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Surround at Work — Part 2

Alison Krauss: Comin' Surround the Mountain
- By Leslie Shapiro
- Posted September 23, 2002
Here's an odd collaboration: Alison Krauss & Union Station, a group that's embraced bluegrass, one of the oldest forms of American music, and Super Audio CD, one of the newest and most advanced music formats.

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Surround at Work — Part 3

Hanging with Tony Visconti, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Kansas.
- By Michael Gaughn
- Posted September 23, 2002
Saying that Tony Visconti produced some of David Bowie's most innovative albums is the same as saying he produced some of the most innovative albums in rock. It's hard to listen to dance music, alternative rock, electronica, or ambient music without hearing the influence of the Visconti-helmed Bowie/Brian Eno trilogy Low, Heroes, and Lodger.

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Surround at Work — Part 1

Multichannel for the People: hanging with Elliot Scheiner as he remixes R.E.M.
- By Ken Richardson
- Posted September 10, 2002
This is the first installment of our three-part Surround at Work special feature.

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Marvelous Monsters

How the digital masters at Disney and Pixar turned /Monsters Inc./ into a frighteningly good DVD.
- By Laura Evenson
- Posted September 10, 2002
Photos by Terry Schmitt; Character images courtesy of Disney Enterprises
Also see: Measuring up Monsters

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Surround Sound Standouts

10 great SACDs and DVD-A discs
- By Rad Bennett
- Posted August 22, 2002
It's been almost two years since DVD-Audio was introduced and a little more than a year since Super Audio CD (SACD) went multichannel. In that time, SACD has amassed a catalog of about 150 surround sound music titles, while DVD-Audio has put out around 200.
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S&V Picks

Summer Travel Fun
- By Various (edited By Michael Gaughn)
- Posted July 22, 2002
Illustration by Scott Angle
Planning a summer vacation doesn't have to mean skimping on your entertainment needs anymore.

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Easter Egg Hunter

Crack open your DVDs to find the Top 10 hidden treasures
- By John Devore
- Posted July 10, 2002
What do pastel-colored eggs have to do with Easter? And what exactly do Easter eggs have to do with DVDs? To answer the first question: I have no idea. Maybe it's just another greeting-card industry conspiracy.

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The Spider’s Web
- By Peter Pachal
- Posted May 16, 2002
Given that Spider-Man has been spinning his webs in comic books for almost 40 years, it's about time the wall-crawler made the leap to the big screen. Besides starring in his own flick this spring, Spidey has his sticky fingers into - appropriately enough - the World Wide Web.

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The Cutting Edge

Microsoft's xbox takes surround sound into the gaming arena
- By S&v Staff
- Posted May 2, 2002
Until recently, no self-respecting home theater nut would even consider giving a permanent berth to a videogame console in his main system. But Microsoft's Xbox ($299) is suddenly finding itself cohabiting with A/V gear on component racks across the country.

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S&V Picks

Nerdy things to do when you're not reading Sound & Vision.
- By Peter Pachal & Drew Thompson
- Posted April 2, 2002
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Eagles: Hotel California on DVD-A
- By Ken Richardson
- Posted March 21, 2002
Elektra Music

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Living with DVD Extras

For every DVD that pushes the extras envelope, there are a dozen that fill the available space with fluff.
- By Laura Evenson
- Posted February 19, 2002
No wonder people have fallen in love with DVD extras. Increasingly, releases have a little something for everybody, going beyond the usual deleted scenes, commentary tracks, and "behind the scenes" documentaries to include games, Web links, and elaborate featurettes on things like costume design and special effects.

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