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Tommy Shaw's Summertime Playlist
Mike Mettler  |  May 31, 2006

Like the Rolling Stones, Styx continues to gather no moss. Singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw has been a member of these perennially successful road warriors - perhaps best known for enduring rock hits like "Renegade," "Come Sail Away," and "Too Much Time on My Hands" - for 30 years and counting.

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Shannon Larkin of Godsmack's Summertime Playlist
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 04, 2006

Godsmack, Boston's multiplatinum metal growlers, took the nation by storm this past April by debuting at #1 with their heavy-hitting, aptly named fourth album, IV (Republic/Universal). And though the band's drummer Shannon Larkin loves his iPod ("every single song on it came from my own collection"), he still has a thing for CDs.

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15 Minutes with the Goo Goo Dolls' Johnny Rzeznik
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 01, 2006

Buffalo's favorite sons the Goo Goo Dolls are at it again, this time barnstorming on a cross-country shed tour to support the ever-catchy Let Love In (Warner Bros.) while teamed up with the Counting Crows. Singer/songwriter and all-around nice Goo guy Johnny Rzeznik recently took some time out from the road to chat Web-exclusively with S&V.

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Music Reviews
MUSIC REVIEW: Tapes 'n Tapes
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 05, 2006
The Loon Xl
Music •••• Sound •••½
This Minneapolis foursome stirs the indie-rock cauldron with gusto, mixing vocal a
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Proper Modulation - Insights & incisors: Q&A with Gary Dell'Abate
Mike Mettler  |  May 04, 2007

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
DVD Review: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 04, 2007

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Music Reviews
CD Review: Coldplay's 'Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 26, 2008
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Capitol
Music •••½Sound ••••

No pressure.

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BackTalk: Julie Benz from 'Dexter'
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 25, 2008

The opening-credits sequence for Dexter is an absolute wonder to watch and listen to on DVD, wouldn't you agree?Oh, yes. Those opening credits are brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. They're creepy; they're cool. Everything that the show is gets encapsulated in those opening credits. A certain genius was at work when they were put together.

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Editor-in-Chief Mike Mettler's Top 50 Albums of All Time
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 26, 2008

As I noted in one of the five entries I wrote for our Top 50 Albums of All Time list (actually, I also penned three of the uncredited entries for albums 41-50 - see if you can guess which ones once our master list posts), I became an audio journalist to extol the virtues of great-sounding recordings.

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An Hour with /SCTV/'s Rick Moranis
Mike Mettler  |  Aug 02, 2004

Top cat: Moranis as Elton John

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