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Music Interview: Ernie Isley Keeps R&B Guitar Alive

January 16, 2018
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The Isleys remain bizarrely underrated by mainstream media outlets, but they’ve never been forgotten by music fans.

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Rock CD Review: Remembering the “Bosstown Sound”

January 15, 2018
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We Bostonians are a tough bunch and the Remains had a tough sound. That’s what Boston music should be remembered for.

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Theater Review: “Ada/Ava” — Puppetry Meets Technology

January 12, 2018
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Ada/Ava is an impressive theatrical feat that finds a new, and invigorating, way of telling a story on stage.

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Music Interview: Henry Rollins — Forever Wired

January 11, 2018
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Henry Rollins insists on defining himself strictly on his own terms.

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Visual Arts Feature: Looking Back at ’60s Art and Technology — The Pioneers of USCO

January 9, 2018
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When an opportunity to celebrate USCO’s pioneering work came along, I just had to curate it.

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Film Review: “Blame” — A Crucible of Teen Drama

January 8, 2018
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I love the way Blame captures the kaleidoscopic emotional experience of being a teenage girl.

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Remembrance: Aharon Appelfeld — A Displaced Writer of Displaced Fiction

January 6, 2018
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“Everything about the Holocaust already seems so thoroughly unreal, as if it no longer belongs to the experience of our generation, but to mythology…”

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Arts Remembrance: “Purified Modernist” William Gass — A Wizard of the Word

January 6, 2018
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William Gass’s primal loyalty was to the words composing his texts.

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Film Review: “The Post” — The Newspaper Business is Not Glamorous, But Movies Are

January 5, 2018
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Steven Spielberg’s political timing is nearly perfect, and so is his film.

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Music Interview: Stanley Sagov — Doctor Jazz

January 5, 2018
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Stanley Sagov never wants to play a piece the same way twice. He’s always engaged in a “search for freshness.”

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