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EXCELLENT ITALIAN INTERVIEW Steve Albini speaks
THE WISDOM OF CROWDS Comic timing
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS Our critics pick the 14 producers with the fattest, meanest beats
THE NAKED SORORITY Never mind its tough-girl alt-porn feminism: SuicideGirls has already moved on to a new generation
MURPHY’S BIG TENT In his bid for re-election, city councilor Stephen Murphy has collected a combustible group of allies, from Dapper to Deval
VLORA Covering all the bases with first-class Albanian and more

COMICS FOR CHRIST Evangelicals are speaking in bubbles — and fighting God’s war on pop culture
LES BONS MOTS POUR GAGNÉ Kick him when he's down
THE PROBLEM WITH HEROES Lessons from the build-them-up, tear-them-down Boston firefighter backlash
SOARING SPIRIT Peruko Ccopacatty’s fresh perspective
THE ART OF . . . Bach at Emmanuel, Boston Baroque’s Cosí fan tutte, Kiri Te Kanawa’s farewell to Boston
TEARS AND JOY PBRC’s Two Can Play finds a moving balance