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Entertainment > Musicians & Bands 'Supergroups'explained

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Supergroup: n. a) term used to describe music groups consisting of members who have already achieved fame, either as solo artists or as members of another group. b) any band Eric Clapton has ever been a part of.Everyone has at least one supergroup in their record collection. Admit it. You're listening to Roger the Engineer ri... More..

Arts & Humanities > British Literature Gender issues in Victorian novels

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The Woman Question: Women's Roles in Victorian Literature The Victorians produced in their women a sort of "white woman's burden"the ideal Victorian woman was the "angel in the house," a model of domesticity whose main charge is caring for her menfolks, who are exhausted from saving the world from savagery. Women's status in ... More..

Entertainment > Musicians & Bands What is your favorite band and why?

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Not original, perhaps, and certainly I'm not alone in my preference, but U2 is my all-time favorite musical group.Yes, U2. Yes, Bono is slightly ubiquitous and preachy these days, and yes, their last album was barely worth the money, but hey-it's STILL U2! The band who created The Joshua Tree, War, The Unforgettable Fire, Ach... More..

Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Band reviews: Kamelot

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More and more lately I've been listening to Tampa, Florida's finest export since Yuengling and Cuban cigars...I'm talking about Kamelot, of course. These power metal overlords are Tampa born and bred (excepting their Osloite lead singer), but the hot climate of their upbringing doesn't stop them from belting icy tunes worthy ... More..

Arts & Humanities > British Literature Literary analysis: Newspeak and language control in Orwell's 1984

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English is today's lingua franca, the mother tongue of millions, and the foreign language learned most often worldwide. Imagine, then, an English whose vocabulary shrinks rather than grows annually, composed of tacked-together terms and meaningless phraseologythis is the Newspeak of George Orwell's 1984. Newspeak is possibly ... More..

Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Joss Whedon: The Whedonverse

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Joss Whedon is a god; I'm firmly convinced of it. What other single person has managed to create so much good in the world of entertainment? Don't even say 'Aaron Spelling'. The only other TV maven who comes close is J.J. Abrams, creator of Alias and LOST (okay, and Felicity). I mean, let's think about this:First, there was B... More..

Entertainment > TV Show Reviews Mini-series reviews: Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog

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Okay, so, remember the part where I wrote that Joss Whedon is God? Yeah. Totally, completely, eternally reaffirmed by his new project, the online miniseries of Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.I mean really. Stars everyone's favorite prepubescent M.D., Neil Patrick Harris, and Nathan Fillion, best thing from Canada since maple s... More..

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