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• 225 Random Shuffle - Louis Armstrong, Neil Young, Blues Traveler, and Bruce Springsteen

  I'm putting my iPod on shuffle and talking about college, my love of the theatre, my obsessions with bootlegs, and a little bit of heartbreak.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on Feb 20, 2008

• 224 Music Review: The Raveonettes - Lust, Lust, Lust

  It's as if the Supremes had a crack baby with the Everly Brothers that could sing like an angel but had the devil inside.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on Feb 19, 2008

• 223 The Shanghai Diaries - Japanese Edition, Part II: From Tokyo to Miyajima

  We finally make it to Japan and discover its beauty, culture, and bum washings.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mat Brewster — on Feb 18, 2008

• 222 The Shanghai Diaries - Japanese Edition, Part 1: The Long Journey to Nowhere

  For the Chinese New Year we decided to go to Japan. China, however, seems to have different plans for us.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 30, 2008

• 221 The Shanghai Diaries - Miscellany

  Finding a little piece of heaven, a little bit of warmth and a good toilet in Shanghai.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 21, 2008

• 220 Bootleg Country: Tom Waits - Live in Hamburg, 1977

  It took me nearly a decade, but I finally get Tom Waits. This show is the reason why.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 21, 2008

• 219 Music Review: Ringo Starr - Liverpool 8

  Liverpool 8 won't make any one stop listening to Abbey Road or Revolver, but it is a very nice collection of pop songs. Not bad for a Beatle all on his own, even if he is the sad one.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 15, 2008

• 218 Music Review: The Magnetic Fields - Distortion

  If you can scrape past all the distorted noise there are a few gems to be found, but it might just leave you with a headache anyways.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 15, 2008

• 217 Movie Review: No Country For Old Men

  Easily their best work since O Brother, Where Art Thou? and possibly their best ever...

  Review in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 11, 2008

• 216 Bootleg Country: Bob Dylan - Live in the '90s

  The greatest living songwriter performs during his mid-career slump and still knocks it out of the park.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 07, 2008