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Music

ALBUM:
Limeland - Logos For Love
Finally! The perfect album to listen to while assembling small intricate mechanical toys! Lineland aka Malcolm Felder has created a pedestrian but pleasant album full of electronic based blip-and-glitch soundscapes occasionally punctuated with acoustic instrumentation and analog percussion.

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ALBUM:
Break And Repair Method - Milk The Bee
I wish I wouldn’t have glanced at Break and Repair’s bio before I gave this record a whirl, and I will mercifully save you from the obvious bias that came once a certain fact was revealed to me.

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ALBUM:
The New Year - The New Year
The classic bands Bedhead and Codeine were (in)famous for having their names directly relate to the effects of their music. I dare you to get through an album without dozing off! So with this collaboration between main songwriters Matt & Bubba Kadane (formerly of Bedhead) and Chris Brokaw (of Codeine), one would expect a colossal snoozer.

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Video Games

MIDNIGHT CLUB LA:
For XBOX 360
Perhaps it was the kickass soundtrack (which includes The Presets, CSS, Kid Cudi to name a few) or the beautiful digital recreation of Los Angeles that got me...

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GEARS OF WAR 2:
For XBOX 360
I didn’t beat the first Gears of War. I got all the way to the last boss, but neglected to keep my torque bow. I had maybe half a clip of ammo for the lancer, and some other bullshit weapon when I got to the last checkpoint before the boss. 

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REVIEW IN HAIKU:
Futurama: Bender's Game & Fable 2
Opinions in 5-7-5 syllable format! J

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Movies

DVDS:
Mad Men, Season 2
After a phenomenal first season, Mad Men continues on to impress its audience through 13 more episodes. The series follows the lives of advertising execs and copy writers in 1960s New York. 

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REVIEW IN HAIKU:
Quantum of Solace and The Dark Knight
5-7-5 syllable format returns—this time to take on 007 and Batman.

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DVDS:
Wanted, available now on DVD
I am not familiar with the graphic novel it is based on, but Wanted definitely holds its own with the best comic to silver screen adaptations of recent years.

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Books

BOOK SMARTS:
Ladies of Rock
Josh Eisenberg reviews three new books on the lives of lady musicians.

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