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Book Review: The Desert of Souls
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Book Review: The Bards of Bone Plain
I review the latest by bardic bardress, Patricia A. McKillip for BookPage.
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Book Review: Wild Cards I
Book I of the classic shared-world anthology edited by George R.R. Martin was re-released in the months before the premier of HBO’s much-awaited televised adaptation of Martin’s Game of Thrones. Savvy timing, reviewed by me for BookPage.
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Book Review: Side Jobs
Jim Butcher’s combo of modern noir and classic fantasy in his Dresden Files series remains one of the great smack-the-forehead “Of course!” ideas of the last few decades. I reviewed a collection of Dresden stories from outside the main series of novels for BookPage.
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Book Review: Zero History
William Gibson is a legend in sci-fi—so much so that I had a working “cocktail conversation” knowledge of his style and works though I had never read any of his works. My review of Gibson’s latest for BookPage spurred me to correct that lapse—reading his previous two books in addition to Zero History. And now I have a better understanding of why he’s so well-regarded. Impressive.
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Film Preview: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
This was a strange one, in that I was tasked to write something before seeing the movie. This was the result, for The City Paper.
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Handsome Furs at the Exit/In
Handsome Furs w/ special guests DRI & The Cinnamon Band
Wednesday July 15, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Husband-wife duo Handsome Furs brings new meaning to the phrase “move to the music.” Sure, Alexei Perry’s keyboard-constructed beats and Dan Boeckner’s distortion-heavy guitar riffs will give you plenty of reason to move your feet, but for the Montreal-based group, their music fuels their touring and their touring, their music. Their initial 2007 release, Plague Park, was inspired by the couple’s travels through Scandinavia, and their latest, Face Control, was born of travels through Eastern Europe and Russia.
The result will be on stage Wednesday night at Exit/In as the Handsome Furs finish out a string of North American dates before returning overseas. If you haven’t heard of Handsome Furs, YouTube and iTunes make it easy to get a taste of what you’ll miss. But better yet, don’t miss it. Songs like “I’m Confused” and “Radio Kaliningrad”—and bands like Handsome Furs, for that matter—will always taste best live.
And who knows—maybe their performance at a rock venue long in tradition (and a bit in tooth) will inspire a song on their next album.
They’ll do their part. You do yours.
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Film Review: Terminator Salvation
Trust me. He’ll be back. This T4 review written for The City Paper.
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Film Review: 17 Again
In every reviewer’s life, a little Efron must fall…in this case, in the form of my review of 17 Again.
But in the spirit of BONUS CONTENT sure to ASTOUND!!!, I suggest everyone who enjoys the Cobra Kai reference to visit sweeptheleg.com. Will you be glad you did? Let’s not be hasty.
MEB
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Film Review: Monsters vs. Aliens
Below, a link to my review of Monsters vs. Aliens for The City Paper.
—MEB