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Book Review: “De Gaulle” — An Exemplary View of the Man and His Times

September 4, 2019
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For anyone interested in the man or that era, De Gaulle is indispensable.

Theater Review: “Little Shop of Horrors” — A Fun Romp with an Appetite for Blood

September 3, 2019
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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston is giving this nostalgic hokum a spirited production.

Book Review: “Rabbit’s Blues” — The Reserved Tenderness of Johnny Hodges

September 2, 2019
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Johnny Hodges was originally a Cambridge/Boston guy, and one of the most interesting sections of Con Chapman biography is his knowledgeable description of the local jazz scene in the 1910’s and ’20s.

Rock Album Review: Tool’s “Fear Inoculum” — No Surprises

September 2, 2019
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Fear Inoculum is not a bad album. It’s not a great album either, and Tool has made some great albums.

Jazz CD Review: Two Quartets Discover Exhilarating New Terrain

September 1, 2019
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The powerful quartets on The People I Love and Terra Incognita work toward locating places beyond notation where, in each moment, new vistas may emerge.

Music Concert Review: The Mavericks at 30 — Digging into the Songbook

September 1, 2019
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The last half-hour or so of any Mavericks concert is usually just about the happiest place to be on the planet.

Streaming Docs: “Jawline” — The Delusion-Soaked World of Teen Internet Influencers

August 31, 2019
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A Screenager Star is Born?

Book Review: “The Nickel Boys” — Keeping the Faith

August 30, 2019
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Colson Whitehead’s work is political in the sense that he has an incredibly keen eye for the insidious ways in which institutions and structures of power work.

Book Review: “William Walker’s Wars” — Revisiting US Slavery’s Soldier of Fortune in Latin America

August 30, 2019
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A new biography of the oft-forgotten ‘filibuster’ provides ample facts and little thesis. Is that enough — don’t we need more?

Book Review: A Memorial to Lucette Lagnado’s Two Remarkable Memoirs

August 29, 2019
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To have such a remarkably courageous voice as Lucette Lagnado’s silenced forever at such a young age is, simply, not fair.

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