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Television Review: BBC’s “The Repair Shop” — Fiercely Amiable

January 11, 2021
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BBC’s The Repair Shop is about hard work and mending battered psyches.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” Ends on a Sentimental Note

January 9, 2021
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I will miss Chilling Adventures of Sabrina more than I may care to admit.

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Album Review: “Man on the Moon III: The Chosen” — Kid Cudi Finds Himself, Again

January 9, 2021
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Occasional slip-ups shouldn’t obscure appreciation of Kid Cudi’s fantastic vocal performance.

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Classical Album Review: “Adrian Boult: A Musical Legacy” — Introduction to a Special Conductor

January 8, 2021
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Sir Adrian Boult certainly had his ups and downs as a conductor, but these performances showcase him largely at his best.

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Opera Album Review: Leonardo “no-dah” Vinci’s “Gismondo” — Quite Wonderful Stuff, Splendidly Performed.

January 8, 2021
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Lovers of Baroque opera will want to scoop this one up quickly. I certainly have more respect and affection for Leonardo Vinci, now that I’ve come to know several of his operas.

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Book Review: “The Ocean House” — Infiltrating the Beachheads of Memory

January 7, 2021
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Mary-Beth Hughes’s penetrating glimpses into the depths of her characters’ lives make us more deeply aware of our own.

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Book Review: “How 1984 Became Pop’s Blockbuster Year”

January 5, 2021
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Music fans who miss, or missed, the long party that was mainstream music in the mid-’80s will be skillfully taken back to fast times in Can’t Slow Down.

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Jazz Album Review: “El Arte del Bolero” — Passionate Homage to the Era of the Bolero

January 5, 2021
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So Miguel Zenón, who on saxophone has the facility of a bebopper, which he uses discreetly, is here a singer as well as an instrumentalist.

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Book Review: “I Died a Million Times” — Upwardly Mobile in Film Noir

January 5, 2021
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I Died a Million Times is an enjoyable and informative read for film noir aficionados and casual movie fans alike, offering a cogent analysis of ’50s gangster noir as a cinema of social commentary.

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Book Review: “Desert Oracle” — Dwelling on the Fringe

January 3, 2021
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Desert Oracle is an omnibus, a kind of hand drawn map, as well as a bit of a crackup — something you will peruse and possibly find the route leading to a deeper dive.

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