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Thursday, October 06, 2011


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Arts

How Lee Child — and the Reacher Creatures — conquered thriller lit
Ka-pow!
Interview: Michael Ian Black's death-defying comedy
Unstoppable
SpeakEasy's heart-wrenching Next Fall
Revelations
Videos: Selections from the Afghanistan War YouTube Video Fest
Scenes from a decade of war
Zeitgeist skips through Tony Kushner's short plays
Serious fun

Food

Review: Five Horses Tavern
Familiar favorites with a craft-beer chaser
Review: Redbones Barbecue Food Truck
Southern comfort goes mobile

Life

Bank of America's Future Plans
Big Fat Whale
Hoopleville coupons
Hoopleville
T Conversations
Failure

Movies

Documentary films get some love at a great Maine festival
Hello, Camden!
Review: Littlerock
Altogether original
Review: 1911
Jackie Chan, deprived of his comic and physical skills, falls flat
Review: 3
Three's company
Review: Dream House
Haunted house chills and mind games
Review: Jimmy Tingle's American Dream
 A comedian's life ain't nothin' but hustle and rejection
Review: Love Crime
A deconstruction of the mystery genre
Review: Margaret
Unexpected situations
Review: Mozart's Sister
Wolfgang's understudy sister fights for the limelight
Review: Real Steel
Boxing robots. Enough said.
Review: The Ides of March
George Clooney's new directorial effort
Review: The Way
Martin Sheen embarks on a treacly sweet emotional hike
Review: What's Your Number
Faris fails to carry comedy to  Bridesmaids heights

Music

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Susan Davenny Wyner, and Courtney Lewis
Popularity contest
Boom Bip | Zig Zaj
Lex (2011)
DJ Shadow | The Less You Know, The Better
Verve (2011)
Feist | Metals
Cherrytree/Interscope (2011)

Music Continued

George Lewis Jr. conquers as Twin Shadow
Post-Mad Man
High Places | Original Colors
Thrill Jockey (2011)
Out: Fort Point channels the ambience of Oneohtrix Point Never
Boston beat party
Photos: All Tomorrow's Parties Festival at Asbury Park, NJ
Asbury Park, New Jersey | September 30-October 2, 2011
Prince Rama rise from Boston's underground
Spiritual guidance
Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire
PAX-AM/Capitol (2011)
Sleep ∞ Over | Forever
Hippos In Tanks (2011)
Ten years in, Ladytron grounded by Gravity
Post-dance
The Big Hurt: The gnome-stealing legends of Britpop failure are back! Do we care? Maybe!
Marion return!
The Strokes a decade after the debut
That was it
The Vandelles ride a different kind of wave
Technicolor noir

News

Afghanistan: 10 years of war
Artist and critic Greg Cook confronts the experience
Bad news, Corrections
Letters to the Boston Phoenix editor, October 7, 2011
Gang Godfather or Mean Streets Robin Hood?
Darryl Whiting: Remember that name. Police say he's angling to become boss of Boston's street gangs.
Gangs, Inc.: A special report
Mergers & mayhem
Hollow justice
The FBI might have got its man, but anyone seeking real accountability from Whitey Bulger's government enablers will come away empty-handed yet again
Occupy Boston gets serious
Report From the Front
Photos: Occupy Boston demonstrations, from Dewey Square to the financial district
From September 30 to October 11, 2011
When God Walked Through the Projects
Twenty years after he became the first man in the state to get life in prison for dealing crack, Darryl Whiting's twisted legacy lives on
Whitey Bulger and the Feds: The final act
Choosing the slow grind: Why are we trying Whitey in federal court, when state courts would deliver justice more swiftly?

RecRoom

Breaking Bad keeps topping itself
This meth we're in
Crossword: ''Aftermath''
Finally calling it quits
Review: Gears of War 3
The COG's sordid past comes to light

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