Also, purple, clear, red, and two kinds of brown: Jones Soda has released six D&D-themed flavors as a limited release.

We Are Scientists returns, with a new video and a "misheard lyrics" video at the same time!

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If there's one thing which has come to irk me in indie movies, it's the reliance on the Received Wisdom Soundtrack. The lovable losers always have a soundtrack of their lives composed by bands acknowledged now as influential, but not too popular. There's no reason, save pandering to modern sensibilities, that the alternatives types in a film set in ( Read more... )

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Submitted for your approval: The 80s Never Ended, scifi geek category.

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Corsets and cinchers and high heeled toddle,
Cute Danish and/or Australian models,
Gleaming brass clockworks that make angel wings;
these are a few of my favorite things.

Reading that Monica Bellucci has signed a petition to release Roman Polanski imposes -- how to put it politely? -- a certain subtext upon some of her prior projects.

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Gin, allspice rum, pineapple juice, bitters, egg white.

Never have I had a more delicately balanced drink. And even the Violet Hour bartender seemed to have to work for it, which tells you something.

First, we find that natural blue fruit has all manner of positive health effects, ranging from aiding cardiovascular performance to reducing Alzheimer's.

Next, we learn that even a fake blue food has a notable benefit toward reducing spinal injuries.

If it ever comes out that drinking Blue retards aging, I will laugh my ass off.