The Boston Phoenix January 19-25, 2001: Vol 30 Iss 3

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JANUARY 19-25, 2001 * BOSTON’S LARGEST WEEKLY * FOUR SECTIONS PHILADELPHIA STORY
free
THE BOSTON
Cops & feds
conspired to
squash civil
liberties
As protesters at last summer's
Republican National Convention
come to trial, a nasty tale emerges
BY KRISTEN LOMBARDI
IVIL-LIBERTIES LAWYERS confider it
one Of the worst large-scale-violations of
First Amendment rights since the Vietnam
War — and as
many as 25 New
Why Kennedy
England activists
were caught in the and Kerry
middle. should vote
For nine months
against
before the Repub-
lican National Ashcroft
Convention,
which took place a Phoenix editorial
in Philadelphia
from July 31 to
August 3, Philly police worked closely with the
FBI and Secret Service, as well as with state
troopers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Delaware, to ensure that the GOP confab
would not be disrupted. The first part of their
strategy was effective, if not particularly novel:
arresting and jailing street protesters. It’s not
much different from what their brothers and
sisters in blue did last April in Washington,
DC, where protesters flocked to demonstrate
against the World Bank and the International
Monetary Fund.
But the second part of the Philly strategy
was much more malicious. When protesters
UES are arrested for acts of civil disobedience, most
police departments issue summary offenses,
THURSTON MOORE PHOTO BY ERIC ANTONIOU
which are no more serious than traffic tickets.
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT The Philadelphia police had done this for
years. When police arrested more than 400
protesters last summer, however, they instead
slapped them with misdemeanor and felony
Christian sex outlaws
charges. Doing so allowed prosecutors to seek
bail, which they did with zeal — those arrested
were held on bail ranging from $10,000 to
$1 million. That allowed police to keep many
Thanks to a little-known federal program sponsored by the Christian
activists off the streets for days after the GOP
right, teens are learning less about AIDS, STDs, and birth control than delegates had left town. And it also let prose-
cutors pursue cases against those protesters
they were even five years ago. And they’re still having lots of sex. who’ve refused — on principle — to plead out
their charges.
BY MICHAEL BRONSKI If the city succeeds in convicting people and
sentencing them to jail time, it will surely have
a tremendous chilling effect on the future of
EORGE W. HASN’T even moved into the White remain virgins. How? In what may be a major legacy of
organized activism. As Chip Berlet of the
House yet, and we’ve already traveled back in time to the Clinton administration, teens have simply redefined
Somerville-based Political Research Associates
the cultural nightmare that was Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say abstinence. A 1999 study of Midwestern high-school
explains, “In Philadelphia, we saw the return
No” campaign. Earlier this month, the National Institute students between the ages of 12 and 17 showed that they
of overt government repression of dissent.
of Child Health and Human Development released the re- shared no common definition of the word — which, ac-
Which works fine for a police state, but not at
sults of a study showing that teen virginity pledges can ef- cording to the dictionary, pretty clearly means “to refrain
all for the free-speech principles of democra-
fectively delay sexual intercourse until later in life. Virgini- from something by one’s own choice.”
cy.”
ty pledges, for those who’ve been too busy screwing Maybe it was the vagueness of the word “something”
Philadelphia district attorney Lynne Abra-
around to notice, are public promises made by young peo- they had trouble with. In 1998, a survey of freshmen and
hams has assigned attorneys from her office’s
See TEEN SEX, page 78
elite homicide unit — the city’s A-list of
sex until marriage. But the devil (as usual) is in the details;
lawyers — to prosecute these outstanding
in this case, it lies in what the definition of “sex” is.
It is a biological fact that teenagers — whether or not Hip to be dull cases. It’s a move that Philadelphia defense at-
torney Lawrence Krasner finds ridiculous.
they engage in sex are hard-wired with sexual desires.
“These are not killers,” he says..“They’re
A lot of sexual desires. So it’s no surprise that many of See ‘Out There,’ page 12
them have found ways to have sex even if they want to See PROTESTS, page 20
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JANUARY 19, 2001 MEWS AND FEATURES THE BOSTON PHOENIX 3
Phoenix,
contents JANUARY 19, 2001
“I'll probably get hooked again, and whoops, there goes two months of my life. This is going to wreak havoc on finals.” bit ontop he ae
— Survivor fan “Cosmic Amanda” Newhall, News and Features, page 28
news and features n= lant ae
Our “Pick of the Week” is the “Cuba, Cuba” exhibit at Gallery
12; in “State of the Art,” Carly Carioli asks Frank Black what we
should expect when Frank plays Lilli’s with his band the
Rough justice by Kristen Lombardi Catholics on Wednesday; in “Next Weekend,” Peg Aloi gets us
When demonstrators committed civil disobedience at last summer's Republican National ready for Sarah Dougher and Anonymous Girls; Jimmy Scott
Convention in Philadelphia, police outraged civil-liberties advocates by slapping them with comes to Scullers; the “Festival of Funny Songwriters” returns
misdemeanor and even felony charges. Next week, two Boston-area activists go on trial. to the Somerville Theatre; George McGovern reads at
WordsWorth; Beth Custer comes to the Zeitgeist Gallery; and
Boston Lyric Opera stages Richard Strauss’s Salome.
Christian sex outlaws by Michael Bronski :
An ew study shows that self- -proclaii med teen viirrggii ns are reveliing ng ii n the delii ghts of oral and anal sex. Dining: in “Dining Out,” Robert Nadeau hits the North End for a
red-sauce revival; in “Uncorked,” Thor Iverson plots the wine
DON’T QUOTE ME: Tight fit by Dan Kennedy list for your next dinner party; in “On the Cheap,” Nancy
Pat Purcell’s purchase of Fidelity’s Community Newspaper Company staggers toward the finish Kalajian surfaces at the new seafood spot Out of the Blue; and
line. Plus, why trigger-happy Tom Alciere slid by the New Hampshire media, and how the Globe in “Noshing,” she twists her taste buds around the chocolate-
let Charlestown’s leaders look bad. dipped pretzels at Gary’s Gourmet Chocolates.
TALKING POLITICS: The blue collar and the blue blood
. ¢ - The art of noise, page 20
by Seth Gitell =
Raya y FlyFlny n, the fo rmer D omocre tii c mayor of f Bosto n, . alul unch-buuc ket" populil ist. Robini Moorer, ! tt h. “ : The January 24 concert with Sonic,
author of The Green Berets, is an old-money Republican Cold Warrior. But they have two things in ; : ta
hi d ; Youth's Thurston Moore is just the
common: a thriving relationship as co-authors, and a sense that the worlds they came from have _ ; v
ished : opening salvo of the “Dangerous
—— Waves: Art of Sound” exhibit at the
; School of the Museum of Fine Arts:
Off the rag by Julie Dulude ....... 2.020 ennennnnnnnes2 0 over the next couple of the weeks, the
Thanks to the birth-control pill, a growing number of women are discovering that they don't school will be overflowing with the
have to get their periods every month. In fact, some doctors believe it’s healthier not to. multimedia creations of artists and
composers. Ted Drozdowski offers a guide to exhibits and events,
and talks with Moore and several of the exhibit’s other principals.
a 1 will Survivor ... again by David Valdes Greenwood
Survivor, p. 28 Hip irony is no defense against the allure of those fabulous backstabbers. Also: Peter Keough says that Cate Blanchett’s performance as a
psychic makes Sam Raimi and Billy Bob Thornton's The Gift worth
unwrapping; Scott Heller says that the casting of Gillian Anderson
as Edith Wharton's Lily Bart is only one of the curiosities in The
depa rtments House of Mirth, Christopher Millis finds the crossing of science and
2 folk art in new work from sculptor Pat Keck, “Robots and Beyond,”
EDITORIAL URBAN BUY by Mike Miliard at MIT and an exhibit of folk art at the Berenberg Gallery; Damon
Just say no to Ashcroft. Buy a bed, save a tree. Smith talks with Web music critic Glenn McDonald; Lloyd
Schwartz reviews a fistful of concerts at the BSO and one from
local pianist Judith Gordon; Marcia B. Siegel checks out the
MOON SIGNS astrology by Symboline Dai
“Boston Moves” festival and the Joe Goode Performance Group;
Librarians through new glasses, and more.
and Carolyn Clay says the New Rep Theatre production of Conor
OUT THERE by Kris Frieswick ..
McPherson's The Weir is a gem. Plus, poetry from David
Welcome to Dullsville, population: you.
& Gewanter, Gail Mazur, and Joshua Weiner.
Boston Beer Works makes the big time, Marc Kadish gets
arrested, and more. Plus, Ray Flynn on Tom Menino. THE STRAIGHT DOPE by Cecil Adams. ...
next week
PHOENIX FLASHBACKS HELP WANTED
Aliens at home, couples therapy at the video store, and In Arts, Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich star in
other odds and ends from the Phoenix's past. Plus, David CLASSIFIEDS Shadow of the Vampire. |n News and Features, the
Sipress’s “Reality Check.” public-access delights of Can of Worms.
TEEN SEX ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTT GETCHELL; RAY FLYNN PHOTO BY MARK OSTOW; THURSTON MOORE PHOTO BY ERIC ANTONIOU
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BOSTON * WORCESTER * PROVIDENCE * PORTLAND Bush’s pick for attorney general is just plain wrong
VOL. XXX, NO. 3
PusuisHer & CHAIRMAN:
Stephen M. Mindich
Presipent & CHieF OPERATING OFFICER:
H. Barry Morris Stop John Ashcroft
Eprror:
Peter Kadzis
BOSTON
Sewor Manacina Eorron/Proemx Newspaper Group: Clit Garboden, Senior
Eorror: Linda Lowenthal, Desian Director: Kristen Goodinend, Eorroria
Desianers: Kelly Davidson, Ashley Willard: News Eorror: Susan Ryan-Volimar
Features Eorror: Lisa Gerson, Arts Eorror: Jeffrey Gantz, Associare Arts
Eorror: Jon Garetick. Ants Eprrors: Carolyn Clay (theater), Peter Keough (film,
Matt Ashare (music). Carly Canoli (events), Starr Eprrors: Suzanne E. Bashoft F ANYTHING CAN be said about John persuade the US Supreme Court to overturn a land, and Jim Jeffords of Vermont. So far, all
Catherine Tumber, Sewor Warren: Dan Kennedy, Stare Warrens: Done Clark
Seth Gitell, Kristen Lombardi, Chris Warght, Usnwas Coorpwaror: Sean Ashcroft that everyone can agree on, it’s federally mandated, locally structured desegre- four have indicated that they will support
ERoircrhoarr:d sonM,i ke PMHiollraorfdm. aEcoer romPirao ouAscsniostna ntA:s siNsitnaan t:W ilidToerdt Baird. ASSISTANT TO THE this: he’s a man with deeply held moral con- gation plan for St. Louis public schools. Ashcroft. Chafee and Jeffords have made their
FincCho, ntrMiiscuhateiln e EForreerdobre:r g. LioKryids ScFnhewsawritckz. (cBlraeststi caMli)l, anoC,o nrmCihsruitstionpahe r WrMrilrleisr,s : RobAemryt victions who’s not afraid to stand up for what The last time the Senate refused to confirm a support conditional on any new information that
Nadeau, Gerald Peary, Alicia Potter, Marcia B Siegel, Harvey Silvergiate, Robert he believes in. His strong beliefs have earned president’s nominee for a cabinet post was in might come out in the confirmation hearings.
David Sullivan, Gary Susman, Charlies Taylor, Steve Vineberg, Stephanie
Zacharek, Cartroonst: David Sipress: Astro.oaer: Symboline Da him praise from his former Senate colleagues 1989, when the body rejected Senator John Collins says she wants to show deference to the
Eorror At Lance: Nancy Gaines as a man of integrity. Tower as George H.W. Bush’s pick for secre- president’s freedom to choose his cabinet.
Saves Director: A. William Risteer
Genera. Saves Manacer: John Laton; Trarric Manager: Jennifer Proe, TRAFFK But this raises a question: what would the tary of defense. The highly charged 53-47 vote All four of these senators would be wise to re-
CExoeocruotmwaerso:r s: DarcAy nneB umpusR,u therfoKelrlyd . MDoanrtcy,y CLScaasnlsoin,m en CLiiavsessi mSeaov esD isMpALNaAyG ERA:c coMuinkte former Missouri senator do if his duties as at- marked the only time the Senate has failed to think their positions. George W. Bush entered
APicacntoiuginnit. ECxLeacsustieieso: LinJeohsn AssiDesLtisaine,t ManaRobcine r: LasMkay,r yelMlaexn MoStCwealdnsr. CLalsasviidm epM urLrianye s torney general conflicted with his firmly held confirm one of its own for a presidential ap- office having lost the popular vote by 500,000
Megan Stewart Comporare Music Sates Manacer: Michael Aliberte: MANAGER OF beliefs about abortion, race, pointment. But in the intervening years, ballots. Such a situation calls for reasonable
Recrurrwent Apvernsina: Edie Shack Retaa Account Executive: Kelly Ratner
Si: Account Executive: Matt Butler Ewrertamment Saves Account Executive and homosexuality? Ashcroft partisan opposition to presidential picks picks, and he’s made some: Colin Powell for
aah Brande Music ano Vioeo Account Executive
It Senior A yuNT Executives: e Meade H wd Termk believes abortion is wrong has accelerated, homing in on a number secretary of state, Paul O’Neill for treasury sec-
we Saces Dine ey. Couriers:
with no exceptions unless the of nominees: James Hormel (nominated retary, and Rod Paige for secretary of education.
NaTIONAL SALES mother’s life is in danger. He as ambassador to Luxembourg), Susan Bush’s decision to make a divisive appointment
SALE tt Nanion
opposes affirmative action, Oki Mollway (the first Asian-American such as Ashcroft’s may be smart politics with re-
holds an honorary degree to be nominated to the federal bench in spect to the far right — but it would be folly for
Corporate ApminisTRATK
from the racist Bob Jones Hawaii), M. Margaret McKeown moderate GOP senator: from states in which
Human Re University, and in a 1998 in (nominated for the Ninth Circuit Court Bush lost to support such an ugly partisan pick
RCEHS umMaAnN aGeRRes ource terview described Confederate of Appeals), and Bill Lann Lee (nomi- Chafee who is a Republican more for rea
TOR OF MARKETING soldiers as ‘patriots He believes that homo- nated for the top civil-rights post in the Justice sons of tradition than of ideology is particu
ANAGER sexuality is a sin Department) larly vulnerable on this issue. Democratic ac-
Sr
Marketi Associate He also believes that morality should be leg- Ashcroft who as a member of the Senate tivists in Rhode Island have been urging him to
islated. He recently said as much to Beliefnet Judiciary Committee regularly asked nominees switch parties. And a Chafee vote for Ashcroft
fF New Mevia r
Assistant Onuine Manacina Eprror a multi-faith excommunity, in an article titled whether they were faithful to their spouses would negate the notion that liberals can feel se-
MANAGER te Weemaster
Onune Content Cooroinat “The Anointed”: I think all we should legis led the charge against these people, whom he cure voting for moderate Republicans. So long
late is morality,” he said. “We shouldn’t legis- opposed on purely ideological grounds. He held as the Republicans have hatchet men who en-
OPERATIONS
Manaaine Eorror, MaGazines ano SpeciAL PuBuCcATIONS topher Young: Pro- late immorality.” up Hormel’s appointment, for instance, merely force party discipline, having quirky Republicans
DaUnCtT IOANp veMrATNiAsiGnEcR Art Diraemcnott,o r Aovertim siRnaa mdAerwta r DireNcettorw:o rx DMavea NnaGerre Assis ) So how could Ashcroft be relied on to exe- because Hormel is openly gay. President Bill with pretty position papers doesn’t mean much.
lian; ’ Desk" tor SuMpaptito) r tW otM anacer:F inanBrciiaan , SyGoswtdeemy,s APpCm/iMwasct ratSoyrs:t emsBr ian TECHHNayIyC IAN1S cute the laws of the United States? The an- Clinton finally appointed Hormel ambassador On the Democratic side, Senator Ted
Senor Grapnic Arnst: Josh Falkenburg; Grapwic Arnsts: Angela Bertalotto, M swer is that he couldn’t. Ashcroft simply during a Senate recess, when confirmation Kennedy of Massachusetts has stated that he
a De 2 We Pe 4, Faciuies Manacer: John Nunziat
doesn’t have the temperament to be the na- wasn’t necessary. Ashcroft delayed McKeown’s is “deeply concerned” about Ashcroft, and
CIRCULATION
CIRCULATION Manacer: Maureen Roberts; Curcutarion Anacyst: Jackie Macke tion’s top law enforcer. And the Senate should nomination for two years and actively cam- John Kerry has also expressed reservations.
Retan Cincucarion Manacer: Robert Brady vote down his confirmation. paigned against Mollway’s appointment. Rhode Island’s Jack Reed says he’s waiting to
Director of Corporate Finance: Charles A. Walter
Conrroer: David Coppola, Mercnanorse Apmavistrator: Alan Orlove, Trae The attorney general is one of a handful of Soon, the Senate must decide on Ashcroft. see what happens during the hearings. “The
Ornce Manacer: Kary! Langill, Thane Coorpmator: Leigh Harrington, Account
ING@)*Manacers: Ralph Dragonetti, Greg Pereira; Semon Accountant: Jonatha: high-profile presidential appointments. The of- Republican Senate leaders have stated confi- burden of proof is on Senator Ashcroft,” Reed
LesiBwlika.n c:S tarCer eApcrc/oCuon.tacnetc:n onNsa taSluipyea rvDiszoyru:b a.K Catohryp oratCaer dinaClree. pitC reMparn acReerp:r esGeenrtaard fice is responsible for enforcing the laws of the dently that all 50 GOP members will vote to says, “and it’s a very high burden given that he
Tes: Lanna Maheux, Mary Ann Rebeiro. Finance Assistant: Kelly Risteer United States and ensuring that US Supreme confirm him. But there’s been much talk in re- enters this process not as a legal professional,
WORCESTER Court rulings are carried out. Ashcroft, who has cent weeks about the special role to be played by but as someone who has been a passionate ad-
a long history of pursuing his conservative agen- New England’s own senators, especially a mod- vocate for ideology.”
Associate Puauiswer: Cris Warren
Manaainc Epitor: John Michael Dobies da in the courts, would make a po®r choice. erate coalition of GOP legislators who have We couldn’t agree more. a
Events Eprror: Brian Gosiow, Stare Warren: Chis Kanaracus, ConTrripuTING
Warrers: Sally Cragin, Walter Crockett, Margaret LeRoux, Leon Nigrosh, Jot Three times during his tenure as Missouri attor- earned the moniker “the Mod Squad.” This
O'Neill avid Ritct Vineberg, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: |
Despres, Paul Moreau Jr., Chery! Richards, Pa houl, Steven Sunshir ney general and Missouri governor, as the Wall group includes Susan Collins and Olympia What do you think? Send an e-mail to
CRaOiNpThR IBUDTrIaNgoGn etItLiL,U STRACTrOeRoSm:/ TrRaorgreirc JonCeso, orpiwLaentnoier : PetLeoriss on: MilFleitnta. nce PrMoAoNucATGiEoRn Street Journal has reported, Ashcroft tried to Snowe of Maine, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Is- [email protected].
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June Vail, Director of Nationa: Saces: Everett Finkelstein, Senior Ac- Letters may be mailed to the Boston between the ages of 18 and 29 — the same and referring rather condescendingly to
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Why Bush can’t talk Ale, ale, the
gang’s all here
Not to worry: the webzine Slate hasn’t taken down “The Complete Bushisms,” a compilation of George W.
Bush’s most fractured and boneheaded utterances. But for those who prefer print to pixels, Slate’s Jacob
Weisberg has put together the just-released George W. Bushisms: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Ever since Cheers went off the air, the terms “Boston”
Wisdom of Our 43rd President (Fireside, 96 pages, $9.95). and “beer” have not been as strongly associated in the
In a brief introduction, Weisberg offers some thoughts on why Bush can’t seem to connect his thoughts national consciousness as they might be. But now that
world-renowned beer guru Michael Jackson (the chubby
with his tongue and why he sometimes seems to have no coherent thoughts at all. Could it be dyslexia, as
Gail Sheehy speculated last year in Vanity Fair? Not likely, says Weisberg, even Brit, not the falsetto eccentric — he drinks white-wine
though Bush’s reaction to the Sheehy piece was to say, “The spritzers, we’re told) has included two favorites from
woman who knew that I had dyslexia I never interviewed Boston Beer Works among 500 of the planet's very best in
her.” Apraxia? Maybe, although not likely, given that it is a his new Great Beer Guide (Dorling Kindersley), this suds
serious neurological disorder. Could it be that he’s just stupid? in’ town can enjoy
That would appear to be a promising area of inquiry, but i return to form
Weisberg inconveniently observes that Bush’s butchered syntax Displayed proudly
calls to mind nothing so much as the meandering utterances of on two facing pages
his father, who, whatever else he may be, is surely no dummy. of Jackson’s magnum
Although many of the Bushisms contained between the covers us are majestic
are familiar, some including a few gems — were new to me. photographs of
“I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to BBW’s Beantown
Nutbrown Ale and
answer questions. | can’t answer your question.” “I mean, there
needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is Buckeye Oatmeal
illiterate children.” “As far as the legal hassling and wrangling and Stout, lauded for
ont posturing in Florida, | would suggest you talk to our team in their “cherryish
ac ii aw? 4 Florida led by Jim Baker.” fruitiness ...
oh bad Entertaining as these are, Bush’s inability to communicate has suggestions of
potentially serious policy implications. His father’s re-election, after cinnamon and cedar”
all, was done in as much by his failure to articulate a rationale for and “oily, oatmeal-
his presidency as it was by 1992’s mild recession. In this week’s BOTTOMS UP: {wo Boston tasting,
Slate, William Saletan goes so far as to speculate that Bush’s brews are global standouts. marshmallow-like
controversial Cabinet appointees, John Ashcroft (attorney general) sweet[ness],”
and Gale Norton (interior), have run into more trouble than they respectively. (Boston
should have because of Bush’s inability to defend them with anything Beer Company’s Sam Adams Triple Bock was also
more than vague generalities about the goodness of their hearts. included in the round-up, but it’s, uh, made in
“Republicans have learned the hard way that control of Congress isn’t Wisconsin.)
enough,” Saletan writes. “Without a coherent, authoritative voice, Jackson also informs us that “‘navy’ or baked bean,
they can’t beat the Democrats. For six years, they’ve waited for that voice. They’re still waiting.” prepared with salt pork or ham and molasses (and on
As Peggy Noonan recently observed in a piece for the Wall Street Journal’s OpinionJournal.com, “Mr. Bush occasion beer), is a traditional dish of maritime Boston,
tends to see public presentation as a phony part of the job, and he doesn’t love it. But it’s not a phony part of Massachusetts — hence ‘Beantown’” — and that “the
the job. It is the job. A presidency is a public thing.” Boston Beer Works is a brewpub near Fenway Park, home of
Noonan should give Bush a copy of George W. Bushisms. Maybe then he’ll get it. Besides, it’s got lots of the Red Sox baseball team.” But we already knew that, right?
photos. And as Bush himself once said, “One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some Both beers are currently on tap at Boston Beer Works, 61
fantastic pictures.” Brookline Avenue. Drink up.
— Mike Miliard
— Dan Kennedy
CITY HALL
Hennigan declares for at-large race
After months of speculation, Boston city councilor citywide in order to make sure | feel the city goes committee. We’re going beyond our normal
Maura Hennigan of Jamaica Plain says she will give up in the right direction.” team — talking to business and money
her district seat to run for an at-large council position. Her announcement will make life easier for Mike people, political and community people in
Hennigan was elected at-large in 1981 (at that time, all
Rush, a 26-year-old teacher who lost to Hennigan particular, to determine the viability of a
candidates ran citywide) and has held the District Six seat
two years ago and announced last week that he’s f.. challenge.” Roache plans to decide by
since its creation in 1983. In the past year, she has taken
on a number of high-profile causes across the city (most running again. But it may not be greeted with open gf March whether to run.
notably monitoring waterfront development and crusading arms by the four current at-large councilors (Peggy Though Davis-Mullen officially has remained
against the Red Sox’ plan for a new Fenway Park), which Davis-Mullen, Michael Flaherty, Stephen Murphy, and mum, sources close to her reveal that she, too, has
prompted widespread rumors that she was planning to Mickey Roache), one of whom presumably would be begun exploring a bid for mayor. “| know she’s
challenge Mayor Tom Menino. ousted if she won. Hennigan says she doesn’t think looking very seriously at running,” says
Instead, Hennigan, who has been chair of the Ways and her candidacy will affect their relationships. political consultant Jim Spencer, who
Means Committee for the past seven years and hopes to be “Just as when | was first running for the worked with her in the 1997 race.
appointed as chair of the Committee on Planning and at-large seat, | asked people to vote “We've had a couple of
Development this week, says she'd prefer to do some forme, not against someone else,” conversations about it . . . | think
grassroots consciousness-raising. “| need to talk to people she says. “I have a great deal of she could cobble together a
across the city so they in turn can put pressure on the mayor,” respect for my colleagues. | don’t coalition to win — if she can
she says. “The mayor doesn’t seem to respond to individual intend that to change.” | raise enough money. The
elected officials, but he does seem to respond to the public.” There may be more breathing * thing that stands between
She cites her work with the Greater Boston Interfaith room in the at-large ranks if her and the office is, can she
Organization (GBIO) as an example of the kind of citizen Mickey Roache or Peggy Davis- raise enough to run a
involvement she'd like to encourage: “Working with GBIO, we Mullen decides to run against credible race?” But even if
were able to convince the mayor to make an even greater Menino. Roache announced last all the at-large councilors
commitment to affordable housing. That's the tack I'd like to week that he’s seriously ultimately decide to run for
take, and | think it can be successful.” examining a candidacy. His re-election, Hennigan
In addition to lobbying for a yearly line-item appropriation spokesman Jim Gordon says, points out that voters, on
in the city budget for housing, Hennigan plans to “For lack of a better term, there average, use only 2.8 of
emphasize public safety, health care, and especially is an informal exploratory their four at-large votes.
scrutiny of development projects. “These are issues you She observes playfully, “1
can’t fix once you do them wrong; these are forever issues,” HENNIGAN prepares to run think there’s room for me.”
she says. “That’s why | feel so strongly. | need to do this citywide. — Dorie Clark
MYREN. HENNIGAN PHOTO BY ER
ANUARY 19. 2001 MEWS AND FEATURES THE BOSTON PHOENIX 7
UNUSUAL SUSPECT
MAYORAL MUSINGS
To catch a thief?
Flynn on Menino
“I’m always hunting for oddball “The investigation into Kadish’s some explanation, if this is true In recent months, Boston mayor Tom Menino has come
stuff,” Marc Kadish said a few alleged stolen-property scheme is why it would be true. | just don’t under fire for his handling of the South Boston linkage deal
years ago in an interview with the continuing,” the report continued, get it.” and the Red Sox’ plan to build a new park in the Fenway.
Boston Globe. Last week, those “and further charges are possible.” Certainly, if the allegations turn Now former mayor Ray Flynn has jumped on the
words came back to haunt him. News of Kadish’s arrest left out to be valid, this will go down bandwagon.
According to the Suffolk County those who know him mystified. as one of the more bizarre local In an interview with the Phoenix last week, Flynn
district attorney's office, the local “This is so out of character,” says crime stories of the year. “I’m in criticized Menino’s handling of the high-profile
bar owner’s penchant one business shock about this,” says one friend development issues as proof that the mayor has lost touch
for collectibles went associate. “Marc “This is not something that he with city neighborhoods. Flynn, who lives in South Boston,
well beyond flea- is such a would need to do. I mean, this said the ongoing waterfront development “will be the demise
market bric-a-brac. wonderful guy. guy’s a millionaire — what's a of this town” and that Menino has paid more attention to
On January 11, the What he’s done couple of VCRs when you’re a development interests than to
37-year-old Kadish for Allston, he’s millionaire?” communities.
whose Allston- changed that Kadish, of course, is innocent “Before you start
based businesses whole unless and until the state proves giving approval to
include the Sunset neighborhood.” him guilty in court; and it remains development
Grill & Tap, Big City, Indeed, over the to be seen whether prosecutors projects, you cut the
6 Burner Café, and 13 years he’s been will be able to do so Although he deal with the |
Redneck’s Roast Beef a business owner did not return phone calls from community,” said
was arraigned on in the area, Kadish the Phoenix, Kadish told one Flynn. “He didn’t
charges of receiving stolen has built a solid reputation as a friend that the whole affair is the make the deal with \
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property, plus one count of one-man urban-renewal scheme. A result of a “misunderstanding.” the community. This \
breaking and entering, which few years ago, Mayor Menino “He had just tried to help out area 1S going to be \
arose from the allegation that honored Kadish with a civics someone ... by buying things from negatively impacted by
Kadish used his vehicle to award in recognition of his work. him,” the friend writes in an commercial
transport the spoils of a December Jennifer Rose, executive director e-mail. “The guy had told him he development. There is FLYNN wouldn't have done it
23 burglary. At the arraignment, of the Allston Village Main Streets was moving out of some place absolutely no question Venino’s way
he pleaded not guilty. Association — of which Kadish is (which explains Marc’s picking the about that.” Flynn
A report released by the DA’s a board member — says, “Marc stuff up at the apartment). This is likened South Boston’s
office last week announced that and his staff have worked hard certainly in keeping with Marc’s plight to the Fenway’s:
Boston detectives recovered “a doing clean-ups in the vicinity, generosity. I hope this will turn ‘What deal was cut on
large quantity of stolen goods” tearing down posters and picking out to be the explanation fo1 Fenway Park with the
from Kadish’s office — including up trash. He’s always doing things something that otherwise is so community people?
CD players, computers, and to improve the district.” self-defeating it is You can’t cut a deal
mountain bikes — and “two stolen “I can’t understand this,” Rose incomprehensible.” with the Red Sox
television sets” from his home. adds. “I can only hope that there’s — Chris Wright and City Hall. You
cut a deal with the
community.”
Where Menino erred
WHERE THE HEART IS on South Boston, said
Flynn, was in his lack of
Marathon man
candor with the whole city on the pluses and minuses of the
convention-center project and the corresponding linkage
Jeremy Alderson may be one of the few people left continues to grow. The advocacy group National deal. Under the agreement Menino helped forge, South
these days who still get mad as hell about Coalition for the Homeless estimates that two million Boston got 51 percent of linkage money paid by developers
homelessness in the United States — mad enough to people nationwide went homeless last year alone. even though neighborhoods affected by development
have actually done something about it for four years That’s more than the populations of Boston, Atlanta,
typically receive just 10 to 20 percent of such funds. Menino
running. and Kansas City combined. A University of
reneged when community activists and political leaders in
“The driving force for me is outrage,” says the New Pennsylvania study suggests that as many as 12
other parts of the city learned how much South Boston
York radio journalist. “Outrage that people are percent of Americans have experienced an episode of
would receive and criticized the deal.
sleeping in the streets and nobody says anything homelessness in the past 10 years.
about it.” Alderson’s marathon is “It was tragic that it turned out South Boston versus the
To get people talking about meant to raise awareness, not rest of the city,” said Flynn. “South Boston was isolated. |
the homeless problem, money and for good would have brought all the parties together. You ask what
Alderson first broadcast a 14- reason. “Charity is a fine are the community benefits of that convention center. If you
hour live radio show in 1997 thing,” he explains, “but I determine that the convention center, these luxury
in Ithaca, New York. Since don’t want to encourage the condominiums, and the hotels [are] not in the community’s
then, the show, known as The view that homelessness is best interest, then I would not go forward with them.”
Homeless Marathon, has about charity for poor
In addition, said Flynn, if the mayor makes a deal with the
spread to more than 30 misfortunates.” That’s why the
community over development, it’s the mayor’s job to make
stations across the country, show features hourly segments
sure the deal sticks. That’s what Flynn claimed he did in
including those in such major on topics that would interest
getting the FleetCenter, the Ted Williams Tunnel, and the
markets as Chicago, Los almost anyone, such as the
Angeles, and Portland, gentrification of city new Boston police station built.
Oregon. neighborhoods and the “You sell it to the rest of the city,” Flynn said. “You say,
This year, Alderson is dwindling of housing stock ‘We have a convention center here and this is in the best
bringing his marathon to This year’s new programs interest of the economy of Boston, and this is going to bring
Boston. Next Wednesday focus on the connection in all kinds of jobs.’” He added that it’s the mayor’s job to
night, starting at 7 p.m., he between homelessness and disclose all the negative points at the same time: “For me to
and his five-person crew will characteristics like race, sell this deal, I need to sell it to this community just like I
take over the front steps of the gender, and age.
had to sell the North End community the Boston Garden o1
Old Cambridge Baptist Alderson promises a
the Big Dig, or just like I had to sell the people in Roxbury
Church, where they’ll mesmerizing show. “People
the police station.”
broadcast their show for 14 find themselves listening hour
So does this robust critique mean Flynn wants to get back
straight hours in the winter after hour,” he says — not
cold. COMMON PLIGHT: studies suggest that because they feel they should, into politics? Not at all. The former mayor and Vatican
as many as 12 percent of Americans have
Alderson doesn’t pretend but because the broadcast is ambassador said he’s happy with his new life as a writer and
been homeless. It’s not “about charity for
that spending one night outside just that good. Catholic activist and isn’t planning a political comeback.
poor misfortunates,” Alderson says.
is anything like being homeless. Tune in to the Fourth Still, he was disturbed by what he discovered in South
But for him, homelessness isn’t Annual Homeless Marathon Boston when he returned from Rome in 1997. “When I
just about not having a home. on WMBR (88.1 FM) from came back from the Vatican I was absolutely shocked,” said
“It’s about the entire structure of society,” he says. 7 p.m. on January 24 to 9.a.m. on January 25. Or Flynn. “People from the financial community were buying
“That we let people sleep in the streets says something visit the host site — where Alderson will set up an
up all this property for $400,000 and taking three-deckers
about the real lack of humanity in our domestic open mike at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church,
and turning them into three condominiums. Young people
policies.” 1151 Mass Ave, in Cambridge.
can no longer afford to live in this town.”
There’s no doubt that the homelessness problem — Kristen Lombardi
— Seth Gitell
FLYNN AND MENINO PHOTOS BY MARK OSTOW; HOMELESS PHOTO BY K. BONAMI
8 JANUARY 19, 2001 NEWS AND FEATURES THE BOSTON PHOENIX
lashbacks i=
The Boston Phoenix has been cov- tounding numbers of women are com-
ering the trends and events that shape ing forth with stories of violent mar-
Februree ary }
our times since 1966. The following riages. The Boston Police Department
receives 45 calls daily from beaten
selections, culled from our back files,
doors 6pm * show 7pm_ 18+ were compiled by Nina Willdorf. wives, and 70 percent ol the Boston
City Hospital's emergency patients
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Horrigan, who was gearing up for an sive husband: A group of women in
alien extravaganza. NEEDLESS TRAGEDY: « domestic- Somerville is trying to address this
“It was only a matter of time before problem with a program called Re-
violence victim, long before O.].
aliens went Do-It-Yourself, which is spond. Since March the group has
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John Horrigan did a session on ‘Mak- 1984.... Clearly, the traditional culi- group sessions. Now it is working on
ing Your Own Alien Autopsy nary symbol of the American good life a plan to lease or buy a building where
Footgge ; is making a comeback. Elegant and battered women can stay.”
“Although that might sound like the simple, yet somehow excessive, the
lilo® eo work of a guarded skeptic, Horrigan hefty slice of cooked cow is a fitting Dance-groove master
is a believer — one of New England’s food for the mid ’80s.... 3 0 years ago:
foremost authorities on the supernat- “I'd like to think that more people January 26, 1971
ural, in fact. And his year-old Super- are eating more beef because beef just Thirty gold records and a bent to-
natural Coffeehouse, where historical plain tastes good. At home or dining ward avuncular advice-giving couldn’t
FEBRUARY 11 revisionists and psychic healers get out, nothing excites the senses more jam up funky soul brother James
down to earth with skeptics, aca- than the presentation of a magnificent Brown, wrote Stephen Graham.
demics, and regular Joes, is one of the rib roast, juices dripping, garnished “James Brown is the King of Soul;
DOORS SPM / SHOW GPM ALL AGES most compelling developments to with vegetables and maybe a York- he’s super-bad, he’s super-funky, he’s
come out of the paranormal’s most shire pudding.” Mr. Dynamite. You can accuse him of
recent brush with the mainstream.”
Sour note
Decisions, decisions ? years ago:
1 0 years ago: 0 January 20, 1981
January 18, 1991 Despite Sondheim’s zealous ef-
Browsing the racks of a video store forts for the play Sweeney Todd,
one Friday night, Mark Leibovich was Lloyd Schwartz found the music
more intrigued by the intrigue than by disappointing.
the movie titles. ‘Stephen Sondheim's score for
“The video store has become a Sweeney Todd is one of the most
modern laboratory of relationships, a ambitious ever devised for a Broad-
place where personal taste collides way show. Parts are so complex
with the demands of compromise, and ingenious in their ensembles,
and where a simple commitment t orchestration, and musical counter
spend two hours on the couch can in pointing (one song accompanied
spire agonizing meditations and gru with the tune of another; a grisly
JAMES BROWN: s/i// feeling good.
with epooiel guest dexter freebish throat-slitting taking place while
FEBRUARY 12
someone sings a love song) that
it’s virtually impossible to ‘get’ every lomism for his televised ‘cool-it’ speech
DOORS 8PM * SHOW 9PM 18+ thing in the theater But not all during the riots after Martin Luther
SNO-COREICICLEFEST = Sondheim’s complications are for the King’s assassination, and you can sneer
better. Crucial plot developments at him for singing songs like ‘Don’t Be a
GALACTIC
(and there is a lot of plot) get lost in Dropout.’ And still the fact remains that
the texture. There is also a destructive his is one of the few major soul acts of
inconsistency of tone the witty long standing that still generate real ex-
sting of nastiness that is one of Sond- citement on the stage. He proved at the
heim’s contributions to musical Sugar Shack two weeks ago that after
S CLAY POOL'S VIDEOS (el! the inner story. ‘comedy’ turning periodically into an more than 30 gold records, he and his
inflated, overwrought imitation of band haven't lost their touch.”
bad opera.”
FRoe BrleAnDs
eling struggles for control.... Where are they now?
“Yes, video-store sociology is a com- Gimme shelter Carly Carioli is the events editor at
OPRUwsS AND SUBEA) plicated science, a display of personal 2 years ago: - the Phoenix. Mark Leibovich is a staff
history (‘He says he saw Airplane II 18 5 January 20, 1976 writer at the Washington Post.
oFomEenBiioRmeUsnA RY 1
times. Oh dear’), pretension (‘I just As awareness of domestic violence Michael Gee is a sports columnist for
doors 7pm/show 8pm 18+
ON SALE NOW! saw it last night, but I’d love to see My grew, Brenda Payton highlighted the Boston Herald. Brenda Payton is a
Dinner with Andre again’), insensitivity some community resources for news columnist for the Oakland Tri-
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(‘I don’t care if your parents just got women dealing with this plague. bune. Lloyd Schwartz is the classical-
divorced — | want to see Kramer vs. “The problem of wife-beating is music critic for the Phoenix and a
Tickets also available at the Orpheum Kramer’), and taste for adventure (‘Do being discussed more openly, and as- Pulitzer Prize recipient.
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Mad for cow
1 years ago: ah.. e n
5 January 21, 1986
Catchy slogans, powerful lobbyists, Tts not a saint eK-
Face it, youre expensive ad campaigns — they actly, Tts Marce (1a
worked. Americans threw caution to
not to find a the wind and starting slapping more
and more steaks on their plates.
$350 a month studio. Michael Gee salivated over the pow-
erful appeal of juicy red meat.
Get a roommate in the “For years now, American cattle-
men have been urging Americans to
Phoenix Classifie ds. eat more beef.... Throughout the
70s, though beef remained our major
protein source, Americans ate less
and less beef, for reasons of economy
and for fear that those well-marbled
steaks could lead to arteries clogged
with fats solid as marble. But in 1983
Americans ate more beef than they
did in 1982, and they ate still more in SIPCESS® 24 0
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10 JANUARY 19, 2001 NEWS AND FEATURES THE BOSTON PHOENIX
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Home furnishings for
Reuse, recycle, the ecologically correct
ONTRARY TO THE beliefs of our benighted new president,
global warming is a very real thing. And those landfills ain't
gonna empty themselves. It’s time to rethink the way things
are made and bought, to look to the future with an eye fixed on re-
ducing the volume of manufacturing’s toxic byproducts and heaps of
discarded junk.
Enter Eco Interiors, part of a burgeoning movement of retailers who
don't play by the rules of large manufacturers. Everything in the store
comes from “reclaimed, recycled, and natural materials,” says owner
Gail Bohan. “If they're made out of the country and imported, | look at
who's making them and what kind of labor laws are going into them. If
a company couldn't answer my questions, [their products] didn’t come
into the store.”
What did make it into the store is a surprisingly wide and practical
selection of home furnishings, often made with astounding ingenuity.
Take, for example, a handsome kitchen table ($800, including shipping)
made with wood from demolished 100-year-old farmhouses and fin-
ished with a lustrous beeswax. Or check out the surprisingly attractive
queen-size head- and footboards ($2000) made entirely from discard-
ed warehouse pallets. Throw on a natural-latex mattress wrapped in
naturally flame-retardant wool ($1900 with base board) and an irre-
sistibly soft blanket made from melted and extruded soda bottles ($45),
and you'll rest easy in the knowledge that you’re doing your part for the
environment.
And there’s more: sit your ass down in a chair constructed entirely
from reclaimed skis ora bench made from decommissioned snow-
boards ($350 each) — perfect additions to the eco-friendly chalet.
Lean back, light a beeswax candle in a rotating candelabra made from
reconfigured bike sprockets and entwined chains ($38 to $68), grab a
bottle of vino from your stylish Art Deco bicycle-rim wine rack ($116 to
$184), and toast your good sense.
Okay, some of this stuff is pricey. But not all of it. “I try to have
something for everybody,” says Bohan. She points to a shelf of clocks
and lamps made from old computer motherboards with labyrinthine
electronic mazes ($18 to $34), and a greeting card with seeds em-
bedded in the paper ($3.50). The latter is the perfect birthday gift for
a kid: plant the card, get a tree — environmentalism is learned in the }
home, after all.
Whatever you buy, know that it’s better to give your money to a place
like this than to places like Wal-Mart. Bohan stresses the importance of
supporting this kind of innovative inventory: “Show the big manufactur-
ing companies, the companies that really rule the home [furnishings]
industry, that there is another way to do this,” she says. “Take that
power away from them so they’re no longer clear-cutting our forests,
they're not taking out virgin material, not wasting natural resources.
When you recycle something, you save energy. ... There are tons of
> INNOVATIVE INVENTORY: Gail Bohan’s Eco reasons to buy this stuff.”
© Interiors sells furniture and accessories made Eco Interiors is located at 694 Broadway (Ball Square), in
only from reclaimed or all-natural materials.
Somerville. Call [phone] or visit www.eco-interiors.com.
i— _ ~*~ — Mike Miliard
PHOTO BY JOEL VEAK
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The Church says that the Earth is flat, but | know that it is someone so you have to go show extra consideration to older
round. For | have seen the shadow on the moon and | have through with it. Sagittarius — a women — but if you do, don’t ex- Key to Moon Signs
good day for subtle romantic ges- pect immediate gratitude.
more faith in the shadow than in the Church. tures. Leo, give way on the little This horoscope traces the passage of the
— Ferdinand Magellan matters (especially if you were Tuesday, January 23 moon, not the sun. Simreapd frlom yday to
born after August 8). Virgo, spend Dark of the moon in day to watch the moon's influence as it moves
the night — you can always borrow Capricorn/Aquarius. Not through the signs of the zodiac.
:F YOU LOOK up, this is an excellent week to see the curve of the a toothbrush. VOC 1 p.m. to 9 a.m. a good day for firm deadlines. The When the moon isi n your sun sign, you
earth, and the increased darkness will make Jupiter and Saturn visi- tomorrow. most stable personalities emit are beginning a new 28-day emotional cycle,
ble when night falls. This waning phase of the moon is called the “bal- mixed signals. All-day void-of- and you can expect increased insight and
Sunday, January 21 course adds a dash of “good inten- emotiWhoen nthea moloni motvesy in.to the
samic,” and it’s an excellent time to finish up business — or have busi- Waning moon in Capri- tions.” Capricorn “wants to help,” sun sign opposite yours (see below), expect to
ness finish you (Scorpio and Sagittarius are supposed to be frazzled corn. For the next couple while Aquarius is not to be found.
family, or authority figures; social or romantic
of days, be careful you don’t see Libra, it’s a great day to take a
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Thursday, January 18 going skiing or skating or workable than it is. Capricorn, what end up where you want to go. VOC When the moon is in Aries, it opposes
Waning moon in Scorpio. anything where sliding was your big dose of reality in 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Taurus/Scorpio, Gemini/Sagittarius, Cancer/
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Capricorn, Leo/Aquanad rViirgou/Psis,ces .
Seinfeld where Elaine referred to her please limber up. Or put a crutch in if you work extra-hard and no one Wednesday, January 24 The moon stays in each sign approximately
ability to keep secrets as “putting it the car. Impetuosity rules. Sagittar- notices, does it count? New moon in Aquarius. two and a half days.
in the vault,” yet a dose of schnapps ius may feel restless, in that “I can’t Sometimes a new begin- As the moon moves between signs, it will
basically broke the combination? last in this job for much longer” sort Monday, January 22 ning can find you shell-shocked, sometimes become “void of course,” making
You may feel tiny fingers prying at of way. Aries wants a quick — rather Waning moon in Capri- but it’s a great day for writing no major angles top lanets. Consider this a
your most private feelings, and an than big — finish, while Gemini corn. Somehow the plea- (not publishing). Jupiter and null time and try to avoid making or
overly passionate reaction will be needs to watch the boasting. sure of a grudge loses its appeal. Saturn move direct, freeing up implemdeecisnionts iif ynoug ca n.
thoroughly appropriate. Scorpio, of Live and let live, even if no one’s crucial “mentor” energy for those For Symboline Dai’s sun-sign horoscopes
course, is exempt. But not Pisces. Saturday, January 20 living it up. Capricorn, a great day who need it. Aquarius, focus and advice column, visit our Web site at
VOC 9 to 10:30 p.m. Waning moon in Sagittar- for project completion, although comes later in the week. Libra,
ius. What's the road to hell your nearest and dearest will if you can stop fussing about how
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Waning moon in Sagittarius. If you're bubbling up, for gosh sake, tell Funville. Cancer, you may need to listen. *