- Monday, April 28, 2008 — 37 Articles Published
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Book Review: Steely Dan: Reelin’ In The Years (Updated Edition) by Brian Sweet— “This is music, music we care about. We don’t make records to find girls. We already have girls.”
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Music Review: Kate Rusby - Awkward Annie— It's like stumbling into someone's living room and finding it full of family singing for the sake of the song.
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Book Review: The Grizzly Maze - Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears by Nick Jans— One writer takes a look back at the life and death of Timothy Treadwell.
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Book Review: After Dark by Haruki Murakami— As a kind of throat-clearing between bigger tales, the enigmatic After Dark is almost more of a tone poem than
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Movie Review: Sunshine— I think they wrote the script in the dark.
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Movie Review: Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay— A stoner comedy that delivers the goods.
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Disney Pays You Ten Dollars to Upgrade to Blu-Ray Disc— Owners of select Disney/Buena Vista DVDs can get $10 toward the purchase of the same films on Blu-ray Disc.
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DVD Review: A Generation Apart— A unique documentary examines through personal narrative what it means to be the child of Holocaust survivors.
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Movie Review: Bloodline— A new documentary looks into the possibility of a Jesus-Mary bloodline.
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Jon McKiel - "Never Forget"— Jon McKiel talks about his first guitar and performs "Never Forget" for the Sun Studio Sessions.
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Music Review: Air – Moon Safari— Ethereal but slightly vacuous.
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Music Review: Flotsam and Jetsam - Cuatro— Underrated gem from an underrated band. It's not too late!
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Music Reviews: Kingston Trio - Once Upon A Time and Twice Upon A Time— Rare live tracks by the Kingston Trio from Once Upon A Time and Twice Upon A Time.
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Music Review: Etran Finatawa - Desert Crossroads— Modern blues from ancient African rhythms.
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Music Review: Winter - Into Darkness/Eternal Frost— Landmark doom metal. Any fan of dark, depressing, doom-laden music should not miss this.
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If Brandon Webb and Barry Zito Pitched In New York— Think of the headlines. Or, better yet, the New York Post's back page.
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Rent-a-Goalie Is As Heart-Filled As It Is Fart-Filled — Creator and star Christopher Bolton talks about the charm of his workplace comedy.
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Movie Review: Elling— Elling is a wonderful movie, with beautiful acting, and a funny, genuinely heart-warming story.
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Opera Review: The Barber of Seville (Bern, Switzerland)— A modern take on Il Barbiere di Siviglia complete with trashcans.
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Theater Review: Don Juan (LA)— Don Juan gets his due at Glendale's A Noise Within. This is a sexy, lustful, and wildly funny revival of
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Classic Cinema Corner: The 39 Steps (1935)— This film is a joy to watch, whether you're a fan of Hitchcock, spy films, or the art of film
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Dan Nied's Fortress of Weight Loss: Day 125— Seriously, I am fine.
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Theater Review (NYC): The Country Girl— No one could be sadder than I. Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher: what could possibly go wrong? A lot.
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Product Review: "Domo" Items from Dark Horse Deluxe— Domo products are now available from Dark Horse Comics.
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Convenience Killed The Cat: Pets are The Victims of a Throwaway Society— We have gone too far when we abandon pet animals for the sake of convenience.
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Book Review: Tremolo - Cry of the Loon by Aaron Paul Lazar— Lazar's book cuts through genre distinctions to the heart of what matters in life.
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Theater Review: Fahrenheit 451 (South Pasadena, CA)— Ray Bradbury's own scripting and his theater company's production shows promise, but the master of sci-fi short stories isn't the
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Interview with Tony Robles, Author of Children's Book Joey Gonzalez, Great American— Robles' children's book challenges the concept of "affirmative action."
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DVD Review: The BBC Natural History Collection— This is the ideal gift for the nature lover in your family and the perfect package for anyone with a
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Book Review: The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg— A heartbreaking conclusion to Rick Bragg's family trilogy.
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TV Review: Torchwood— Plenty of wood in Torchwood, in every sense of the word. But give it a chance!
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Blu-ray Review: Shall We Dance?— If that title isn't rhetorical, the answer is no.
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DVD Review: Juno— The wittiest film about teen pregnancy yet.
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PC Game Review: Wedding Dash— This Diner Dash-inspired game takes on the topsy-turvy world of planning weddings.
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Is The Reverend Mr. Wrong Right About Something?— Maybe The Reverend Mr. Wrong is right, at least about something, and maybe we need to think a bit more
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Reverend Wright at the National Press Club— Reverend Wright reminds voters why they'd be crazy to vote for Obama in November.
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Music Review: Hot Chip - Made In The Dark— A great mix of songs makes this release a worthy follow-up to Hot Chip's breakthrough album.
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