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:. Must See TV No More?
:. It’s Me, I’m Alive: A Conversation with Yoko Ono

Columns
The Difference Engine: Electronic Music: The Invader and Infiltrator
Kickin' Up Dust: Willie Nelson in the Twilight Glow

Blogs
Short Ends and Leader: The Beast Within: Ten Timeless Werewolf Films
Mixed Media: Owen Pallett - “Lewis Takes Off His Shirt” (live) (video)
Notes from the Road: Robert Frank’s The Americans
Sound Affects: What’s the Best Album of the Decade? Try Calling Back in Five Years
Graphic Novelties: This Was Then: Earth X - Part 2
Channel Surfing: Tonight on the Lifetime Very Special Movie: American Idol
Moving Pixels: The Problem With No More Heroes 2

Music
:. Hot Chip: One Life Stand
:. The Go Find: Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight
:. Harvey Milk: Harvey Milk
:. Oneohtrix Point Never: Rifts
:. Jack Splash: Heir to the Throne: Volume 1
:. John Mayall: Tough

Events
:. Anti-Flag: 27 January 2010 - Austin, TX

Television
:. Independent Lens: P-Star Rising

DVDs
:. Inglourious Basterds
:. Drop Dead Rock
:. In Search of Mozart

Books
:. Black is the New White. A Memoir by Paul Mooney
:. The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris

Comics
:. Azrael #1-3

News
:. The once and future Sims
:. ‘The Phantom,’ ‘A Serious Man’ top list of latest Blu-ray releases
:. Leno’s prime-time send-off to be departure from tradition
:. INTERVIEW:Larry Holmes and Joe Frazier recall when they were ‘Facing Ali’
:. Sony’s two-volume ‘Bad Girls of Film Noir’ sets bring them out of the shadows

Reviews

City of Heroes

By Jason Thompson

It's quite thrilling to make your dream character and then watch him do battle with the baddies. Who hasn't ever wanted to live out a super hero fantasy or two? [16 June 2004]

By G. Christopher Williams

Americans lack any real connection to mythology in the classical sense. All our stories of heroes and monsters -- religious and mythological -- are imports. [21 April 2004]

City of Villains

Overtly brutal and disturbing crimes are really not the subject matter of the genre. [1 January 1995]