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"The Beaver." Seriously. At SXSW.
- By Ken Richardson
- Posted March 19, 2011
In her latest film, director/co-star Jodie Foster has Mel Gibson speaking almost exclusively in a Cockney accent — the "voice" of a beaver puppet.
Is this the recipe for a train wreck?

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SXSW Interactive: MOG to stream in car
- By Ken Richardson
- Posted March 19, 2011
MOG has indeed announced that it will be the first music-streamin

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Bob Geldof at SXSW: Best. Keynote. Ever.

The onetime Boomtown Rat and Live Aid organizer sounds off vividly on all matters musical and political. Not to mention the blogosphere.
- By Ken Richardson
- Posted March 17, 2011
Maybe not exactly ever, but it sure seemed that way. After all, unlike recent "keynotes" at the SXSW Music Festival — which have tended to be mere Q&As with an onstage interviewer — Bob Geldof's talk this morning was an actual keynote speech. And an enthralling one at that.

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"Source Code," "Super," "Win Win" at SXSW
- By Ken Richardson
- Posted March 16, 2011
Why does Jake Gyllenhaal suddenly find himself on a commuter train headed to Chicago? And why is Michelle Monaghan so interested in him?

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It's here: Bambi 2
- By sandv blog
- Posted March 2, 2011
That's "2" as in Disney's Second Screen technology, introduced on the 1942 animated classic's Blu-ray debut, which was unveiled yesterday in a Diamond Edition.

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"Resistance" to 3D: Futile?
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 3, 2010
Maybe you saw Inception. Maybe you loved those three-dimensional-looking images. Maybe you realized — and appreciated — that those images weren't actually in 3D.

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Harman Kardon? Check. Harman Newsweek?!
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 3, 2010
"He started a business selling FM radios in the 1950s" . . . and now he's running Newsweek magazine! Yes, Sidney Harman, whose 92nd birthday is tomorrow, has bought the ailing publication because, as he quipped to The New York Times, "I think I should stop misspending my youth."

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Saturday was Record Store Day!

Hundreds of stores celebrated with exclusive releases and gigs. Details here!
- By sandv blog
- Posted April 16, 2010
[This report was posted on Friday the 16th. The Web site for Record Store Day remains active all year.]

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Torn and frayed at SXSW . . .

. . . and loving every minute of it. A report from the SXSW Music Festival.
- By sandv blog
- Posted March 20, 2010
It's like this . . .

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Iggy wept (and SXSW crept up . . . )
- By sandv blog
- Posted March 17, 2010
Yes, Iggy wept. I mean no disrespect to the shortest sentence in the Bible, but seeing Iggy Pop choke up at Monday night's induction of the Stooges into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was, if not Biblical, then at least Shakespearean. Who'd have thought that the Igster would nearly lose his ultra-cool?

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"The National Parks": Lighthouses of the Holy

Planning a trip to a Park this summer? Whet your appetite with views from Ken Burns and — Wayne Stewart?
- By sandv blog
- Posted March 10, 2010
Actually, I'm talking about one lighthouse here, but in two images. First up, courtesy of the National Park Foundation:

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What's wrong with this Les Paul cartoon?
- By sandv blog
- Posted August 17, 2009
My hat's off to Steve Breen of the San Diego Union-Tribune for marking the death of Les Paul so wittily. But two other things are off about this cartoon. Can you figure them out? Answers below the jump.

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