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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
Sound Affects: Where Are the Ladies at on the Best of the Decade Charts?
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

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

By Ryan Smith

I couldn't help but notice that one puzzle in which you must fit four different shaped blocks in four identically shaped holes in order to open a door was eerily similar to a Fisher-Price puzzle that I once solved at age four. [19 October 2009]

Guitar Hero: On Tour

By Mike Schiller

Using the touchscreen as part of the Guitar Hero experience never gets past the point of feeling like it's an imperfect process. [28 July 2008]