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Fess Elisha Parker, 1924–2010

In memoriam
The King of the Wild Frontier is dead.
By CLIF GARBODEN | March 24, 2010

Spring has finally arrived! So take off all your clothes with these seven ways to celebrate nudity in greater Boston.
Every year, Ol' Man Winter cruelly turns Bostonians' bodies into shriveled, cracked sacks of atrophied muscle and lumpy goo — not exactly fodder for Playmate of the Month.
By ALEXIS HAUK | March 22, 2010

Book of Samuel, Vol. 3

For the ages, and For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen
It's so easy not to think about the music Samuel James makes much at all. Built from the very pillars of American music, it's easy to dismiss it as an homage, a throwback, a curiosity. And it is all those things, with James's ageless voice — he could be 20 or 80 — and variety of stringed instruments that scoff at modern technology.
By SAM PFEIFLE | August 19, 2009

Bringing the party to the people

A history of our Inaugural West Swingers and White House Hoedowns
Are there any jobs on Earth more virile-sounding than commander in chief?
By KARA BASKIN | January 19, 2009

Stretching the wallet

Punky's fits the stomach, and the bill
I had never been to Punky's. Despite glowing reviews from food fanatics, there never seemed to be a reason to break from my norm or shake up my old fast-food standbys.
By TODD RICHARD | January 07, 2009

Laugh at the end of the world

The grim punch lines of Clawjob
The two guys who make up Clawjob have an unnerving tendency to describe something as funny when it’s anything but.
By WILL SPITZ | August 19, 2008

Issues, shmissues

Never mind the complaints about how the media are not focusing on the issues. Historically, they never have.
During the past few weeks, we’ve heard yet more media laments from our self-appointed guardians of political civility, warning us that this campaign is about to go over a cliff.
By STEVEN STARK | May 21, 2008

Emasculation proclamation

Is Barack Obama in danger of being outmanned?
Though the press and Barack Obama supporters often maintain the opposite, by the rough-and-tumble standards of American politics, Hillary Clinton really hasn’t run that tough a campaign against the Illinois senator.
By STEVEN STARK | April 30, 2008

It’s not brain surgery

Keep your head protected on trips to the hospital
Whew, don’t say that at Rhode Island Hospital these days or you might come home holding the upper part of your cranium in your hand. Trepan this, baby!
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 28, 2007

Prodigious son

Justin Richel, American in Switzerland
His work looks funnier than it is.
By CHRIS THOMPSON | August 22, 2007

Land of liberty?

Two volumes offer an important starter course on this history of Native Americans
Two volumes offer an important starter course on this history of Native Americans
By ELLEE DEAN | July 13, 2007

Going for broke

How to spend an extra Twenty$pot
What if I could drop this entire Andrew Jackson on one super-rich, guilt-free item?
By TODD RICHARD | June 20, 2007

Brut portraiture

Inmate Manning’s art part of outsider tradition
If the paintings of Thomas William Manning weren’t surrounded by controversy and making potent political fodder, there would be little reason to discuss them. Slideshow: Thomas William Manning's now-defunct exhibit at the University of Southern Maine
By IAN PAIGE | September 12, 2006