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A Dozen DVD Boxed Sets

By sandv blog
Posted July 3, 2007

Time and tide wait for no man, and neither do DVD release dates. Somehow these excellent boxed sets managed to avoid getting reviewed by me, but I think they deserve a plug anyway, and what better place for plugging than a blog. So here's a dozen sets, with more to follow. —Josef Krebs

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Vinyl Sessions, Round 1, Part 1: On the Dark Side

By sandv blog
Posted July 3, 2007

What a time we had. What a time our ears had. As I’d mentioned in my Track One editorial in the July/August S&V, longtime friend of the mag and CE industry vet Micah Sheveloff and I have been planning to do monthly vinyl-listening sessions for some time now.

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Spring Awakening: Broadway Reborn

By sandv blog
Posted July 4, 2007

Misunderstood teenagers + (aloof parents x other cold authority figures) + doomed lovers. Do the math, and the answer is: 1957. The year of West Side Story, right?

Two nights ago, I felt like it was indeed 50 years ago as I watched a similarly groundbreaking musical, Spring Awakening.

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P.S. on BJ: SACD and DD

By sandv blog
Posted July 6, 2007

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Rush Rattles PNC

By sandv blog
Posted July 9, 2007

Saw the second of three Rush shows I'm gonna catch on the 2007 tour last night at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ. Had on (naturally) a Porcupine Tree shirt and promptly sweated through it in the 90+degree heat. Ugh.

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Lavigne vs. Rubinoos: Not-So-Fast "Friend"s!

By sandv blog
Posted July 9, 2007

Kudos to our own Brett Milano for predicting the current legal skirmish between Avril Lavigne and the Rubinoos.

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Vinyl Sessions, Round 1, Part 2: Brothers in Ears

By sandv blog
Posted July 9, 2007

When last we left off in vinyl land, Micah Sheveloff and I were quite enthralled with the joys of wax and less so with those of the shiny digital disc.

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Traveling Bandburys

By sandv blog
Posted July 10, 2007

How gratifying was it to see that The Traveling Wilburys recently debuted at #9 in the U.S. and at #1 in the U.K. with The Traveling Wilburys Collection (Rhino/Wilbury), a three-disc compilation that includes both of their albums (1988's Volume 1 and 1990's Volume 3) and a making-of DVD?

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Harry and the Potters

By sandv blog
Posted July 10, 2007

The countdown is truly winding down now — less than 4 hours to go (Eastern time) until the midnight premiere of Film No. 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And less than 2 hours to go until my wife and son get in line! (Not me, alas. If I go, I'll never be able to wake up and be fresh for things like . . . writing blogs!)

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Bach to the Future

By sandv blog
Posted July 12, 2007

"It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself." —Johann Sebastian Bach

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