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Features
:. The Story of a Soul Survivor: ‘Private Dancer’ at 25
:. Re-Meet the Beatles: PopMatters Salutes the Still Fab Four

Columns
Lowbrow Literati: Are We All Mythtaken About Star Wars?
Jazz Today: Spinach and Broccoli Music: An Interview with Composer and Drummer John Hollenbeck

Blogs
Sound Affects: Green Day - All About ‘Dookie’: “Having a Blast”
Notes from the Road: Jimmy Cobb’s So What Band Covers Kind of Blue: 9.Nov.09 - Barcelona
Short Ends and Leader: ‘Mr. Fox’ is Indeed ‘Fantastic’
Re:Print: The Fate of the Epistolary Novel
Mixed Media: Headlights - “Love Song for Buddy” (video)
Channel Surfing: All That Ends, Should End Well on TV
Consuming Consumables: Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Marginal Utility: Refuting the paradox of choice

Music
:. The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)
:. John Mayer: Battle Studies
:. Duran Duran: Rio Special Limited Edition / Live at Hammersmith ‘82!
:. Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard: One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur
:. Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
:. Heavy Trash: Midnight Soul Serenade
:. Otto: Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos

Events
:. Galactic + Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle: 6 November 2009 - Austin, TX

Film
:. The Road
:. Ninja Assassin

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

Books
:. Writing in the Dark, by David Grossman
:. Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne

Multimedia
:. Where the Wild Things Are

News
:. INTERVIEW:Comedian and author Aaron Karo shares his thoughts on being single
:. INTERVIEW:Ed O’Neill is married with a child in ‘Modern Family’
:. INTERVIEW:Barbara Taylor Bradford: a real ‘Woman of Substance’
:. E-readers: The price might entice readers, author notes

Reviews

Scott Pilgrim Vo.l 4

By Stefan Robak

Is Scott Pilgrim formulaic? Yep. But it's a very good formula. [10 December 2007]

Scott Pilgrim, Vols. 1-3

By Greg Oleksiuk

Scott Pilgrim is one of the most enjoyable comics out there today, blending western and eastern artistic influences, as well as infusing its plot with various video game, comic book, movie and other pop culture influences. [2 August 2006]