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Game On
Paging Freaks
Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records
By Chris Ward
Published: April 3, 2008
As a kid, I spent countless hours thumbing through a dog-eared copy of The Guinness Book of World Records, determined to find just the right stupid human trick to vault me into...
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Critics' Picks
Ghosthustler, Genova
Friday, April 4, at The Cavern
By Pete Freedman
Published: April 3, 2008
Ghosthustler, Denton's much-loved electro-dance outfit, doesn't exactly appear to be in a big hurry. They've been mentioned on Pitchfork's tastemaking site, they're constantly...
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R.E.M.
Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
By Annie Zaleski
Published: April 3, 2008
R.E.M.'s 14th studio album, Accelerate, lives up to its speedy title. It's loud, quick and dirty, spinning by so fast that it takes multiple listens to absorb. It's full of...
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Bsides
The Decemberists' Colin Meloy Tries His Hand at American Soul
By Darryl Smyers
Published: April 3, 2008
Colin Meloy, the Anglophile frontman for indie rock darlings The Decemberists, hardly tops the list of the people you'd expect to hear singing Sam Cooke. After all, the wordy,...
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Film
In Shine a Light, Seniors Scorsese and The Stones Together Again
By Camille Dodero
Published: April 3, 2008
Mick Jagger's most essential physical feature, according to Martin Scorsese: his bellystache. On the poster for Shine a Light, the big-shot director's Rolling Stones concert...
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Critics' Picks
Collin Herring CD Release Show
Saturday, April 5, at The Cavern
By Darryl Smyers
Published: April 3, 2008
Fort Worth's Collin Herring is temporarily residing in Austin, trying to keep his life in order. After releasing his brilliant sophomore effort, 2005's The Other Side of...
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Destroyer
Trouble in Dreams (Merge)
By Chris Henderson
Published: April 3, 2008
Destroyer frontman Dan Bejar decided that the lineup that recorded his band's 2006 album Destroyer's Rubies should remain intact indefinitely, so the follow-up to that record,...
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Critics' Picks
Haste the Day, Sick Puppies
Saturday, April 5, at House of Blues
By Darryl Smyers
Published: April 3, 2008
Indianapolis-based Christian metalcore band Haste the Day is the headliner for this show, but it's the Australia-native Sick Puppies who are the real attraction on this bill....
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Broadcast Sea
Wounded Soldier (Pluto)
By Jesse Hughey
Published: April 3, 2008
Like the subject matter at the heart of its lyrics, Wounded Soldier is almost too much to bear. The ghosts of fallen soldiers and the traumatic memories of warriors still...
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