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Concert Review: The Blues Magoos — Psych-Era Kicks Redux

May 22, 2015
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Though they took enough acid to qualify as a psychedelic band, the Blues Magoos always had a foot in the garage.

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Zebra in the Room

May 22, 2015
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Much more work could be done fertilizing the fields of cross-cultural music, sowing seeds collected from the great touchstones of American culture – innovation, integration, risk, reward.

Theater Review: Bridge Repertory’s “Julius Caesar” — The Fast and Furious Version

May 21, 2015
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With Julius Caesar, Bridge Repertory shows that it can assemble a strong ensemble and put together a memorable sensory experience.

Concert Review: Aussie Rocker Courtney Barnett — The Next Big Thing?

May 21, 2015
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Courtney Barnett is a scrappy rocker with a hot band, a convincing stage presence, and a bunch of first-class songs. .

Fuse Theater Review: “The Last Two People on Earth” — Singin’ in the Tsunami

May 20, 2015
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An amiable musical revue about two guys who kick up their heels after global warming finally boils over.

Book Review: Oliver Sacks’ “On The Move” — A Mix of the Distant and the Intimate

May 20, 2015
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Oliver Sacks’ On the Move is an absorbing, idiosyncratic, often moving memoir.

TV Review: “Mad Men” Finale — Read the Art?

May 19, 2015
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My conclusion is that Mad Men is abstract, like some of the art in the series.

Television Review: “Mad Men” – Reflections on the Finale

May 19, 2015
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The revolution may be televised, but it is also going to be packaged and sold back to us.

Book Review: The Fiction of Norway’s Per Petterson — The Early Bonds That Bind

May 19, 2015
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I Refuse is one of those novels that only truly comes clear on a second reading, when certain initially apparently innocuous, easily passed-over sentences reverberate with revealed meaning.

Commentary/CD Reviews: Recent Symphonic Recordings From Boston Orchestras

May 19, 2015
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A series of new and recent recordings by Boston orchestras demonstrate that, in the right hands, symphonic music since 1945 remains alive and well, still powerful, fresh, and vibrant.

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