Archive | May 15, 2012

TunesDay: Ryan Shaw is in the house

by on May 15, 2012 in Music & Popular Culture, TunesDay

The new Ryan Shaw CD dropped today and I’m giddy as a schoolgirl at her first sock hop. Shaw has one of the absolute best pure voices in the entire neo-Soul genre – maybe the best. It’s like listening to Otis or Marvin or Wilson Pickett or, in more recent days, the criminally underappreciated Malford Milligan. […]

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Coming of age in the games industry: The Collective Agreement

by on May 15, 2012 in Business & Finance, Media & Entertainment, Science & Technology

by Michael Smith It’s no secret that the video games industry likes to compare its successes to those of the film industry. For several years now, game sales have surpassed the box office. The recent Avengers film set an opening weekend record, grossing $200 million in its first three days. Compare that to last November’s […]

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Our Miss Brooks prepares for a visit to the woodshed

by on May 15, 2012 in Business & Finance, Crime & Corruption, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government

So at last one shoe dropped today, and it’s a pretty meaningful one. Rebekah Brooks, former editor of both the News of the World and The Sun, and the former CEO of News International here in the UK, is being charged today with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Along with her husband Charlie, […]

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