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Rock Concert Review: Arctic Monkeys Live at Paradise Rock Club

September 20, 2013
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If any more proof was needed that AM is a career highlight for Arctic Monkeys, the fact that the crowd Tuesday night met every new song with the same if not greater enthusiasm as the hits should provide it.

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Jazz Review: Guitarist Eric Hofbauer at the Lily Pad — A Mosaic of American Moods

September 20, 2013
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Jazz Guitarist Eric Hofbauer likes to deconstruct tunes and scramble them with free-associative juxtaposition.

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Film Review: “When Comedy Went to School” Flunks Out

September 19, 2013
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Oy gevalt! What a disappointment!

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Theater Review: Learning the Language of “Tribes”

September 19, 2013
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Dramatist Nina Raine probes the complex nature of tribal affinities, delicately examining how precariously communication depends on whether people listen to one another carefully, or not.

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Poetry Review: The Dark of Love –The Poetry of Patrizia Cavalli

September 18, 2013
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If Patrizia Cavalli’s poetry is egocentric, even probably autobiographical, its narrator shows a detachment enabling her to observe herself from one remove, even when she describes herself in the élans of attraction.

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Music Commentary: Free-For-Alls Bode Well for Jazz’s Future

September 17, 2013
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The obvious question is how can such a sprawling free festival – and the nightly fireworks shop that capped two of the nights – happen in such a cash-strapped city?

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Opera Review: A Triumphant Bang of a “Rienzi” From Odyssey Opera

September 17, 2013
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For their debut on Sunday, Odyssey Opera and conductor Gil Rose could hardly have picked a more spectacular, unfamiliar epic than they did.

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Rock Album Review: MGMT — Sonic Innovators Make a Misstep

September 16, 2013
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What is a problem, however, is that despite a fairly promising start, nothing at the beginning of MGMT can make up for the migraine inducing cacophony of pointless sound that is the album’s final half.

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Movie Review: A Surprisingly Intelligent “Afternoon Delight”

September 16, 2013
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We’ve heard all these gripes before, in life, in books, on TV, and in piles of movies. But Kathryn Hahn, is so enthralling and right that Rachel’s alienation, her poor little rich girl suffering, feel harsh and real.

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Fuse Album Review: of Montreal’s Latest — An Astonishingly Raw Affair

September 16, 2013
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Lousy with Sylvianbriar proves that of Montreal is still fully capable of crafting catchy and rollicking rock songs when it wants to.

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