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Features
:. PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2009
:. The Iconographies: The Sociology of Superheroes: Andi Ewington and 45

Columns
Torch & Twang: The Music That Matters: Ralph Rinzler and Bill Monroe, Part Two
Mixtape Confessions: In the J-Zone Zone

Blogs
Mixed Media: The Best Singles of 2009: Roman Candle - “Why Modern Radio Is A-OK”
Channel Surfing: Is ‘Glee’ a Little Bit Racist?
Moving Pixels: Locomotion, Parkour, and the Illusion of Competence in Video Games
Consuming Consumables: Stop Making Sense
Short Ends and Leader: Nine-Sense: 10 Better Possible Movie/Musical Adaptations
Notes from the Road: Elvis Perkins in Dearland: 4.Dec.09 - New York

Music
:. Various Artists: BalkanBeats: A Night in Berlin
:. Glorytellers: Atone
:. Joss Stone: Colour Me Free
:. Bear in Heaven: Beast Rest Forth Mouth
:. To Kill a Petty Bourgeosie: Marlone
:. Mountains: Etching

Events
:. Our Brother the Native + Zen Zen Egui: 26 October 2009 - London

Film
:. The Last Station

DVDs
:. The Way of the Gun
:. Keeping Up With the Kardashians: The Complete Second Season

Books
:. Photography Degree Zero: Reflections on Roland Barthes’s Camera Lucida by Geoffrey B
:. The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

Multimedia
:. Space Invaders Extreme 2

News
:. INTERVIEW:A third memoir, ‘Lit’ from deep within
:. Wally Lamb walks on the light side
:. Discount retailers and electronic readers worry some in the book world

Reviews

The Brothers Bloom

By Cynthia Fuchs

Overrated as truth may be, in The Brothers Bloom, Penelope (Rachel Weisz) is supposed to signify it. [15 May 2009]

Brick (2005)

"When you are a teenager," says Rian Johnson, "When you are in that world, you don't have that [adult] perspective. And in a subjective way, [high school is] the most serious time in your life." [14 August 2006]

Brendan, with the glasses, makes it his business to see what's going on, being the usual noir guy who walks mean streets. [7 April 2006]