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							 In April, thrash metal's self-billed "Big Four" — Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax — played a one-off American show in the middle of the desert in Indio, California. 
							
							 
						
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							  This week, OverDrive itself will host its own conference to help libraries deal with a massive onslaught of patrons clamoring to check out books on their Kindles. Can embattled public institutions handle such a drastic change?  
							
							 
						
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							  Celebrating the release of their third full-length, Chaos of Forms (Relapse), Revocation put on a streamlined set that made clear why they've garnered universal acclaim for a sound that's both throwback to classic thrash and refreshingly modern.  
							
							 
						
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							  Homeless and bounced from one sister's house to the next, will Ned and his simplicity serve as a touchstone of truth for these miserable women?  
							
							 
						
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							 Sewer Goddess are gritty, grimy, and unpleasant listening, but a growing legion of gluttons flock to the band's audial punishment. 
							
							 
						
					 
				 
			 
			
				
					
					
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							 Rarely has a Boston jury had to suffer as much ridicule as the 12 citizens who acquitted former Boston firefighter Albert Arroyo of pension fraud. 
							
							 
						
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							  Brown's newest work,  Les Yeux et l'âme , is a suite of dances from Jean-Philippe Rameau's opera  Pygmalion , which Brown directed in Europe last year.  
							
							 
						
					 
				 
			 
			
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