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Features
:. Reconsidering the Revival of Cassette Tape Culture
:. MCA’s Heavy News

Columns
Alternative Rock Cultures: On the Sixth Day God Created Man…chester, Part Four.
PopPundit: Tim Burton Exhibit at MoMA: Publicity Ploy or Actual Art?

Blogs
Short Ends and Leader: Surround Sound: Christmas Wrap-up
Notes from the Road: Phish: 2 December 2009 - Madison Square Garden, New York City
Mixed Media: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Live Anthology
Channel Surfing: Are You Done with This Program?
Consuming Consumables: Gourmet Today
Sound Affects: The Feelies, Reconsidered

Music
:. Britney Spears: The Singles Collection
:. Vic Chesnutt: Skitter on Take-off
:. The Bee Gees: The Ultimate Bee Gees
:. KRS-One & Buckshot: Survival Skills
:. Aaron Martin: Chautauqua
:. Michael Jackson: The Definitive Collection
:. 3 Inches of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom

Events
:. moe.: 14 November 2009 - Austin, TX

DVDs
:. Blackadder Remastered: The Ultimate Edition
:. Godzilla

Books
:. Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon
:. The Khaarijee: A Chronicle of Friendship and War in Afghanistan by J. Malcolm Garcia

Multimedia
:. A Boy and His Blob

News
:. Chris Brown’s answer to Rihanna album a puzzling mix of accusations, partying
:. A gift guide to musical boxed sets
:. For several new Broadway shows, it hasn’t been easy to do the politically right thing

Reviews

Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left by Cottee & Cushman, Eds.

By Barry Lenser

How could a critic of empire, a loyal friend to the Palestinians, and the bane of Henry Kissinger ally himself with the Bush administration and its push for imperial adventures in the Middle East? [15 October 2008]