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Thursday, July 23, 2009

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Smack downer

Hip-Hop Misogyny: It Ain’t What It Used To Be
I haven’t come hereto academically justify West Coast credos about assimilating hoes into housewives. Instead I’ve come to mourn the commercialization of misogynistic rap lyrics.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  July 23, 2009
 

Arts

Extreme Reads
The Phoenix beach-reading four-pack delivers sex, drugs, and rock and role — plus black-market human organs!
Interview: Michael Lang
Going back to Woodstock
It Feels So Good When I Stop
In this excerpt, the protagonist recalls his post-college years, in which he worked a crappy job at a restaurant owned by a racist.
Just For Laughs
Live coverage at Montreal's annual comedy fest
Larry's Kidney
Being the true story of how I found myself in China with my black-sheep cousin and his mail-order bride, skirting the law to get him a transplant — and save his life
More than a feeling
Music inspires art at the MFA, Panopticon, and the Gardner
Play by play: July 24, 2009
Plays from A to Z
Quake and Shake
Company One meshes Murakami; Orfeo compacts the Bard
Stuck-togetherness
Chris Elam's Misnomer Dance
The Accidental Billionaires
The founding of Facebook: A tale of sex, money, genius, and betrayal
The End of the Long Summer
Why we must remake our civilization to survive on a volatile Earth
Wyndham's war
Revisiting a modest master

Food

M and M Ribs
Back-yard barbecue made extraordinary by a seasoned pro
The Friendly Toast
From the décor to the drinks, it's all a bit wacky — and undeniably good

Life

Beat the Tweet
Social networking is ruining your summer vacation — just accept it already and go outside
More Space
Hoopleville
Only the awesome need apply
Free Money Dept.
Photos: NE Sand Sculpting Festival 2009
New England Sand Sculpture Festival 2009 at Revere Beach
Rethinking liberal arts in the digital age
Liberal Arts is due for an update
Why am I doing this?
Failure
Wilderness survival guide
Big Fat Whale

Movies

Loop dreams
Iannucci and the future of political comedy
Review: Humpday
It ain't gay if it's art!
Review: In the Loop
Armando Iannucci wags the war
Review: One Day You'll Understand
Clumsy contrivance gives way to real tragedy
Review: The End of the Line
Doomsday from under the sea

Movies Continued

Review: The Ugly Truth
Not so much ugly as bland
WIN to see Harry Potter at Jordan's IMAX
Win tickets to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at any Jordan's Furniture store with an IMAX

Music

George Thorogood | The Dirty Dozen
Capitol (2009)
Joy, not jamming
King Sunny Adé and his African Beats, live at the Courtyard at the Museum of Fine Arts, July 15, 2009
La Roux | La Roux
Polydor (2009)
Long way to the top
The belated glory of Anvil
Magnolia Electric Co. | Josephine
Secretly Canadian (2009)
Photos: Dead Weather at House of Blues
The Dead Weather, live at House of Blues, July 18, 2009
Photos: Green Day at TD Garden
Green Day, live at the TD Garden, July 20, 2009
Photos: Jonas Brothers at the Garden
Jonas Brothers and Jordin Sparks, live at the Garden, July 17, 2009
Photos: Warped Tour 2009 in Boston
Vans Warped Tour 2009 hits the Comcast Center
Sax Ruins | Yawiquo
Ipecac (2009)
Scholarship gigs
Newpoli and Steven Bernstein do their homework
Smack downer
Hip-Hop Misogyny: It Ain’t What It Used To Be
The Big Hurt: MJ murder mystery, Aerosmith injuries
Music News in Brief
The Dead Weather | Horehound
Third Man (2009)
The old is new
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic bring back Roger Miller
Trife Diesel | Better Late Than Never
Trife da Label (2009)

News

Boston Bathhouses
Hot Water and Harmonicas
Boston in the 70s: Part Five
Photos from the Boston Phoenix 's archives
Cyberchondriacs
Online health info can make you crazy
Gates-Gate
Banner come back
Power puffs
Letters to the Boston editor, July 24, 2009
Sex, Drugs, Rock and Peace
How Abbie Hoffman politicized Woodstock – and changed America
What ails the health-care debate?
A: Overly ambitious Democratic plans and unreasonable Republican opposition

RecRoom

Felonious dunk
Antoine Walker throws up a brick. Plus, breaking and entering, Arkansas-style.
Review: Tales of Monkey Island
A classic series sets sail once more

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