I was at RSVP on Forest Avenue trying to find Peak Organic’s Simcoe Spring Ale, which I missed last year but heard was great, or Peak’s Mocha Ale, which I saw on Facebook and sounded intriguing. Neither was on the shelves, but I did find a 22-ounce bottle of Peak’s Local Series Maine edition, so […]
February 2012
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GOP bill would cut business tax 20 percent
The House bill steps up election-year competition with President Obama’s jobs creation efforts.
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CD Review: From cabin in foothills, band plays indie-rock tunes of isolation, hope
‘Ratpig’ is a six-song record by a Portland band called ‘if and it.’
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Indie Film: Documentary looks at Fenway using stories, emotions of fans
My wife and I have this plan for when I die. After I’m cremated, she will smuggle some ashes into a Red Sox game and sprinkle them onto the field at Fenway. Sure, she’ll probably be Tasered for throwing a mysterious white powder at a sporting event, but I’m sure she, as the forbearing wife […]
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Eat and Run: South Portland House of Pizza
Right on! This neighborhood pizza and sub shop gets its role just right.
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Bull Moose Top 10
Top 10 for Portland store Jan. 23-29: 1. Various artists, “Chimes of Freedom: the Songs of Bob Dylan” 2. “Paranormal Activity 3” DVD) 3. “Real Steel” (DVD) 4. “50/50” (DVD) 5. The Black Keys, “El Camino” 6. Adele, “21” 7. Ani DiFranco, “Which Side Are You On?” 8. Skrillex, “Bangarang” (EP) 9. Lamb of God, […]
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From the Editor: The good, the bad and the cheesy of one far-out decade
The ’70s were a turbulent decade. Vietnam, Kent State, Watergate, Black Panthers, Patty Hearst, gas shortages, the Iranian hostage crisis, the Three Mile Island disaster, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, inflation, energy crisis, malaise. But that’s not what we’re commemorating this week. What you now hold in your hands (or are reading online for free, in […]
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Off Beat: Free admission, free food – it’s College Night at PMA
Anyone who has ever been to, or even near, a college campus will tell you there’s one sure way to get college students to show up to something: Throw a party. So the folks at the Portland Museum of Art are doing just that tonight at the museum’s annual College Night. There’ll be a DJ, […]
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’70s: Album reviews from the era
The folks who bring you Go every week share their picks for best albums of the ’70s.
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’70s: Jive Talkin’ catch phrases from the era
‘Sorry, Charlie!’ Source: “Charlie’s Angels” (TV series, 1976-1981) One could argue that this catch-phrase-turned-put-down originated with the Charlie the Tuna commercials for StarKist Tuna, but we remember it best from the original “Charlie’s Angels” TV show about three beautiful women who alternated between flirtatious damsels in distress and kick-butt private eyes. They never knew the […]