Ken Richardson

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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEWS: Riddle of Steel
Ken Richardson  |  Sep 14, 2005
Got This Feelin' Ascetic
Music •••½Sound •••
These guys share their name with a pen-and-paper role-playing game
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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEWS: The Cash Family
Ken Richardson  |  Sep 14, 2005

"I hear the Man a-comin' / He's rolling 'round the bend - on 104 tracks!" Or so you'll sing in praise of the Man in Black's big boxed set, The Legend (Columbia/Legacy). His name, of course, is Johnny Cash, and the box serves up four CDs of songs that include seven previously unreleased performances.

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Music Reviews
Boxed to the Nines
Ken Richardson  |  Dec 14, 2005
LEGACY

JOHNNY CASH The Legend: Limited Edition (Columbia/Legacy, 5 CDs and 1 DVD, $330) CHARLIE POOLE "You Ain't Talkin' to Me": Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music (Columbia/Legacy, 3 CDs, $40) With tracks from 1954 to 2002, the Cash set comes in a 12 x 16-i

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Music Reviews
PG or Not PG?
Ken Richardson  |  Dec 14, 2005

It's been nearly two years since the Janet Jackson Offense at the Super Bowl, so the music industry must be chaste by now. Not exactly! Check out THE LOVEMAKERS, who make rock/electronic dance music with "sexually charged fury," says the bio for their CD, Times of Romance.

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Music Reviews
MUSIC: Last Minute Shopping!
Ken Richardson  |  Dec 07, 2005

Need more than the boxes and Christmas discs we gave you? Clip this list and get nutcrackin'!

BOXES:

Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (Columbia, 1 CD, 2 DVDs), with new remastering plus 1975 gig and more.

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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEW: Trey Anastasio
Ken Richardson  |  Jan 14, 2006
Shine Columbia
Music •••• Sound •••• DualDisc Extras •••½
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Music Reviews
MUSIC: Queens of All Ages
Ken Richardson  |  Feb 03, 2006

They'll breakfast at Tiffany's, they'll sing to you in Japanese - oh, wait. Jardin, jardin, jardin, jardin! That would be French. No matter - they're still only here to entertain you. And that's exactly what the young boys in The Darkness do on their second album, One Way Ticket to Hell ...

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New Products
New Product: ATO iSee 360i iPod Video Recorder
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 03, 2006

Oh, say, can you iSee? The first video recorder designed specifically for the iPod, ATO's iSee 360i allows you to record and store movies, TV shows, and photos directly from your DVR, TV, or PC. You can then watch the programs on the 3.6-inch LCD screen, which is 90% larger than that of the video iPod.

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New Products
New Product: Jamo Reference R 909 Dipole Speaker
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 03, 2006

It's the side view of a speaker with no sides - and no back either! Jamo's dipolar Reference R 909 ($15,000 a pair) has two 15-inch woofers, a 5.5-inch midrange, and a 1-inch tweeter. But it doesn't have a traditional cabinet.

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Other Tech
Simultaneous Theater/TV/DVD Release Riles Cinema Owners
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 02, 2006

It's directed by Steven Soderbergh, whose credits include everything from Sex, Lies, and Videotape to Traffic, Erin Brockovich, and Ocean's Eleven. It's scored by Robert Pollard, the former Guided by Voices leader, composing his first film music.

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