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Afghanistan: The war that's killing us
Interview: Former Army colonel and current Boston University professor Andrew Bacevich explains why staying is a big mistake - BY PETER KADZIS

Lost in the woods

Hoopleville
Next time, bring breadcrumbs

By: DAVID KISH | July 28, 2010

It's on: Chafee and Caprio square off for governor

Man vs. Message
Just a couple of weeks after Attorney General Patrick Lynch withdrew from the governor's race, it is quickly shaping up as a two-man battle: independent Lincoln Chafee versus Democrat Frank Caprio.

By: DAVID SCHARFENBERG | July 28, 2010

A woman's writing conference comes to Brown

Words, Words, Words
Hannelore Hahn understands the liberating power of writing.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | July 28, 2010

The beers of summer

Mowing the lawn? Mow a few of these down
In the country that gave birth to supersizing and the stretch Hummer, bigger is often confused with better. The world of American craft beer is no exception.

By: JOSH SMITH | July 28, 2010

Profiles in frottage

The EDC strikes out; 'A massage that went awry'; Refudiating Palin
Frottage, noun : masturbation by rubbing up against another person.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | July 28, 2010

Review: Dinner for Schmucks

It's a bit half baked
The difference between French and Hollywood filmmaking consists of more than just subtitles.

By: PETER KEOUGH | July 28, 2010

Threeplay

Baz & Me soars at the Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep
There's a lot of attention focused on this year's Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep trio of summer plays now that the creative hatchery has had such a remarkable record.

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 28, 2010

Turning it up

The Coming Weak mean it, man
It's hard to believe the Coming Weak have been in business for only three years, now considered alt-rock veterans around these parts and known for their consistently precise and energetic live set.

By: CHRIS CONTI | July 27, 2010

'People wanted something honest'

The Gaslight Anthem are pouring it all out
In a world that's changing at the speed of light, the Gaslight Anthem reaches into the past to forge classic elements into a timeless rock and roll sound.

By: MICHAEL ATCHISON | July 28, 2010

Tom Jones | Praise and Blame

Lost Highway (2010)
Is it possible that Tom Jones, at age 70, is only now using everything he's got to his best advantage?

By: JEFF TAMARKIN | July 28, 2010

Arcade Fire | The Suburbs

Merge (2010)
"Half Light I" sounds as if it could be the soundtrack to an American Express commercial.

By: JONATHAN DONALDSON | July 28, 2010

Holy Ghost | Static on the Wire

DFA Records (2010)
Did I miss the release of a "my hipstamatic dance band" app for the iPhone in the past year or so?

By: LUKE O'NEIL | July 28, 2010

Autolux | Transit Transit

TBD Records (2010)
As much fun as it is to be iconoclastic, it's tough for the art-rockers of today to escape the bones of the past when trying to break new ground.

By: JONATHAN DONALDSON | July 28, 2010

Rakaa | Crown of Thorns

Decon (2010)
And suddenly it dawned on me: if rappers didn't hastily release every track they record, there would be a lot fewer shitty hip-hop discs and a lot more crown victories like Rakaa's solo debut.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | July 28, 2010

Ellis's endgame

Less than Less Than Zero
A quarter-century after the debut of Less Than Zero , in what amounts to a self-referential epilogue, Ellis's spoiled children have grown into spoiled adults, and the magnets in their moral compasses rest askew.

By: CARRIE BATTAN | July 27, 2010

Review: DeathSpank

Ron Gilbert flogs the funny bone
"I run into these contrived situations a lot," admits the eponymous hero of DeathSpank , shortly after accepting his zillionth bizarre task from a complete stranger.

By: MITCH KRPATA | July 27, 2010

More spooks

AMC crosses Rubicon
Two years ago, AMC made a deal to develop a series based on Francis Ford Coppola's classic 1974 film The Conversation . That show still hasn't materialized, but with Rubicon , AMC has now brought us a drama with a similar premise.

By: RYAN STEWART | July 27, 2010

Review: Fat Belly's Pub

Cheap eats with classy attitude
Who says you can't have it all? Not the folks at Fat Belly's, an "Irish" pub with the attitude — and, more importantly, the kitchen commitment — of a capable cloth napkin restaurant.

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 28, 2010

Review: The Kids Are All Right

Lisa Cholodenko Kids us not about family values
If you’re going to watch one sperm-donor comedy this year — and there are a few of them, including Jennifer Lopez’s The Back-Up Plan and Jennifer Aniston’s upcoming The Switch — make it Lisa Cholodenko’s charming, uplifting, and very funny subversion of the traditional patriarchal family.

By: PETER KEOUGH | July 28, 2010

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