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PLANET OF PERIL (49)
TALKING CARS & DUMMIES
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Zeno’s Paradox
In the screen classic beloved by philosophy undergraduates everywhere, Benjamin Socrates (Dustin Hoffman) is the target of an attempted seduction by Diotima (Mrs. Robinson)....
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13th
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Tom Verlaine
What musician has been more unfairly burdened with expectations set by his early work than TOM VERLAINE (Thomas Miller, born 1949)? His band Television’s...
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12th
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Gladwell Moore’s Guide to Girls (1)
Girls have always had lots of guides to boys, from Susan Dey to He’s Just Not That Into You. Boys, however, have had to...
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12th
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Avatars
I’ve been reading the debate about James Cameron’s CGI magnum opus Avatar over at io9— which strangely reawakened an old puppetry hobbyhorse long dormant....
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12th
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Chess Match (3)
DINNER. Not a little fit, not a little fit sun sat in shed more mentally. Let us why, let us why weight, let us...
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12th
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Sheila E.
Sheila Escovedo, better known as SHEILA E. (born 1957), is a curious case: a totally solid musician and performer who’s spent the high points...
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11th
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Sugarplum Squeampunk
"An unspeakable sledge,/and eight Things to strike fear!"
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11th
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Maila Nurmi
Finnish-born MAILA NURMI (1921-2008) kicked around Hollywood as a hatcheck girl and pinup model before a turn as the Charles Addams cartoon character later...
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