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Jazz Review: The Vijay Iyer Trio and Poet Robert Pinsky Create POEMJAZZ

March 16, 2014
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The first part of the evening worked: Robert Pinsky was a good enough actor, his poetry was sufficiently transparent, and Vijay Iyer proved to be a brilliant accompanist.

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Concert Review: George Clinton — Still Delivering Up the Funk After All These Years

March 16, 2014
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A case could very easily be made for George Clinton as an anarchistic innovator who has played a larger role than he gets credit for in shaping a genre of music which probably defines the mainstream now more than any other.

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Music Review: French Soprano Natalie Dessay — She Leaves Listeners Walking on Air

March 15, 2014
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The teamwork and chemistry of soprano Natalie Dessay and pianist Philippe Cassard were terrific, each performer delivering the music with great expressiveness and intelligence.

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Fuse Movie Review: “Generation War, Parts One and Two” — A Soft Core Version of Nazism?

March 14, 2014
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Everyone is a bit more stupid than they need to be in this movie, both the Germans and the Jews.

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Book Review: “The Haunted Life” — Learning About What it Took to Become Jack Kerouac

March 14, 2014
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“The Haunted Life” is little more than an example of the staggering amount of work it takes for a writer to find his voice, a testament to the years of toil Kerouac put in before forging a style all his own.

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Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

March 13, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, and dance that’s coming up this week.

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Concert Review: NEC Winds Play Mingus, Schuller, Babbitt (and More)

March 12, 2014
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The five compositions and one de facto suite played at the NEC Winds and Winds Ensemble performance spoke with six different voices and carried six different messages.

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Book Review: “Caught” — Running Drugs, Harum-Scarum Style

March 12, 2014
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Given all the terror and brutality we have lived through just in the thirteen years of this new, 21st century, the story of people running drugs back in the ’70s doesn’t seem to have much urgency.

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Rock Album Reviews: Two Recent Examples of High Grade Black Metal

March 12, 2014
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The two best black metal LPs of the past few months come from the Netherlands’ An Autumn for Crippled Children and Poland’s Behemoth.

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Theater Interview: Swiss Playwright Jérôme Richer on Questioning “The Real Meaning of Words”

March 11, 2014
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“Everybody has the power to change the world because we’re a part of it. Even if it’s a really small change, it needs to be done. Writing is my pebble in this path.” – Jérôme Richer

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