Obama Gets It Wrong About Cops and Race
Is it possible Barack Obama is using the whole Gates “stupid” remark to take some heat off his floundering health care ambitions? Or is this simply a “teachable moment?” My suspicions were further...
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TV Review: Supernatural – The Boys Are Back in Town
After a long wait, the boys from Supernatural are back in town. With a new producer, this first episode gives hope that the show is heading back into the good old days. Season seven left me feeling...
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TV Review: ‘Supernatural’–‘Devil May Care’
The second episode of Supernatural’s ninth season, “Devil May Care,” focuses on Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) and his younger brother Sam (Jared Padalecki). This installment of what is, essentially,...
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TV Review: ‘Supernatural’–‘Slumber Party’
After last week’s “I’m No Angel,” I was a little anxious about Supernatural’s first Monster-of-the-Week episode. However, “Slumber Party,” written by Robbie Thompson and directed by Robert Singer, is...
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TV Review: ‘Being Human’– Series Finale
SyFy’s Being Human brought its four-season run to a close last week in “There Goes the Neighborhood: Part 3.” It’s a sweeping wrap-up for all three of the main characters, really concluding the...
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Movie Review: ‘Philomena’
Drama is an ordinary person thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Comedy is just the opposite: there, the audience watches an extraordinary person in an ordinary situation. Finally a dramedy is...
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TV Review: Game of Thrones –‘The Lion and the Rose’
Natalie Dormer and Jack Gleeson Attending a wedding on Game of Thrones seems to be a very dangerous thing. You just never know if you’ll make it to the end alive. But before we get to the wedding of...
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ZipStix: A New Era of Snapping
In a bygone golden age, jewelry known as Slap Bracelets were the height of fashion for their malleability and customization. The slapping mechanism of tension in a metal band has continued being used...
View ArticleThe New Black Opinion-Makers
Slowly over the last decade, a new crop of black opinion-makers has emerged into prominent visibility in the media. The old crew has faded into the background in what is a normal generational shift....
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Music Reviews: Anette Olzon, Anubis Gate, L.R.S., and Sevendust
Another mixed collection of new music, all worthy of your attention of course. Anette Olzon has released Shine as her solo comeback statement. She left Nightwish a few years ago under quite the cloud...
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Book Review: ‘Mind Games’ by Christine Amsden
Mind Games is the much awaited third installment in the new adult mystery series, Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective. Talented author Christine Amsden keeps delivering a great story filled with...
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Music Review: Billy Bragg –‘Live at the Union Chapel’ [CD+DVD]
2013 marked British singer/songwriter and activist Billy Bragg’s 30th year recording as a solo artist. For Bragg, it has been a long but very accomplished career. After starting out in the late 1970s...
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PAX East 2014 Preview: ‘Wolfenstein – The New Order’
Wolfenstein is a very important franchise in PC gaming history; not only did it put ID Software on the map but it ushered in the FPS genre in a real and meaningful way. Over the years, the Wolfenstein...
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Book Review: ‘Nebula Awards Showcase 2014,’ Edited by Kij Johnson
Every year since 1966, The Nebula Awards Showcase has presented the award winning and nominated stories, novellas and poems for the Nebula Awards, which are presented by the Science Fiction &...
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‘Mad Men’ Season 7: “Time Zones”
Last season’s finale closed out 1968 with just about everyone on Mad Men dealing with circumstances beyond their control and standing on the doorstep of change. On his way out the door to take his...
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‘Once Upon a Time’ Sneak Peek –‘Bleeding Through’
I can already tell that these images of next Sunday’s Once Upon a Time are going to be incendiary. The first image of Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle) and her Green Wickedness Zelena (Rebecca Mader)...
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Music Review: Doris Day –‘The Essential Doris Day’ [2-CD Collection]
The younger generation probably knows Doris Day through her movies shown late at night on various cable channels. Their parents may have known her as the star of the successful Doris Day Show,...
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Music Review: Linda Ronstadt –‘Duets’
Linda Ronstadt has the sort of voice that will allow her to sing anything and sound good. It is also the sort of voice that blends very well with other singers, male and female. Over the past four...
View ArticleTV Review: ABC’s New ‘Black Box’
I’m not sure why, but primetime television really seems to like delving into the world of troubled genius these days: NBC’s Hannibal digs into the mind of FBI profiler Will Graham and his relationship...
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Forgotten Holidays: Eight Historic or Local Celebrations that Illuminate the...
As the Boston Marathon approaches, and with it memories of last year’s horrific bombings, you may see references to the holiday “Patriots’ Day” which coincides with Marathon Monday. If you’ve ever...
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