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Thursday, November 04, 2010

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Billy Ruane: Saying goodbye to a whirlwind

A tribute to the man who helped create the scene he loved
Billy Ruane died last week at the age of 52, leaving the Boston music scene in his debt.
By: BRETT MILANO AND MICHAEL MAROTTA  |  November 24, 2010
 

Arts

From there to Hereville
Barry Deutsch's troll-fighting Orthodox Jewish heroine
Interview: Chris Lehmann
Eying the moneyed class
Photos: From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum construction
 Scenes from construction site of the new wing of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Photos: GoreFest VIII: Cirque du Slaughté
The musical slasher gore comedy musical returns to ImprovBoston
Review: Boston Ballet's La Bayadère
Temple of love
Review: The Lyric does Dickens
Plus Iraq in the Aftermath
Tedium and enchantment
Frances Stark, Bruce Myren, Rebecca Lieberman, and Megan & Murray McMillan

Food

Bleacher Bar
A touristy sports bar with occasional pop in its bat
Umami
A fusion bistro finds its crowd

Life

Brave Play:''Mister Meche, you're in trouble''
Brave Play
Class warfare combat guide
Big Fat Whale
Connecting the dots
 Failure
Photos: Bloodfeast 2010 Halloween Party
Bloodfeast 2010 Halloween Party | Machine | October 30, 2010
Politically expressive cacti
Hoopleville
Rad fatty stonewall
Tipping the scale
Spongebob Grabass: We squeeze actor Tom Kenny for info on masked-wrestling melee Lucha Vavoom
Mucha Lucha

Movies

Review: Due Date
Phillips, Downey, Galifianakis just barely deliver
Review: For Colored Girls
Tyler Perry turns Ntozake Shange’s “choreopoem” into . . . a Tyler Perry movie.
Review: Four Lions
Why not make a comedy about some bumbling terrorists?
Review: Gerrymandering
Political doc draws an odd line
Review: Megamind
Let’s hear it for celebrity voices and an excess of licensed pop music!
Review: Monsters
Gareth Edwards' low-budget allegory feels familiar
Review: Ne Change Rien
Jeanne Balibar is a formidable talent

Movies Continued

Review: Saw VII 3D
Going out with a whimper
Review: Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
A conventional, bare-bones sister act

Music

Barn Owl | Ancestral Star
Thrill Jockey (2010)
Billy Ruane: Saying goodbye to a whirlwind
A tribute to the man who helped create the scene he loved
Brian Eno | Small Craft on a Milk Sea
Warp (2010)
Elizabeth and the Catapult | The Other Side of Zero
Verve Forecast (2010)
Guided by Voices return with self-inflicted nostalgia
The club is open, once again
How To Dress Well | Love Remains
Lefse Records (2010)
Live: Chucho Valdés and the Afro Cuban Jazz Messengers
 Berklee Performance Center, October 28
Marc Ribot | Silent Movies
Pi (2010)
Mumford's the word
Organic growth comes quickly for Mumford & Sons
Photos: Frightened Rabbit at the Paradise Rock Club
Frightened Rabbit | Paradise Rock Club | October 29, 2010
The Autumn Defense carve a niche beyond Wilco
Seasonal fortitude
The Big Hurt: Deluxe buyer's guide
The word on seasonal box sets
Wyatt, Atzmon, Stephen | For the Ghosts Within
Domino (2010)
Young Adults emerge from Allston apartments
Blitzkrieg pop

News

Black and Blue
 Letters to the Boston editor, November 5, 2010
Breaking bread with mixed nuts at Jon Stewart's rally to restore sanity
Meeting in the middle
Democrats against Obama
Even before the rout at the polls, Democrats were nervous about their President. The left felt sold out, and moderates were frightened. Now it's payback time.
Reliving the nightmare
Massachusetts escapes, but much of the nation succumbs to the ravages of democracy
The persecution rests
Turnergate

RecRoom

Laser Orgy 500 Battle of the Week: Mortal Kombat vs. God of War
Who gets the flawless victory?
Review: Kirby's Epic Yarn
Gaming in Neverland



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