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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
Notes from the Road: Devo + JP Incorporated: 23 November 2009 - Phoenix Theatre, Toronto
Short Ends and Leader: ‘Ninja’ Is a Blood-Splattered Geek Show
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
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
:. 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

Child’s Play: Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition

By Evan Sawdey

For a movie to be franchised to death, it has to be great to begin with, and Child's Play, retains all of its punch two decades later. Heidy-ho! [31 October 2008]

Persian Fire by Tom Holland

By Tim O'Neil

Holland manages to synthesize the scope and emotion of his classical sources without sacrificing an iota of historical stringency. [28 September 2006]