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41. DVDish

    Donkey Punch

    Robert Wilonsky, Jordan Harper and Jim Ridley

    Published: January 31, 2008

    The King of Kong (New Line) Seth Gordon's best-of-2007 documentary about the battle for Donkey Kong supremacy remains a work-in-progress: Billy Mitchell, the longtime...

42. What Else Is New?

    DVD Releases for the Week of January 29

    Published: January 31, 2008

    Aqua Teen Hunger Force: 5 (Warner Bros.) Barn of the Naked Dead (Legend House) Bordertown (THINKFilm) Canvas (Universal) Chancer: Series 2 (Acorn Media) The Comebacks...

43. Game On

    Point and Chop

    No amount of sharpening can save this dull blade

    By GARY HODGES

    Published: January 31, 2008

    The very first time I saw the Wii's motion-sensitive "Wiimote," a single thought bounced in my head like a toddler on corn syrup: Finally we're gonna get an f-ing brilliant...

44. Critics' Picks

    Flogging Molly, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

    Sunday, February 3, House of Blues, Dallas

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: January 31, 2008

    Traditional regional music is a heavy influence for all three acts on this bill. Flogging Molly is a Los Angeles punk band that uses traditional Irish melodies and...

45. playlist

    Reverend Organdrum

    Hi-Fi Stereo (Yep Roc)

    By Jesse Hughey

    Published: January 31, 2008

    It's inevitable. At some point you'll be at a bona fide grown-up party, where nobody is throwing up, burning things, doing bong hits or staining the carpet. You'll find you're...

46. Bsides

    Rapper's Caviar Dreams

    Are the latest boastful rappers billionaires or boobs?

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: January 31, 2008

    Irrational exuberance is so widespread in hip-hop right now that Alan Greenspan might freak out—if he understood rap lyrics. There are no two ways about it: Hip-hop sales...

47. Critics' Picks

    Holy Diver, Mic the Tiger

    Friday, February 1, at The Cavern

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: January 31, 2008

    Lee May, singer/guitarist of local psychedelic rockers Holy Diver, is adamant that his band is not, nor ever will be, a tribute band to Ronnie James Dio. "We all had this...

48. playlist

    Taunus

    Harriet (Ahornfelder)

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: January 31, 2008

    Formed in 2001 by Berliner steel string guitarists Jan Thoben and Jochen Brisen, Taunus started as a fairly conventional jazz combo with eccentric folk leanings. The debut,...

49. Bsides

    Dirt Finds New Ground

    Dirt and Earthy Vibes go where others fear to tread

    By Darryl Smyers

    Published: January 31, 2008

    Being the director of your own music school can have its positive results outside of work, especially if you front a band in your spare time. "I make music all day long with...