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The Great Nektar Revival of 2013
2013 should best be remembered as the year progressive rock band Nektar made a big comeback, with a new album and worthy reissues of their classic '70s LPs.
Read More »Stop The Polar Express – I Want to Get Off Now!
Jack Frost wasn’t just nipping at my nose this morning; it seemed as if he were ripping it off along with my cheeks!
Read More »TV Review: ‘Almost Human’ – ‘Simon Says’
What do DRN android Dorian (Michael Ealy), eccentric scientist Rudy Lom (Mackenzie Crook), Detective John Kennex (Karl Urban) and a serial killer have in common?
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ (2013)
The strange thing is that, while I know The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is flawed, it still moved me on a level that few other works have accomplished.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Downton Abbey’ Season Premiere and Beyond
The new Downton Abbey season is simply riveting.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radicals, and Reagan’s Rise to Power’ by Seth Rosenfeld
This shocking and eye-opening account reveals secrets of Hoover's FBI and their often illegal and unethical fight against the student activists and staff of the University of California-Berkeley.
Read More »The Year of the Selfie – Our Obsession with the Unbearable Likeness of Being
There is no doubt something inside all of us that wants the world to see us the way we see ourselves.
Read More »Software Review: Perfect Photo Suite 8 from onOne Software
It won't replace Photoshop for advanced editing and manipulation, but it works well as a standalone editor and enhances other software packages too.
Read More »Books Review: ‘A Grave Talent,’ ‘To Play the Fool’ and ‘With Child’ by Laurie King
Picador has reissued the first three Kate Martinelli mysteries. It's well worth picking them up.
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