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15 January 2010
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Lost and Found: We Check the Pulse of Independent Record Stores

Written by Nick Leitzke
Slowly but surely I am making my way through the backlog of music I couldn’t afford to buy last year. The list is long, and it keeps growing thanks to new releases and newly discovered record labels like Hozac. I keep reminding myself that just because the …

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10 January 2010
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In Defense of Trends: What’s Next?

Written by Scott Ahn
Upon relishing the divine fruits of a new year, a new decade, and a fresh start we ponder what future endeavors await us.  In the art world, there have been moments as a society where we’ve imagined an end to any further creative thought, only to find …

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6 January 2010
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Movies To Take With You Into The New Decade: Children of Men

Written by Nick Leitzke
The first movie I Netflixed in 2010 was from 2006. After reading Brother Scott’s 20 best movie moments from the past decade I was convinced to check out ‘Children of Men.’ I didn’t realize it was based on a P.D. James novel. My mother is a big P.D. …

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1 January 2010
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In the Spotlight: Moderat

Written by Scott Ahn
What makes the collaboration between Modeselektor and Apparat (both names combined to form Moderat) intriguing, is both the stylistic differences in their music, and the fact that they have previously collided with each other in  a failed attempt to collaborate back in 2002.  It is simple to …

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1 January 2010
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A Top Ten List By A Recession-Weary Movie Lover

Written by Nick Leitzke
In the middle of a recession you have to make sacrifices. When cable costs over a hundred dollars for hundreds of channels of which I will only watch a few with any regularity, a major cut needs to be made. When the price of a movie ticket …

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1 January 2010
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The Fairy Tale of New Year’s Music

Written by Nick Leitzke
The holiday season is behind us, but I continue to dwell on it because that’s what I do. Every year a friend of mine makes a holiday mix. What astounds me is his persistence. Year after year he fills a CD to capacity with Christmas music. The …

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30 December 2009
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Ambient NRG and Electric Sufi (Video Edits by Adil Anwar): Man & Technology (A Track and Message to End 2009)

Volcano
Friends! Who am I?
Brothers! Who are you?
Companions! What is this reality?
My dears! What are these durations that every moment is dancing at the expense of annihilation?

What happened was at night time when the sky was glittering and the plane of stars was under the wings of these lights. A bright …

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29 December 2009
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A Brief Defense of ‘Lord of the Rings’

Written by Nick Leitzke
“Hollywood picked the right decade to go over the rainbow.”
Associated Press writer David Germain used that as his opening line in a recent wrap-up of the decade in film. You can read the entire article here. It’s an innocent look at ten years’ worth of movies, who’s …

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13 December 2009
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Indie Music of 2009: Obscure and Not-So-Obscure Favorites

Photos courtesy of Ryan Muir
Written by Nick Leitzke
We approach the end of 2009 ready to create best-of lists and dish accolades upon our favorite artists. As the end draws near, however, I am overcome with a sense of loss. Where did this year go? They say each year goes by …

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1 December 2009
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8 Dangerous Movie Scenes Played By Kinetic Type

Kinetic Typography is the art of animated type which emphasizes on the effect that time has on the expression of text.  Here are a few samples that use some of film’s most memorable scenes.

To view more Kinetic Typography, visit:  The Typography Channel

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