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Author: Tara Jayakar

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TV on the Radio and the Phenomena of Record Store Day

April 22, 2011July 20, 2011 - by Tara Jayakar - Leave a Comment

TV on the Radio Week (Part 2): Record Store Day 2011 and the show at House of Blues Boston.

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Nine Types of Light album cover courtesy of tvontheradio.com
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TV on the Radio’s ‘Nine Types of Light’ Review

April 13, 2011April 13, 2011 - by Tara Jayakar - 1 Comment

TV on the Radio Week (Part 1): Nine Types of Light is solid, and worth the listen. Or several.

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Champagne Champagne at Brighton Music Hall standing on the monitor 4/5/2011 | photo by Tara Jayakar
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Starfucker, Champagne Champagne, and Walk the Moon at Brighton Music Hall

April 8, 2011April 11, 2011 - by Tara Jayakar - Leave a Comment

Starfucker was out-played by their two stellar opening bands at Brighton Music Hall Tuesday night. Here’s the review for the show.

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Sunscreen, Swimsuits and Sweet Sounds: Summer 2011 Music Festival Preview

April 4, 2011April 4, 2011 - by Tara Jayakar - 2 Comments.

It’s finally April, and, at long last, festival season is upon us. Soon, weekends will be spent walking/sprinting/climbing (mostly) shoe-less from one side of a field/park/street/fence to the other, clad …

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“Framing the Innocent”: Former City Councilman Speaks to Students the Night Before He Reports to Prison

March 29, 2011March 29, 2011 - by Tara Jayakar - Leave a Comment

Former Boston City Councilman and federal felon Chuck Turner spent his last night before reporting to prison at Northeastern University, talking on a panel entitled “Framing the Innocent”

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Russian American Cultural Club Hosts Durak Card Game Tournament

March 21, 2011March 20, 2011 - by Tara Jayakar - Leave a Comment

Last Thursday, the Russian American Cultural Club (RACC) hosted their sixth annual Durak card game tournament.

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Stage Troupe’s “The Last Five Years” Doesn’t Disappoint

March 4, 2011March 4, 2011 - by Tara Jayakar - Leave a Comment

Stage Troupe’s performance of the musical The Last Five Years will make you laugh, will make you cry, and will give all of its proceeds to Teach For America.

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Radiohead’s “The King of Limbs” Review

February 22, 2011February 22, 2011 - by Tara Jayakar - Leave a Comment

The King of Limbs, Radiohead’s eighth studio album, was released on Saturday (Friday) as a digital download in a precursor to the world’s first (perhaps) Newspaper Album.

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An Evening with Dennis Lehane

February 21, 2011October 19, 2011 - by Tara Jayakar - Leave a Comment

Author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane spoke at Suffolk University’s Modern Theatre Thursday night in a dialogue with Boston University Cinematheque curator and film critic Gerald Peary on life in Dorchester, the novels he’s written, and the films he’s worked on.

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Ishmael at Mideast Upstairs
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Ishmael Rocks Mideast Upstairs

February 14, 2011February 14, 2011 - by Tara Jayakar - 3 Comments.

The self-described “Frippian Euphoric Post-Funk” Ishmael rocked the Middle East Upstairs Thursday night with a set the likes of which I have never heard before.

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