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Feliz Navidad

Regular blogging will resume after Christmas. Hope everybody has a good holiday. For now, here are some links to check out.

Former Buzz DJ (who got me into a number of incredible bands back in high school/college) David Sadof now has a blog with the Houston Chronicle.

Eric's music-year end list is split up into four parts, complete with an MP3 from each album.

The AV Club was asked about a certain movie that a reader didn't know its name, but this time, it was the one and only, Midnight Madness. Please, hold your applause, as Leo says.

And finally, here's a repost of that DBU student playing Dragonforce's "Through the Fire and Flames" on Expert.

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