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A brisk walk across the bridge from the Alewife T-stop, Fresh Pond's poor excuse for a mall engulfs the horizon. However, nestled between the shadows of Staples and Toys `R' Us is Jack's Smoke Shop, housing both Megabucks lotto tickets and Macanudo cigars in a single cramped...

Author: By Eloise D. Austin, | Title: on the T again OUTWARD BOUND | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

5. Rapeman fell apart in 1989, and Steve started to concentrate on producing other bands. But don't tell Steve that; he'll answer that he's a "recording engineer." Steve prefers this because he says his job could be done by anyone with the proper knowledge of equipment; he...

Author: By Benjamin L. Mckean, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Steve Albini Primer for the Young Folk | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

"I've Changed my Plea to Guilty" is symptomatic of Morrissey's unsuccessful departure from his more rewarding roots. A Tori Amos wannabe crudely whales chord progressions in the background while Morrissey croons about "emotional air-raids" and the like. One can imagine Morrissey the ex-diva, a martini in...

Author: By Eliot Schrefer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Twenty-First Century Still Breathing Down Morrissey's Neck | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

Just over a week ago, seven-year-old "R." was trying to gamble his way into some extra money. The 4-ft. Jordan wannabe challenged his 6-ft. neighbor to a pickup game played with a makeshift basketball hoop fashioned from a milk crate and plywood. "R. said, 'Put your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Kid Stuff | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

They responded by overcompensating. Mitchell's father calls him a "gang banger wannabe." Kip bragged about his guns. Though a friend says it's a myth that he was voted "Most Likely to Start World War III" by schoolmates, one gets the sense that Kip wouldn't have minded the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Arms and The Boy | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

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