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EXPIRED IDEOLOGY

By DAN SAVAGE

I'm 16 and gay. I recently got into an argument with my parents over whether HIV is spread by saliva or if you can be infected during oral sex.

THIS WEEK IN THE DIG

[Check It Out]

Holy spokes

Freewheelin' with the Dutch Bicycle Company

Spend any time with Dan Sorger and Maria Salve, the visionary husband-and-wife team behind the Dutch Bicycle company, and you can't help but feel a compulsion to hop on a bike and roll.

[Media Farm]

Don't be mine

HOLY SHIT! The Phoenix just discovered the MBTA, and wants you to do the same!

That's it. They've decided to introduce us to the T. In May. No further mockery is needed. Next joke, please!

[Feature]

Packed Prisons

The how and why of overcrowding

Phillip is a gentleman. He folds up his limbs with poise and wears wool pants with an impeccable crease. He's prone to diatribes against misogyny.

[Movies]

The overdue Academy Award win for The Fog of War, his 2003 documentary on LBJ Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, is really the least of Errol Morris' remarkable achievements in his one-of-a-kind career.

This fundraiser brought to you by ...

On Sunday, more than 40,000 people walked a 20-mile circuit spanning Boston, Newton, Watertown and Cambridge to raise $3.8 million

[Music]

NIGHT MARCHERS

John Reis' and his newness

It's been a solid four years since John Reis has been on the road. Reis, currently the guitarist/vocalist of the Night Marchers,

[Movies]

REDBELT

Mamet's fight for relevancy

Screenwriter and director David Mamet has become a distinctive presence looming larger than any actors or plotline he chooses to deploy.

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Local Picks

ELI "PAPERBOY" REED & THE TRUE LOVES | ROLL WITH YOU

An impressive blend of Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and Sharon Jones

[Arts + Entertainment] PA_KaijuSM

KAIJU BIG BATTEL

Turns Boston into Mashtown

Remember when you were a teenager, and you'd get high and watch Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and the monsters would battle over the small cities

[Now Showing] MV_IronManSM

IRON MAN

Comic bust if not for the cast

Much like its flamboyant protagonist, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Iron Man is a bright and energetic flirt of a movie,

[Fidelity] MU_WonderfulSpellsSM

Wonderful Spells

I'm not normally a fan of generalizations, but it seems pretty self-evident that innovation for innovation's sake

[DVD Reviews] DVD_TheHottieandtheNottie

THE HOTTIE & THE NOTTIE

It was really hard for Paris Hilton to play a hottie who vows to remain celibate until her childhood best friend

[DVD Reviews] DVD_Saawariya

SAAWARIYA

With visuals straight out of a Baz Luhrmann wet dream, this song and dance about two star-crossed lovers is an engrossing trip.

[Music]

DIZZEE RASCAL

Brings out the girls from Richmond

On my first day at the South by Southwest music conference last March, I got a phone call from Dizzee Rascal's publicist asking permission

FRIDAY MAY 9, 2008

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Featured Blogs

Attention Artists! Stop the Orphan Act!

By weeklydig on Mon, May 5, 2008 12:23 pm

Two bills were submitted to congress at the end of April — one to the House and one to the Senate — called the Orphan Works Act of 2008. Congress is looking to have this act passed and signed into law by George Bush by June 8, 2008, less than two months after it was introduced.

In a nutshell, this act may put many of you creative people in a tight spot when it comes to copyrighting your images and jeopardize long term royalties.

truly gay times at climacts... pop! benefit for the theatre offensive

By christine on Fri, May 2, 2008 5:07 pm

i had no idea what i was getting myself into last saturday at the theatre offensive's annual benefit, climacts ... pop! the blindingly neon invitation could only guarantee great things, so together my friend and i succumbed to this subterranean world of glittery swathes of makeup, adonis gyrations, reaaaaally strong ketel one cosmos and excellent chandelier earrings spilling from the lobes of artistic director abe rybeck.

ROFL'n all over the place

By E.T. on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 4:42 pm

As we all know, ROFLCon is underway in all its amazingness. And apparently everyone else is just as excited as we are, including Wired, Los Angeles Times and even the friggin Guardian. If you're lucky enough to be attending, make sure to stop by and see us at our table. We've got (what we think are) the most awesome T-shirts ever.

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