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I should probably begin with a warning. I have had a crush on the Krokodiloes for as long as I can remember. Back when “Upstairs on the Square” was still in its traditional location “at the Pudding,” Sunday brunch was a holiday tradition in my family..
By Pippa Eccles in Arts

2. Ani Way You Want It
Published Thursday, November 16, 2006

The lights went down. She came onstage. The crowd was already on their feet, clapping and screaming out passionate cries of love and adoration. Just a moment before, the people in the completely packed theatre had been engaged in their own conversations, their own thoughts, and their own lives, but the signal of the lights forced everyone’s attention onto one woman — the little folk singer who wasn’t so little anymore...
By Truc Doan in Arts

3. Looking Back In Anger
Published Thursday, November 16, 2006

The “Greatest Hits” album is a necessary evil in the world of popular music. For every passionate fan who knows and loves a band, there are two or three more casual listeners who enjoy a handful of well-known tracks but who aren’t interested in exploring the group’s B-sides or album cuts...
By Colby Bogie in Arts

4. Spit on a Stranger
Published Thursday, November 16, 2006

Will Ferrell playing a soul-searching, dramatic role that grapples with the certainty of death and the problem of living a meaningful life in the modern world? Truth, it seems, is decidedly stranger than fiction...
By Kelly Faircloth in Arts

5. She Wants Unity
Published Thursday, November 16, 2006

“Who is She Wants Revenge?” an eyeliner- smeared girl asked me as we waited in line to enter the Roxy for the band’s November 8 co-headlining show with British rock group Placebo. By the end of She Wants Revenge’s opening set, I realized that she wasn’t the only one asking that question..
By Winnie Garet in Arts

6. Cultural Learnings for Make Benefit Viewing of Borat
Published Thursday, November 16, 2006

Over the past fortnight, the lions, young and old, of American arts and letters have stumbled all over themselves and each other in the quixotic pursuit of a single singular document: a full and fully accurate critical account of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. They have failed. In other words, American pop criticism has retained not a thing from its revolutionary glory days; Borat, of course, is total camp, and reviewers and commentators have proven themselves totally for interpreting it.
By Jon Liu in Arts

7. Letdown 2006
Published Thursday, November 16, 2006

If traditions are built through similar occurrences repeated year after year, then for better or worse, Boston Police’s overbearing regulation of the Harvard–Yale football game and tailgate has itself become a tradition. Less satisfying than Thanksgiving turkey but more so than an overplayed song from Fiddler on the Roof, the Boston lockdown on college fun and games has finally reached a breaking point this year..
By Shawn Liu in Forum

8. Our Cup Spilleth Over
Published Thursday, November 16, 2006

I’m gonna get, like, so wasted this weekend,” says the average college student at the nondescript state school. “Yes, as am I,” replies the average Harvard student..
By Jessica Estep in Forum

9. Election 2006: A Retrospective
Published Thursday, November 16, 2006

It is conventional wisdom today that the biggest problem the midterm elections face today is apathy. While it is easy to get riled up for a presidential election -- because there is only one race to follow and only so many candidates to love and hate -- getting excited about the midterms seems to be an issue for most of the American populace..
By Frances Martel in Forum

10. Want a Few Hangings with that Campaign?
Published Thursday, November 16, 2006

Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2006 — Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is convicted of the massacre of 148 people in the Shiite town of Dujail and sentenced to death by hanging. United States of America, Nov. 7, 2006 — In overwhelming numbers, American citizens vote Republicans out of the House and Senate in what has turned out to be the biggest Democratic victory of the past decade.
By Alice Speri in Forum