THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA
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Remember Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater? Their 1938 broadcast of HG WELLS WAR OF THE WORLDS redefined Halloween and taught us something about how real drama can get. Listen to it here.


BTW - a Buddy of mine in L.A. is performing TWOTW live. Tickets are $10. Happy Halloween!

DIGITAL vs. ANALOG
Which is better?
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TWICE THE COVERAGE, TWICE THE DROPPED CALLs
Cingular merges with AT&T Wireless
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WIERD SCIENCE
Bad science in Sci-Fi
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HOLY MA-BELL, BATMAN
Build your own BATPHONE!
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NETFLICKS LOWERS PRICES
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Netflix announces it has lowered it's monthly rental fees to $17.99. That's better than a subscription to HBO.


MACH TWO WITH YOUR HAIR ON FIRE
This Top Gun is being retired. F-14s are are being replaced by F18 Super Hornets ... and pilots are happy about it.
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