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Music
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Music Review: Hopewell - Good Good Desperation
A big, juicy prog rock album with beautiful small moments.
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Music Review: School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
A complex multi-layered and simply beautiful album.
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Music Review: Jackdawg - Jackdawg
One Creedence plus two Doobies equal Jackdawg.
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Music Review: Hawkwind - Reissue Series - Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
The Astounding Sounds And Amazing Music of a huge chunk of the Hawkwind legacy gets re-released.
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Music Review: Jentsch Group Large - Cycles Suite
Jentsch mines the metaphysical and produces an exquisite work.
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Music Review: Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know
Mark Palmer reviews Heaven and Hell's debut offering "The Devil You Know"
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Music Review: Taylor Hicks - "Seven Mile Breakdown"
With this Southern-fried remix, Hicks could win new fans.
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Music Review: Green Go - Borders
Frenetic and fun, Green Go unleashes a winning debut.
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Music Review: Clawfinger - Life Will Kill You
Fun, catchy, insubstantial.
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Music DVD Review: Steve Hogarth - H - Naked in the Chapel
This one is mostly for those who are already Marillion fans -- and they will love it.
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Music Review: Billy Joel - Turnstiles
Billy Joel: Chapter 4.
Video
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Celebrity Apprentice Gets A Third Season
NBC picks up another season of Donald Trump’s Reality Show.
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Blu-ray Review: Notorious - Unrated Director's Cut, Collector's Edition
Solid movie, informative special features, rich visuals, and THUMPING sound.
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TV Review: Prison Break‘s “Cowboys and Indians” Indicates Show is Whimpering Out
At a time when Prison Break should be ending with a bang, its last few episodes are whimpering out instead.
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TV Review: Supernatural - "When The Levee Breaks"
A heart-crushing story that's painful yet fascinating to watch. Plus, I finally get Sam Winchester.
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DVD Review: Crude Impact
Rotating pumpjacks at sunset, freeway traffic in time lapse – aha, it must be an oil documentary.
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DVD Review: Legally Blondes
What do you say about a DVD that hit the clearance shelf within days of its release?
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Blu-ray Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - The Criterion Collection
A stunning Blu-ray release is just one reason to revisit this film.
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DVD Review: The Hairdresser’s Husband
Got a fetish for hairdressers? You’re not alone.
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Movie Review: Star Trek
Star Trek will certainly feed the hungry fans, but the meal is a bit overcooked.
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DVD Review: Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
Entertaining and poignant, without beating the viewer over the head with the message.
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Movie Review: Star Trek
Star Trek will certainly feed the hungry fans, but the meal is a bit overcooked.
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Movie Review: I Hate the Star Trek Reboot For Making Me Love It
True Trekkers have nothing to despise here, it's all great, it's all explained by Spock ("our" Spock).
Politics
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Rothbard as Prophet Part 1
Read the writings of Rothbard: policies leading up to the Great Depression resemble those which have led to our current crisis.
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Should Marijuana Be Legal in California?
There are pros and cons to legalizing marijuana.
Culture
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Theatre Review (LA): Tuna Does Vegas at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
After a ten-year gap, the Greater Tuna gang returns with a hilarious new play.
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Sacramento Southern Railroad
Pictures and words tell of Sacramento's rail history.
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A Warm Embrace For A Weary Soul
Love is all we take with us to the grave.
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Student Suspended Over Hot Girl Bracket
The school went a little too far.
Books
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Book Review: Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Secret by Steve Luxenberg
A devoted mother claims to be an only child until her son uncovers the hidden truth about her ghost-like sister.
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Book Review: A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II by Lynne Olson
Of all nations that participated in the Alliance against Nazi Germany, only one was not allowed in the victory parade in Britain after the war.
Sports
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Pawtucket Shuts Out Columbus 4-0
The only people having fun were kids one the left field green, as the rain turned it into a slide
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