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Editor's Picks 2009

Arts execs take a break from ranking Radiohead vs. Spoon to rank... whatever they feel like.

3. The Gato Rojo

You know that place everyone knows about but has never actually been to? With its exotic allure and underground mystique, you’re bound to bump into some of the best Harvard has to offer—from undergraduate VES concentrators to GSD students, this is where the artsiest of the artsy congregate.

2. Veggie Planet

You know you’ve picked the right hipster when he’ll be good for your heart in more ways than one. Surely a guaranteed relief from any heartbreak caused by cholesterol clogged arteries.

1. Harvard Farmer’s Market

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Come on, it’s not like you actually go there to do grocery shopping in the first place.

—Eunice Y. Kim is an incoming Campus Arts editor. She’s almost completely sure she knows where The Gato Rojo is.

TOP 5 MUSICALS THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN

5. “Joint Custody: The Jon and Kate Story”

Damaged romance and a tale rife with disappointment and anguish? Though it sounds like the makings of a great Stephen Sondheim musical, hopefully this reality television breakup will never make it to the stage. The fascination with this dysfunctional duo continues to mystify, although their eight offspring would admittedly be the most adorable singing brood to hit the theater since the Von Trapp children.

4. “Swine Flu: The Musical”

While the AIDS crisis inspired such heartrending and significant shows as “Angels in America” and “Rent,” what would a swine flu production have to offer? Poorly crafted pig jokes? Swine flu should be turned into a musical when pigs fly.

3. “Just Dance”

The next “Mamma Mia!,” only less Swedish and more sparkly. A jukebox musical inspired by Lady Gaga’s oeuvre would have audiences dancing in the aisles—and leaving the theater completely horrified. A three minute Lady Gaga award show performance alone is enough to inspire shock and awe. Imagine two hours of fake blood, bizarre costumes, and over-the-top stunts. Even Boy George’s “Taboo” would look tame by comparison.

2. “Twilight: The Musical”

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