Boston Phoenix January 14-20, 2005: Vol 34 Iss 2

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John Kerry may have been the best ;
thing that could happen to his new
movie, The Assassination of Richard Nixon.
Look at the parallels between the early
1970s, when the film is set, and today. A Re-
publican president, mired in an unwinnable
war, pushing a right-wing agenda, enmeshed
in secrecy and deceit, wins a second term
after defeating a liberal Democratic candi-
date in a campaign riddled with dirty tricks.
The Republicans claim a mandate; Democ-
rats and progressives shrink into impotent
rage. Who among the latter hasn’t harbored
guilty fantasies of violent revolt?
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Sean Penn and The Assassination of Richard Nixon by Peter Keough
Amid an unwinnable war, a Republican president enmeshed in secrecy and deceit wins a sec
riddled with dirty tricks. It’s a scenario that inspires murderous rage in the new movie
Nixon, as well as impassioned political protest from the film’s star, Sean Penn
DON’T QUOTE ME: Scandal proof by Dan Kennedy
Monday’s report on how CBS managed to screw up the entirely true story of the president's
duty may have triggered the exit of a news producer and three network executives, but its
last long in a business rocked by recent scandal
TALKING POLITICS: Seeking a Democratic Moses by Adam Reilly
Ordinarily, the race for DNC chair would be consummate inside-baseball stuff, bu
members pick their new leader on February 12, they'll be telling the rest of us
Democratic Party and how they pian to fix it
Red meat and rednecks by Camille Dodero
Sten with me to the seventh circle of West Roxbury, yea, unto the Spend a game day roving the parking lots at Gillette Stadium, and you'll learn a lot about the
very gates of Dedham. Down Route 1 we go. Remember the old species of New England Patriots tailgaters
neon chicken sign at Fontaine's? It’s gone, and in its place is ..
Black death by David S. Bernstein 22
by Robert Nadeau Massachusetts’s long-standing need for more racially and economically balanced juries comes into frighteningly
sharp focus as the state prepares to host its first capital trial of an African-American defendant in three decades
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on the. cheap m4 Nixon was insecure, but he had a professional capability
in his statesmanship.... In Bush's case, though, there are no
skills. So all you're left with is the transparent dysfunction.
Well, he’s determined to be the last president. He has
he food comes fast, hot, and an apocalyptic ego in place of an actual ego. y, 9
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BOSTON ¢ PROVIDENCE ¢ PORT The Cape Cod DA's coercive DNA sweep is an outrageous assault on the right to be left alone
VOL. XXXIV, NO. 2
Pus¢u isHEeR M& MC HAIRMAN: Spitting on our liberties
Presipent & CHier OPERATING OFFICER
Executive ICE PRESIDENT:
Epiror:
BOSTON O DOUBT Michael O'Keefe, the district at- beautification projects, and for 375th-birthday pt daa4 r 1 r
Senior MANacinG Eorror/PHoENix Newsparer GrouP: Senior torney for Cape Cod and the Islands, thinks parties across Boston, to be paid for with $1 mil 4 Ww lay tat r$l
DEiorrercotro:r : Kristen GooTd frie ESotranr r Desictine he’s doing the right thing by attempting to lion in funds left over from the Democratic Na millio D Pat I te
Taylor; Fearures Eoiror amara Wieder ATS Epitor persuade Truro men to provide saliva samples so tional Convention, were well-received il fight the deal on anti-competitiv "
AAsrstosc iaEtoei torAsr:t s ECoarrroolryr: y (theater r wtK e Arts Eorror: M that they may be matched against DNA evidence though he'll have to prove he can match his on Monday, Mediat port il
Senior Starr Writer Stare Wrirers in a frustratingly elusive murder investigation ecessor Kevin White's stylish celebration 25 years racist jokes told at of M n
Cooroinsatreo r: Ninaa m Ma Mike Miliar THE Epiror Reilly; r Listt incs Those who would take away our personal free ago. Menino’s observation that the city con the Metn - M
CAomnyt riFsiuntcihn,c MiEcphraroerl: rg, Kw . k CO* NTRIBUTING WRIRTEeR S: dom invariably believe it’s for tributes far more to the and Wednesday tries at Bostor
s, Rober! Mar our own good. state’s economy than it gets nix.com). The Herald has been in full battle
It’s not. In fact, O’Keefe’s back was on target, if lacking since. On Wednesday, the 1
Cartoonist: David Sipress; ASTROLOGER: edict — which is being en- in policy specifics (see A lam ppuubbllii shed> a p) age-oner spn las! } scre. jj
Sates Director forced by Truro police and the Reilly’s take on the Sta > of fr i il {
Associate Director oF Sale ENTERTAINMENT SALES Massachusetts State Police — the City, posted Wednesday B
SCoUoPrEpRiVnIaStOoRr:: Mi jh CuTarsasfiffiice p MSaanvaecse r:D irectMoarr:k M TRAFFIC is an outrageous trampling of on BostonPhoenix.com Ay
PTom ERSONHAydLeS, MANACaGrloEs R: M Sar k Cuassiied t Lines Account ExCeocruPtoirvaerse our civil liberties. It may not But the mayor avoided the
Music Saves Manacer: M Sewior Account Execute be intended as intimidation, tough issues, especially soar
Me ey jowaren, d ETleimkzianb, el Reta Account ExecutiveDsi:r ector, Interactive Sates but that is the effect. Not only ing property taxes and his in
K. Sta should the district attorney creasingly troubled po de
Narionat SaLes cease and desist immediately, partment. Since th
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Assistant: Kate lannott carrying out this witch-hunt been us
Human Resources should be destroyed — something he has prom- of state aid and Propositi
DCioroercptionra:t or:K irn MDaurlcyl anHeeiyt;zk e, ExecEuxetciuvtei veR e ASSISTIANNGT MANAGER RECEPTBIEONNeIrSiTt:s inseeedd etdo. doA boonvley aafllt,e r O’tKheee fsea’sm plcersu saadree nmoa kleosn gear ltihmoiutgs h,t ax thien csrteaatsee s.c ut Inb atchke cpoasnts idf erably in local
Director OF MARKETING K mockery of the right to be left alone. aid payments as it stru
PromoTiONS MaNaceR: Fredo F 2 The spit test is the latest development in the crisis. And the value of residential property kept organization
New Mepia investigation of the 2002 murder of Christa Wor rising even as recession lowered the value of busi but also t
OWneusi ne DeCsOiNcTneErN:T MBrAeN AGER Onuine g; CWoentse ntDe vELCooroerR:o narorJoe s: Mimt ing thington, a 46-year-old fashion writer. O’Keefe ness property, thus shifting t
Krpata, Me! wants DNA samples from the 750 or so men who burden onto hard-pressed homeo
OPERATIONS live in Truro because semen was found on Wor with the Menino administration's inade
CMraenaatciiven c DEiorrevcotro,r : MAMiGkA ZINES AND SSPeEnCiIoArL PDUEBSLIIGCNAETRI ONS thington’s body. The man with whom Worthing record in developing affordable housin
APrrnoiostusc:t ion Jason MANAHGaEzlRe:tt , TrRayv an McM Art MANAGER IT Director GRAPHIC ton had sexual relations is not necessarily a sus burden has, sadly given rt
Desxtor Support Manacer PC/Mac Systems pect, O’Keefe has said; but since he may have son to think about moving
TECHNICIAN: Pr FaciuTies MANAGER been the last person to see Worthington alive, the Even more troubling is the performance of
Circucaion Director: Maur RCoIbeRrtCs;U LATCIIORNC ULATION AssISTAN authorities want to question him. Boston Police Depar nt (BPD). Aft. r toxic con
Corporate DirCoencttroori teOrF: CO£ RPORATE FINANCEC ONTROLLER, PRINT PUBLICATION’ O’KUeneffeo’rst untaatcteilcys, arteh erilel egias l,l itdtlees ptiot es utghgee sFto utrhtaht tmroacctr atniecg otcioantvieonntsi ont,h at thneeraer lyw asd isrreuapstoenc to hope CBS and the truth
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But that doesn’t make them right. On Monday, ifter all, the BPD was a national model admired , j "
PROVIDENCE the ACLU of Massachusetts sent a letter to O’Keefe for its community policing and the city’s decreas
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: and to Truro police chief John Thomas, asking ing murder rate. Now the murder rate is climb tor ist S be ( N
Manacinc Epitor that they “discontinue the wholesale collection of ing, and the depar 1ent’s ability to solve crime ic i Texas Air } (
NCOeNwTsR IBUEToIiNrGo r WRITERS: ContrisuTinct Epiror DNA samples in connection with the investiga- has come under serious question. A recent surv Don’t Quote Me,” N
Phillipe & Jorge, Bill Rodriguez, Johnett tion of the murder of Christa Worthington,” call- shows that public confidence in the BPD is drop What people should not for
tyco chip Y CONCToRnITBURTIIBNUGT INGP HOTIOLGLRUASPTHREARTSO RS ing it “a serious intrusion on personal privacy ping, not just among frican-Americans — which redible account
Nationalr ey; SateCsO:N TRI£ BUTING GraPHiC i ARTIAScTc ount e Executives: t; Director c oF that has proven to be both ineffective and is to be expected, given that their neighborhoods
sinny Hall, Andrea n SENIOR wasteful.” are often the most crime-plagued — but among
AMratniascte r: taAcyn ita Anderson; Trarric CooRDINATOR Creorr A study by the University of Nebraska found other communities as well (see “Reasonable
RhEttCpE:P/T/IwOwNwI.S Tp/rAoDvMIiNdSeTnRcAeTpOhRo:e nix Worto Wine Wee Site that such mass DNA sweeps rarely produce useful Bias,” News and Features, January 7). O'Toole
information. Thus O’Keefe’s tactics are not only seems genuinely committed to cleaning up her
PORTLAND an affront to liberty — there is also no evidence department by taking such steps as establishing a
SMaavneasa iMnacn acEepirt:o r:M arc Sa Shepard that they will work. What’s taking place in Truro citizen review board. But she still has m 1 to do ups by the G
Listincs Coorpinator: Amy Mart Starr Writer is nothing more than an exercise in police intimi- What Menino said Monday evening was fine as have never cal
CONTamRoInB,U TINGS araW RITERS: 2 ris Bar eth Brogan, Murra dation, wrongly wrapped up in the laudable far as it went. What he didn’t say was far more Yet Bush and Dick Cheney
Giampetr riffin, Kathy Gunst cause of solving a notorious murder case. significant avoid the draft, have gotten a free 1
Katherine Joyce .
Tir t Mark genuine service of Democratic pre
huize | Strauss, Lance ft Menino avoids reality Race and the Metro dates John Kerry, in 2004, and Al
DHuilrtegcrteno,r OFE liNzaaTbietohn aL SFaiAth,L ES: Proouctie on MANAGER Account g; EGxercauptwiivce s: ArtiKsrt : Mayor Tom Menino’s State of the City was a If the stakes weren't so high, it would be enter has been denigrated beyond all re
N TrarFFic/CREDIT COORDINATOR masterful performance on the surface, a feel- taining to sit on the sidelines and scoff at the not just ironic. It’s outrageous
OFFICES good message delivered at a time when many res- dust-up between the New York Times Company
idents do, indeed, feel good about the city. His and the suddenly oh-so-sensitive Boston Herald
call for expanded early-education programs, for Last week the Times Company which owns the
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Narionat Saves OFFice We welcome responses from our readers. Letters carried a long riff about Israeli aid to Sri Lanka At a time when the US seems to b wash in
Worto Wive Wes site: ht NW should be typed (double-spaced), if possible, and apparently involving a series of misunderstand racial and religious paranoia, much of it fed by
INFORMATION must include the writer’s name, address, and a ings, misattributions, and mis porting our ignorance of the rest of the world, please
telephone number where he or she can be reached You seem to have gotten caught up in the try to do a better job of informing y«
during business hours for verification. The writer’s general confusion, while earnestly informing
L6e1t7t)e rs 85T9o- 8T2H E Epitor:¢ ema tters@ name and position or town will be published, but Phoenix readers that “[t}he implication was
these may be withheld for good reason that Sri Lanka, a largely Muslim nation, did not
Smuoanstchrsi, pni$o2n00s/:1 Byu:l k Letters may be mailed to the Boston Phoenix, want to be seen publicly as welcoming military very Associated Press re we were criticizing
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Reproduction without perr thod w or to staff writers’ e-mail addresses (e-mailed letters lim nation. Most Sri Lankans (70 percent) are unyorms may t particularly in
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and a hometown). All letters are subject to editing the state religion. Another 15 percent are Hindu; you're right. We should have
Tue PHoenix Mepia/ for considerations of space, fairness, and clarity. there are also some Christians (eight percent)
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Printinc, SturF@Nicut, Peorpte2Peorte Group aster [“Apocalypse Now,” Editorial, January 7] is unlikely to be religious also running
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Q&A GAIETY THEATRE FLE
Cheryl Jacques at a crossroads Strike three for a historic landmark
Favorite daughter Cheryl Jacques has had A: Cheryl Jacques doesn’t have the power to The Gaiety Theatre has stood on block the destruction of the Gaiety until its G
quite a year. In November 2003, in a surprise move marriage front and center. No one has Washington Street in downtown Boston own case, which goes to court in March, text
move, the openly gay then-state senator that power. That discussion is being had as for 96 years. It has hosted vaudeville, could be resolved — as had other and
announced that she had accepted a position to though we do have that power, as though we burlesque, and Harlem Renaissance acts; interested parties, including three city dut
head the nation’s largest GLBT political could say, okay, gay-community leaders, let’s been added to the State Register of councilors, all of whom were denied legal Me!
organization, the Human Rights Campaign. (See never say the word marriage again, let’s take it Historic Places and the Inventory of standing in the Gaiety proceedings. trip
“Head Gay in Charge,” News and Features, right out of our vocabulary, let’s take it off our Historic and Archaeological Assets of the So, in a pathetic coda to the theater’s the
November 7, 2003.) By January, she had packed list of desires, and then everybody out there is Commonwealth; and maintained its colorful history, it came down to whether Ma
up her spouse, Jennifer, and twin two-year-old going to treat us better on bills like the hate-crimes stellar acoustics, designed by theater the loss of the Gaiety would cause a this
sons, left her hometown of Needham (which bill, or the employment-nondiscrimination act, aga
she had represented in the State House for or fair treatment in the workplace. That is « cha
nearly 12 years), and embarked on a whirlwind naive. It is naive to think that the extreme right Asia Vravel hot
of activity from her new post in Washington, DC. and the George Bushes and the Karl Roves are oft
More than the usual whirlwind, actually, going to stop talking about marriage for gay pu:
since the GLBT movement had just been people, an engine they are riding — a car they col
handed a fat victory by Jacques’s home-state will ride until it runs out of gas, politically — to div
high court on November 18, 2003: the divide this country and score political points at yo
Goodridge decision, which removed the ban on the ballot box. That somehow they’re going sky
same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. And no stop using this issue as a bogeyman to sul
sooner was the ruling issued than it landed in demonize gay people if we all agree to stop en
the pressure cooker of presidential politics, in a talking about it. That’s why I say, I didn’t make the
close, passionately contested race in which it front and center, history did. It landed on our cal
conservative “moral values” threatened to doorstep with the Goodridge decision years se
swing the election for George W. Bush. after, years after, the extreme right had already hi
Just four weeks after the November 2, 2004, passed “defense of marriage” acts in 37 states. mi
election, HRC announced Jacques’s departure, They filed the federal Defense of Marriage Act av
citing “a difference in management philosophy.” back in 1996, long before the Goodridge el
Sources close to Jacques say that HRC wanted decision came along. They have been running ta
to pursue a more moderate course, one that on this issue long before there was any hope or di
placed less emphasis on pushing for same-sex prospect or opportunity for gay marriage. So Ww
marriage. Jacques has since issued an eloquent the idea that we brought this backlash on be
statement, titled “At a Crossroads,” which places ourselves? Not true! And if we were all to retreat ta
the quest for same-sex-marriage rights squarely from it, I guarantee you that Tony Perkins, with ar
in the civil-rights traditions heralded by Susan the Family Research Council, and Jerry Falwell NO ENCORE: despite their best efforts last Friday, Gaiety supporters couldn’t win a di
B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr.; you can and the rest — they’re not running away from reprieve for the historic theater.
read it online at cheryljacques.org. this issue, they’re embracing this issue.
Meanwhile, the Phoenix caught up with
Jacques to talk about anything but her Q: Yes, it’s too useful to them. Like abortion architect Clarence Blackall, for nearly a neighboring strip club irreparable harm.
departure from the HRC, which she “is not at has been. century. Francis X. Spina, associate justice of the
liberty to discuss.” We promised. A: It’s better than abortion. They’ve all said It will not survive Mayor Thomas Supreme Judicial Court, heard arguments
that they’re raising more money now, their Menino and the Boston Redevelopment by teleconference for less than an hour on
Q: It seems fair to say that you would place troops are more inspired by this issue. Authority, however. The BRA, in its zeal to Tuesday, according to Glass Slipper
gay marriage at the front and center of the allow Kensington Investments to erect a attorney Kenneth Tatarian. Less than three
movement today Q: I wonder whether over the past year any 30-story condominium behemoth — and hours later, Spina issued a five-paragraph
A: You know, it’s not that marriage is more organizations or people surpriseydou with their squash the last remnants of the Combat memo. The Glass Slipper owners, he
important than workplace protection, passage support for gay rights. Zone — has succeeded in getting the final wrote, “have not established that they are
of hate-crimes law, full funding for HIV/AIDS A: Surprised is too strong a word. I continue legal go-ahead for the Gaiety’s demise. aggrieved by the decision to issue the
research and treatment. It’s not about being more to be heartened by the number of religious As the Phoenix reported in October (see demolition permit.”
important. It’s that equality is equality is equality. leaders who fully support GLBT people but “Curtain Call,” News and Features, To all parties, this looks like the final
And whether we're talking about treating GLBT whose voices are drowned out by the dominance October 15, 2004), the destruction of the word on the Gaiety. “This certainly frees
people equally in the workplace, or treating theit of the Jerry Falwells, the Lou Sheldons, the Gaiety appears to run afoul of the city’s [Kensington] up to take the necessary
relationships equally under our contract law — Southern Baptist ministers. And as I traveled zoning code, which protects theaters in the steps to demolish,” Tatarian says.
including tax protections, estate protection, Social the country, I would have ministers and rabbis Midtown Cultural District. Kensington’s Last Friday, in a lunch-hour protest,
Security survivor benefits, and all the things and bishops and priests and nuns come up to BRA-approved development plan, such as about 40 Gaiety supporters, including City
that come with the state contract of marriage me, over and over, and say, I wish there were it is — full details still have not been Councilor Felix Arroyo, marched in a circle
— or whether we're talking about their right to more that I could do, I’m horrified that religion disclosed — seems to break other zoning and held signs: BAD REDEVELOPMENT
serve in the military, it’s all about equality. It’s is being used as a weapon to hurt good people. rules as well. AUTHORITY; KEEP THE CULTURE IN THE CULTURAL
not about marriage, it’s about equality. My best friend is gay, I’m gay, my sister’s gay. And The Kensington project still might get DISTRICT; NO TOMMY TOWER. They chanted,
one of the things I was working on that we have nixed; its legality is being challenged by “Kensington, don’t be a vulture, let us keep
Q: But as with King, who made desegregation to continue working on is, we need that religious the owners of the Glass Slipper strip club, our Boston culture.” But their efforts in the
of public places the flagship issue of the civil- voice — which is very present and out there but which abuts the Gaiety and would be bitter cold went to waste. The vultures got
rights movement, the one that would bring all very disorganized and not pulled together — to taken by eminent domain under the plan. their building.
other issues to bear on undoing racial inequality start countering the impact of that very vocal, The Glass Slipper had asked the courts to — David S. Bernstein
in this country, wouldn’t you say that gay but minority voice of the extreme religious right.
marriage should be the historically analogous
issue for the GLBT movement? Q: Were the people you met all from liberal
A: I would say that marriage has become the religious traditions? Any conservatives? The Lowdown ty scott cetchel
vocabulary of equality for GLBT people. It’s not A: One woman, who is gay, came up to me
that it’s more important, but it is symbolic of and told me all about her dad from Virginia
full equality. And if we achieve marriage who is a Southern Baptist minister. She came TAKIN’ ON THE “TAKE?.
equality, the rest will flow. It is very difficult for out to her dad in high school, and he worked
an employer to fashion an argument that he through it over the next six years while she An“iNOp CHL D LEPT
should be allowed to treat his gay employees was away at school. Today, her father will
differently from his straight employees when preach about how badly he handled this issue,
they are legally recognized under the marriage how wrong he was to demonize gay people.
laws. However, the opposite is also true. If states He talks about his daughter and her friends,
say, well, gay people, you’re equal, but you're not and he talks about love and what the Bible
equal for purposes of marriage, then it’s rather really means, and he continues to be a
easy for an employer to justify discrimination, Southern Baptist minister who gets it now.
Pwr wwearac
to think, well, the courts don’t think you're equal, LiGtrar
the state constitution doesn’t think you're equal, Q: CherylJacques.org. Is this the beginning of CARTOONIST
the politicians don’t think you’re equal, why a new organization, Cheryl?
should I treat you equally in the workplace? A: Ah, no. A ton of folks have tried to reach
Again, we’re back not to the word marriage out and contact me, and I just put an address in
we're back to the whole concept of equality. my op-ed, posted on the site, so they could. I
want to personally read and respond to each and
Q: If we were to make gay marriage the every one of them. I’m touched by the number
flagship fight of the GLBT movement, do you think of people who have reached out.
any other issues might be pushed to the sidelines? — Catherine Tumber
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is just in]
FLEX YOUR HEAD METAMORPHOSIS
Cracking the code at MIT Cabral puts on the ritz
Got a knack for translating chunks of captain of the crew who designed the of study — then checked the only two
text from Bengali, Minoan Linear B, 2005 edition (they've won the thing books relating to it out of the library. was fig
and Klingon? Know how to step the three times — no small feat). “Some These days, it’s not as easy to stanch the iob as Suf
duty cycle of a pulse source? teams are all undergraduates, some flow of information. “You can’t shut sheriff last year, she
Memorized the date of every unassisted have alumni, some have very little down the Internet,” says Morse. “A benefited fr«
triple play in major-league history? Get connection to MIT or none at all.” person sitting in front of Google could perception that she was a
thee to Lobby 7 on the campus of the There are two groups who'll be probably solve the first Mystery Hunt by public servant first and a
Massachusetts Institute of Technology participating remotely, via e-mail and themselves in an hour.” So now one key politician second. In fact
this Friday at high noon. It’s time once instant messaging, from Australia, he to maintaining a depraved level of ictive fostered this
again for the MIT Mystery Hunt, your says. Another team has 100 members, difficulty is “new ways of presenting
chance to spend more than 4 8 straight many of whom will be manning information. T 2"s a lot that ry
hours delving into fiendishly devis ed,j computers and cell phones out in visual. Sound clips. Last year
often purposely decepti riddles, Berkeley, California, “so they can span whole final portion of it was d ma
puzzles, and head-scratchers of every more time zones and make good use of PDA.
conceivable stripe. Why? To working hours. Some people take this NNoOwW a Cheemeis try p. rofessor att Lultfese
divine clues that will lead thing very, very seriously.” Morse spent most of the past two weeks
you through the And why shouldn't they? on the campus of his alma mater,
skywalks and “Some of these puzzles take testing, checking facts, and editing
subbasements and seven people eight hours dozens and dozens of puzzles. But this
empty hallways of to solve,” Morse says. is it for him. With winners expected to
the sprawling “They’re not quick little up the ante each year, he doesn’t think RE-ENACTOR: Sheriff Andrea she told I x
campus, all in things.” Predictably, he’s he could handle putting together a Cabral will kindly treat guests hat '
search of a mum about what he’s fourth hunt. “It’s like a full-time job on toa ff 1 career | nv
hidden coin. It got in store this year, but top of my full-time job,” Morse says swearing-in ceremony at a ynsistently had to rely on
might be secreted promises to maintain a “Tm kind of glad it’s going to be over in fundraiser this Saturday party affiliation to go fror
away in an “devilish, evil way of a week. I'll probably still play, but I'll point A to pe I
elevator shaft, or looking at puzzles. Many make sure that my team will never win mplication i
taped beneath a things don’t have instructions; again.” Cabral wasn't self-interested she was |
drawer of fossilized the fact that you don’t know Still, it’s worth it when so many What a difference ei ake. This Saturd
worms; find it first and you'll what’s going on is part of the puzzle people relish the jaw-dropping Cabral will hold a “celebration of [her iring-in” at th
be rewarded with the opportunity to itself. Sometimes, something looks like complexity of these riddles, reveling in swank new Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. (She
take charge of the hunt next year — something, but it’s masking something the thrill of decoding them. But, Morse originally booked the UMass Boston ¢ ampus Cente! but
and to make it even more diabolically else. Some things will never get solved.” says with a laugh, “part of me wonders changed her mind and selected ritzier digs.) ¢ iS
difficult. Number theory, crosswords, what would happen if every year we officially sworinn d 1 small ceremony on January 5
In 1980, during MIT’s January cryptograms, meta puzzles, even took all these people who fly in from all according to Suffolk County Sheriff’
“Independent Activity Period,” grad physical challenges — anything goes. over the world, all these people who spokesman Steve Tompkin sts at 1
student and puzzle geek Brad Schaefer Morse remembers a hunt where “the have this amazing brainpower, and function will be treated to a sec« ring
stashed an Indian-head penny in a only way you could see the answers to made them work on curing cancer. If in-type thing,” with state Senate pr wvaglir
secret spot, then drew up a double one of the puzzles was to hold the map you think about it, you’re talking about doing the honors. Travaglini won't be the only luminary
sided mimeographed sheet of to an ultraviolet light.” The instructions a 50-hour-long hunt, and 1000 people present: Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry are
conundrums whose answers would for one of his own creations read working on it for all that time. What scheduled to appear, as are Massachusetts House Speaker
reveal the coin’s location. In the 25 simply: “Our mothers know the answer could have been accomplished? Does Sal DiMasi and Boston mayor Tom Menir o may be
years since, the hunt has grown to this.” (Relatively easy, in hindsight: this actually produce any good for the looking to nab a little of that Cabral magic for th
exponentially in complexity, difficulty, all contestants had to do was somehow universe?” mayoral re-election t Cocktails are at 7 p.m
and size. Its popularity has spawned get in touch with the mom of someone The MIT Mystery Hunt starts at noon dinner, program, and dancing running from 8 to midnight
imitators — Stanford sponsors one, so from Morse’s team.) on Friday, January 14. Learn more at Suggested donations range from $1 25 to $500. and
does Microsoft — but MIT’s is the first Technology has changed the Mystery www.mit.edu/~puzzle. Register a team “creative black tie” is optional
and the best. “This year, it’s certainly a Hunt dramatically. In one of the early (or sign on with one that’s accepting Looks like the transformation from public servant to
record already. I think there are 32 years, a quizmaster thought up an stragglers) by e-mailing [email protected] politician is complete
teams preregistered,” says Chris Morse, abstruse riddle based on an arcane area — Mike Miliard — Adam Reilly
HELPING HANDS
Oxfam America pulls together tsunami aid
It’s Tuesday morning, more than two academy formerly located in Kenmore Oxfam discourages |e ople from sending
weeks after a massive earthquake sent Square. (“Strange bedfellows we are,” in-kind donations. The agency’s policy is to Tsunami relief
tsunamis crashing into South Asian and laughs DaSilva.) Despite the purchase comestibles and clothing from |
East African coasts, and the headquarters organization’s work overseas, the merchants near the affected areas to build
of Oxfam America (OA), based in Boston, downtown location seems more like an up the local economy; Oxfam also insists For information about local
is relatively calm. Amid color photos, taken administrative building than a field office. that aid workers on the ground know what tsunami-relief fundraisers,
by OA’s community finance manager, of Says DaSilva, “It’s not like we have water- victims need better than people who are
Ethiopians, Cambodians, and desalinization tanks in the office or far away. DaSilva cites an example often updated daily, along with a list
Zimbabweans, a congenial receptionist anything.” Such tanks are one of the proffered by Oxfam president Ray of anizations accepting
fields phone calls — one every few Offenheiser, who’s been in Bang idesh donations to help victims of the
minutes, which is a dull roar compared during major flooding. “The French
to last week’s shrill scream of donated frozen croissants and the Jisaster, visit us on the Web at
telephonic pledges. “Last week was Americans sent peanut butter [to www. bostonphoenix.com.
this times 100,” explains OA press Bangladesh]. But they didn’t have
officer Helen DaSilva, seated in the freezers for the croissants, and they
relatively quiet fourth-floor offices of didn’t have anything to spread the The Rhode Islander adds, “I think media
the humanitarian agency that’s been at peanut butter,” says DaSilva ittention also helped fuel generosity.’
the forefront of tsunami relief. Over paraphrasing Offenheiser. “So those Right now another Oxfam press
the past two weeks, the incoming many lifesaving tools that Oxfam America donations weren't the best way to help.” representative is over in Sri Lanka, at a
donations were so incessant that OA is in the process of shipping overseas. In DaSilva’s recent memory, the only satellite office DaSilva says the
conscripted every person in the Since the tsunami more or less dumped natural disaster to evoke such a response organization sent him because “it’s
administrative office, along with all willing the ocean onto the land, the affected was 1998’s Hurricane Mitch, off the coast different to talk with someone who’s seen
loved ones (“wives, husbands, countries’ drinking-water supplies are of Honduras. But the donor response to it ’ Besides, this isn’t a problem that will
girlfriends”), to take pledges, which largely tainted by salt, which the tsunami has been nearly be solved in six months — it will take
reached $18.5 million in two weeks. desalinization tanks help to separate from unprecedented for an international crisis several years und so having someon
Since the West Street site is the fresh water. “Unlike Sudan — a situation that’s over there may help keep the situation
command center of the British charity’s Prospective volunteers aren’t swarming unraveling over the course of days, relevant. “Once the media spotlight dulls
American affiliate, about 120 employees the Boston headquarters, since Oxfam months, years — this happened all at and people sort of forget about it
occupy the third through sixth floors of encourages Americans to contribute money once,” says DaSilva, about why she thinks DaSilva says, “our job is to make the story
the structure. The first floor is rented out rather than time. Nor are the premises so many Americans felt compelled to give. stay alive.” And the people
to Blaine Beauty School, the cosmetology filled with old clothes or canned goods, as “And so many countries were affected.” — Camille Dodero
ANDREA CABRAL PHOTO BY JOEL VEAK
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THIS FRIDAY! JAN i4
The Boston Phoenix has been cover.
ing the trends and events that shape our Soviet situation
it 3 times since 1966. The following selec- 25 years ago:
tions, culled from our back files, were January 15, 1980
compiled by Deirdre Fulton As Russian soldiers fought in
PMOSERY SIGARS Afghanistan, Alan Lupo reflected on
SAT FEBRUARY 5 Italian job the nature of the enemy.
years ago: “The problem with waging war in
January 14, 2000 Afghanistan is that ‘the enemy’ gener
Despite the Sopranos’ tendency to ally starts soldiering around the age of
ward violence and murder, the HBO 10; by the time he’s a teenager, he’s a
mobsters still warmed Robert David little tougher than your neighborhood
Sullivan’s heart. bully. And the enemy does not fight by
“The Sopranos is as violent as ever Napoleon’s rules. He comes out of the
this season, which raises the question mountains uninvited and slips back
of whether the show is merely appeal- into them undetected....
ing to the viewer’s basest instincts. I “And who are those insurgents hell-
think not — for every scene that shows PLAY ON: The Sopranos is music to bent on destroying Soviet influence?
us how primitive urges can thrive in our ears. They are freedom-fighters, say those
modern times, there’s a moment of who plead their cause; undoubtedly,
kindness and faith that keeps us con- many are. A few are bandits. Most are
nected to the characters. There’s the pa- Moore screen time Islamic rebels who, like the fellows who
tience and empathy of Carmela (Edie 1 years ago: stormed our embassy in neighboring
Falco), who may be optimistic but is January 12, 1990 Pakistan and those students holding
never naive; there are also unexpected Peter Keough watched Michael our citizens hostage in neighboring
gestures, like Artie Bucco’s keeping his Moore steal the show in Roger & Me. Iran, harbor strong feelings against
restaurant open late for Tony and his “Although some have questioned the Russians and, if you haven't noticed, us.
family. In fact we see Artie as a bad guy film’s validity as a documentary, They may empathize with an Iranian
when he momentarily tries to push the Moore’s scheme works. And that’s ayatollah who says, ‘Come with me for
mob boss back out in the rain! It’s as if largely due to the appeal of the film’s a trip down memory lane to AD 650.’ It
Tony Soprano were a walking litmus hero — Moore himself. As crumpled may be that, in Afghanistan as in other
test for followers of the Golden Rule.” and homely as an empty beer can, he places, the enemies of our enemies are
is also mordantly witty and a master of our enemies.”
0-musing the absurd and ironic. He’s like a com-
1 years ago: fortable, self-effacing David Letter- Don’t fear the rockers
January 13, 1995 man, indulging in Letterman’s comic 30 years ago:
Caroline Knapp’s Alice K. found the aggressiveness and even sadism but January 14, 1975
secret to relationship success. avoiding his arrogance and abrasive- Michael Bloom said Blue Oyste
“[S]he developed the secret bargain ness. Moore is the class clown who is Cult’s bark was worse than their bite.
about orgasms. It happened during din- ultimately the butt of his own jokes, “It’s all been said before. Most of the
ner, as Elliot M. ticked off all the rea- and so when he begins his film with a hard rock of the day consists of disillu-
sons they should live together: they brief economic history of Flint, we lis- sionment set to loud 4/4 (‘It’s only ...
were good for each other, neither of ten attentively, knowing the punch but I like it ...’). Rather than carry on
them was getting any younger, it was lines will be worth it.” the tedium-rock tradition, Blue Oyster
time to figure out what the relation- Cult choose the ways and means and
ship’s real possibilities were. Alice K. sat When she was bad... acrid flavors of evil. On record they
there as he spoke, nodding. True. All 2 years ago: play the part with such precise ma-
true reasons. She felt the familiar pull January 15, 1985 chine lust that one expects to find on
toward the life he offered — a calm life, Milo Miles compared two of rock’s stage a band of rapist dope fiends,
with someone who loved and respected hottest mistresses. Eastern murder cultists, and laser gun-
her, an adult life — and at the same “The contrast between [Joan] Jett and ners of the Arcturian Kraan.
time, she felt the equally familiar aver- Madonna isn’t some kind of showdown “And goddammit, they don’t even
sion to all this. The word ‘normal,’ in between the discofication of the main- look like they could hold their own in
Alice K.’s mind, was still inextricably stream and the simultaneous revival of a bar brawl, let alone an earth-
linked to the word ‘boring.’ So she de- rock-and-roll basics; their clash suggests takeover bid.”
cided, then and there, that the relation- a choice that’s being set up for female
ship needed a Passion Test. No: an Or- big-timers in pop who are neither mani- Pollution wars
gasm Test. Even better. If Elliot M. could festly adult nor rankly intellectual. The 3 years ago:
give Alice K. an orgasm — if he could problem is, it’s easy to be faked out by January 14, 1970
just prove to her that he was capable of the surface signals of these albums. Like Pascal Tchakmakian felt his warn-
satisfying not just her emotional needs a Virgin disguises a deeply retrograde ings about pollution were falling on
but her darker, more primal, physical coy mistress in a rich wardrobe of up-to- deaf ears.
needs — then she’d abandon her reser- the-instant song designs. Glorious Results “The big sleep is on. More operas and
vations and move in with him. And if he showcases a tougher, tangier cookie plays; more great movies a la John
couldn’t? Well, that would provide an- wrapped in a thoroughly familiar — but Wayne; more lovers loving or breaking
other kind of information.” still airtight — leatherette.” up. It’s like this dream of mine. There’s a
ship that reminds me of the Titanic. A
REALITY CHECK big ship filled with beautiful people
by David Sipress drinking champagne, courting, playing
social games, each playing his/her own
role. Only a few men and women on
board are aware than something has
happened to the ship; and that unless
the efforts of all are combined, it will
just sink. So we go around the ball-
rooms, the fancy suites, and the tourist-
class quarters of this great ship of ours,
carrying the same message — on and on
— and we're only laughed at, or politely
shrugged aside like intruders at a socia
ble party. No one believes us.”
Where are they now?
Robert David Sullivan is associate
editor at CommonWealth magazine.
The late Caroline Knapp was the au-
thor of Drinking: A Love Story. Peter
Keough is film editor for the Boston
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HE WAXING MOON is about “putting it together,”
and this weekend is excellent for an adventure in-
volving spicy food or ski jumps. However, the days
leading up to the weekend could find you moving in
ever-slower circles. Be skeptical about Friday deadlines
— only water signs will be able to finish things off.
And speaking of “putting it together,” hip-hip-hooray
for Mr. Dai and yours truly, who finally have the lunar-
phase calendar assembled and ready for the US Postal
Service. You can see it at www.moonsigns.net, and op-
erators (in the form of Mr. Dai and me) are standing by.
Thursday, January 13
Waxing moon in Pisces. Woe is you — at least, that’s
what we're hearing. Pisces moons bring out the “poor
me” in all of us, although Virgo and Gemini will be in a com
bative mood, as Mars gives their sun a hard time. Pisces may
need to rest frequently in the trudge toward perfection; you
have such paradoxical relationships with attention, and this
moon makes you a little nuts. Cancer and Scorpio have unex
pected insights into others’ frailties. Exploit! Exploit!
Friday, January 14
Waxing moon in Pisces. If it doesn’t get done, it doesn’t
matter — Monday is soon enough. This moon propels
some of us (water signs) toward recreational activities that either
take a long time or take us very far away. Pisces is looking for
surprises, particularly February Fish. Taurus and Capricorn may
be in a shy romantic mood, especially those in same-sex rela
tionships. VOC 3:22 p.m. to 12:27 a.m. Saturday
Saturday, January 15
Waxing moon in Aries. Now the New Year's resolutions
® kick in! Aries moons make fresh starts easy. Aries,
keep moving, because if you deny you're restless,
you'll make others crazy, too. Libras might try too hard, and find
they've signed up for a program that's not of interest. Leo, how-
ever, can pounce with impunity — just remember to retract
those claws. Eventually.
Soak opera
Sunday, January 16
© Waxing moon in Aries. A great day for buying new stuff
or putting new stuff to use. Barbecue beckons, which
means that Capricorn and Cancer may feel they’re being roasted
over an open spit. Aries folks get whatever they want; it’s just
wanting something consistently that's the issue. Leo women are
in a domestic mood, but it’s oh-so-easy to burn that tin of fresh
Feed your hungry skin a nearly edible treat
cookies.
Monday, January 17
ANUFACTURERS HAVE always used the lure of sweet- chocolate junkie, get your fix at Origins with some Cocoa Waxing moon in Aries. The power-drivers at work go wild,
smelling flowers and fresh-scented herbs and spices to Therapy body-buffing scrub ($25) or body butter © which is exciting for those of you in sales, because new
enhance consumer attraction to bath and body products. ($27.50). quotas could be announced. Arians may need to prove
Rose and lavender lotions and bath gels line drugstore shelves; Need a little morning pick-me-up? Sephora’s own Coffee and themselves to a loved one — the planets make the Ram feel
peppermint and ginger scrubs dominate the market. But what Cream Morning Body Scrub ($18) might bej ust the thing to unloved and alone atop that mountain. Capricorn and Cancer
about other smells we love? Who doesn’t salivate over the aroma get you moving on a winter morning. Made from a blend of should wait until tomorrow to make dire pronouncements. Today,
of a freshly baked chocolate-chip cookie or a warm slice of pump- Hawaiian Kona coffee and whipped milk, this scrub is sure to you might settle for muttering quietly to yourselves.
kin pie? Some of the newest bath products out there sound like give you a jump-start. Another sense-sparking option is Jaqua’s Tuesday, January 18
things you might find on your favorite restaurant’s dessert menu. Cappuccino Shower Syrup ($17.50), available at Brookline First-quarter moon in Taurus. Great day for banking,
So treat your skin to one or more of these delectable treats — Booksmith. If you welcomed the New Year by kicking your cof- dealing with financial paperwork, or improving your
after all, they’re fat-free. fee addiction, don’t fret: Jaqua also makes a Marshmallow abode. But not so good for getting rid of clutter (unless you're
Cocoa Body Whip ($18) that’s sure to warm you up. an Aquarius with no ties to earth). Taurus, today through
For a lighter, fruitier start to your day, check out the grapefruit- Thursday is your time to get things done. Others want to listen
Where to find it: scented line of body luxuries at Origins. Start with the Gloom- to you; are you letting them? Scorpios are at a turning point,
¢ Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, away Grapefruit Body-Buffing Cleanser ($16.50), and be and may want everything to change. The question is, can they
[phone]; www.brooklinebooksmith.com. sure to lock in the winter season’s much-needed moisture with delegate? VOC 1:57 to 7:06 a.m.
* Go Soak, www.gosoak.com some Gloomaway Grapefruit Body Soufflé ($26). Or try
* Lush, 166 Newbury Street, Boston, [phone]; some Banana Smoothie Soap ($7) by Fresh Body Market, Wednesday, January 19
www.lush.com. available online at Go Soak. Waxing moon in Taurus. If you haven't shopped this
* Origins, various locations; www.origins.com. Rough day at work? Take a load off and relax with a soothing week, you’re made of stern stuff. The acquisitive im
* Sephora, various locations; www.sephora.com. Hot Toddy Bubble Bar ($5.45) from Lush. This skin-soften- pulse is ignited, particularly for covetous earth signs. Taurus is
ing bath bar has a real warming effect, a friend to all, especially the young and naive. But Leo and
with its fruity, spicy scent. It might not be Aquarius are in a mood to howl — which could be amusing,
If you’re looking for a way to speed up your shower routine in quite the same as that post-work glass of because humorous Lions and Water Carriers are just a stitch.
the morning, you'll love a bottle of Philosophy’s delicious whiskey you had in mind, but it still
three-in-one shampoo, conditioner, and body wash serves as a gentle, calming agent KEY TO MOON SIGNS
($16), sold at Sephora. It comes in countless flavors, including — without the possibility of a
cinnamon bun, pumpkin pie, and apple cider. Each cleverly pack- —_h angover. This horoscope traces the passage of the moon, not the sun. Simply
aged bottle includes a recipe for the sweet-scented treat that in — Darcy Heitzke read from day tc day to watch the moon's influence as it moves
spired it. And don’t forget to try another one of Philosophy’s sea through the signs of the zodiac
sonal goodies: the Gingerbread Man Foaming Bubble Bath When the moon is in your sun sign, you are beginning a new 28-day
emotional cycle, and you can expect increased insight and emotionality.
and Shower Gel ($18), which is sure to spruce up your tub When the moon moves into the sun sign opposite yours (see below),
time expect to have difficulties dealing with the opposite sex, family, or
If rich desserts are what you crave, you might find some authority figures; social or romantic activities will not be at their best
thing to satisfy your skin’s appetite at Go Soak. This When the moon is in Aries, it opposes Libra, and vice versa. Other
bath-time boutique specializes in some of the oppositions are Taurus/Scorpio, Gemini/Sagittarius, Cancer/
Capricorn, Leo/Aquarius, and Virgo/Pisces. The moon stays in each
best-smelling indulgences a gal — or guy sign approximately two and a half days.
could want. Hop online and i sn 2 yourself a As the moon moves between signs, it will sometimes become “void
bath bomb ($4) in scents like chocolate- of course,” making no major angles to planets. Consider this a null
chip cookie, angel-food cake, blueberry time andt ry to avoid making or implementing decisions if yorecan
muffin, or creme briilée. Don’t forget to wash But it’s great for brainstorming
For Symboline Dai’s sun-sign horoscopes and advice column, visit
rything down with Fresh Body Market’s yur Web site at www.bostonphoenix.com
Chocolate Milk Bath ($18) out if you're a true
Symboline Dai can be reached at [email protected].
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