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Music
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Music Review: The Kinks - Soap Opera
The Kinks: Chapter 13. Ray Davies examines a very ordinary life.
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Music Reviews: Heidevolk, Lonewolf, Mekong Delta, Moonspell, Mystic Prophecy, & Prong
It is time for releases from the heavier end of the rock spectrum.
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Music Review: Tenacious D - Rize of the Fenix
Jack Black and Kyle Gass return with their third album, another dose of tuneful, impassioned hilarity.
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Concert Review: The Ting Tings - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. - 04/12/2012
After a long hiatus The Ting Tings are back and ready to party.
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Music Review: Drunksouls - Revolution
French reggae with wit from Drunksouls.
Video
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My 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival Diary, Part 1
Hollywood returns to the streets of Hollywood thanks to TCM.
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The New Silences: Road to Nowhere, Small Town Murder Songs, and Martha Marcy May Marelene
Three award-winning films bring a powerful silence to moviegoers.
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DVD Review: In Search of Hayden
Joseph Hayden's life and music.
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DVD Review: Bobby's World - Complete Series
Bobby's World is now available on DVD, and yes, it is just as endearing as you remember it to be.
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Blu-ray Review: We Bought a Zoo
Even if it's not brilliant, it's warm and comforting in a way few films are.
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Blu-ray Review: Frozen Planet
Frozen Planet has a wonderful balance of entertainment and educational structure, and contains some of BBC Earth's most exquisite photography.
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Hunger Games vs. Battle Royale: Which Reigns Supreme?
The Hunger Games and its similarity to the movie Battle Royale.
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Movie Review: California Solo at CIMMfest 2012
California Solo, starring Robert Carlyle, is a beautifully drawn melancholy character study
Books
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Book Review: Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod
Religion remains central in police procedural set in the near future after "Faith Wars" and resulting "Second Enlightenment."
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Book Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern’s glitzy but ultimately hollow attempt at a fantasy novel.
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Book Review: Black Stiletto: Black and White by Raymond Benson
Raymond Benson’s The Black Stiletto: Black and White continues the adventures of a costumed vigilante ahead of her time
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Book Review: The Big Picture: Insights from the Spiritual World by Garry Gilfoy
The Big Picture: Insights from the Spiritual World offers fascinating stories, religious history, and spiritual insights in readable fashion.
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Book Review: The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael edited by Sanford Schwartz
The world of movie criticism may never again meet as formidable an adversary.
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Manga Review: Twin Spica Volume Two by Kou Yaginuma
Asumi begins her studies at the Tokyo National Space School, but it's more grueling than she anticipated.
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Book Review: Adventures Around Cincinnati by Laura Hoevener and Terri Weeks
A Midwest family travel gem.
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Book Review: Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu. Translated by Gi-fu Feng and Jane English with Toinette Lippe
Naturalistic poetry that teaches you how to achieve balance in the world and find yourself.
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Book Review: Pretty Much Everything by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
A look at the career of a pair of fashion photographers who thrive on breaking rules.
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Book Review: Where C3PO and Fantasy Collide, Infinity Blade: Awakening by Brandon Sanderson
A weak iPhone novella that fires the imagination
Sci/Tech
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Best Tablets for Students
Although tablets are not laptops, they are still very useful devices for students to have.
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SpiderOak Introduces Enterprise-Class Cloud Storage
Cloud storage and access has gone mainstream. Now it's gone enterprise.
Culture
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Act Now and Avoid Summer Disaster of Hunger and Famine
If we act now, we can stop famine and save millions of lives.
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Theater/Cabaret Review (NYC): Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away
Bree Benton, alias Poor Baby Bree, is a one-woman vaudeville revival machine, and I for one am glad it's in good working order
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Getting Away from "Breaking News"
Depressed and sad about what is happening around the world? Reduce your news intake.
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Sweet Memory Machine
A cupcake vending machine on Santa Monica Boulevard turns out to be so much more.
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Empaths and Dreams
People with empathic abilities tend to be subject to more dreams, and especially nightmares.
Politics
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The Pot Calls the Kettle Black
Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and others is incredible hypocrisy.
Gaming
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PlayStation 3 Review: Order Up!!
A fun, lighthearted game for all ages to play.
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