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Johnston plays to mixed response at Iron Horse

After entering the spotlight with teenage excitement, Johnston quickly plunged into a solemnly focused demeanor, any trace of personality emerging only briefly after each song. The Freedy fans in the crowd snatched it up hungrily, mirroring Johnston’s attitudes by oscillating between listening intently and enthusiastically laughing at not-so-funny jokes.

Jude is king of more than yesterday

As laborious and emotionally complex as this process usually is, I found it astoundingly easy, as it was on sale for $12.99 and only took up approximately an hour of my time. Not moving from my bed, I lay with my eyes closed tightly, mercifully alone and immersed in

The summer in rock: A Manhattan music diary

Radiohead kicked off my summer by releasing “Amnesiac.” A return to their roots? Hardly. Thom Yorke and company still can’t keep their hands off the electronics, and we still have a few tracks that are, in all honesty, electronic gibberish. But unlike its predecessor, “Kid A,” the songcraft on

Summer on the silver screen

Faithful summer viewers, however, braved the mediocrity and made their way to ticket counters across America to sift through the dreck of this average cinematic season. Some films were a pleasant surprise. Some films were anything but. And some-well some were just entertaining. And now, without further ado, The Student

The List

“Locally Grown,” featuring Pioneer Valley subjects photographed by Jerome Liebling, explores the life of the fields and the labors of those who tend them. (Runs in Mead Art Museum through July 29, Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free.) FLICKS Academy of Music Theater (584-8435)

Dig it?

“I wanted to create a story out of nothing, and then follow the improvisational spirit,” explained Professor of Theater and Dance Wendy Woodson, the director of the project. The plot centers around two female characters’ ambiguous relationship. It is unclear whether they are sisters, twins or anything definite. The two

Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics rule Welsh Britpop

But when you stop looking and start listening, this place does have something to offer the average American. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. Catatonia. Super Furry Animals. All bands that emerged from Wales in the ’90s and carved a decent niche for themselves in the world of Britpop. Yet they all