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Infinite Jester

Everything about your article, "Does this book make me look smart?" (April 15), is awful.
Letters to the Boston editor, April 29, 2011
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS  |  April 29, 2011
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Does this book make me look smart?

The first and only complete passage of Infinite Jest Chris Braiotta ever read was tattooed on somebody's calf.
Somervillian mocks the cult of David Foster Wallace with Tumblr-tastic 'People Holding Infinite Jest'
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON  |  April 15, 2011
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Photos: JP vs. Somerville dance-off

 Civic pride on the line at Fourth Wall Project
 Civic pride on the line at Fourth Wall Project
By JAMES CHOCA  |  November 26, 2010
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Gross point blank

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, couldn't make her garden grow with water. So what did she use?
The Match Game at the Milky Way
By SHAULA CLARK  |  December 09, 2008
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Don't go there

Biking in Boston is a venture rife with obstacles — my daily, 2.4 mile commute between home in Cambridge and work near Fenway is proof of that.
Local bike-mapping web sites help riders navigate Boston's treacherous traffic
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN  |  May 07, 2008
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O Jerusalem

In its attempt to cover the 1948 war that kicked off modern Israel, Elie Chouraqui’s O Jerusalem forges a regrettable two-state solution.
Buddy story meets History Channel remake
By CHRIS BRAIOTTA  |  October 24, 2007
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Wise asses

With all the star power being trotted out in this summer’s would-be blockbuster comedies, how likely was it that the best would be Superbad ?
Some words with the class clowns of Superbad
By CHRIS BRAIOTTA  |  September 19, 2007
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Are you Superbad?


VIDEO: An interview with Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse
By BOSTON PHOENIX VIDEO  |  September 19, 2007
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Comic relief

I know it hasn’t escaped you how terrible comedies have gotten.
Superbad  respects teens and comedy
By CHRIS BRAIOTTA  |  September 05, 2007
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Superbad: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Teen movies have long used the funkiest black music to throw into relief the shenanigans of the nerdiest white guys.
Lakeshore
By CHARLES TAYLOR  |  September 05, 2007
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‘Bring us your worst . . . ’

Mike brought his creation to a climax with high-pitched keening — part orgasm, part death knell — before swooning onto the stage.
The ‘Anti-Slam’ poets wax erotic
By JACQUELINE HOUTON  |  August 22, 2007
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Portrait of the artist as a dirty man

“This is so fucking tame compared to what’s coming,” says My Life in Heavy Metal author Steve Almond after reading a bit from his R-rated short stories on the stage at Great Scott last Tuesday night.
Jimmy’s letters to Nora
By NINA MACLAUGHLIN  |  November 20, 2006

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