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:. Re-Meet the Beatles: PopMatters Salutes the Still Fab Four
:. Ayn Rand and the World She Made

Columns
Rabble Without a Cause: Table Space: The Final Frontier
PopShots: PopShots: The Lighter Side of Swine Flu

Blogs
Mixed Media: Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind (new album / MP3)
Notes from the Road: The Sounds: 7.Nov.09 - Chicago
Short Ends and Leader: Indentity Crisis: The Ultimate Cut - Watchmen - The Complete Story (2009)
Sound Affects: Gem Found: An Interview with Luke Franks
Marginal Utility: A Quick Theory of the Self
Peripatetic Postcards: What’s Hot in Korea

Music
:. Echo & the Bunnymen: The Fountain
:. Ray Davies and the Crouch End Chorus: The Kinks Choral Collection
:. Efterklang and the Danish National Chamber Orchestra: Performing Parades
:. Lisa Germano: Magic Neighbor
:. On Fillmore: Extended Vacation
:. Various Artists: Si, Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba Vol.2
:. Anjulie: Anjulie

Events
:. Rhett Miller: 16 October 2009 - Chicago

Film
:. Death Bell (Gosa)
:. The Box

DVDs
:. You Weren’t There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977–1984
:. Merry Sitcom: Christmas Classics From TV’s Golden Age
:. Note By Note: The Making of the Steinway L1037

Books
:. Fado by Andrzej Stasiuk
:. Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem

Multimedia
:. NBA 2K10

News
:. Chatting with comic and new talk-show host George Lopez
:. Doom boom: Apocalyptic fantasies seem to be all the rage these days
:. Couple’s book tackles evangelicals’ questions on climate change
:. Celebrity deaths give life to eternal speculation
:. Palin’s much-anticipated book inspires, well, copies
:. Hollywood’s ingenuity on line for holidays: Few sequels, remakes on tap for Christmas season

Reviews

Embrace: Out of Nothing

By Michael Franco

Out of Nothing is the sound of music being super-sized and stuffed into a happy meal. All that's missing is a toy. Oh wait -- the album comes with a screensaver!" [29 August 2005]

Embrace, The Good Will Out

By PopMatters Staff

Embrace: If You’ve Never Been

By Devon Powers