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Bite Size News, December 19: Sunday Morning News Edition
Image by J-CIO from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . Jerry Parisalla was just elected state representative from Beverly. In January, after being sworn in, he'll go to Iraq as a military lawyer. Based on Census figures being released Tuesday, Massachusetts is expected to lose a congressional [...]
An inside look at the University of Massachusetts
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‘True Grit’: More than an eye patch
Think of "True Grit'' four ways. First there was Charles Portis's best-selling 1968 novel about a 14-year-old girl who sets out to avenge her father's murder in frontier Arkansas in 1880. Then there are the two movies based on it: the 1969 original, starring John Wayne; and now the Coen brothers' [...]
Globe Santa: Big Papi on team
Noah Finkelstein couldn't stop smiling. For a moment he looked lost — still smiling but unaware of the more than 200 very excited people around him. He stood alone, basking in his good fortune, waiting for his friend, Brian Zanin, to join him. Standing 5 feet away, he did not respond to [...]
By genre: Hiphop
KANYE WEST "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' He took a year off to gather up all the ingredients (the boom-bap of "College Dropout,'' the instrumentation of "Late Registration,'' the polish of "Graduation,'' the Auto-tuned emotion of "808s & Heartbreak,'' the pain of family tragedy, a [...]
Siddhartha Mitter’s top 10 world music CDs of 2010
TIKEN JAH FAKOLY "African Revolution'' A master of African reggae, enriched here with Malian instruments, Fakoly mixes his democratic, liberationist politics with the haunting melancholy of disappointment. See the original post here: Siddhartha Mitter's top 10 world music CDs of 2010
Steve Greenlee’s top 10 jazz CDs of 2010
WILLIAM PARKER "I Plan to Stay a Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield'' It took the prolific bassist nine years to assemble this rich set, but it's a superb example of how a pop songbook can be turned into meaningful jazz. View post: Steve Greenlee's top 10 jazz CDs of 2010
BAA is caught in a numbers game
For 20 years, Greg Taylor has trained through the pain of unforgiving Minnesota winters to qualify for the signature road race of his life, the Boston Marathon. The spring ritual was all but sacred to the state welfare worker, who for two decades has never missed a start. Excerpt from: BAA [...]
Sarah Rodman’s top 10 CDs of 2010
JAMEY JOHNSON "The Guitar Song'' Here is that rare gem: a double album where every cut is vital, from the blackly morose ballads to the firewater-breathing honky-tonk blasts. A towering achievement from a country singer-songwriter whose talent for penning vivid narratives and choosing the right [...]
Michael Brodeur’s top 10 CDs of 2010
OWEN PALLETT "Heartland'' Sweeping in scope, generous in quirks, and stunningly beautiful, "Heartland'' finds the Canadian composer, violinist, and erstwhile solo artist once known as Final Fantasy recruiting the Czech Symphony Strings and the St. Kitts' Winds for his most ambitious work to date. [...]
