NEWS & FEATURES

David Bernstein looks at the radical transformation of the Fenway neighborhood, spurned on, in part, by the insane popularity of the Boston Red Sox. What will it look like ten years from now?

Camille Dodero sits down with Lisa Carver, former punk, zine queen, and litter box-soiler, on growing up, settling down and her memoir, Drugs Are Nice

Mark Jurkowitz on the bizarre case of Margaret Menge, a young go-getting reporter that was fired by her paper, The Union Leader (based out of Manchester, New Hampshire,) for being "too New York." What kind of precedent does something like this set?

Adam Reilly looks at a barnburner coming in the form of the House race between Eugene O'Flaherty and Chris Schiavone.

Dan Savage on sex.

ID Check: Greg Selkoe

In the Phoenix editorial: Alito and abortion; hope in the fight against AIDS.

Letters to the editor

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MUSIC

Camille Dodero interviews some of the many members of Canada's Broken Social Scene. Are they a band? A collective? Something else altogether?

Ted Drozdowski pays homage to B. B. King on the occasion of the man's 80th birthday.

Joyce Millman on the return of the great Kate Bush, whose music may be more relevant now than ever.

Simon W. Vozick-Levinson on the emergence of Rogue Wave.

Adam Bregman on the Dandy Warhols, who are still better than the Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Jeffrey Gantz on the renewed debate over the work of Mahler.

In Cellars By Starlight, Will Spitz checks out Taxpayer.

In Out: Sarah Tomlinson attends Gentlemen bassist Ed Valauskas's Elvis Costello-themed birthday bash at the Abbey. She also has notes.

In Circuits, David Day checks out Mike Uzzi.

In Download: Colin Fleming finds an anglophile treasure trove.

Live reviews of: The Black Keys and Joyce and Dorri Caymmi.

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