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- Jan 8, 2009
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Music Review: Fiftywatthead - Fogcutter— A monstrous obsession with the Art of Loud.
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Music Review: O'Death - Broken Hymns, Limbs, And Skin— Dedicated to Eliza Sudol, the late fiancé of Rogers-Berry, O'Death's Broken Hymns, Limbs And Skin excitedly captures the blending of multiple musical genres.
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Music Review: Enclave - Enclave Diaspora— Don't try to figure out the name — just enjoy the music.
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Les Nubians' 1998 Debut, Princesses Nubiennes, Seamlessly Combines Afro-pop, Jazz, R&B, and Hip Hop— Over a decade later, world music duo Les Nubians still amaze with their sultry French vocals and modern beats.
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Music Review: Apocalyptica, Scale the Summit, Uriah Heep, Rising Force, and Mortification— Mortification, Rising Force, Scale the Summit, and Uriah Heep in an Apocalyptica release.
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Music Review: Rory Block - Blues Walkin’ Like A Man— “The blues got so bad that they manifested into human form and began walking down the road beside you …”
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Wine Review: Experiencing Cabernet Franc— Curious to find a delicious and affordable wine this season?
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Book Review: Summer Secret (Sonshine Girls #1) by René Morris— Girls, friendship, makeup and boys - 'tween-lit meets Jesus, providing strong moral guidance through the rocky years of adolescence.
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Book Review: Dies The Fire - A Novel of the Change by S.M. Stirling— S. M. Stirling spins a fascinating and adventure-filled tale of people who have survived the end of the world.
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iPhone Application Review: Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner— It’s like a cookbook, just on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
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- Jan 7, 2009
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Board Game Review: War on Terror— War on Terror the board game....could be great, but right now it's only decent.
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Movie Review: Australia— His playful obsessions linger on, such as huge camera gestures, melodrama, loving homage to Hollywood movies, and lots of music.
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TV Review: The Diplomat Blends High-Stakes Espionage and Drama— Although failing to connect on many levels, The Diplomat leads the way for more uniquely told thrillers made for television audiences.
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Book Review: The Flat Belly Diet by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass— This skeptic is swayed by a diet that makes sense and is flexible enough for even the most time-crunched life.
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Music Review: The Hushpuppies - Silence Is Golden— Having caused a stir in their native France with high octane live performances, the band is now busy crossing the Atlantic and taking on America.
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Music Review: Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane Takes Off— Jefferson Airplane: Chapter 1.
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Book Review: The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas— One of the most innovative and unusual vampire novels, this cult classic has been revived in an attractive new edition.
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Book Review: The Yellow Rain by Julio Llamazares— The Yellow Rain describes the decay and death of a Pyrenean village and its last inhabitant. Life and death tragically intertwine.
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Movie Review: The Spirit (2008)— This must be what it is like to make comic panels move.
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Book Review: French Girl Knits by Kristeen Griffin-Grimes— A beautiful collection of delicate, feminine knitting patterns.
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Book Review: African Diaries: Sketches & Observations by David G. Derrick Jr.— Experience Africa through the eyes of an artist.
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DVD Review: Babylon A.D. — It wants to be a more meaningful movie, but it was unfortunately kept on a short leash.
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Blu-ray Review: Wanted (2008)— I wanted my wasted time back after sitting through this mess.
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- Jan 6, 2009
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Concert Review: Pink Martini at Disney Hall, Los Angeles— Legendary jazz singer Jimmy Scott and a professor of Arabic spiced up Pink Martini's New Year's Eve concert.
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DVD Review: An American Carol— There's something for everyone to laugh at in this zany new comedy from director David Zucker.
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Product Review: Vogelzang Boxwood Stove— It may seem anachronistic, but a simple boxwood stove still has a place in many homes.
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Book Review: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks— An imagined history of a real book comes to life in this beautifully written historical novel.
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Music Review: Pendragon - Pure— Weighty, meaningful, and utterly absorbing. Pendragon take it even higher.
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Music DVD Review - Working Class Rock Star— A solid documentary that shows the struggles of three bands trying to make it in the cutthroat music industry.
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Movie Review: Revolutionary Road— Director Sam Mendes reunites the star-crossed lovers of Titanic and places them in the dirge of 1950s materialistic suburbia.
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DVD Review: The Duchess (2008)— An intriguing insight into what women of the time had to do to attain high stature, yet which afforded them no power.
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Theater/Magic Review (LA): Millennium Magic IX at Theatre West— Zabrecky presents a bizarre and funny magic show for the holidays.
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DVD Review: Mysterious Skin— A good film that could have been great had its director reined in his own worst tendencies.
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Product Review: ToughDrive Camo USB2.0 Flash Drive— A flash drive that may not have reliable storage but can be lit on fire.
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Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire— A vibrant, swiftly paced, full of life tale that's an utter joy to watch.
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Music Review: Stars Like Fleas - The Ken Burns Effect— Audacious and endlessly beautiful.
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Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— His tragedy is watching those he loves age normally, without him.
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DVD Review: Brideshead Revisited (2008)— A remarkable achievement and a wonderful film.
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Blu-ray Review: Ghost— How does a classic romance stand up to the scrutiny of Blu-ray technology?
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Movie Review: Quantum of Solace— I remember when James Bond movies were fun.
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Software Review: Genuine Fractals 6.0 From onOne— If you need to dramatically increase image size while maintaining quality, then you need Genuine Fractals 6.
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Music Review: Raffi - Songs of Our World— If your family isn't aligned with Raffi's driving philosophies, you may want to skip this release.
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Manga Review: The Manga Guide to Statistics by Shin Takahashi— Shin Takahashi makes Statistics cute and hip with this graphic tutorial.
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Music Review: Elvis Presley - Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters— Five Discs and 120 tracks present the good and not so good of the 70's Elvis.
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Music Review: Enya - And Winter Came— Enya haunts the holidays with more beautiful music...
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Music Review Review: Crystal Visions: The Best of Stevie Nicks (CD/DVD)— A solid collection of Nicks's most popular solo songs and videos.
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Music Review: Lou Reed - Berlin— More vinyl for your listening pleasure.
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DVD Review: Burn After Reading— The Coen Brothers comedy about espionage and physical fitness can’t pump enough humor to compensate for tiny DVD extras.
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Book Review: Asylum by Patrick McGrath— In Asylum Patrick McGrath examines obsession. He questions whether any of us ever acts outside of simple self interest.
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Book Review: Buyology - Truth and Lies About Why We Buy by Martin Lindstrom— Lindstrom presents an interesting theory, one that definitely deserves some study, but I didn't quite buy it with this book.
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DVD Review: The Last Detective - The Complete Series— He's not your typical television police officer and this is definitely not your typical television cop show.
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Book Review: Algorithms in a Nutshell by George T. Heineman, Gary Pollice, and Stanley Selkow— More Tools for the Software Developer.
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- Jan 5, 2009
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Book Review: Ways Of Escape by Graham Greene — Graham Greene’s development as a writer is described in this, his autobiography. While he denies his genius, Greene constantly if disarmingly reaffirms it.
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Music Review: Erik Friedlander - Broken Arm Trio— Friedlander shows us again why he's such a scary good whack jazz cellist.
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Movie Review: Zack and Miri Make a Porno— My wife said, “That’s the raunchiest thing I’ve ever seen in a theater."
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Movie Review: Adam Resurrected— Jeff Goldblum's performance makes up for the film's flaws.
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Music DVD Review: Jonny Lang - Live At Montreux 1999— Was kid Jonny really in his prime at the age of 18? Only time will tell.
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Book Review: Don't Stop Believin' - How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life by Brian Raftery— An engaging exploration of the history and culture of karaoke through one man's life and experiences.
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PlayStation 3 Review: Legendary— There's certainly nothing memorable here, it's not even legendarily bad.
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Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button— Poetic, beautiful, and requires multiple viewings.
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