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REEL TALK: MOVIES RATED BY SPAGHETTI TOPPINGS I’VE LIVED TO REGRET
NATURAL SELECTION | CHOCOLATE CHIPS One of the biggest surprises of last year’s SXSW was writer-director Robert Pickering’s impressive Natural Selection, which went on to be an official selection for...
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T: AN MBTA MUSICAL @ OBERON
Oberon, we adore your often-sexy, always-escapist flights of theatrical fancy. Like the newly reopened T: An MBTA Musical. Three area twenty-somethings with lives “derailed” (heh ha heh heh, it’s even...
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BSO OPENING NIGHT @ TANGLEWOOD
Folks complain about the supposed lengthening of the holidays. Non-Denominational Wintermas starts at Fatty Turkey Eat Day, Fatty Turkey Eat Day-prep kicks off in late-September, ‘Ween candy hits...
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DIG THIS: SOCIAL STUDIES @ GOOD LIFE + ICA FIRST FRIDAYS PRE-PARTY
fuck yeah bumpy mountains Why is it that so many electronic dance music nights are themed around education? Do folks like DJ Spun, Brendan Wesley and Alfredo think we need to be taught ’bout proper...
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DAN LE SAC: SPACE BETWEEN THE WORDS
GENRE | LOTSA PEOPLE LOTSA BEATS VERDICT | THE MORE THE MERRIER LABEL | SUNDAY BEST RELEASE | 7.9.12 On his solo debut, Dan Le Sac, of British hip hop duo dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip, utilizes an...
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REVIEW: SAVAGES
Or “Why Blake Lively Should Avoid Speaking Pretty Much Ever.” Well, Oliver Stone’s done it again: yet another movie that polarizes its audience into detesting or loving his latest. And here with...
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DIG THIS: UHH YEAH DUDE @ THE PARADISE
know where your car is As much as we love a good new-fashioned live podcast, we have to admit they can be tiresome sometimes. Two straight hours of talk without the ability to pause for a...
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ELI WHITNEY HOUSTON AND THE COTTON GIN AND TONICS @ MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS
Imagine our shock when we saw that the folk-rock-playing, word-playing-on likes of Eli Whitney Houston and the Cotton Gin and Tonics were bringing their blend of guitar noodlin’ and the “Before and...
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DIG THIS: PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE @ COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE
bike-curious On the one hand, it’s difficult to explain the allure of this classic feature-length take on Paul Reuben’s O.G. man-child. It’s the kind of brilliant insanity that’s less “seen” or...
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LYLE BREWER @ Q DIVISION STUDIOS
Similar to Tom Waits and the 1975 faux-nightclub album Nighthawks At the Diner (recorded at “Raphael’s Silver Cloud Lounge” aka the Record Plant in Los Angeles) is rockabilly strummer Lyle Brewer,...
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MATISYAHU @ HOUSE OF BLUES
‘Kay. To recap: Matisyahu. Hassidic Jew and reggae/ hip hop phenom. Top hits: “King Without A Crown” and “One Day.” Things to lookout for: the beard’s gone, ditto on the yarmulka, and his hair’s blonde...
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DIG THIS: FOXES @ BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL
your plurals are useless here Whew, this is a bunch of stuff. Might have to dispense with the contrived conceit this time. (Was that groaning or cheering? We’ll go with groaning.) This 22-year-old...
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