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Home Theater Movie Renter's Guide - May, 2013

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Frankie go Boom (Blu-ray), Jack Reacher(Blu-ray),Charles Swan III(Blu-ray)

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A Collection of New Vinyl for the Audiophile - May, 2013

As I mentioned, there wasn't tons of stuff going on for this year's Record Store Day that really blew my skirt up. I got off especially light on the long players. My priorities were the Big Star, White Stripes, and Willie sets that we've looked at already.

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Home Theater Movie Renter's Guide - March, 2013

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Wreck-It Ralph has spent 30 years playing the bad guy in the classic video game Fix-It Felix.  The other game characters don't like him and he's relegated to live in a garbage dump...

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A Collection of New Vinyl for the Audiophile - April, 2013

I'd not paid a lick of attention to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds until 2008's Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! That album rocked. Their latest does not. It's called Push The Sky Away, and it is fantastic. Like a lot of what's going on nowadays...

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A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile - February, 2013

A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile - February, 2013

It doesn't seem like that long ago that Big Boi sat squarely atop the Hip-Hop world as one half of the inimitable OutKast. But time gets away from me, and I realize that their last vital release was almost ten years ago. Big Boi hasn't exactly been prolific in the interim...

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Home Theater Movie Renter's Guide - April, 2013

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Hyde Park on Hudson is the story of FDR’s (Murray) special relationship with Margret Stuckley (Linney), a distant cousin!

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Spring 2013 Secrets CD Reviews

Spring 2013 Secrets CD Reviews

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A Collection of New Vinyl for the Audiophile - March, 2013

Perhaps no record is as representative of what Ellington and his Band could do live as Ellington At Newport. Here, a little historical perspective is helpful. This recording was made in 1956, well after the band's...

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Home Theater Movie Renter's Guide - February, 2013

Victor Frankenstein is a young boy who mostly keeps to himself, making films starring his beloved dog Sparky.  Despite prodding by his parents, he's fine to keep to himself and work on his own projects instead of socializing with other kids...

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A Talk with Grammy Nominee Joyce DiDonato

A Talk with Grammy Nominee Joyce DiDonato

Kansas-bred mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato seems to go from strength to strength. Not long after the release of her latest album for EMI Classics, Drama Queens, her video Homecoming - Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato, which was broadcast nationwide on PBS, received a 2013 Grammy nomination for Best Vocal Performance.

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Home Theater Movie Renter's Guide - January, 2013

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Francis Ford Coppola: 5 Film Collection

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