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Jeffree Star | Cupcakes Taste Like Violence

Popsicle (2008)
Why am I listening to this pitch-corrected-to-death excrement when we should all be watching Jeffree Star's Cunt of Love (or something to that effect) on VH1?
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  December 02, 2008
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Loud and clear

The 2008 Foster Prize at the ICA, Adel Abdessemed at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center
Although it's no stretch to say that contemporary artists are eager to say something, the art world has seen its fair share of awkwardly shitty gallery talks.
By EVAN J. GARZA  |  November 26, 2008
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The Big Hurt: Weezy unplugged

Plus Auerbach unbound and Glitter undeterred
Our dream of a post-racial America moved one space closer to "king me" on the checkerboard of terrible metaphors this week
By DAVID THORPE  |  November 24, 2008

Surly you jest

The other side of Big Shug’s game
 He might be the toughest veteran on Boston’s hip-hop scene, but Shug is a phenomenal dinner guest.
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  November 24, 2008
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Punk buccaneer

Jonee Earthquake rumbles below the surface
Jonee Earthquake rumbles below the surface
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  November 24, 2008
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Shirts off their backs

How To Dress Like a Rock Star
How To Dress Like a Rock Star
By JIM SULLIVAN  |  November 20, 2008
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Magnum farce

Sports blotter: "CSI: Binghamton" edition

By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 19, 2008



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Say it ain't so, Joe

Breaking: Biden resigns the vice-presidency amid Wentzgate scandal
Breaking: Biden resigns the vice-presidency amid Wentzgate scandal
By DAVID THORPE  |  November 14, 2008
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Interview: Art Spiegelman

Drawing conclusions
"When you don't understand a painting, you assume you're stupid. When you don't understand a cartoon, you assume the cartoonist is stupid."
By MIKE MILIARD  |  November 13, 2008
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Mob rules

Bang Camaro gang up for round II
Bang Camaro gang up for round II
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  November 11, 2008
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Monster Mosh

Bane at ICC, October 31, 2008
The intensity level may have been a hair tamer last Friday at the ICC in Allston — an unassuming DIY venue in a church's function hall — but Halloween gave the night a twist.
By DAVID BOFFA  |  November 07, 2008
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Heavy mettle

Hel Toro are just brutal enough
It might have been in Lake Station, Indiana, that Hel Toro realized that, no, they were not all that metal.
By MATT PARISH  |  November 04, 2008
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Gang Gang Dance | Saint Dymphna

Warp (2008)
Saint Dymphna is the sound of a band of psychedelic dabblers finally getting their shit together.  
By DANIEL BROCKMAN  |  October 28, 2008

MySpacing

Hot and not
Here are some current top MySpace artists to check out, and some to avoid.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN  |  October 27, 2008
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Carter’s cajones

Jimmy makes Dubya look like a wimp
The Republican Party is rife with classic wimps and bullies.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE  |  October 27, 2008

Atmosphere

Music seen at the Station, October 17, 2008  
Atmosphere’s audience hasn’t changed in years.  
By SONYA TOMLINSON  |  October 22, 2008
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Philly busters

In the studio with Jedi Mind Tricks
Jedi Mind Tricks frontman Vinnie Paz instructed me to meet him at a barren studio beneath a highway overpass in South Philly, where they were at work on their latest, A History of Violence (now out on Babygrande).  
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  October 24, 2008
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Battling Scientology

Anonymous's Gregg Housh is committed to bringing down the Church of Scientology. Is he a gadfly or a goon?
In a world wracked with uncertainty, there is at least one thing you can bet on: pick a fight with the Church of Scientology, and its leaders will fight back — always with vigor, often with a vengeance, and sometimes with litigation that can be long and costly.  
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  October 23, 2008
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Star Fucking Hipsters | Until We’re Dead

Fat Wreck Chords (2008)
Of course, one could argue that anything called Star Fucking Hipsters gets an automatic three stars.  
By BARRY THOMPSON  |  October 08, 2008

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