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Home Theater Movie Renter's Guide - August, 2012

JawsJaws (Blu-ray), High Noon (Blu-ray), American Reunion (Blu-ray), Silent House (Blu-ray), Friends With Kids (Blu-ray), The Lorax (Blu-ray), Dexter Season 6 (Blu-ray), The Hunger Games (Blu-ray), Grimm: Season One (Blu-ray)

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A Collection of New Vinyl for the Audiophile - July, 2012

A Collection of New Vinyl for the Audiophile - July 2012

I read a Dickinson quote about one of his recent NMA albums that he was trying to make as raw as possible. He thought it still came out too clean. It's nice to know that someone is trying.

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Home Theater Movie Renter's Guide - June, 2012

Erin Brockovich (Blu-ray), Safe House (Blu-ray), John Carter (Blu-ray), Love Never Dies (Blu-ray), The Sting (Blu-ray), Women in Black (Blu-ray), Smokey and the Bandit (Blu-ray), True Blood: Season 4 (Blu-ray), U.S. Marshals, (B;u-ray), The Dead (Blu-ray), Cat Run (Blu-ray), Act of Vengeance (Blu-ray), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Blu-ray)

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Home Theater Movie Renter's Guide - July, 2012

Big Miracle (Blu-ray), Wrath of the Titans (Blu-ray), Project X (Blu-ray), The Artist (Blu-ray), Born on the Fourth of July (Blu-ray), Wanderlust (Blu-ray), Father of the Bride 1 & 2 (Blu-ray)

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A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile - May, 2012

A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile - May  2012

I've always been fascinated by revolutionary political movements. Maybe I'm drawn to the theatricality of it as I have absolutely no personal frame of reference for what it feels like to take extreme political action.

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Summer 2012 Secrets CD Reviews

Summer 2012 Secrets CD Reviews

OMG. Little Richard, the true king of rock 'n roll, is back, and sounding better than ever. Here's Little Richard, his game-changing debut album for Specialty Records, is now beautifully remastered...

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Home Theater Movie Renter's Guide - May, 2012

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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Blu-ray), A Streetcar Named Desire (Blu-ray), Pariah (Blu-ray), Roadracers (Blu-ray), One For the Money (Blu-ray), Haywire (Blu-ray), Buck Privates (Blu-ray), Albert Nobbs (Blu-ray), Underworld: Awakenings (Blu-ray), Dark Tide (Blu-ray), Men in Black II (Blu-ray)

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Celebrating 25 Years with Anonymous 4

Celebrating 25 Years with Anonymous 4

In the 25 years that they have been performing together, and the 20 years they've been recording for Harmonia Mundi, the four women of Anonymous 4 have enriched our lives with an impressive discography of rarely performed music written between medieval times and the present day.

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Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley Interview: Shuffle.Play.Listen

Welcome to an artistic pairing for the future. Cellist Matt Haimovitz, perhaps the first classical musician to take his music and instrument into club settings, and pianist Christopher O'Riley, known for championing young artists on his National Public Radio and PBS TV shows, "From the Top," have teamed up to create their latest CD set...

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A Collection of New Vinyl for the Audiophile - June, 2012

A Collection of New Vinyl - June 2012

"Good God!" is a double disc set on heavy vinyl with the aforementioned essay. That's it. If you're burnt on the mainstream, check out what the folks at Numero are doing. They've got a ton of great releases spanning many different eras and genres...

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A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile - April, 2012

A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile - March  2012Bruce Springsteen is a tricky one, huh? I love the guy and his music, but most of that musical love centers around four or five records from a short era in the 1970's. And none of them sound as good as they could have, but they all sound a damned site better than anything he did in the '80's.

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