Music From the Twilight Saga for Chamber Orchestra Review

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One can only wonder if the likes of Bach and Handel would have been Twilight fans, but as far as Music From the Twilight Saga for Chamber Orchestra goes, it’s well put together music that showcases more the emotions of the movie without the likes of hit makers like you’ll find on the mainstream Twilight soundtracks.

The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten Book Review

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Instead of being clumsy, she’s a predator. Instead of sparkling, he smells. Instead of the Pacific Northwest, it’s Minnesota. In The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten, a parody of the Twilight saga, Harrison Geillor takes the popular story and inserts new twists.

Soundtrack Review: Film Music 2009

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I think this album represents the movies of 2009 pretty well. Good composers, good performances, and the selections from Drag Me To Hell, Slumdog Millionaire, and Twilight give a little variety to your traditional orchestral score music.

Fandomestic: 12 Geeky Eco-Friendly Tote Bags

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It’s Earth Day 2010 and we haven’t quite reached the point of colonizing other planets or living on space stations. We’re stuck here on Planet Earth, so let’s take care of it! Here are 12 reusable tote bags featuring all kinds of geekery, from sci fi to gaming to comics.

Fan Rant: Twilight and Genre

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Recently, the Academy included Twilight in its horror film tribute montage at the Oscars. Here, Kelly argues that, despite its vampire- and werewolf-themed subject matter, Twilight is not horror; it’s fantasy.

Fandomestic: 10 Geeky Homemade Hoodies

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Better than a plain, boring hoodie is one that allows you to (literally) wear your fandom on your sleeve, and even better than that is something unique and different from the usual Hot Topic fare. That’s why these ten fans made their own hoodies, either from scratch or reconstructed from other clothes.

100 Greatest Books #80-76

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Today’s set of five books include a brilliantly confounding haunted house story, as well as a highly contested vampire novel.

Fandomestic: 10 Fandom-Inspired Fingerless Gloves & Mittens

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It’s that time of year when it gets to be pretty chilly in many parts of the world, so people start to bundle up. Here are ten pairs of geeky gloves and mittens — fingerless, because while you want to keep your hands toasty, geeks still need their digits free for those touch-screen smart phones, computer keys, and video game controllers!

People’s Choice Awards Sucked Up by Vampires

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January 6th saw big wins of the 36th Annual People’s Choice Awards going to the vampires.

Vampire and Blood Fetishes Run Amok: Twilight, the “Vampire Lifestyle,” and Paraphilias-Turned-Fads

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Paige examines the impact vampire pop culture, particularly the Twilight franchise, has had on the appropriation of the “vampire lifestyle” as a form of teenage rebellion, and how it relates to sexual paraphilias.