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District 9 (New Zealand) Director: Neill Blomkamp With: Sharlto Copley, etc. One of the joys of reviewing movies is the pleasant surprise.  Sometimes I wonder if I have become jaded, and that my tastes are too refined for the average movie patron.  Then, a little gem like... Read more

Jay, Darren & The Delta Souls    Drink My Wine    Self-released    Blues [urban] Eady, Jason    AM Country Heaven    Underground Sound    C&W various artists    Plantation Gold [2 CDs]    Omni Recording Corp.    C&W Blockhead    Interludes After Midnight    Ninja Tune    E... Read more

For the Old Mole 16 April 2012  Jan Haaken and I review The Hunger Games, the first movie based on the first book in the popular Young-Adult trilogy by Susanne Collins, and still number one at the US box office. The story is set in a future version of North America, a ... Read more

The May 16, 2007 show is about Iran. We interveiwed Dr. Catherine Thomasson, President of Physicians for Social Responsibility about the history of US involvement in Iran, and about her recent trip there,  sponsored by the Fellowship of Reco... Read more

Bisi, Martin Ex-Nihilo La Société Expéditionaire Alt Rock Black Taxi Electroshock Death Grip No Shame Alt Rock Broncho Just Enough Hip To Be Woman Dine Alone Alt Rock ... Read more

Just want to make sure that I get the word out that John Talley's birthday party is a week from tomorrow, January 9th, at his favorite pub, Bob and Alice's on Foster Road. It's a pot luck and will start at 3:30ish. Come one, come all! Read more

Big FanDirector: Robert SiegelWith: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Michael RappaportThe best thing about this movie, among a lot of good things, is that a viewer can project her/his own prejudices on to the main characters.  No matter what you think ab... Read more

  BOOKS: Aftershock: Confronting Trauma in a Violent World- A Guild for Activists and Their Allies by Pattrice Jones  Constructing the Self, Constructing America: A Cultural History of Psychotherapy by Cushman, P.   The Century of the Self  by Adam Curtis (BBC Series)  All... Read more

Acid Baby Jesus Selected Recordings Slovenly Alt Rock Crying Get Olde Second Wind Run For Cover Alt Rock Dorothy Dorothy Claray Alt Rock Fayre, Lena Oko ... Read more