[Feature] 
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.
[Bean Counter] 
The Milky Way Lounge could close down as early as August, when its 15-year lease on the Jamaica Plain location is up. After that, the rent is scheduled to go up by 85 percent. Mayor Menino, apparently a fan of bowling, wrote to the Milky Way's landlord requesting a temporary negotiated lease for the "iconic symbol of Jamaica Plain." Hipster bowlers, get in as much time as you can. Even if the Mayor's letter campaign is victorious, it only staves off the inevitable for another year. MINUS 1
[News + Opinions] 
"I think he thought he was speaking in Italian ... Either that or he was making shadow puppets."
---Dot Joyce, spokeswoman for Mayor Tom Menino, on a photograph of her boss flashing gang signs (sort of) with Special Teamz at the 2005 Boston Hip Hop Festival. 5.1.08
"Howie hates the race because it reminds him that some people can run 26 miles faster than he can come up with an original idea for a column."
[News to Us] 
Political discourse meets spontaneous musical theater
Wielding crimson sickled Soviet flags and sporting red armbands, 100 demonstrators gathered around the Bandstand in Boston Common on Thursday to participate in the May Day Rally in support of immigrant workers' rights. In between frolicking beneath the pink, blossoming elm trees and romping around the springy green lawn, the activists took in some Bolivian folk music and several impassioned speeches outlining the travails of modern-day laborers.
[Letters] 
We're not even touching this one ...
Dearest Dig,
Your mid-March cover gave me pause, but I stopped myself from writing to you, because, well, I don't do that anymore. For three weeks with it pinned up by my bed, I eyed that horse's ass. I have to say it now:
Horse fetishists!
[Letter from the Editor] 
Happy Mother's Day! You didn't forget, right? Oh shit! Better ride a Dutch bike home, order some organic flowers and make a reservation at a restaurant that serves a gourmet cheese plate designed by expert cheesemongers (check Department of Commerce for more), and take her to the Art Institute of Boston's first student-run expo. After that, dump her as fast as you can and woof it to the Dizzee Rascal show. Read Faraone's article to learn how to interact with the rap star.
[News to Us] 
On Sunday, more than 40,000 people walked a 20-mile circuit spanning Boston, Newton, Watertown and Cambridge to raise $3.8 million
[Media Farm] 
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!
[Soapbox] 
As Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama solider on in this endless campaign,
[Soapbox] 
The mental health industry is the latest victim of our addiction to corner-cutting, now that computer programs threaten to replace traditional talk-therapy. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in London gave the big thumbs up to two computer-based applications; one of them, FearFighter, teaches "patients"—can we call them that at this juncture?—to recognize the signs that trigger panic attacks and phobias and then cope with them. FearFighter is being flaunted as "perfect for the time-crunched."
