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I finally have the opportunity to break out some pumpkin beers! Sure, I had a few during the season, but my health really didn't let me review any the way I would have liked. It's time to make up for lost time. Today's review is from New Belgium and their "Lips of Faith" series; something I...

With The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo director David Fincher has created something vastly different from Panic Room and The Social Network, perhaps more like his murder classic Se7en, only drawn out in slow motion double-time. It is a dark thriller chock full of mystery, a whodunit cloaked in a dizzying list of names, and plot...

The latest Prototype 2 trailer, “Homecoming”, lays out the emotional base of the game, and the source of James Heller’s rage. Jonah Falcon is a blogger for TMRzoo and GameStooge.com and covers all gaming consoles and platforms including Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP and computer games designed for Mac OS, Microsoft Windows and Linux operating...

The Les Paul has to be the most iconic guitars in the history of eclectic instruments. This sonic monster first hit the streets in 1952 with the release of the Goldtop. In almost 50 years of production the guitar has seen many configurations, still for the most part the guitar remains the same. The Look: The Les Paul Traditional is...

It’s been a long time since Alan Wake was dropped for the PC, but the Windows platform will finally be getting the light-based action-adventure. According to The Escapist Magazine: Remedy wasn’t terribly forthcoming with details but the PC version of Alan Wake will include both DLC releases, The Signal and The Writer, and will come out sometime in early 2012,...

Ubisoft has released a new trailer for I Am Alive, which maps out some of the gameplay mechanics, showing off the map, exploration and moral decisions. Jonah Falcon is a blogger for TMRzoo and GameStooge.com and covers all gaming consoles and platforms including Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP and computer games designed for Mac OS,...

When testing gear here at TMRzoo we use an array of guitars and pickups  to form a well rounded opinion of the device we are testing. An amp or device that sounds clean or subtle with one guitar may sound dirty or more intense with another. The go-to guitar for testing at the TMR offices is an 1980 Ibanez Iceman...

Elliot Murphy, like Garland Jeffreys, continues to put his stream-of-consciousness ideas out into the universe, cyberspace being an interesting avenue for these hard-working street poets. Five of the tracks on the eponymous Elliot Murphy disc (his 35th or something around that incredible mark) are his alone, Olivier Durand co-writing four of the compositions, Iggy Strange-Dahl co-writing two. With...

This is the time of year that we love to share dysfunctional Christmas Stories. Our hearts are warmed by tales of dads well over their limit of eggnog or maternal meltdowns. This dysfunctional Christmas tale was caught on tape. Though the entire dialog is in Spanish most of us get the picture. It seems this Mexican dad drank a bit...

Those of you that follow this site know that we have been working with Jim Beam for the past few months. I want to personally thank Jim Beam for including us in their Bold Choices promotion. I have found myself making more Bold Choices lately and these choices are bringing me to some wonderful places. The original Bold Choice Jim...