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Music
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I Hear Sparks: Jesse Peters - Face Time
Peters' loving homage to jazz, soul and R&B is a winner.
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Music Review: Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan In Concert Brandeis University 1963
Newly discovered early Dylan in concert.
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Music Review: Falconer - Armod
Swedish folk music for Vikings and Viking enthusiasts.
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Music Review: NRBQ - Keep This Love Goin'
Terry Adams ushers in a new era of NRBQ with a new CD.
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Music Review: Paul Brady - Hooba Dooba
Paul Brady continues his long musical journey with the release of his 12th studio album.
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Music Review: Panther Style - ¡Emergencia!
Working-class rock ... played by panthers.
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Music Review: Elane - Love Can't Wait
My take on this short but beautiful album.
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Blue October Releases New Video & Sets Release Date for New Album
The platinum-selling rock band releases the first music video from its sixth studio album and an August 2011 release date for the latter.
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This or the Apocalypse Announce Summer Tour Dates
The Pennsylvania hardcore act announces tour dates that start next week and last through the end of July.
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I Hear Sparks: Rufus Reid - Hues of a Different Blue
Reid's attention to detail and fine playing make this record sing.
Books
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Book Review: Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
Cloudstreet shines a light on who we are, lovingly, and with the kind of forgiving, all-inclusive care of a parent – it allows us to rejoice in ourselves.
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Book Review: The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy
Jilted in time!
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Book Review: The Map of Time by Felix A. Palma
There is no limit to the imagination!
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Book Review: The Summer Garden: A Love Story by Paullina Simons
Closes the epic Tatiana and Alexander trilogy with unpredictable romantic melodrama.
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Graphic Novel Review: Modesty Blaise: The Double Agent by Peter O’Donnell and Neville Colvin
Three more reprinted strips of this incomparable pulp heroine’s adventures show our girl and her creator still up to form.
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Book Review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
The first in the Flavia de Luce mysteries.
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Book Review: Cannibal Killers: Monsters With An Appetite For Murder And A Taste For Human Flesh by Chloe Castleden
20 of the sickest true stories you will ever read.
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Book Review: The Mindfulness Revolution, Compiled by the Editors of Shambhala Sun
This highly-accessible book stresses how mindfulness can benefit just about anyone.
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Book Review: A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E. M. Forster by Wendy Moffat
A new life of E.M. Forster doesn't do justice to its subject.
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Spammers, Content Farming, and Kindle: One Reason Why Your Book Can't Be Found in the Abyss
Curiouser and curiouser: Content farmers and spammers overload Amazon Kindles.
Video
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The 3-D Time Bomb
Is Hollywood's 3-D infatuation a fad or a financial dagger pointed at their heart?
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EIFF 2011 Movie Review: Albatross
Albatross is exactly what you hope for from a coming-of-age "dramedy".
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Blu-ray Review: Babe
A different kind of animal farm.
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The Future of YouTube Content Creators
A Call for Vision
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TV Review: Friday Night Lights - "Gut Check"
In "Gutcheck," Friday Night Lights is at its low point. Time to rally as they gear up for the series finale.
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Movie Review: Green Lantern
Finally, a super-hero movie worth spending money on.
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EIFF 2011 Movie Review: The Last Circus
Its inherent strangeness only adds to the fun.
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DVD Review - Night Catches Us (2011)
Mackie and Washington excel in Tanya Hamilton’s brave debut
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Winners and Losers of the 2011 Movie Season Thus Far
We're half way through this year in film, thus its time to look at who's emerged as a star, and who's had a year to forget..
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Will Jem Follow Transformers to the Big Screen?
Hopefully not.
Culture
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Before Titanic There Was the General Slocum
Eight years before the famous ship sank a lesser known one took roughly a thousand people to a watery grave.
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Travel: Art and Culture in Bristol
Bristol makes a great weekend city break for any art and culture lover.
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Putting a Price on a Pet's Life
To you, your dog's life is priceless. To the vet, It's a gold mine!
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Hollywood Fashionista
Big-screen faces don’t usually accept commercial opportunities in the U.S., but this is not the case in other parts of the world.
Gaming
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Q&A with Jim Redner: The Redner Group, 2K Games, and Duke Nukem Forever
Jim Redner answers some questions of mine on the recent happenings with The Redner Group and 2K Games.
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