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Music Review: Various Artists – ‘Punk Goes Christmas’
Holiday punk CD offers grab bag of Christmas candy from the likes of New Found Glory and Man Overboard.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Contest’
Some contests you win and some contests you lose. What happens when either way you lose?
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’
One of the year’s biggest and best films, finally delivering everything we expect from another addition to the J.R.R. Tolkien film legacy.
Read More »Interview: Rebekah Marine, a Model of Diversity
The fashion and advertising industries have promoted beauty standards which are unattainable and unrealistic for the average woman. But amputee model Rebekah Marine thinks things are starting to change.
Read More »Retro-Rock, Roots Rock, and Classic Rockers Kept Old School Flames Hot and Alive in 2013
You didn't have to be part of the musical mainstream to enjoy good ole rock and roll in 2013.
Read More »Music Review: Laura Benanti – ‘In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention’
The Broadway and TV actress delivers a winning performance at 54 Below.
Read More »Music DVD Review: ‘US Festival ’83: Days 1-3’
'83 US Festival: Days 1-3 isn't a perfect document, but is worth owning for U2 and the final performance of The Clash alone.
Read More »TV Review: ‘The Doctors Revisited – Ninth to Eleventh’
The modern Doctors, beginning with the 2005 reboot and continuing to the present.
Read More »Music Review: Various Artists – ‘Fifteen Shades of Blue’
Fifteen fine examples of jazz in Canada are collected on one album.
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