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Everyone wants the best. Everyone promises nothing but the best. Few times in life do you ever get the best of anything. That is why we’re taking particular notice of this year’s Best Of lists. The first magazine to announce its contenders for the best of all of Boston for 2009 is The Phoenix. (It may be a little early, but they want to be the best of the bests.)

Mahmood Rezaei-Kamalabad Aladdin Auto Repair Behind Fresh Pond Cinemas Friday, October 12, through Sunday, October 13 Gallery reception on Saturday, October 13, 5:00 to 9:00 pm Cambridge has always had a knack for making cars way more interesting to those who are not mechanically inclined. People without cars can enjoy NPR's "Car Talk," broadcast from Harvard Square. But Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, have nothing on Mahmood Rezaei-Kamalabad, proprietor of Aladdin Auto Repair....

Alert! Alert! All units copy! FNX radio is bringing grungy Canadian youngsters Tokyo Police Club and hard-rocking locals Tiny Whales to The Harp tonight. It's a free show--just sign up for an FNX card and you're in the door. Can't beat that!

The Phoenix posted the tenth annual Muzzle Awards. The listing, compiled by Media Nation blogger Dan Kennedy, showcases the offenses against free speech by local individuals and organizations. An apropos way to celebrate liberty for the Fourth of July. He gets the Muzzle this year by stifling the free speech of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami by refusing to provide state-police protection to the visiting former head of state. Boston Police stepped up to provide...

What's going on this week? Everyone is moving. Hipsters are swapping apartments in Allston. Scenesters are invading Cambridgeport. Undergrads and grad students are making their way into the new rental for September. The lucky ones have renewed their lease (or are keeping up with payments on the mortgage). The music you'll be hearing is blaring from the cab of the U-Haul and out of the windows of that f*ing third floor walk-up you offered...

Bostonist has proven in recent weeks that we’re a big fan of the video available for time wasting on YouTube. With our fairly daily dose of something at least tangentially relevant to Boston and surrounding cities or the news that’s going on in the Hub we’ve been happy to exploit the resource that is YouTube. The Phoenix's Mike Miliard recently put together a rather lengthy look at the YouTube phenomenon. Titled “Get it While You Can” the article talks about the ups and downs of the video sharing service – it’s great for hype, but hype as a balancing act with copyright laws. Let’s be honest here – we’re much more likely to watch Lazy Sunday when it was on YouTube right after we watched the Candy Girl video than we would be to browse away to some other site (iTunes or NBC’s own site) to find the video. For the wealth of wonderful things you can find on the video sharing services these days there’s also a whole lot of crap. Case in point - these two videos that came up when we searched for Somerville. Perhaps they're amazing to someone who understands them - to us, well, we won't toss out insults.

Animal Collective, Avalon, 2.21.06

Everyone in Boston has seemingly fallen in love with the tabloid. The Herald—classic tabloid, The (Weekly) Dig—stapled, redesigned tabloid, The Metro—free tabloid, The Phoenix—booted the fold tabloid. The Boston Globe goes tabloid today with the launch of their new six times weekly (Mon-Sat) feature "Sidekick." Unlike the recent redesign over at the Phoenix, the Boston Globe will still fold twice, horizontal and vertical rise will be creased. James Reed will be editing Sidekick, which...