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50 BANDS, 50 STATES: The Phoenix starts 150 flame wars by picking the all-time best band, all-time best solo artist, and best new band from every state. (Online Only: Watch a slideshow; plus listen to audio and watch video.)

WAR OF WORDS: The final Metal Gear Solid doesn’t go down quietly.

CRACKPOT COURT: Taking a shot at the Supreme Court’s recent gunplay.

LICENSE THIS!: There’s some Feist album left if anyone wants it.

 

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“The Big Hurt” is devastated to discover that Boy George has been denied entrance to the US; Forro in the Dark and Marta Topferova bring Brazilian and Latin grooves to the MFA; the Midway Café stretches its legs; Moe Pope comes close to perfection — so why are Boston heads sleeping on him?; the audial oddities of Blevin Blectum; James Coleman brings his Theremin to the Piano Factory; Dethklok lay waste to Worcester, diss Cambridge; plus live reviews of the Black Angels with the Warlocks and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, CD reviews and more. (Online only: watch a slideshow of Black Angels at the Middle East.)
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Women dominate the 13th Annual Boston French Film Festival; Encounters at the End of the World takes Werner Herzog to the South Pole; plus, Herzog explains how those penguins got into his movie; short reviews of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Hancock, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, and Wall-E. (Online only: view movie trailers and read Peter Keough's film blog, Outside the Frame.)
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Choreographer Heddy Maalem’s Le Sacre du Printemps takes on black-on-black violence; J Edgar Hoover and SDS get the graphic-history treatment; Luisa Rabbia channels Isabella at the Gardner Museum; According to Tip debuts at New Rep, plus the ART sings Cole Porter; plus more on art, books, and theater (Online only: read the books blog, Word Up.)
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Conservatives’ best shot at Obama is the old flip-flop, not the company he keeps; Supreme Court makes Mass gun laws target for debate; plus, more on news, politics, and food.
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I Survived a Japanese Game Show is Survivor meets The Real World meets Lost in Translation; plus, getting paid to watch football at MIT.
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