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"Star Trek" returning to theaters for 2 weeks
SV Staff  |  Sep 02, 2009  |  0 comments
Critics and fans agree: the Star Trek reboot was pretty awesome. It re-imagined the classic story with spot-on actors, fantastic action scenes, and a storyline that managed to both honor and remain consistent with the original series. Well, if you...
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"The Frame" Fine Art Channel
SV Staff  |  Aug 13, 2008  |  0 comments
Canada's Shaw Cable just launched a new HD channel that will really show off the true art of HD. "The Frame" is a 24/7 channel that will showcase fine art and photographs from 16 galleries across Canada. The galleries will shift every...
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"The National Parks": Lighthouses of the Holy
SV Staff  |  Mar 10, 2010  |  0 comments
Actually, I'm talking about one lighthouse here, but in two images. First up, courtesy of the National Park Foundation: Readers of our print magazine will recognize that as the photo accompanying our December 2009 review of The National Parks...
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"Thriller" in surround. NOT!
SV Staff  |  Dec 07, 2007  |  0 comments
Here we don't go again: According to a report on Billboard.com, Epic/Legacy will release a 25th-anniversary edition of Michael Jackson's Thriller on February 12. (Actually, last year was the 25th birthday of this 1982 album, although it did make...
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"Variations," "Soloist": classical is popular
SV Staff  |  Apr 24, 2009  |  0 comments
In one of those nice instances of serendipity, classical music — specifically, Beethoven — is the foundation of a new play and a new film.On Broadway is Moisés Kaufman's 33 Variations. The play was first seen in 2007 in Washington, D.C., and...
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"Volcano" versus the "Volcano"!
SV Staff  |  Jul 19, 2007  |  0 comments
Okay, I'm not trying to make fun of the deadly incident itself . . . But c'mon, folks, hasn't anyone noticed the eerie similarity between the steam-pipe blast in New York yesterday - alias "Midtown Volcano!" (NY Post) or, more...
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"YYZ": Heroic Guitarist or "Guitar Hero"?
SV Staff  |  Sep 18, 2007  |  0 comments
My older son, Paul, is kinda bummed that he wasn't able to go with me to Rush's American tour finale last night at Madison Square Garden. Seems he was especially eager to hear "YYZ." That would be "YYZ" as made famous by...
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$1 Billion Charge to Format-War Loser: Did Toshiba Get Off Easy?
SV Staff  |  Mar 13, 2008  |  0 comments
To design a consumer electronics product and ramp up its production costs lots and lots of money. To shut down the conveyor belts after marketing is already in full swing costs even more. Still, it sure hurt: Japanese business paper The Nikkei...
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$1 Blu-ray Premium From Netflix
SV Staff  |  Oct 08, 2008  |  0 comments
Netflix has always had very reasonable rates, but if you want to keep getting Blu-ray Discs as part of your rental agreement, you're gonna have to pay to play. Not by much. The Blu-ray premium is only $1.00 per month. Is there anything to...
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$1.29 is too much for a song from iTunes
SV Staff  |  Mar 27, 2009  |  0 comments
When iTunes introduced their one-price-fits-all model for selling music, many record labels were unhappy with the situation. The ability to buy a single song for a dollar made full records a hard sell for some artists. But it was a hit with...
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