In a lonely place
"Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets," prophesied Travis Bickle in <I>Taxi Driver</i>, before unleashing his frustration in explosive violence. This most American of anti-heroes serves as an ironic inspiration for Tarik, a disaffected Arab-American and would-be holy warrior in <I>Only the Lonely</i>, the new novel from local author Gary Zebrun.
Endless Summer
Her new album <I>Crayons</i> may be filled with a million musical shades. But when it comes to her personality, local color is one hue that always stuck with Donna Summer.
A grand old stag
"I'm kind of an old stag. Bloody but unbowed," singer-songwriter Rick Berlin says of the title of his new CD, <I>Old Stag</i>, out Sept. 16 on Hi-N-Dry Records. "I didn't think there's any reason to not say I'm old. I like drawing attention to that. I like the perseverance and humor of that image."
Melissa Ferrick :: Here comes the good stuff
For indie musician Melissa Ferrick, being on the cusp of 38 is the perfect place to be. On the jaunty title song of her new CD <I>Goodbye Youth</i>, Ferrick saucily crows, "Goodbye youth, goodbye lust, say hello to the rest of your life, here comes the good stuff!"
Beauty Queens
Women who compete in beauty pageants will endure a lot to win that crown: they'll rub Preparation H under their eyes, put Vaseline on their teeth, wax everything, and use double sided tape to make sure there are no wardrobe malfunctions during the swimsuit competition. The contestants in the Miss Glamouresse Pageant are willing to go even further: they're tucking their business.
No More Hiding
Terrance Dean, a big player in the TV and music industry, perfectly recalls his first exposure to hip hop. "When I was 13 years old," he recalls, "I was in my aunt's living room and I came across an album by the Sugarhill Gang... at that moment, at 13 years old, I knew I had to be a part of that culture."
Rectitude and gratitude
In an age when flash memory is rapidly replacing film, 22-year- old photographer Jess Dugan is as much a throwback as a prodigy. Her favorite camera is a large format Shen-Hao wooden field camera that uses 4"x5" film. It produces rich black and white tones with sharp detail, but it's not the kind of equipment you can just whip out to fire off a few quick snaps.
One suspect arraigned in Columbus Ave. gay bashing
Fabio Brandao, a 29-year-old Framingham man charged as one of the perpetrators in a vicious South End gay bashing, pled not guilty to multiple counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, and civil rights violations in Boston Municipal Court Sept. 2.
Running for his (political) life: Rough-and-tumble city politics color Sciortino campaign
Four years ago Carl Sciortino's defeat of Somerville Rep. Vincent Ciampa in the Democratic primary was viewed across the state as the most potent symbol of the power of the marriage equality movement in Massachusetts.
Ten years of gridiron gays
Ten years ago, Robert Saurer was fresh out of college and tossing a football around at home, wishing that he had a safe, comfortable environment where he could play football as an out gay man. On a whim, he placed an ad in <i>Bay Windows</i> looking to start a league for gay and gay-friendly football fans.
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