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Thursday, May 20, 2010

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Slideshow: History of Guru and Gang Starr

A collection of videos, photos, music and more from our archives
Here is our salute – in photo, audio, video, and writing – to a Roxbury legend and the vast Gang Starr legacy he left behind.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 24, 2010
 

Arts

Cool killer
Ace Atkins runs down Machine Gun Kelly
Fully abled
Paul Guest’s life on wheels
Glee and sympathy
The Gold Dust Orphans’ The Gulls; Nora’s The Lady with All the Answers
Photos: Corey Grayhorse's pop-surreal dream photography at AS220
Corey Grayhorse at AS220 through May 29, 2010
Photos: 'The Kennedys' at Peabody Essex Museum
Photos of JFK, Jackie Onassis and family at the PEM through July 18
Play by Play: May 21, 2010
Theater listings, May 21, 2010
Power plays
The Maya and the Kennedys at the Peabody Essex
Second sight
Boston Ballet reprises Jiří Kylián’s Black & White
Slideshow: The Maya And The Mythic Sea at Peabody Essex Museum
“Fiery Pool: The Maya And The Mythic Sea,” Peabody Essex Museum through July 18  
Still life
Disfarmer at the ICA

Food

Bergamot
A perfect complement to Somerville — or, for that matter, anywhere
Griyo Lakay
Abundant, heart-warming Haitian fare awaits intrepid diners

Life

26 cent book bin
Big Fat Whale
Activist strike out
Hoopleville
Fortnight to fitness
Shaping up for the summer — in two exhausting weeks
The substitute
Failure

Movies

Peep show
Michael Grecco’s Naked Ambition
Review: Casino Jack And The United States Of Money
Peering into evil conservative souls
Review: Daddy Longlegs
Wasting away in Trendy Indieville
Review: Dark and Stormy Night
Flakes, spooks, and vintage-cinema spoofs
Review: Looking for Eric
Goal keeper: Ken Loach scores
Review: OSS 117: Lost In Rio
Eyebrow Arch of Triumph
Review: Princess Kaiulani
Gaudy, brittle, and hollow
Review: Shrek Forever After
Far, Far Away meets It’s a Wonderful Life .
Voodoo economics
What vampire and zombie movies can tell us about the future of capitalism

Music

Beach Fossils | Beach Fossils
Captured Tracks (2010)
CocoRosie | Grey Oceans
Sub Pop (2010)
Complete control
Pat Metheny, live at the Orpheum Theatre, May 20, 2010
Covering Lacy
A jazz master’s legacy finds traction

Music Continued

Guru's guru
How a mysterious Svengali dominated the final days of the Boston-born hip-hop and jazz superstar
Ketman | Ketman a Go Go
Lifted & Gifted (2010)
Photos: Band of Horses at the Ames Hotel
Band of Horses, WFNX Ames Hotel Session, May 17, 2010
Photos: Massive Attack at the House of Blues
Massive Attack, live at the House of Blues, May 13, 2010
Photos: Mumford and Sons at the Ames Hotel
Mumford and Sons, at the Ames Hotel, May 14, 2010
Photos: Pearl Jam live at the TD Garden
Pearl Jam, live at the TD Garden, May 17, 2010
Photos: Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman, and more with the Boston Pops
The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers , Symphony Hall, until June 20
Ronnie James Dio (1942 - 2010)
Live free or rock
Ruse music
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’s front may be a front
Slideshow: History of Guru and Gang Starr
A collection of videos, photos, music and more from our archives
The Big Hurt: Shill crazy
The week in corporate sponsorships
The future of brutal
Metal, refined and redefined by Krallice
Unhappy birthday
The lines sag heavy and deep for Moz

News

Freedom Watch: Speak no evil
Why are African-American leaders silent about slavery in Sudan?
My uncle, the astronaut
Found in Space
The high cost of free markets
A lack of regulation invites oil spills and financial collapse
Where the wind blows
Letters to the Boston editor, May 21, 2010

RecRoom

Spring fever
LT’s self-abuse defense, a bag job at Notre Dame, and heading back to school in Texas



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