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Oxymorons the movie

Hickey's Current event

Tinseltownie Dept.
Four months ago, the Boston Phoenix published an exclusive story about Charlestown native Johnny Hickey, and his metamorphosis from Oxycontin bandit, to undercover anti-drug agent, to aspiring filmmaker. In the time since, his feature-length hometown tragedy, Oxy Morons, had a successful two-month test screening at Showcase Cinemas in Revere, where it placed second in the theater's box-office sales in its first week of showing.  
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  June 21, 2011
Bill Hicks BBC documentary

Telling the story of comedic genius Bill Hicks

Wild ride
Some people throw parades for firemen. Others wave flags at Marines: "Thank you for your service." But for those of us who live to subvert authority — and who have sensed a strange hilarity emanating from this shitty planet since before puberty — the late comedian extraordinaire Bill Hicks is the quintessential American icon.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  June 09, 2011
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With Boston Ruit, beer pong gets ready for its close-up

Pong stars
Mikey Connors of Peabody growls at his opponents from across the folding table. Whipping the crowd into hysterics, the beer-pong heavyweight steps back from the edge and starts to kick his heels up like a bull about to charge.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  June 08, 2011
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Akrobatik: down but not out

The beat goes on
It's hard to evaluate life-threatening illnesses if you skipped med school to kick rhymes.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  June 08, 2011
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Our guide to the great outdoors

Patios patois
We picked five neighborhoods and visited two patios in each that highlighted the scene contrasts in those communities.  
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  June 09, 2011
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Digital Death

Where does your data go when you die?
I don't plan to live past 50. If I keep this pedal pinned to the floor, even that might be pushing it. Death is something that I ponder daily, usually between my morning blunt and Burger King breakfast run.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  June 01, 2011
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Quiet D silenced?

Desperate times dept.
Boston bohemians and other fans of quirky television have new reason to hate conservatives.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  June 06, 2011
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With Big Bang Records, Natural Born Spitters and Virtuoso create a unified front

Common theory
For the past decade or so, there have essentially been two Greater Boston hip-hop scenes — one for which the audience is black, and one for which the audience is not-so-black.  
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 25, 2011
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Open for change

Don't quote me
Last Saturday's first flash of dry weather in a week didn't stop dozens of Boston activists from holing up in a Chinatown loft, and plotting to protect citizens from Clear Channel, FCC oppressors, and other threats to an open, fair, and honest media.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 26, 2011
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Storming New York with Harold Camping's Rapture warriors

There were nine days left
I'm riding shotgun through Times Square in a flatbed truck draped with placards, advertising the impending End of Days: HAVE YOU HEARD THE AWESOME NEWS?
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 19, 2011
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Radio clowns

How freeform Internet radio is giving voice to the strange, the crass, and the stoned
A hooker, an axe murderer, two white supremacists, and a little girl with pigtails are discussing their differences on air.  
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 12, 2011
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Saying farewell to The Office's Michael Scott

Human resources
I've been Dunder Mifflin's in-house cameraman for about seven years, during which time I have followed Michael Scott around his office and his world and, occasionally, to the restroom.  
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 10, 2011
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Classified | Hand Shakes and Middle Fingers

Decon (2011)
Classified is to Canada what Jay-Z is to the States in that both are pre-eminent rappers in their respective countries.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 12, 2011
Odd Future are coming to Boston

Odd Future blew up out of nowhere. But they didn't do it alone.

 Making the brand
By now you've heard about how post-this, uber-that, and pre-apocalyptically radical the Los Angeles collective Odd Future is. Or maybe your little sis came home with ringleader Tyler the Creator's tag tatted on her teenage ta-ta's.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 12, 2011
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Odd Future blew up out of nowhere. But they didn't do it alone.

Making the brand
By now you've heard about how post-this, uber-that, and pre-apocalyptically radical the Los Angeles collective Odd Future is. Or maybe your little sis came home with ringleader Tyler the Creator's tag tatted on her teenage ta-ta's.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 09, 2011
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Zion I & the Grouch | Heroes In the Healing of the Nation

Z&G Music (2011)
The only category Bay Area MCs Zumbi (of Zion I) and the Grouch (of Living Legends) squeeze neatly into is "Decisively West Coast," what with their nonchalant pre-swagger and hella dope lingo.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 06, 2011
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Homeboy Sandman rises through the hip-hop ranks

Enter MC
I knew within one minute of watching Homeboy Sandman that he would eventually command a top spot in hip-hop. It was about three years ago at the Bowery Poetry Club, and I was riding out my annual pre-Christmas mushroom bender and hip-hop scouting trip to New York City.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  April 28, 2011
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An all-seeing eye for the FBI?

Every step you take
The latest Boston Phoenix is spread across your steering wheel. You're reading this article. In a legal parking spot. With the engine off. A transportation cop zaps your license plate with a computerized scanner, cycles your registration through the system, and records the time and position of your car.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  April 27, 2011
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Review: Heaven + Earth + Joe Davis

Cambridge’s own eccentric trash-spelunker
Joe Davis is the type of character who begs to be profiled.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  April 28, 2011
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Review: Better This World

Our government opposes social justice
Young activists sometimes do stupid things.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  April 28, 2011
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A lesson from the ghosts of hip-hop past, present, and future

Rap vs. violence dept.
This past March, Hub peace advocate and longtime hip-hop supporter Cindy Diggs called on the local rap community to unify and help calm Boston's most tumultuous streets.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  April 22, 2011
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