Archive for September, 2011
New albums are always coming out. Some of them are great. Others suck.
I decided to wade through the garbage and come up with a short list of albums that I am looking forward to that have …
Despite leaving “Sex and the City” and her character Carrie behind her and only starring in mediocre romantic comedies since, Sarah Jessica Parker keeps getting film roles.
I don’t know how she does it.
For the people who …
It’s hard to expect a certain anything from a new Wilco album. They’re already gone everywhere and done everything.
Wilco rose from the ashes of alternative-country band Uncle Tupelo, so the twangy influence of their roots has …
The University of Maine System may be turning over a new (Le) page — that is, if the governor proves to be a swift political actor, not just a persuasive penman.
Recently, Gov. Paul LePage penned a …
I’m a coward. Despite having read, meditated and debated on the subject, I didn’t want to do this publicly — that is, stick a toe in the treacherous waters of what is and what isn’t sustainable.
However, …
Although the Arab Spring did not hit Saudi Arabia as severely as it did other Middle Eastern countries, the state’s recent reforms prove the fear of uprisings is legitimate and significant restructuring must be pursued to …
Being a student is a full-time job — one that can require way more work than a “real world” occupation.
Students at the University of Maine typically take five classes each semester in order to graduate in …
BANGOR — A decision in the Tuesday morning hearing of the North Berwick man convicted of killing a University of Maine student in a 2010 hit-and-run was postponed to allow the defense to respond to a …
In a city and region he says is full of prescription pill and bath salt abusers, Captain Joint sees himself as a culture warrior.
Sometimes he sees young people coming into his family’s downtown Old Town shop, …
