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Thursday, April 07, 2011

Net neutrality has become the biggest free speech issue of the 21st century. Is it doomed to failure?

Net loss
One morning last month, Senator Al Franken stood at the podium of a hotel in downtown Austin, looking out at some of the most innovative minds in the country gathered at this year's South by Southwest Interactive conference. "I know that many of you have heard people talk about net neutrality before," he said, "but I want to take just a moment to explain it, because part of the strategy being used to destroy net neutrality is to confuse Americans about what the term even means."

By: CARLY CARIOLI | April 11, 2011

Arts

Beijing Dance/LDTX fight the good fight
Struggle and solidarity

El Anatsui shows why he's one of the best
Unqualified

Photos: ''Bumpkin Forward'' Reception at Mobius
"Bumpkin Forward" reception | Mobius | April 2, 2011

Slideshow: 'El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa' at the Davis Museum
Davis Museum | March 30–June 26, 2011

Food

Review: Dumpling Cafe
No matter how you eat them, these dumplings are winners

Review: Sticky Rice Café
Strong soups and tasty Thai in West Roxbury

Life

A Red Sox aural history
How I learned to face the music

Checking out chicks at Charlie's
Failure

Photos: World Pillow Fight Day 2011 at Cambridge Common
Another year, another epic battle

Reality show pitches
Big Fat Whale

Science writer James Gleick explains the physics that define new media in the ongoing communications revolution
Information man

Talking the art of pitching with Theo, Schill, and Peter Gammons
Payoff pitch

Top 4 Diplomatic Strategies
Hoopleville

Movies

Review: Arthur
Russell Brand bottoms out

Review: Bill Cunningham New York
The legendary “street style” photographer

Review: Born To Be Wild 3D
A short, painless family pleaser

Review: Hanna
Relentless tween assassin

Review: Miral
A tale of female empowerment

Review: My Perestroika
Transitioning to capitalism

Review: Potiche
Screwball comedy meets political boilerplate

Review: Soul Surfer
Cheese instead of heart

Review: Winter In Wartime
Coming-of-age thriller

Music

Adès, Tetzlaff, and Kissin at the BSO; Matthew Polenzani's Schubert
Tempestuous

Amon Amarth | Surtur Rising
(Metal Blade 2011)

Burial | Street Halo and Ego/Mirror
Hyperdub (2011) & Text (2011)

Cold allure of Toro y Moi
Wave lengths

Music Continued

Crystal Stilts | In Love With Oblivion
Slumberland (2011)

Elbow | Build A Rocket Boys!
(Fiction/Polydor/Downtown 2011)

Everlast in the here and now
Was not was

Haunting 'hoods new and old with Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion!
Psychobilly freakout

Henry Wolfe | Linda Vista
(Undermountain 2011)

Photos: Cut Copy + Holy Ghost at House of Blues
Cut Copy + Holy Ghost | House of Blues | April 4, 2011

Photos: Fourth night of preliminaries at Rock 'n' Roll Rumble
Mellow Bravo win the fourth night of Rumble preliminaries at TT's

Photos: Parlour Bells, Garvy J, and The Dears at Brighton Music Hall
Parlour Bells + Garvy J + The Dears | Brighton Music Hall | March 30, 2011

Photos: Rock 'n' Roll Rumble night #1 with The Blizzard of 78, Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents, Old Jack, McAlister Drive
Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents win the first night of the Rumble preliminaries

Photos: Second night of preliminaries at Rock 'n' Roll Rumble
Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys win the second night of preliminaries

Photos: Third night of preliminaries at Rock 'n' Roll Rumble
John Powhida International Airport win the third night of Rumble preliminaries

Punk and women's issues rally for BARCC
Smash It Dead Fest

Sampling rock success with the Go! Team
Sound tracking

Scattered Trees | Sympathy
(Roll Call/EMI 2011)

Soundgarden's Chris Cornell comes full circle
Back into the superunknown

Spray-pancake-batter 'fat cats' strike back!
Blasted!

The East Coast boast of Heavy Metal Kings
Straight bangers

The word from Yanni
A conference call with the man himself

News

It's Japan's turn
Letters to the Boston editor, April 8, 2011

Life during wartime
NGO big or go home

Media activists aim to take over the future ... of news
'Get me rewrite'

Net neutrality has become the biggest free speech issue of the 21st century. Is it doomed to failure?
Net loss

Scum along the Potomac
The Republicans strike again, aiming to shut down government, but keeping Gitmo alive

The rise and uncertain future of ''pirate'' radio in Boston
Will Boston’s unlicensed radio stations go legit?

The Royally Screwed Tenenbaum
Sharing is caring

RecRoom

Crossword: ''Hulk on the Job''
What a morning he's had