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...crystallized for us the day it was announced that Harvard, under a shroud of secrecy and through silent intermediaries, had purchased the Allston Landing site between Western Avenue and Storrow Drive. We knew that very day that at some point in the not too distant future we—the tenants of the Charlesview Appartments, a strategically located, primarily low to moderate income housing complex—would find ourselves fighting for our homes against one of the richest and most powerful corporations in the world...
...thankful that our would-be neighbors raised their own serious concerns about the proposed plans for 400 units at the small Brighton Mills site, which residents have never approved and yet the board wants to accept. The board and its silent partner apparently do not believe we deserve this right, which is all we are asking...
...Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Haruki Murakami Tokyo can feel painfully lonely. Maybe it's the capsule hotels. Maybe it's the silent trains-packed with commuters, each isolated in private thoughts. Or maybe it's the presence of Haruki Murakami, whose writing illuminates isolation both cosmic and urban. In this collection of previously published work, he revels in his favorite theme. Witness "The Year of Spaghetti," in which the narrator spends every day cooking pasta in a pot "big enough to bathe a German shepherd in," though there's no one else to cook for. A woman phones...
...lead singer doesn’t even sing in this band, he just speaks the lyrics. : / 3. “The Life Pursuit” by Belle and Sebastian—I just thought they were a fortuitously named singer-songwriter duo. Whatevs. 4. “Silent Shout” by The Knife—They’re from Sweden, and they dress like birds sometimes, so I thought it would sound like Björk. They do not sound like Björk :( 5. “Hell Hath No Fury” by Clipse?...
...says Boston Theater is tame? Catch the Gold Dust Orphans troupe performing “Silent Night of the Lambs” during a special Saturday matinee just in time for Christmas. But this isn’t one for the young ’uns; in this take on holiday lore, Santa, according to the Orphans’ website is “a man who, after hundreds of years of back breaking public service, has been driven to devour more than just a plate of stale cookies!” Check it out at the Machine Theater (normally...