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Thursday, May 20, 2010

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Slideshow: History of Guru and Gang Starr

A collection of videos, photos, music and more from our archives
Here is our salute – in photo, audio, video, and writing – to a Roxbury legend and the vast Gang Starr legacy he left behind.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  May 24, 2010
 

Arts

Cool killer
Ace Atkins runs down Machine Gun Kelly
Fully abled
Paul Guest’s life on wheels
Glee and sympathy
The Gold Dust Orphans’ The Gulls; Nora’s The Lady with All the Answers
Photos: Corey Grayhorse's pop-surreal dream photography at AS220
Corey Grayhorse at AS220 through May 29, 2010
Photos: 'The Kennedys' at Peabody Essex Museum
Photos of JFK, Jackie Onassis and family at the PEM through July 18
Play by Play: May 21, 2010
Theater listings, May 21, 2010
Power plays
The Maya and the Kennedys at the Peabody Essex
Second sight
Boston Ballet reprises Jiří Kylián’s Black & White
Slideshow: The Maya And The Mythic Sea at Peabody Essex Museum
“Fiery Pool: The Maya And The Mythic Sea,” Peabody Essex Museum through July 18  
Still life
Disfarmer at the ICA

Food

Bergamot
A perfect complement to Somerville — or, for that matter, anywhere
Griyo Lakay
Abundant, heart-warming Haitian fare awaits intrepid diners

Life

26 cent book bin
Big Fat Whale
Activist strike out
Hoopleville
Fortnight to fitness
Shaping up for the summer — in two exhausting weeks
The substitute
Failure

Movies

Peep show
Michael Grecco’s Naked Ambition
Review: Casino Jack And The United States Of Money
Peering into evil conservative souls
Review: Daddy Longlegs
Wasting away in Trendy Indieville
Review: Dark and Stormy Night
Flakes, spooks, and vintage-cinema spoofs
Review: Looking for Eric
Goal keeper: Ken Loach scores
Review: OSS 117: Lost In Rio
Eyebrow Arch of Triumph
Review: Princess Kaiulani
Gaudy, brittle, and hollow
Review: Shrek Forever After
Far, Far Away meets It’s a Wonderful Life .
Voodoo economics
What vampire and zombie movies can tell us about the future of capitalism

Music

Beach Fossils | Beach Fossils
Captured Tracks (2010)
CocoRosie | Grey Oceans
Sub Pop (2010)
Complete control
Pat Metheny, live at the Orpheum Theatre, May 20, 2010
Covering Lacy
A jazz master’s legacy finds traction

Music Continued

Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles (2010)
Fiction (2010)
Everyone Everywhere | Everyone Everywhere
Tiny Engines (2010)
Guru's guru
How a mysterious Svengali dominated the final days of the Boston-born hip-hop and jazz superstar
Ketman | Ketman a Go Go
Lifted & Gifted (2010)
Photos: Band of Horses at the Ames Hotel
Band of Horses, WFNX Ames Hotel Session, May 17, 2010
Photos: Massive Attack at the House of Blues
Massive Attack, live at the House of Blues, May 13, 2010
Photos: Mumford and Sons at the Ames Hotel
Mumford and Sons, at the Ames Hotel, May 14, 2010
Photos: Pearl Jam live at the TD Garden
Pearl Jam, live at the TD Garden, May 17, 2010
Photos: Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman, and more with the Boston Pops
The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers , Symphony Hall, until June 20
Ronnie James Dio (1942 - 2010)
Live free or rock
Ruse music
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’s front may be a front
Slideshow: History of Guru and Gang Starr
A collection of videos, photos, music and more from our archives
The Big Hurt: Shill crazy
The week in corporate sponsorships
The future of brutal
Metal, refined and redefined by Krallice
Unhappy birthday
The lines sag heavy and deep for Moz
Various Artists | A Boston State Of Mind Volume 2
Commonwealth (2010)

News

Boston tucks away a $125 million windfall
More for Moneybags?
Freedom Watch: Speak no evil
Why are African-American leaders silent about slavery in Sudan?
GOP leaders must call for Rand Paul to withdraw
New libertarian conservatism
My uncle, the astronaut
Found in Space
The high cost of free markets
A lack of regulation invites oil spills and financial collapse
Where the wind blows
Letters to the Boston editor, May 21, 2010

RecRoom

Crossword: Not so full of it, are we?
Seriously, cut it out
Spring fever
LT’s self-abuse defense, a bag job at Notre Dame, and heading back to school in Texas



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