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Plenty of surprises up its sleeves By Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer The Prestige 5 stars out of five Dir: Christopher Nol...

In yer ear By Kevin Wood Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer WILCO Sky Blue Sky Warner Music, 2,680 yen After soaring high with the more experim...

Supporting the Troops Over the last several weeks we've seen Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defense Minister Gordon O'Connor and ...

Giving crazy a bad name "With God's help, the countdown button for the destruction of the Zionist regime has been pushed by the han...

the swift and terrible sword of justice In Ohio, the sword of justice is certainly terrible -- swift, not so much. LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- ...

You deserve a break today A group of well-to-do busybodies in England are petitioning the Oxford English Dictionary to change the definition...

Master of creepiness pens dark tale of damaged lives Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Piercing By Ryu Murakami Translated by...

Not to sound like a paranoid conspiracy nut, but... It is strictly speculation, but could philanthropist Glen Davis have been murdered becau...

The devil made him do it A male comedian dressed up like a woman saying "the devil made me do it" in a comedy routine is funny. A...

Another weekend, another barbecue Took the curvaceous and emminently capable Ms. Rev. Paperboy and the youngin' up into the mountains of...

And he's killed few people than Charlie Manson Note to Conrad Black: If you want to stay out of jail, you may not want to compare yourse...

My big break I've been asked by the proprieters (well, Dave anyways -- maybe this is his little practical joke on the others to make sur...

Ding Dong I've been trying very hard all day to take the high road and not to gloat, cheer or pile-on. It should always be a sad occasio...

The Barley Sammich Inspired by a pair of blog posts, I must weigh in on the subject of Budweiser , beer and breakfast drinking . Please no...

Faking it ( the edited review of this ran in The Daily Yomiuri on Sunday, this is the longer original draft) The illusion of keeping it real...

Bleating about the Bleat It's hard to fathom, but some people seem to like James Lileks, though they also claim to have named the blogo...

Artistic Synergy In the course of researching a review of Faking It-- The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music, a great book for starting...

Journalism is hard work The New York Times' Eric Asimov tackles a gruelling assignment. He suffers, oh how he suffers, but Asimov valian...

Spy Coins -- the penny drops Remember all the fuss earlier in the year when the U.S. government warned U.S. defense contractors that someone...

%$#&''&!!! It has been a beautiful week in Tokyo. Warm, sunny, clear skies - great weather all week. A month ago we booked a...