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Book Feature: Jake Brennan’s “Disgraceland” — A Wicked Exposé of Popular Music’s Psychopaths

September 28, 2019
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Jake Brennan’s unique blend of humor and horror generates very entertaining stories about some of the most shocking crimes committed by various icons of rock, pop, and punk music.

Jazz Review: “Bending Bridges” – Mary Halvorson Changes the Musical Conversation

June 3, 2012
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If you have a taste for something different that also has some depth and heft, then guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson’s new album may be just what you’re looking for.

Book Review: Filmmakers and Their Opinions — as Told to Critic Gerald Peary  

February 13, 2024
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New cinematic mavericks have come along. All the more reason that the views of earlier rebels be collected and preserved, given the short historical memories of young filmmakers and their audiences.

Arts Commentary: The Power and Perils of Copyright– Andy Warhol, Lynn Goldsmith, and the Prince Print

October 19, 2022
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Whatever the Supreme Court determines will alter the world of artists, writers, and musicians for decades to come, a world that has already been dealt a financial blow by the economic pressures of the internet.

Theater Review: Behind the Corset – Maiden Phoenix Theatre Company’s “Playhouse Creatures”

August 5, 2014
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Some four centuries after Playhouse Creatures takes place, women are still facing inequality in the theatre world; companies like Maiden Phoenix are part of the solution to that problem.

Theater Review: Eighteenth Century Pen Pals — Voltaire and Frederick

October 27, 2012
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Playwright Gericke-Schönhagen, hoping to avoid the phenomenon of talking heads, deliberately placed emphasis on those letters between Voltaire and Frederick that dramatized personalities rather than ideas.

Film Review: “Cloud” — Death by Capitalism

July 25, 2025
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s return to form might be explained by his looking backward: the director has chosen to grapple with the fact that many of the pessimistic prophecies of his earlier films have come true.

DocTalk: Mimicking the Master’s Voice in “My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock”

October 29, 2024
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To his credit, Mark Cousins does provide some insights into Alfred Hitchcock’s motifs and obsessions, from doors to staircases to creepy, dank interiors crammed with gizmos, gewgaws, and cobwebs.

Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra and Violinist Nicola Benedetti — Dionysian Zest

January 20, 2023
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In the hands of some, Szymanowski’s Second Violin Concerto can be tame and traditional. As conducted by Karina Canellakis, and performed by the BSO and violinist Nicola Benedetti, the piece came off as bold, colorful, and urgent.

TV Review: “The Normal Heart” — A Decent Update of an Aged Polemic about AIDS

May 25, 2014
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Most of HBO’s “The Normal Heart” is a pretty decent adaptation of the 1985 stage script, with some good things added, including an effective pre-credit section set on Fire Island in 1982.

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