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Features
:. The Story of a Soul Survivor: ‘Private Dancer’ at 25
:. The Gospel According to Butch: Part 3—The Artist

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
Short Ends and Leader: ‘Mr. Fox’ is Indeed ‘Fantastic’
Re:Print: The Fate of the Epistolary Novel
Notes from the Road: Devo + JP Incorporated: 23 November 2009 - Phoenix Theatre, Toronto
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

Airplane!: The ‘Don’t Call Me Shirley!’ Edition (1980)

By Mike Ward

Airplane! basically gets by on one joke: sight gags based on tricks of perspective or on thwarting expectation. [11 January 2006]

Rat Race (2001)

By Cynthia Fuchs

A balls-out stupid summer comedy where no one cares about special effects or plots making sense or even about characters winning or losing is not a bad thing. It is, rather, a representative thing. [1 January 1995]

By James Snapko

It's full of pratfalls, sight gags, and irreverence toward 'I Love Lucy', Nazis, body piercing, a very unlucky cow, and a dog. Fortunately, Zucker executes them all like a ringmaster.