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Columns
Retro Remote: The Prisoner: ‘Fall Out’
Mixtape Confessions: So You Think You Can Make Me Like Dance?

Blogs
Notes from the Road: Mount Eerie: 8 November 2009 - Lakeshore Theatre, Chicago
Mixed Media: Backyard Tire Fire - Good to Be (new album / video)
Channel Surfing: Legend of the Seeker: Season 2 Premiere
Short Ends and Leader: Monsters, Inc. (2001): Blu-ray
Marginal Utility: The Urban Haute Bourgeousie
Moving Pixels: The Ballad of Gay Tony Is the Straightest Grand Theft Auto Ever
Sound Affects: Lords of the New Church, “Dance with Me”
Crazed by the Music: Everything you know about the music biz is wrong

Music
:. Katatonia: Night is the New Day
:. Will Stratton: No Wonder
:. Rosie Flores: Girl of the Century
:. Various Artists: Fire in My Bones: Raw Rare & Otherworldly African American Gospel (1944-2007)
:. Squirrel Nut Zippers: Lost at Sea
:. Ray Charles: The Genius Hits the Road
:. Hecker: Acid in the Style of David Tudor

Events
:. U2: 18 October 2009 - Norman, OK

DVDs
:. Pray the Devil Back to Hell
:. The Secret Policeman Rocks!

Books
:. Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius by Colin Dickey
:. After the Prophet by Lesley Hazleton

News
:. John Irving’s ‘Last Night in Twisted River’ mirrors his career
:. INTERVIEW:Barbara Kingsolver is determined to advocate social change through literature
:. INTERVIEW:Fast chat with ‘Pirate Radio’ co-star Bill Nighy
:. INTERVIEW:Composer Dominick Argento reflects on his work and the state of opera
:. INTERVIEW:Talking with Jonathan Safran Foer
:. ‘Modern Warfare 2’ navigates a sea of second-guessers

Reviews

Thor #1-6

By Jason A. Zwiker

The series shows great promise in both its fresh take on the characters and its respect for what made the classic Silver and Bronze Age tales of the thunder god so much fun to read [22 April 2008]

Bullet Points

Bullet Points exhibits much of the same flavor and sense of intrigue that made the canonical Marvel Universe so popular in its early years. [13 August 2007]