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Thursday, December 17, 2009

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Tilting at Windows

Software 'Saint' Richard Stallman fights for computing freedom — and against corporate control
Stallman — a legend in the programmer community for more than a quarter century — considers it his life's work to proselytize the free-software gospel, educating the lay people who'd otherwise assume that Microsoft or Apple are exclusively synonymous with computing.
By: MIKE MILIARD  |  December 18, 2009
 

Arts

Alternative universe
Boston Expressionism in context
Anniversary waltz
Caitlin Corbett Dance Company at 25
Book Review: The Tin Drum
Günter Grass and Tin Drum 2
Interview: Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis can't stop himself
Photos: Boston expressionism at Danforth Museum
Aronson, Bergenstein, and Schwartz at the Danforth Museum this winter
Play by play: December 18, 2009
Theater listings, week of December 18
Review: The Christmas Revels
Revels takes us back to our roots

Food

Fordee's Falafel and Deli
A winning way with the humble ground-chickpea croquette
Pairings
Artistry and taste combine — but perhaps not often enough

Life

2009: The year in Phoenix blog posts
Michael Jackson, meteors, WBCN, and one very angry Obama
An exquisite corpse
Failure
Happy Solstice 2009
Hoopleville
Video: Our 10 most popular videos from 2009
Hardcore bands, porn stars, vampires, zombies, and vandals

Movies

Let's Get Raw
Do It Clean Dept.
Review: Amarcord
Fellini's good old days were also the bad old days
Review: Araya
Benacerraf's classic documentary gets an anniversary showing
Review: Avatar
Machine dreams: James Cameron plays games
Review: Did You Hear About the Morgans?
If not, it'll sound familiar pretty quickly

Music

Animal Collective | Fall Be Kind
Domino (2009)
Bring the trauma
Fanfarlo adjust to the road
Carla Bley | Carla's Christmas Carols
Watt/ECM (2009)
Charlotte Hatherley | New Worlds
Minty Fresh (2009)
Concertizing
John Hollenbeck plays New Year's Eve! Plus, the Rempis/Rosaly duo

Music Continued

Going down
One last fling with The Elevator Drops
Group hug
The crooked folk of Cuddle Magic
Lady Gaga | The Fame Monster
Interscope (2009)
Photos: Arctic Monkeys at the House of Blues
With Screaming Females, live at the House of Blues, December 13, 2009
Photos: Dashboard Confessional at Middle East
With New Found Glory, live at Middle East Downstairs, December 10, 2009
Photos: Fanfarlo and Freelance Whales at T.T. the Bear's
Fanfarlo and Freelance Whales, live at T.T. the Bear's Place, December 17, 2009
The Big Hurt: 10-year glitch
The Big Hurt: A major decade for music — minus the music
Various Artists | Nippon Girls: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966–1970
Domino (2009)
Various Artists | Where the Action Is: Los Angeles Nuggets 1965 - 1968
Rhino (2009)
WFNX's top 101 songs in 2009
WFNX's most popular songs in 2009
WFNX's top 101 songs of the decade
The top 101 songs of the decade from WFNX 101.7 FM

News

Battle of the Bulger
Former Mass. Sen. Pres. William Bulger defends James Michael Curley's legacy — and his own
Brown Bagging
Even GOP insiders don't expect Scott Brown to beat Martha Coakley. But they care how he loses.
GNU and the free-software movement
You may not know it, but the free-software movement has changed your life
How is Obama doing?
Not as well as he thinks
Most popular articles of 2009
The year in martyrs, mortuaries, chupacabras, and pot-peddling soccer moms
Tapped out
H-2 Woes Dept.
Tilting at Windows
Software 'Saint' Richard Stallman fights for computing freedom — and against corporate control

RecRoom

Review: Assassin's Creed II
Death in Venice: a macabre Italian getaway
Sexiest video-game studs of 2009
The cream of the crop
The China syndrome
Kirk Snyder's strange tale gets stranger. Plus, Texas Lutheran's divine intervention.
The power of Cesar
Leader of the Pack
There will be blood
Beacon Hill is green-lighting elbow smashes to the face, as Mass. officially welcomes mixed martial arts

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