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Music
:. The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)
:. John Mayer: Battle Studies
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:. Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard: One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur
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:. Galactic + Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle: 6 November 2009 - Austin, TX

Film
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:. The L Word: The Final Season
:. Frailty
:. The Monster Squad: 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)

Books
:. Writing in the Dark, by David Grossman
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Multimedia
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Reviews

The Ringer (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

The self-abusing, screwy-faced, funky-bodied manchild Johnny Knoxville hardly needs to be looking for more offensive material to whomp upon his fan base. [23 December 2005]

Beyond the Mat (1999)

By P. Nelson Reinsch

'Who are these guys?' a voice asks, as the screen is filled with successive images of men, some bloody and all wearing tights, beating one another senseless. [1 January 1995]