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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Boston rat rampage

Thanks to the global economic collapse, which has stalled initiated construction projects, Boston’s rat population is surging
Residents say that if you jam a leaf blower in the earth virtually anywhere in Allston, furry bottom feeders will be blown out of every crack and hole in sight and rain down like unsavory screeching meatballs. North Enders joke that something similar would happen if you detonate a Parmesan wheel in an alleyway off Hanover Street.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | November 09, 2009

Arts

Mystic muso
The erudition of Robert Palmer

Play by play: November 6, 2009
Boston theater listings, November 6, 2009

Power to the people
Art of the Streets Dept.

Sustainability
Merce Cunningham in the Park Avenue Armory; Christopher Wheeldon at City Center

Wizards and masterpieces
Harry Potter at the Museum of Science, and another look at the Rose

Food

Jade Garden Seafood Restaurant
Fresh as can be and well-priced. What’s the catch?

Simco's on the Bridge
A worthwhile old-time roadside-stand experience

Life

Ask me about my aches and pains
Reality Check

Boston rat rampage
Thanks to the global economic collapse, which has stalled initiated construction projects, Boston’s rat population is surging

Cannonball quiets Harvard quad
Time bomb

I didn't know this was three hours long
Failure

Internet knockoffs
Big Fat Whale

Lighthouse Retrofit Plan
Hoopleville

Things are looking up?
Idiot Box

Movies

Review: Bad Boy Made Good
The revival of George Anthiel's 1924 Ballet méchanique

Review: Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
John Krasinski takes on David Foster Wallace and succeeds

Review: Disney's A Christmas Carol
State-of-the-art technology allows actors to reach new heights of hamminess

Review: Gentlemen Broncos
Jared Hess's latest geek fantasy

Review: Michael Jackson's This Is It
Is this it?

Review: Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America
Imagine if Ingmar Bergman had made The Blair Witch Project

Review: The Fourth Kind
Creepy, but clumsy

Review: The Horse Boy
A compelling real-life adventure

Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats
Bleating hearts tame Goats

Review: Warren Miller's Dynasty
Nothing but fluff for the franchise

Movies Continued

Totally clips of the heart
Foraging with the Found Footage Festival’s Nick Prueher

Music

Bekay | Hunger Pains
Coalmine (2009)

Blind ambition
Brother Ali is more than just albino

Interview: Ray Davies
On singing in the choir, his American experience, and who’ll play Dave

Julian Casablancas | Phrazes for the Young
RCA (2009)

Live and on record
Darius Jones, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Ben Goldberg’s Go Home

Matias Aguayo | Ay Ay Ay
Kompakt (2009)

Morrissey | Swords
UME Imports (2009)

Nirvana | Live at Reading and Bleach
DGC/Sub Pop (2009)

Photos: Monsters of Folk at Orpheum Theatre
Monsters of Folk, live at the Orpheum Theatre, November 3, 2009

Photos: Say Anything and Eisley at House of Blues
Say Anything, with opener Eisley, live at House of Blues on October 30, 2009

Photos: Snoop Dogg with Method Man and Redman
Snoop Dogg with Method Man and Redman, live at Lupo's, Providence, October 31, 2009

Supersonic youth
Nothing’s gonna stop Deastro now

The Big Hurt: Liam alone
Can an Oasis spinoff help but suck?

The evil deaf
The return of the Northeast Noise and Power Electronics Festival

Various Artists | D-Funk: Funk, Disco and Boogie Grooves from Germany 1972-2002
Marina (2009)

News

Difference of opinion
Peter Canellos reinvents Globe ’s editorial page. Plus, Tom Menino’s campaign gets late-breaking help from the Banner and Herald .

Inside the term-paper machine
The black market of term papers exposed

Intentions gone south
Letters to the Boston editor, November 6, 2009

Menino, again
Plus: Latino gains, same-sex defeat, and a buzz for pot

The Quiet Storm
In this desperate downtime, is Deval Patrick regrouping, or cluelessly steering a sinking ship?

Yes Men take aim at Coca-Cola
Drinking It All In Dept.