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...intersections in the world, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue. Every Monday night in the summer, they show a movie on a giant outdoor screen; the show begins at sundown, about 8:45, and starting at 5 p.m. people are filing in, staking out their turf. Here, as on the subway, as on the sidewalks, no one is going to give you an inch without a fight; all around us, people were plopping down huge blankets in tiny plots of ground, daring you not to move over. It didn't seem like a promising atmosphere for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...
...commute to work is often the most pleasurable and most frustrating part of my daily routine. My daily trek from Somerville begins with a short walk to the T station, followed by subway rides on the red and green lines, and concluding with a ride on a shuttle bus to my final destination in Charlestown. The commute can sometimes be unbearable--there is no greater feeling of powerlessness than sitting trapped for 15 minutes inside a motionless subway car between two stations. But the long journey gives me plenty of time to stare off into space, reflect, watch the passersby...
...reach the trail by rail. The Boston subway system, part of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) and called the T, is the oldest in the nation. And its four lines (red, green, blue and orange) will take you everywhere you need to go for just 85 cents a ride...
...Boston Common Visitor Kiosk ask for a guide to the Freedom Trail and let the red line (not to be confused with the subway line) take care of the rest. Along the trail, must sees for history buffs include: the State House; the Granary Burying Ground, final resting place of not only Samuel Adams and John Hancock but also of your childhood friend, Mother Goods; Old North Church, of Longfellow fame...
...which would be just so much familiar sloganeering if DiFranco's music wasn't so scathingly worthwhile. Her earlier albums, which featured songs with only her voice and a scratchy acoustic guitar, had a sort of subterranean urgency, like that of a subway performer rushing to finish a song and earn a few quarters before the train roars into the station. DiFranco's new CD, Dilate, is her best yet--her vocals and guitar work still seethe, but she's added atmospheric touches, such as a trippy hip-hop beat on a cover of the song Amazing Grace. Like Beck...