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:. 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
Channel Surfing: All That Ends, Should End Well on TV
Mixed Media: The Avett Brothers - “Slight Figure of Speech” (video)
Short Ends and Leader: Travel this ‘Road’ at Your Own Risk
Consuming Consumables: Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Re:Print: Iran and the Remaking of the World
Marginal Utility: Refuting the paradox of choice
Sound Affects: Green Day - All About ‘Dookie’: “Burnout”
Moving Pixels: Tech Bubbles in World of Warcraft

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
:. E-readers: The price might entice readers, author notes

Reviews

Ouija Interview #1-4

By Monte Williams

The gimmicky premise, the humble packaging, the minimalist illustrations and the overall cuteness serve to let the reader's defenses down so that its moments of power are all the more surprising and upsetting. [10 January 2007]

Shuteye #1-2

It is rare that someone can tell a story that truly creates in the reader a need to keep thinking once the story has ended. [19 October 2006]