Amy Black, Memphis. The sign on the front door of the African-American motorcycle club in Memphis said “Rattlesnakes do not commit suicide.” Makes sense. Bluff City can be a tough road, but once the deep soul of the place reveals itself to visitors, there is no turning back. Singer Amy Black’s last album was made...
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Gadget Review: Oyen Digital’s MiniPro USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive for Nintendo’s Wii U
Anyone who has a Wii U will know that it doesn’t come with much storage space by big console standards. By the time you’ve downloaded a couple of games from the Nintendo eStore, most of the space has been eaten up. While it’s possible to add external storage, that’s a bit of a crap shoot...
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Software Review: Air Parrot 2 for Windows 10
Apple’s AirPlay and Google’s Chromecast have become the de facto standards for mobile device streaming. Yet, Windows 10 still lacks an inbuilt streaming system that is as widely available and easy to use. Microsoft’s latest OS will stream media to an Xbox or Miracast device but DLNA compatibility is a mixed bag and configuring a...
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Gadget Review: Insignia 8-inch 32 GB Microsoft Windows Tablet
Given that the cheapest brand-name tablets on the market currently retail for around $300, it’s hard to believe you can get anything half-decent for half that price. Hence, Best Buy’s $130 8-inch Insignia Windows tablet comes as something of a surprise. Like most tablets in the same price bracket, it’s chunky and has a low...
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Nintendo Wii Game Review: Skylanders SWAP Force
A new Skylanders video game has become an annual event since the 2011 release of Spyro’s Adventure. This year’s installment, Skylanders SWAP Force, should be at the top of any fan’s wish list for Santa or the Boxing Week sales. Like its two predecessors, Spyro’s Adventure and Skylanders Giants, SWAP Force features the combination of...
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Watch It! House in the Big House, Jessica Lange in a Haunted House, Harry Potter, and The Ghost Writer
The fall season is off and still running with more premieres on the networks and satellite channels as well as finales (Breaking Bad), films (Scorsese on George Harrison) and reality (Say Yes to the Dress), and spooky stuff like Harry Potter’s penultimate installment and Mysteries at the Museum, plus Raphael Saadiq—so don’t say there’s nothing...
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Is Big Brother 13 Rigged?
We’ve known for years that the phrase “reality television” is an oxymoron, but is it actually possible that Big Brother 13, which is doing well for CBS in the ratings, is actually rigged? Okay, rigged might be too strong a word (does “strategically pre-planned” sound better?), but the summer reality TV staple is once again...
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The Ghosts Of Wilson’s Creek
The American Civil War is returning to Missouri. Over the weekend of 12-14 August, the Wilson’s Creek Foundation will mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek with a major re-enactment of the engagement, and once again the ground and trees will shake to the roar of cannon and the clatter of muskets....