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Various artists | Spiritual Jazz: Esoteric, Modal, and Deep Jazz from the Underground, 1968-1977

Jazzman (2009)
Apple-pie Mormon missionaries the Millers travel through Iran to spread the gospel of Joseph Smith among Muslims and Zoroastrians, and their kid discovers the glorious sound of the santur.
By GUSTAVO TURNER  |  April 21, 2009

Letters to the Portland Editor: March 13, 2009

Report on True/False Film Fest was so true
We are two Maine natives, who attended the True/False Film Festival in Missouri, couldn't agree more with Christopher Gray's account of the festival and the festival experience.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS  |  March 11, 2009
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Greater than fiction

Mainers find ideas and connections at a Missouri film festival
The True/False Film Festival, which just wrapped up its sixth year in Columbia, Missouri, presents an encouraging object lesson in how to establish a destination film festival in an unlikely location.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  March 04, 2009

Truth, not falsity

Keep your eyes peeled for these docos
Here are some of the documentaries you can expect to see in Maine this year.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  March 12, 2009
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Shattered Plax

Sports blotter: Burress edition
Sports blotter: Burress edition
By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 10, 2008
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Surprising

Sports blotter: "Absolutely fell out of my chair" edition
You do a thing often enough, you tend to get good at that thing.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 03, 2008
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Bad idea jeans

Sports blotter: "You’re looking at some years, son" edition
Sports blotter: "You’re looking at some years, son" edition
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 25, 2008
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Magnum farce

Sports blotter: "CSI: Binghamton" edition
Sports blotter: "CSI: Binghamton" edition
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 19, 2008

Songs unsung

Jon Whitney’s top five underrated releases of 2008
Jon Whitney’s top five underrated releases of 2008
By SUSANNA BOLLE  |  November 18, 2008
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He choked big time

Sports blotter: "Ugly incident" edition
Sports blotter: "Ugly incident" edition
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 12, 2008
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Obama redraws the map

But the electoral shifts may not last
Barack Obama has made history. The next question is whether his victory has sparked a lasting electoral realignment.
By STEVEN STARK  |  November 07, 2008
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Quiet before the storm

Sports blotter: "Good call, coach" edition
There have been a lot of mysteries surrounding the Patriots in the Bill Belichick years, not surprising given the intense effort the team puts into maintaining airtight clubhouse and organizational secrecy in general.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 05, 2008
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BBs and b-balls

Sports blotter: "Inducing panic" edition
A few years ago, it looked like college athletes shooting strangers with BB guns was going to be the boutique sports offense of the 21st century.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 29, 2008
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Dear Mr. President . . .

Redefining ‘Road Trip’
Since March 1, Massachusetts school teacher B.J. Hill has been walking across the country in near Kerouacian fashion — though, unlike Sal Paradise, Hill has a greater mission than apple pie and Mexican trollops.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN  |  October 30, 2008
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Night of the living dead

What if the election doesn’t end on Election Day?
It’s almost over. This is welcome news.
By ADAM REILLY  |  November 03, 2008
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Cursed Aztecs

Sports blotter: "Late-night shopping" edition
San Diego State Aztecs basketball coach Steve Fisher lectures his players during the season about how to behave off the court, getting pretty specific about what he doesn’t want to see.   
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 29, 2008
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Good fellows

Brian Blade and company help blaze jazz’s newest path
The jazz tide is shifting once again.  
By JON GARELICK  |  October 20, 2008
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Hello, Larry

Sports blotter: "End of an era" edition
Absolutely nothing is funny about the Lawrence Phillips case, so let’s not even go there — there isn’t a single laugh to be found in this past week’s news that the onetime Next Jim Brown was sentenced to 10 years in Cali.  
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 16, 2008
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More bad news for the Mets

Sports blotter: "Very bad times" edition
Look, it just isn’t seemly for us non–New Yorkers to laugh too much about the continued suckdom of the New York Mets, specifically their bullpen.  
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 09, 2008
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Husker don't

Sports blotter: "Next Lawrence Phillips" edition
Details right now are still sketchy, but Thunder Collins, a former University of Nebraska running back who was once considered a sure-fire NFL star, has been charged with murder.  
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 02, 2008
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Hello, old friend

Sports blotter: "Past Pats" edition
There was a recent arrest of a onetime member of the Patriots defensive backfield — old friend Lawyer Milloy.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 25, 2008
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Zero hour

Sports blotter: "Credit where credit's due" edition
Everyone knows there is a double-standard in the NFL when it comes to arrests.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 17, 2008
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Dirt merchants

Farm Aid crops up in Massachusetts
In the hegemony of mid-’80s mega-rock-star benefits, Farm Aid stands as the American blue-collar uncle to Live Aid’s international whiz kid.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN  |  September 16, 2008
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Heightened anxiety

Sports blotter: "Attack of the seven-foot tall driver" edition
Look, it’s not easy being seven feet tall.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  September 03, 2008

Get-along gang

Ill Bill’s got friends in fly places
Ill Bill’s got friends in fly places
By CHRIS FARAONE  |  September 03, 2008
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Revenge of the toad

Sports blotter: "Irabu!" edition
Some sports-crime stories aren’t funny in any way — they’re just plain violent and tragic. But every now and then you get a story that’s just pure fun.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 27, 2008
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Tiger trap

Sports blotter: "Walking in Memphis" edition
There are a lot of famously troubled college sports programs out there, the majority of them football teams.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 20, 2008
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Breaking the press

Democrats need to look past the media's feel-good coverage of Obama and deal with the realities of the campaign
The narrative of this campaign was supposed to be how a triumphant Obama rode discontent against the Bush administration to an overwhelming victory.
By STEVEN STARK  |  August 13, 2008
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Bang for T-Buck

Sports Blotter
Brett Favre walks into a bar.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  August 13, 2008
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Return of the U

Sports blotter: "Plant City, indeed" edition
Remember the days when the University of Miami dominated college football?
By MATT TAIBBI  |  July 30, 2008

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