While there is nothing pretty in the surroundings, there is a haunting beauty in the depiction of men who won't surrender to brutality or fear.
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DVD Review: Bringing Balanchine Back
A highly appropriate way to celebrate the legacy of George Balanchine, who almost single-handedly established classical ballet in North America.
Read More »Music DVD Review: Alison Krauss – A Hundred Miles Or More: Live From The Tracking Room
A great deal of the warmth and passion that makes her singing so special seems to have been forsaken.
Read More »DVD Review: The Stone Angel
A brilliant story, some great acting, and a very real movie.
Read More »Music Review: John Burnett Swing Orchestra – West Of State Street/East Of Harlem
You'll find yourself listening to some great music performed by musicians who really care about what they are doing.
Read More »Book Review: The Inheritance Cycle: Eragon & Eldest (Part Two) Omnibus Edition by Christopher Paolini
This author has managed to avoid the second book lag that happens so often in fantasy trilogies by taking chances.
Read More »Interview: John Trudell, Poet and Songwriter – An Un-Mined Mind!
Thought is energy, and when you take energy away from humans we're flat - we're mined out.
Read More »Book Review: The Inheritance Cycle – Eragon and Eldest (Omnibus Edition) by Christopher Paolini (Part One)
You will believe that man can fly dragons.
Read More »Music Review: Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon – On 80 Highway
There is a quality to what they do that makes it alive in a way that you're not liable to hear from many other performers.
Read More »Book Review: Nation by Terry Pratchett
It's too bad we couldn't receive more of our education through books like this.
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