick hears redemption songs on Bruce Springsteen's 9/11 album, The Rising; Carly Carioli watches The Vines back themselves into a grungy corner at the Paradise; In Poprocks Matt Ashare assesses David Bowie and tries to find a home for Ziggy Stardust; Michael Endelman on the ups and downs of the electro revival; Franklin Soults on Wyclef Jean and the quality of allusion; In Smallmouth, Douglas Wolk chimes in with an second opinion on electro. Also, live reviews of Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival, and Opera Aperta at Tsai Performance Center; And last but not least, Roadtripping. Also, short reviews of: Oasis : HEATHEN CHEMISTRY Something Corporate : LEAVING THROUGH THE WINDOW Various Artists : HOW WE ROCK DENALI The Stevens Sisters : LITTLE BY LITTLE E-40 : GRINT AND GRIND Esa-Pekka Salonen/Philharmonia Orchestra : MUSIC OF MAGNUS LINDBERG FILM Chris Fujiwara on Robert Evans’s lifestyle of the rich and fatuous in The Kid Stays in the Picture , and Fujiwara talks to director Brett Morgen in State of the art; Steve Vineberg looks back at Pépé le Moko; In Film Culture, Gerald Peary sees good guests and bad at the Woods Hole Film Fest. Also, short reviews of: ADRIFT MARTIN LAWRENCE LIVE: RUNTELDAT SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS XXX THEATER Carolyn Clay says God trumps Angel when comparing God of Vengeance and Red Angel at Williamstown, and John Kuntz’s latest, Jump Rope, fails to slay; Jeffrey Gantz on Henry V — and VI — at Shakespeare and Company. ART Christopher Millis takes a look at Provincetown 2002. BOOKS Julia Hanna reads Bronx Boy, Jerome Charyn’s imagined memoirs. TELEVISION Hot Dots -- Friday, 9:00 (5) The Fourth Annual Family TV Awards. A celebration of mediocrity, in a way. FOOD Dining Out : Spire On the Cheap : Café Bay State Noshing & Sipping : Rapscallion Artisanal Beers SPECIALS Summer Preview 2002 Best Music Poll 2002 Spring 2002 Band Guide The 4th annual Best issue |
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