so-so caca sophisti-caca funky house grime hip hop techno all raved out on New Years Eve 2010-11 with UK lineup - Ramadanman, Bok Bok and friends. Midnight Request Line at midnight no less! Nice party on the small Elbo Room dancefloor with happy drunken people and my Dubious Dear-u. ...

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Realist writer Moravia, lays down the truth bomb on a tortured relationship in, Contempt, and fascism in, The Conformist, both translated into film by Godard and Bertolucci respectively. The writer is intensely interested in misrepresentation, the point at which projection becomes invisible or decadence begets a need for order, and thus, the cinematic interpretations accurately depict tenuous idylls ruptured with a kind of paradox....

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It occurs to me that American TV doesn't have the rich history of historical drama that the British boast of. Boardwalk Empire remedies the fault, with an over reliance perhaps on "shocking" sex scenes and sometimes clunky characterization, but making up for it with a cannily cast Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, kingmaker and gangster extraordinaire, as well as Kelly Macdonald as...

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A baffling trip to Trader Joe's for Burgundy a la Beef Bourguignon, prompted me to check out Drink This at the library - by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, with informative review here. In an unpretentious and practical voice, the author guides the novice through basic knowledge of history and wine making, provides a rubric to identify characteristics of specific species of wine, how to compare them...

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Imminent Releases at the Top of my Personal Playlist: Dragon Age II Alice: Madness Returns Diablo III Rock of Ages From Dust Cargo In the Works, or Games to Also Consider: In tandem with eagerly awaited Game of Thrones HBO series, an RTS game by Cyanide. Carbine Studios unannounced offering that looks eerily similar to Avatar. Saturated DreamersNeverwinter Online. Sweetening the bitter aftertaste of Final...

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Deathly Hallows I shows our intrepid children grown up and using all the skills they have worked hard to acquire and trading in on all of the moments, magics, and friendships of the first 5 books in order to overcome obstacles instinctively. Watching them do this is intensely satisfying - Harry easily banishing the eaters with a well practiced Expecto Patronus spell - and...

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