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Thursday, December 24, 2009

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Fourth-estate follies, 2009 edition

The Phoenix's second annual year in media malfeasance
Between the rise of the Web, the ADD-addling of America, the fragmentation of any national political consensus, and the devastated economy, working in the press can feel a bit like manning the Titanic — and this year, the entire industry seemed to teeter on the edge of oblivion.
By: ADAM REILLY  |  December 28, 2009
 

Arts

2009: Rants of the Right
Going where few reviewers dare to tread.
2009: The year in art
Saints, sinners, paint
2009: The year in books
True stories - fact and fiction
2009: The year in dance
Milestones and memories
2009: The year in theater
Stage worthies
Play by play: December 25, 2009
Theater listings, December 25, 2009
Reading is fundamentalist
Conservative screeds dominated the book charts this year. Will future election results follow the bestseller lists?

Food

2009: The year in cheap eats
A good year to dine 'On the Cheap,' for many reasons
2009: The year in dining
My year in food

Life

Afghanistanhandling
Idiot Box
Burning down the house
The roof is on Fire Dept.
Christmas cards
Failure
Meet Santa
Hoopleville

Movies

2009: The year in movies
Men behaving badly
Review: A Single Man
Colin Firth stands alone
Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Ugh
Review: Broken Embraces [Los Abrazos Rotos]
Broken promises: Pedro Almodóvar's open Embraces

Movies Continued

Review: It's Complicated
Indeed it is
Review: Le Combat Dans L'Île
Alan Cavalier's sleek noir rescued from 1962 obscurity
Review: Nine
Rob Marshall continues his assault on good taste
Review: Sherlock Holmes
Boys will be boys
Review: The Young Victoria
No wonder there are more films about Elizabeth I

Music

2009: The year in Classical
Beating the quease
2009: The year in jazz
In and out
2009: The year in local pop
The '09 mixtape
Best unsung albums of 2009
The cocky and the cock-blocked
Kwok 'N' Roll
Aaron Kwok, live at Mohegan Sun, December 20, 2009
Review: Fanfarlo at T.T. the Bear's
Fanfarlo, live at T.T. the Bear's Place, December 17, 2009

News

Fourth-estate follies, 2009 edition
The Phoenix's second annual year in media malfeasance
Good weed
Letters to the Boston editor, December 25, 2009
Photos: Most popular slideshows of 2009
Don't blame us. You clicked on them!

RecRoom

2009: Year in video games
Swimming the mainstream
Ten years of great sports
Boston's road from Loserville to Title Town

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