Seth Gitell discussess whether Joe Kennedy is ready to run for Governor.

Henry Santoro talks with bell hooks about love and her new book.

Nina Willdorf's painful exploration of Bikram yoga

In Don't Quote Me, Dan Kennedy ponders whether Jane Swift can recover her image.

Lois Maffeo gabs about The Gossip,
Josh Kun reveals Nortec’s electro-Mexico,
Richard C. Walls on Stephen Malkmus's new solo album,
Gary Susman explains why Coldplay is England's best export,
Matt Ashare describes how Sean Slade and Paul Kolderie have almost seen it all, and Jon Caramanica celebrates Puffy projects, Jennifer Lopez and Dream.

Plus, Mike Miliard on Tom Verlaine at the MFA,
Brett Milano catches up with Orbit, and Roadtripping.

Also, short reviews of:

Lamont : POPULATION 3
Bob Nieske 3 : SIMPLICITY
Blind Faith : DELUXE EDITION
Labradford : FIXED::CONTEXT
Neil Hagerty: NEIL MICHAEL HAGERTY
Robert Scott: THE CREEPING UNKNOWN
Willard Grant Conspiracy : EVERYTHING’S FINE
Irma Thomas : MY HEART’S IN MEMPHIS: THE SONGS OF DAN PENN

Peter Keough previews the Chinese Film Retrospective at the Harvard Film Archive, and Gerald Peary goes Beyond Sundance in Film Culture.

Also, short reviews of:

Sweet November
Recess: School's Out

Matt Ashare takes a look at what Penn and Teller are up to for their 25th, Carolyn Clay discuses August Wilson'sThe Piano Lesson and Douglas J. Cohen's No Way to Treat a Lady, and
Nick A. Zaino III gets personal with Dame Edna.

Douglas Wolk on the return of Love and Rockets
and Jon Garelick takes a look at Joe Sacco's comic war journalism.

Hot Dots -- Lost City of the Pyramids. They're big, triangular, and spooky, and they're out in the middle of nowhere.

Dining Out: Salamander.
Uncorked: A visit with wine guru Oz Clarke.
On the Cheap: Amelia’s Trattoria.
Noshing & Sipping: Clementines.

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