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Teenage Zombies

Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys, which was released in April, is a video game designed to look like a comic book, with scenes shown as comic frames with text bubbles for speech.
It plays like a standard 2D platformer, Zombies are the heroes battling villains in the form of alien brains that have [...]

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Hit Paraders
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Indie Rock
Sub Pop
June 17, 2008

Don’t be fooled by the fact that At Mount Zoomer, the sophomore full-length album from Montreal quintet Wolf Parade, contains just nine songs. While that may appear to be a measly output on the surface, what the tracks lack in number they make up for in scope.
At Mount Zoomer clocks in [...]

Make some burgers!
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Following up on my grilling story for The Boston Globe, Weber shared a few ridiculously good-looking burger recipes, and I think you need to have a look.

EA Sports details new All-Play line for Wii
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EA Sports announced Thursday further details regarding its upcoming All-Play line of games. The new Wii exclusive line encourages social play and features unique control schemes and presentation values designed especially to appeal to players of all skill sets.
“The Wii platform and the Wii consumer are looking for a very unique sports experience,” said Peter Moore, president [...]

Ingrid Michaelson — A healthy dose of music comes to Boston
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Music teamed with health awareness May 15 for a performance at Boston’s Berklee College Performance Center, as part of the “Music Inspires Health” tour, proving that entertainment can be educational as well enjoyable.
Headlining the Boston stop was indie-pop artist Ingrid Michaelson who self-consciously acknowledged that, yes, she does sing “The Sweater Song” from the Old [...]

Death Cab for Cutie shoots for the Stairs
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When I heard that Death Cab for Cutie’s “Narrow Stairs,” which was released last month, was the number one album in the country, my first thought was, “I wonder what Seth Cohen would think.” [...]

Changing opinions about Anime — one 7-foot red robot at a time
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Robert Scholz took a deep breath as he carefully walked backwards up the stairs. In the distance he could hear shouts from the eager audience and the sound of the MC trying to hold their attention. Scholz tried to move a little faster, but his pace remained constant while friends assisted him from all sides.

Chelan Simmons
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If you ever find yourself thirsting for a taste sensation by the same name, Chelan Simmons will know she’s made it.

Party of Five: Indie rockers Eisley keep it all in the Family
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One might assume that the members of indie quintet Eisley are given a hero’s welcome when they return to their suburban hometown of Tyler, Texas between touring. After all, the group (four siblings and their cousin) has toured with the likes of Coldplay and Snow Patrol, earned critical acclaim for their sophomore effort, last year’s “Combinations,” and had a song from the record featured on MTV juggernaut “The Hills” - all while most of them were still in or barely out of their teens.

Well, not so much, according to singer/guitarist Sherri DuPree, who chatted with Blast from a recent tour stop in Hoboken, N.J. [...]

Jimmy Russell’s 54 Julep
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Jimmy Russell, master distiller at Wild Turkey shares a recipe for his perfect mint julep — using Wild Turkey 101, of course.

Edward R. Murrow at 100
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American history has its heroes. Washington. Lincoln. King.

Murrow.

If you don’t understand how important journalism is in a society, you need only read a biography of Edward R. Murrow and see what he did during World War II and then during the American anti-communism years.

Murrow was born 100 years ago Friday.

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