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iPod Shuffle offers latest whizbangs

Weighing in at 0.38 ounces and standing at a mere 1.8 inches tall, the newest Apple iPod Shuffle is one of the smallest music players on the market. The third generation Shuffle, offered in silver...


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hannah montana: the movie

Earlier this year, I almost joined the "Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana for LDOC" Facebook group. After seeing Hannah Montana: The Movie, I am counting my good blessings that Ben Folds and Gym Class...


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editor'snote

This isn't officially my last issue of recess; that's technically next week, but in practice, I'll probably be hunkered down frantically finishing my thesis, abandoning all the real work to Andrew...


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bat for lashes

Natasha Khan's voice defies concise description. On Two Suns, Khan's second LP under the moniker Bat for Lashes, the English-Pakistani songwriter uses her flexible pipes to precisely express a wide...


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junior boys

Dance-punk is so 2003, but dance-pop is so now. With Cut Copy, Crystal Castles, M83 and practically anything coming out of Sweden, 80s-sounding music is better today than it was in the 80s. Even...


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Street depicts modern India

A coffin floats in the middle of a chaotic crowd. As the people strain to get closer, their contorted bodies radiate a palpable tension. Captured by artist Ram Rahman, this scene is one of many...


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doves

Doves' newest album, Kingdom of Rust, will satisfy old fans as well as garner new ones. The record is both urgent and essential, with an underlying anxiety waiting to break its calm exterior....


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observe & report

Seth Rogen is no Paul Blart. The second mall-cop movie of the year is sure to separate itself from its predecessor with disturbing violence and filthy, mature humor. Rogen stars in Observe and...


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The Sandbox

From Quirk Books (no joke) comes a sure candidate for the Pulitzer, the Nobel, the National Book Award (or Booker? Austen was originally English...) and probably some assorted science fiction...