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Thursday, July 12, 2012

cover by: Janet Smith Taylor and Christina Briggs
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Arts

A former porn star looks back on the life
Just Jennie

Hartley’s Gloucester; plus, Cristi Rinklin
Dogtown genius

JUST ANNOUNCED: Christopher Bedford named new director for Rose Art Museum
Introducing the Rose's first director since 2009

Richard Brautigan’s highs and lows
Jackalope Tales

SLIDESHOW: ''Marsden Hartley: Soliloquy in Dogtown'' + Cristi Rinklin's ''Diluvial''
Through October 14 + through September 9

Vertigo at Jacob’s Pillow
Lofty

Food

Leave no cone unturned
Got a hot scoop for ya — five, in fact. Let these local ice-cream joints restore some chill to your summer swelter

On the Cheap: Burger King's Bacon Sundae
From the not-so-secret menu

On the Cheap: FoMu
Cruelty-free ice-cream shop makes Allston’s Union Square even more of a destination for vegans and foodies

Life

Duxbury Beach ...
Failure

In boardrooms across the country ...
Big Fat Whale

Kinky Grappling Dept.
Hot Mess

Photos: Drag Queen Jello Wrestling at Machine
July 9, 2012

This is the life!
Hoopleville

Movies

Review: Ballplayer: Pelotero
Striking out

Review: Drunkboat
Hamming it up

Review: Ice Age: Continental Drift
It's all been done

Review: Neil Young Journeys
Young having the time of his life

Review: Sleepless Night
Frédéric Jardin's expert thriller

Music

Azealia Banks | 1991
Interscope

Bethany Cosentino settles into a comfort zone
Still California dreaming

Digits | Where Do You Belong?
Self-Release (2012)

DIIV | Oshin
Captured Tracks (2012)

Music Continued

Grasscut | Unearth
Ninja Tune (2012)

Jazz death at ’GBH
Gone, gone, gone

Letting it rip with Grey Valley Ghost
Rock heavy

Out: Beach Cops and Smart Cops team up for a punk patrol at the Rosebud
Uniformity

Photos: A Terrible Beauty at Radio
Saturday, June 16, 2012

Photos: We Want The Airwaves at the Paradise
Parlour Bells + Garvey J + Orbit + O Positive

Pitbull takes The Big Hurt north
Kodiak or Bust

The emotional electronics of Hot Chip
Head music

Tom Wetmore plays his band
Composer’s desire

Twin Shadow | Confess
4AD (2012)

Van She | Idea Of Happiness
Modular (2012)

News

Apathy catches up to Occupy in Philadelphia
One Nation Under Whatever

Big Brother is pinging you
Law enforcement and Google assault privacy. Plus, Patrick's vetoes and Boston school worries

Mitt Romney's Bain Shadow Years Loom Larger
Mitt Romney's shadow years at Bain have been thrown into the national media spotlight. That's a problem for the Romney campaign.

Muzzles on campus
The 15th Annual Muzzle Awards, student edition

The 15th Annual Muzzle Awards
Our annual look at the dishonorable enemies of free speech and personal liberty in New England

UPDATE: BPPA responds to Pax furor; provokes questions about funding
BPPA Members Should Probably Read This

RecRoom

Crossword: ''The Big Build-Up''
See the sequences?

''Newsroom'' As Farce
We can't wait to see Sorkin's Serious Journalism take on the 2012 Republican nomination process ...