PORTLAND

Granite up for grabs
Why McCain, Obama, and their supporters are swooping down on New Hampshire - BY DAVID S. BERNSTEIN

Sarah, get your AK-47

The Alaska governor is dominating the election as we head into the fall — Why that is bad news for the Obama campaign
Ever since John McCain selected Sarah Palin to be his running mate, she has been the focus of the campaign.

By: STEVEN STARK | September 17, 2008

David Foster Wallace — 1962–2008

Overhead baggage
A story called “Forever Overhead” by David Foster Wallace appeared in the 1992 edition of Best American Short Stories .

By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN | September 17, 2008

What’s wrong with them?

Lyme documentary gets Under Our Skin
Released earlier this year, Under Our Skin labors to bring "the Lyme controversy" into mainstream conversation.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 17, 2008

Bad craziness

Wall Street’s meltdown is more dangerous than realized. McCain is clueless, but does Obama recognize the root of the problem?
The news from Wall Street this week is dire.

By: EDITORIAL | September 17, 2008

Once bitten

The fight over what is — and what is not — Lyme disease
Does chronic Lyme disease exist? If so, how is it treated? If not, what’s making so many people so very sick?

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 17, 2008

Positively Phil

Roth goes back to college
We all know Philip Roth’s preoccupations.

By: RICHARD BECK | September 16, 2008

Troop surge

Mercenaries 2 does it the old-fashioned way
It’s tempting to write off Mercenaries 2: World in Flames , if only because of the noisy ads — they’re scored by an annoying white-boy rap song.

By: AARON SOLOMON | September 16, 2008

Vote for your favorite design online

Skatepark rolls forward
Slowly but surely, the city’s skaters (and bikers) are moving closer to getting the skatepark they need.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | September 17, 2008

Will FairPoint run out of money?

Land-line woes
Wall Street’s melt down could burn consumers throughout Northern New England — especially those in Maine.

By: JEFF INGLIS | September 17, 2008

I see a darkness

A battle-scarred wonder from Micah Blue Smaldone
Micah Blue Smaldone’s live performances suggested his recorded work was about to enter a realm more detached from the blues and folk archetypes he’s studied.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | September 17, 2008

Question the answers

Politics and other mistakes
Lemoine is certainly not an incompetent doody-head. He’s a reckless weasel.

By: AL DIAMON | September 17, 2008

Murder by numbers

Diverse City
Murder isn’t a common occurrence in Maine. You knew that, but let me remind you just how uncommon. In 2006, just 21 murders in a state of around 1.3 million people.

By: SHAY STEWART-BOULEY | September 17, 2008

What good can the blues do?

Pam Baker and the SGs help you drown your sorrows
You can’t ask too much of the blues. Like the raw emotion they’ve become synonymous with, the blues are not cerebral. They are not progressive or revelatory.

By: SAM PFEIFLE | September 17, 2008

Picnic + Homecoming

Music seen at Lincoln Park and SPACE Gallery, September 13, 2008
We’ll hope that both of the first-time ever events that took place last Saturday will return annually, and be as successful in the future as their debuts.

By: SONYA TOMLINSON | September 17, 2008

Off on a tangent

Jeff Kellar’s latest work is pared to austerity
Over the years Jeff Kellar, whose work is currently on view at Icon Contemporary Art in Brunswick, has been assiduously paring his work down.

By: KEN GREENLEAF | September 17, 2008

I love the ’90s

The CW’s new 90210
When the CW did not send out screeners of the pilot of 90210 some observers took that as a bad sign.

By: RYAN STEWART | September 16, 2008

Quite contrary

Thou shalt not so hastily dismiss Scroobius Pip
When third-grade boys have crushes, they often irk and abuse the objects of their erections to mask their affection.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | September 16, 2008

Hairstyles of Mexico City

Hoopleville

By: DAVID KISH | September 17, 2008

Portland scene report: September 18, 2008

Sibilance
RIP David Foster Wallace. Hey, man, we stole a ton of our style from you.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 17, 2008

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"Hounddog" unleashed
Outside The Frame | September 19, 2008 at 4:42 PM

Breaking Globe News: Kids Are Walking To School
phlog | September 19, 2008 at 4:13 PM

St. Paul backs off RNC journos
Dont Quote Me | September 19, 2008 at 3:09 PM

Q, w/A -- Obama's Senior Staff
Talking Politics | September 19, 2008 at 2:11 PM

Finally, Adult Behavior
September 19, 2008 at 11:55 AM