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Book Review: “In the Land of Good Living” — Satisfying Your Gonzo Curiosity

July 22, 2020
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Ah, Florida, “the grease trap under America’s George Foreman Grill”: not just “weird America,” also “impending America.”

Arts Remembrance: Old-Time Radio Announcer Frank Gallop — A Wonderful Set of Pipes

July 22, 2020
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Feisty, funny, frightening when necessary, Boston’s Frank Gallop classed-up the airwaves.

Book Review: “Twilight of Democracy” — A Slim Investigation of the “Clerks”

July 21, 2020
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Twilight of Democracy made me yearn (uncharacteristically) for hard scientific data to supplement  Anne Applebaum’s punditry about the pundits.

Rock Album Review: Cloud Nothings — Still Facing Down Existential Dread

July 21, 2020
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Cloud Nothings’ latest effort is less muscular than their previous work, but it still contains its fair share of hooky bliss.

Music Feature: Gimme Radio — Making Streaming Human

July 20, 2020
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Gimme Radio brings the human element to streaming by relying on DJs to curate playlists and provide context to what listeners are experiencing.

Film Reconsideration: Greta Garbo — 30 Years After Her Death

July 20, 2020
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Women’s maltreatment for 3,000 years registers on Greta Garbo’s tragic visage, whether she is Anna Christie, Camille, or Queen Christina.

Jazz Album Review: Pablo Ablanedo’s “Chistreza” — Rhythmic Bounty

July 18, 2020
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Every piece here seems to play by its own rhythmic rules, and yet nowhere does the music sound academic or formal.

Album Review: “Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again” — Kacy Hill Goes Intimate

July 18, 2020
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Freed from the pressures of recording for a major label, Kacy Hill has created an album that feels surprisingly personal.

Book Review: “The U.S. Antifascism Reader” — Recovering the Great American Tradition of Punching Nazis

July 18, 2020
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Practical handbook, compendium of theory, or history of an American tradition? A little of each… but enough of any?

Film Review: “The Painted Bird” — A Memorable Vision of the Worst That Can Be Imagined

July 18, 2020
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The Painted Bird is a coming-of-age story populated by the worst of humankind.

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