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The interviewees sound warnings about how we have self-sorted, online and in the real world, into echo-chamber communities of like-minded people.
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For all its bite, Fall is oddly endearing, too, leavening its harsh portrait of money-madness with aw-shucks moments of solidarity and kindness.
Read MoreThere are plenty of classic recordings of the “Siegfried-Idyll” and “Metamorphosen” already, but here’s one more – and it also includes a rollicking Schumann with which you can’t go wrong.
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The Rolling Stones were still up there, sounding vital, and that alone delivered satisfaction.
Read MoreWhiplash and Birdman — two of the best films released this year.
Read MoreFort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s heart is in the right place with the ensemble consistently erring on the right (far) side of caution.
Read MoreBy Bill Marx Novelist Ha Jin — “Only through history can history be conquered.” On my latest World Books podcast I talk to writer Ha Jin, who in 1985 left China to attend Brandeis University. Since then he has written five novels, including “Waiting” which won the National Book Award and “War Trash,” the recipient…
Read MoreThe merry mood, welcoming atmospherics, and cultural richness of this year’s Irish “Christmas Revels” make it the perfect family event.
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Jazz Commentary: Chet Baker — The Climax of Cool
For most of its history, jazz has been a macho culture. Sexual ambiguity or gay-ness were subjects of derision.
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