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Thursday, February 25, 2010

In the land of the stoner cops

On the front lines of Obama's campaign in Afghanistan
Major Jim Contreras was awaiting his marching orders. Literally.
By: NIR ROSEN  |  March 01, 2010
 

Arts

Cube root
Roni Horn at the ICA, Andrea Fraser at Harvard
Missed connections
Private Fears in Public Places at Zeitgeist, Neighborhood 3 at Apollinaire
Play by play, February 26, 2010
Theater listings, week of February 26, 2010

Food

Conga's
Faking it, just not quite making it
Sonny Noto's Restaurant
A not-so-hidden gem with a three-generation track record in Eastie  
Team spirits
Competitive Drinking Dept.

Life

Greasing the skids
Berklee grad ditches career at a major record label for Boston and a beat-up, vegetable-oil-fueled van.
Texas Textbook Excerpts
Big Fat Whale

Movies

Bong hits
Korea's hottest new director comes to the HFA
Heart of gold
Jonathan Demme wins the Coolidge Award
Review: Ajami
This Middle Eastern Boyz N the Hood  teeters, but doesn't Crash
Review: Blood Into Wine
Why can't we not be sober?
Review: Formosa Betrayed
Newsflash: All was not rosy during the Reagan years

Music

B. Dolan | Fallen House, Sunken City
Strange Famous (2010)
Bringing it all back home
In the studio — a former pasta sauce factory in Central Falls — with the Low Anthem
Heaven!
The BSO and Boston Baroque at their best
Jew note
First Annual Boston Jewish Music Festival, plus the Klezmatics

Music Continued

jj | jj N° 3
Secretly Canadian (2010)
Netsky notes
The KCB's main man talks Klezmer
No moves required
Club nights for ye who cannot dance
Old man riffer
T-Model Ford turns 90 . . . or thereabouts
Photos: El Perro Del Mar at the Brattle Theatre
El Perro Del Mar and Taken By Trees, at the Brattle, February 19, 2010
Photos: Jack Burton vs. David Lo Pan and Raw Radar War
Born of Fire, live at O'Brien's Pub, February 17, 2010
Photos: No Tomorrow at Machine
No Tomorrow, at Machine on Saturday, February 6, 2010
Quasi | American Gong
Kill Rock Stars (2010)
Review: El Perro Del Mar at the Brattle
El Perro Del Mar and Taken by Trees, live at the Brattle Theatre, February 19, 2010
Review: Jonathan Richman at Middle East upstairs
Jonathan Richman, live at Middle East upstairs, February 18. 2010
Review; Fred Hersch at Jordan Hall
Fred Hersch, live at Jordan Hall, February 17, 2010
Ride that wave
Are Surfer Blood the only band from Florida?

News

Brown, baby, Brown
The Senator masters the art of playing it safe. Plus, Deval vs. the Legislature.
Friends in high places
Barack's Best Buddy
In the land of the stoner cops
On the front lines of Obama's campaign in Afghanistan
The crying game
House Speaker Robert DeLeo tolerates dissent. Then why do some call him a bully?
War over piece
Letters to the Boston editor, February 26, 2010

RecRoom

Crossword: ''It's a Tough Job''
But you totally get used to it.
Oregon fail
With no one to hit on the field, underclassmen take to the streets
Review: BioShock 2
BioShock 2 dives under the surface
Spy ware
PBS does The 39 Steps



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