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Jun 30, 2013 Books Web Exclusive

In this memoir, Jo Wood, ex-wife of Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, documents her life, most of which is spent side-by-side with the Rolling Stones guitarist.

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Dexter (Season 8)

(Showtime, Sundays, 9/8 Central)

Jun 30, 2013 TV Web Exclusive

Season 8 is set to be the last for Showtime’s Dexter. Probably a good thing, too. Dexter has had some tremendous peaks during its runthe gripping first season, John Lithgow as the Trinity Killer, and the gut-punching Season 4 finale, to name a fewbut it’s also spent a little too much time slogging around in a mess of uninspired plots and redundant conflicts.

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Heck

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Jun 28, 2013 Comic Books Issue #45 - Winter 2013 - Phoenix

Heck is Zander Cannon’s story of a man with a portal to Hell itself in his house. Hector Hammarskjöld (aka “Heck”) uses this portal as a business, with the idea of venturing into the underworld to retrieve or deliver messages to lost loves or other absent souls.

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Jun 28, 2013 Music Rose Windows

Seattle septet Rose Windows is a throwback in the most exciting way. It’s not exactly prog, but with guitar, bass, drums, piano, organ, and flute, the songs on the band’s debut echo groups like King Crimson, Jethro Tull, and Peter Gabriel-era Genesis in the most successful and invigorating way.

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Jun 27, 2013 Music CSS

At the end of a really long day, sometimes we settle for a Big Mac at the drive-thru. And most of us have, at some point, dated a dud because it takes a lot of work to find a winner. We’re only human. But why settle for vapid party songs when they’re not even catchy enough to make a single toe tap?

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Various Artists

After Dark 2

Italians Do It Better

Jun 26, 2013 Music Web Exclusive

Way back in 2007, Italians Do It Betterthe dance label curated by Mike Simonetti and Johnny Jewelreleased their first After Dark compilation, kick-starting a conversation that was nearly as emblematic of that year’s blog noise as were think pieces on Radiohead’s pay-what-you-want sales policy. Disco was alive and doing the hustle again, at least as far as indie rockers were concerned.

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Jun 26, 2013 Music Tyler, the Creator

A lot has already been said about Tyler, the Creator‘s latest LP, Wolf, and about his propensity to be politically incorrect while simultaneously surprising critics with real depth and sensitivity.

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Jun 25, 2013 Music Issue #46 - June/July 2013 - Charli XCX

Few records this year are likely to come from as emotionally stark territory as Scout Niblett’s harrowing It’s Up to Emma.

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Under the Dome

CBS, Mondays 10/9 Central

Jun 24, 2013 TV Web Exclusive

Right out of the gate, there’s no way Under the Dome, a new sci-fi drama miniseries for CBS, can miss. Based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, Under the Dome is the story of Chester’s Mill, Maine, a familiar King-ian small town, contending with an impenetrable clear dome that suddenly and completely surrounds its city limits, leaving those on either side stuck and unable to cross.

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