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Garde Manger: The Art and Craft of the Cold Kitchen (Culinary Institute of America) $32.49 The leading guide to the professional kitchen's cold food station, now fully revised and updatedGarde Manger is one of the most important courses culinary students take—and it's often the first kitchen station that a new chef will encounter. This definitive guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest garde manger trends, techniques, and flavors, including new information on topics su...

Garde Manger, The Art and Craft of the Cold Kitchen $31.50 With nearly 500 inspiring recipes, Garde Manger is the most comprehensive reference book available on the subject. Bringing the kitchen-tested wisdom of The Culinary Institute of America's chefs and teachers to the reader, the comprehensive book covers a range of topics, from salads and sandwiches to hors d'oeuvres and appetizers--all the hot and cold food preparation knowledge the skilled garde m...

Garde Manger, Study Guide: The Art and Craft of the Cold Kitchen $13.31 The leading guide to the professional kitchen's cold food station, now fully revised and updatedGarde Manger is one of the most important courses culinary students take—and it's often the first kitchen station that a new chef will encounter. This definitive guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest garde manger trends, techniques, and flavors, including new information on topics su...

Avant Garde: Experimental Cinema 2 - 1928 - 1954 - $24.99 Avant Garde: Experimental Cinema 2 - 1928 - 1954 -

Elie et Dieudonne: En Garde a Vue - $14.99 Elie et Dieudonne: En Garde a Vue -

Life and Passion of Jesus Christ/From the Manger to the Cross - $22.99 Includes:La Vie et Passion du Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ (1905) From the Manger to the Cross (1912) La Vie et Passion du Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ No synopsis available. From the Manger to the Cross During its brief but colorful history, the pioneering Kalem company turned out a number of box-office successes. Foremost among these was From the Manger to the Cross, a tableaulike reenactment of the Passion Play. Robert Henderson-Bland played Jesus, while Gene Gaunthier and Jack Clark were seen as Mary and Joseph. Though the costumes were sometimes anachronistic, the film's overall authenticity was heightened by the expensive decision to lens the picture on location in The Holy Land. Made during Easter week of 1912, From the Manger to the Cross was still being exhibited by religious groups well into the late 1930s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Corps Femenin: L'Avant-Garde De Jean Duc De Berry $17.99 Corps Femenin: L'Avant-Garde De Jean Duc De Berry

Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film - $89.99 Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941 compiles works from a variety of directors. These films, many of which have been unseen since their original exhibitions, were provided by a variety of film archives. The films showcase the many techniques developed in the earliest days of not only avant-garde cinema but in cinema itself. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Coast Garde [Digipak] $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Let's Call It Love, 2. Can't Seem to Get My Mind Off of You, 3. Twenty-Four, 4. Target Smiles, The, 5. Leavin' the Light On, 6. Suite: Feet Back on the Ground/I'm Sorry/Going Away Girl, 7. Autumn Girl, 8. Annie, 9. Catastrophic Storm, 10. When the Weekend's Over, 11. You Ruined Me

Criteria en Garde $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Coincidence, The, 2. Mainline Life, 3. Play on Words, 4. Talk in a Crowded Room, 5. Life, The, 6. Me on Your Front Porch, 7. It Happens, 8. Slider, The, 9. Thorn Sharp, 10. Rescue Rescue

En Garde (Reissue) $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Coincidence, The, 2. Mainline Life, 3. Play on Words, 4. Talk in a Crowded Room, 5. Life, The, 6. Me on Your Front Porch, 7. It Happens, 8. Slider, The, 9. Thorn Sharp, 10. Rescue Rescue

En Garde, Society! [CD/DVD] $12.99 Track Listing: 1. Ever Get Drunk and...? Edinburgh, 2. Joking & Lying, Jack in the Box, Extreme Bowling, 3. Truth or Dare, Dogs, Tube Steak, Sex Guys, 4. Leaning in Chelsea, Born Gay, Gay Brother, Sneezing, 5. Movie, Deep Fried Stuffed Cheeseburger, What Kind of Animal? Red Tide, Abortion, 6. Right Stuff, The, 7. Girlfriend, American Airlines, Scientists, 8. Grandmother, 9. Revolve (The Complete New Testament in the Form of a Teen Magazine), 10. Swearing in Russian, Immigrating, 11. Letters to Nouns, 12. Horses Talking, Bathroom Door, 13. Coupons For the Audience, 14. Driving & Thinking, 15. Goodnight Song, The, 16. Goodnight Song, The

Avant Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s & '30s - $24.99 Includes:Manhatta (1921) Symphonie Diagonale (1921) Rhythmus 21 (1921) Le Retour ? la Raison (1923) Ballet M?canique (1924) Menilmontant (1925) Anemic Cinema (1926) Emak Bakia (1927) La Glace a Trois Faces (1927) La Coquille et le Clergyman (1927) L'?toile de Mer (1928) The Life and Death of 9413 - A Hollywood Extra (1928) Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928) Les Myst?res du Ch?teau du D? (1929) ?berfall (1929) Regen (1929) H20 (1929) Romance Sentimentale (1930) Autumn Fire (1931) Lot in Sodom (1933) Hearts of Age (1934) Even -- As You and I (1937) Le Vampire (1939) Le Tempestaire (1947) Manhatta An artisitic perpsective of the Big Apple. ~ Rovi Symphonie Diagonale This experimental film shows different shapes applied at different times. ~ Rovi Rhythmus 21 Enjoy this unique video presentation featuring perspective differences of variously sized and shaped rectangular figures. ~ Rovi Le Retour ? la Raison No synopsis available. Ballet M?canique This video art production is an abstract piece in which role reversal is carried to its peak - all the "dancing" is done by inanimate objects and the people are used as stationary, inanimate objects stuck in repeating patterns. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi Menilmontant A story of two sisters who lose their parents to a vicious murder. ~ Rovi Anemic Cinema No synopsis available. Emak Bakia A movie influenced by the Dadaist art movement, with some important innovations. ~ Rovi La Glace a Trois Faces No synopsis available. La Coquille et le Clergyman The British censors found this film incomprehensible as it combines surrealism and avant-garde techniques. ~ Rovi L'?toile de Mer No synopsis available. The Life and Death of 9413 - A Hollywood Extra An extra tries to achieve fame but fails. ~ Rovi Ghosts Before Breakfast One of several short films made by German Dadaist filmmaker Hans Richter in the 1920s, Ghosts Before Breakfast uses stop-motion animation to create an odd dream world featuring flying bowler hats. Clocking in at six minutes, the film's original German title was Vormittagsspuk. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi Les Myst?res du Ch?teau du D? No synopsis available. ?berfall No synopsis available. Regen No synopsis available. H20 No synopsis available. Romance Sentimentale Some accounts claim that Eisenstein only attached his name to this sound short simply because he needed the money. It is, however, closer to the truth to say that this was a collaboration, although the exact extent of the collaboration between him and Grigori Alexandrov remains undetermined. The film itself is a short, experimental, slightly poetic montage of city and abstract images. Eisenstein's contribution seems to have been the soundtrack which demonstrates his theory of "contrapuntal use of sounds" or the attempt to find a common denominator between sound and image. The sound for Romance Sentimentale is drawn directly on the film's optical track and is the first instance of the use of this technique. This was not intended as a materialist film statemen

AVANT GARDE: EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA OF 1922 - 1954 - $24.99 Includes:Danse Macabre (1922) Rien Que Les Heures (1926) The Tell-Tale Heart (1928) Tomatos Another Day (1930) Tarantella (1940) Image in the Snow (1953) Danse Macabre No synopsis available. Rien Que Les Heures No synopsis available. The Tell-Tale Heart No synopsis available. Tomatos Another Day No synopsis available. Tarantella No synopsis available. Image in the Snow Filmed in Brooklyn, Image in the Snow is an early underground "trance film" in which "a young man led by despair searches a city for salvation" (director Willard Maas' own description). He takes the Myrtle Ave. el and finds his "ideal parents" represented as carved stone figures on a tomb in the old part of Mt. Olivet Cemetary. Although not as highly regarded as Geography of the Body or as ostentatious as Narcissus in its own time, Image in the Snow has become the most frequently revived of Willard Maas' thematic, non-documentary films. At a 1953 symposium on "Poetry and Film" Maya Deren praised Image in the Snow, stating that "the development of the film is very largely horizontal, that is, there is a story line, but this is illuminated constantly by poetic commentary so that you have two actions going on simultaneously." In the 21st century Image in the Snow is largely viewed in the gay community as a key example of what gay life was like "in the bad old days." ~ David Lewis, Rovi

Avant Garde In Belgium 1917-1978 Vol. 1 $14.99 Track Listing: (No track list available), 1. Speech, Brussels, 1929 - James Ensor, 2. Clement Pansaers - Pierre Bourgeois, 3. Clement Pansaers - Pascal Pia, 4. Clement Pansaers in Paris - Louis Aragon, 5. Clement Pansaers in Paris - Philippe Soupault, 6. Clement Pansaers - Opposition of the French Dadaists - Paul Neuhuys, 7. Clement Pansaers - His Father - Clement Pansaers Jr., 8. Clement Pansaers - Paul Neuhuys, 9. Foundation of "Ca Ira", The - Paul Neuhuys, 10. (Untitled) - Franz Hellens, 11. Henri Michaux and Camille Goemans - Robert Guiette, 12. About 1923 - Marcel Lecomte, 13. About Correspondence - Andre Souris, 14. About Correspondence - Marcel Lecomte, 15. About Paul Nouge - Marcel Marien, 16. About Paul Nouge and His Opposition to Andre Breton - Marcel Marien, 17. Letter From Breton to Nouge - Andre Souris, 18. About Correspondence - Paul Nouge, 19. About Camille Goemans - Robert Guiette, 20. About Camille Goemans - Andre Souris, 21. About Camille Goemans and Nouge - Salvador Dali, 22. Aspects of Surrealistic Ethics - Marcel Lecomte, 23. Mercelis Demonstration, The - Andre Souris

Si Je T'aime....Prends Garde A Toi - Subtitle $8.99 Jeanne Labrune wrote and directed this French psychological drama that begins on a train when impoverished carpet salesman Samuel (Daniel Duval) eyes a sleeping woman, Muriel (Nathalie Baye), and peppers her with personal questions when she awakens. A successful screenwriter and novelist, Muriel has just been dropped by her older lover, so it's not long before Samuel becomes a presence in her polished Paris apartment, an arena for some intense sexual activities. Only problem -- as Muriel realizes the demented Samuel has drawn her into an abusive relationship, she is simultaneously attracted to him and frightened of him. The soundtrack features an excerpt from Philip Glass' opera Einstein on the Beach. Shown in competition at the 1998 Montreal Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

The Best of America's Test Kitchen: Best Weeknight Recipes - $14.99 Christopher Kimball and the rest of the cast of the hit PBS cooking show America's Test Kitchen team up for this two hour program leading viewers through the simple steps to making great home cooked meals during the week, when the crunch for time can make cooking seem daunting. Some of the recipes featured include Asparagus, Ham, and Gruy?re Frittata, Pan-Roasted Chicken Breasts, Farfalle with Tomatoes, Olives, and Feta, and many more. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

The Best of America's Test Kitchen: Best Entertaining Recipes - $14.99 Christopher Kimball and the rest of the cast of the hit PBS cooking show America's Test Kitchen team up for this two hour program leading viewers through the simple steps to creating great foods for social gatherings, from cocktail events to dinner parties. Some of the recipes featured include High-Roast Butterflied Turkey, Creole-Style Gumbo, Cassoulet with Pork & Kielbasa, and many more. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

The Best of America's Test Kitchen: Best Baking Recipes - $14.99 Christopher Kimball and the rest of the cast of the hit PBS cooking show America's Test Kitchen team up for this two hour program leading viewers through the simple steps to baking up great home cooked breads, cakes, and other baked goods. Some of the recipes featured include Free Form Summer Fruit Tart, Classic White Layer Cake, Spritz Cookies, and many more. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

America's Greatest Chefs: Recipes for Success - $14.99 Chefs Michael Otsuka, Nancy Oakes and Craig Henne host this simple, step-by-step cooking in class in which viewers can learn how to prepare, cook, and present two different multiple-course gourmet meals that include grilled swordfish, grilled quail, Tuscan-style tomato bread soup, vegetable compote with Argentinean flair, arugula salad and more. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

Best of America's Test Kitchen: 30 Essential Recipes [3 Discs] - $34.99 Includes:The Best of America's Test Kitchen: Best Baking Recipes The Best of America's Test Kitchen: Best Weeknight Recipes The Best of America's Test Kitchen: Best Entertaining Recipes The Best of America's Test Kitchen: Best Baking Recipes Christopher Kimball and the rest of the cast of the hit PBS cooking show America's Test Kitchen team up for this two hour program leading viewers through the simple steps to baking up great home cooked breads, cakes, and other baked goods. Some of the recipes featured include Free Form Summer Fruit Tart, Classic White Layer Cake, Spritz Cookies, and many more. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi The Best of America's Test Kitchen: Best Weeknight Recipes Christopher Kimball and the rest of the cast of the hit PBS cooking show America's Test Kitchen team up for this two hour program leading viewers through the simple steps to making great home cooked meals during the week, when the crunch for time can make cooking seem daunting. Some of the recipes featured include Asparagus, Ham, and Gruy?re Frittata, Pan-Roasted Chicken Breasts, Farfalle with Tomatoes, Olives, and Feta, and many more. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi The Best of America's Test Kitchen: Best Entertaining Recipes Christopher Kimball and the rest of the cast of the hit PBS cooking show America's Test Kitchen team up for this two hour program leading viewers through the simple steps to creating great foods for social gatherings, from cocktail events to dinner parties. Some of the recipes featured include High-Roast Butterflied Turkey, Creole-Style Gumbo, Cassoulet with Pork & Kielbasa, and many more. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

Cook'N with Taste of Home - Windows $24.99 Whether you need a simple-yet-scrumptious dish for the family or a big crowd-please for a potluck, this collection of fail-proof recipes saves the day, every time. Choose from complete meal menus (including dessert) that you can make in 30 minutes or less, downsized dishes for one or two diners, plus hundreds of recipes for main entrees, soups, salads, side dishes, sweets and more. You'll also enjoy tons of food photos for serving ideas, plus handy kitchen tips, video clips, and shortcuts collected from over five million subscribers to Taste of Home magazine. You can even tell the program what items you have in the refrigerator, and it will search out a delicious feast using only your ingredients eliminating last-minute runs to the store.

Danava $11.99 Track Listing: 1. By the Mark, 2. Eyes in Disguise, 3. Quiet Babies Astray in a Manger, 4. Longdance, 5. Maudie Shook

Gift (Japan) (Limited Edition) (Remastered) (Mlps) $37.99 Track Listing: 1. Avant-Garde Got Soul Too, 2. Adverb, 3. Gift, 4. Blues Strikes Again, 5. Yelriks

Waiting for the Moon/Daisies [2 Discs] - Fullscreen Subtitle $34.99 Includes:Daisies (1967) Waiting for the Moon (1987), MPAA Rating: PG Daisies An exercise in avant-garde cinema that is freshly humorous and accessible, Daisies is a dark comedy that eschews a traditional narrative for a Dadaist construction of events. Perpetually dressed in vibrantly corresponding costumes and dark black eyeliner, Marie and Marie work together to create mischief. Seeing the world ruined and values worthless, they decide to "go bad." They stage various dinner dates with stale old men, eat and drink merrily while telling lies, and, in a fast-motion Chaplinesque bit of slapstick, they hop trains and lose the men. Always looking for new adventures, the girls get drunk at a nightclub and get kicked out in a grand physical comedy style. They sit around their apartment and destroy things with a deadpan whimsy, apathetic to the men professing their love. Pursuing adventure about town, the two Maries take a dumbwaiter up to a banquet hall and proceed to delightfully demolish it. Using both black-and-white and color film stock, the girls' antics are enhanced by innovative special effects and camera tricks by cinematographer Jaroslav Kucera. Historically a key film in the Czech New Wave movement, Daisies was banned and director Vera Chytilov? was forbidden to work until 1975. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi Waiting for the Moon Well into the 1930s, there was an expatriate community of Americans who lived in Paris or the French countryside, and who eventually became influential artists and writers. These included the painter Edward Hopper, the writer Ernest Hemingway, and the musician Virgil Thomson. Writer and poet Gertrude Stein and her lifelong companion Alice B. Toklas (perhaps best known for her marijuana recipes) were the patrons of these and other artists, including Guillaume Apollinaire. In this PBS American Playhouse movie, the two are seen in the mid-1930s, and the unflinching loyalty and love that Toklas (Linda Hunt) offered to her irascible companion Stein (Linda Bassett) is the subject of this moving, extremely erudite drama. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Top Drawer $11.99 Track Listing: 1. Shine on Your Shoes, 2. How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen?, 3. Oleo, 4. Stardust, 5. Hi Fly, 6. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, 7. What's This, 8. Away in a Manger, 9. Here's to My Lady

Sunflower at Christmas $24.99 Track Listing: (No track list available), 1. Snowboardin', 2. Winter Roads, 3. Blue December (In the City), 4. Snow Plus Christmas, 5. Ice Race, 6. Snow Lamb, The, 7. Away in a Manger/A Sunflower at Christmas

The New Testament Bible Stories for Children: A Child Is Born - Fullscreen $5.99 This installment in the Christian animated series New Testament Bible Stories for Children tells stories surrounding the Nativity, following Mary as she receives news from an Angel that she's having the Lord's baby, and the tale of Jesus's birth in a manger. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

Kora Jazz Trio, Pt. 3 $24.99 Track Listing: 1. Xam-Xam, 2. Djelia, 3. Chan-Chan, 4. Bitele, 5. Musse, La, 6. Garde ? Vous, 7. Konon, 8. Dali, 9. Saxy, 10. Diaman, 11. Mamy

The Circus Highlights of Flic Flac - Subtitle Dolby $12.99 This performance release highlights a set of routines by the acclaimed avant-garde circus Flic-Flac. Events include "Girl Power," "Equilibrists," "The Bungee Man," "Globe of Speed" and much more. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Iannis Xenakis: Charisma X - Subtitle $24.99 This music-themed documentary etches out a biographical profile of the offbeat avant-garde composer Iannis Xenakis, by intercutting footage of him and his performances, and interviews with those who know him best. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Holiday Entertaining Music [2005] [Digipak] $9.99 Track Listing: 1. First Noel, The, 2. Angels We Have Heard on High, 3. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming / Infant Holy, Infant Lowly , 4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, 5. Coventry Carol / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing , 6. O Little Town of Bethlehem, 7. Silent Night, 8. Away in a Manger, 9. Joy to the World, 10. Bring a Torch Jeannette, Isabella, 11. We Three Kings, 12. I Saw Three Ships, 13. O Come Little Children, 14. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, 15. Infant So Gentle, 16. O Holy Night, 17. What Child Is This?, 18. In a Manger, 19. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, 20. Still, Still, Still, 21. O Come, O Come Emmanuel, 22. O Christmas Tree, 23. Go Tell It on the Mountain

Steuart Liebig: Pomegranate $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Widening Circles Reach Across The World (from Pomegranate), for avant-garde little big band - (featuring Eric Barber/Ellen Burr/Scot Ray/Jeff Gauthier/Alex Cline/Steuart Liebig/Tom Varner/John Fumo/To, 2. Motionless Blue of Fallen Skies, The (from Pomegranate), for avant-garde little big band - (featuring Eric Barber/Ellen Burr/Scot Ray/Jeff Gauthier/Alex Cline/Steuart Liebig/Mark Dresser/John Fumo/Mar, 3. Flare Up Like Flame and Create Dark Shadows (from Pomegranate), for avant-garde little big band - (featuring Eric Barber/Ellen Burr/Scot Ray/Jeff Gauthier/Alex Cline/Steuart Liebig/Vinny Golia/John Fu, 4. Darkness of Each Endless Fall, The (from Pomegranate), for avant-garde little big band - (featuring Eric Barber/Ellen Burr/Scot Ray/Jeff Gauthier/Alex Cline/Nels Cline/Steuart Liebig/John Fumo/Nels Cl

Artists of the 20th Century: Man Ray - $14.99 This edition of Artists of the 20th Century offers a look at the legacy of American avante-garde pioneer Man Ray. Each volume of the series comes from Kultur Video and features an in-depth profile of one of the most renowned figures in contemporary art. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

The Art Ensemble of Chicago - $14.99 The Art Ensemble of Chicago seeks to explore new musical frontiers in African-tinged avant-garde jazz in this performance recorded in Bremen, Germany in 1993 and consisting of two compositions entitled "Swim", and "Magic Sculptures Stripe the Air, Breathless". ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The Residents: Wormwood - $14.99 The one-of-a-kind avant-garde rock band The Residents perform live in Germany in this concert release from Music Video Distributors. Recorded in 1999, The Residents: Wormwood includes the songs "Tent Peg in the Temple," "Dinah and the Unclean Skin," "Burn Baby Burn," and many others. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

The Revenge of the Dead Indians - Subtitle $24.99 Director Henning Lohner pays tribute to revered avant-garde musician John Cage with this documentary featuring interviews with John Zorn, Frank Zappa, Dennis Hopper, Yoko Ono, Rutger Hauer, Noam Chomsky, Matt Groening, and more. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Chakra Red $11.99 Track Listing: 1. Human Crossing, 2. 2069 A.D., 3. Malicious Delight, 4. Alien Crossing, 5. Time, 6. God Wrote, 7. Rush, 8. December Sadness, 9. Temptation, 10. Tower of Lust, 11. Celeste, 12. I'll Find My Way Home, 13. En Garde

The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music $11.99 Track Listing: 1. Avant Garde M.O.R., 2. Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, 3. Groop Play Chord X, The, 4. Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, 5. Ronco Symphony, 6. We're Not Adult Orientated, 7. U.H.F. -MFP, 8. We're Not Adult Orientated - (live)

Supersilent 7 - $24.99 The concert video Supersilent 7 features an August 16, 2004 show the band performed in Oslo. The concert showcases Supersilent's distinctive avant garde mix of electronic music and jazz by including both composed pieces and a handful of extensive improvisations. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Tooth and Nail: Film and Video 1970-74 by Dennis Oppernheim - $24.99 Tooth and Nail: Film and Video 1970-74 by Dennis Oppenheim features a series of videos made by the avant-garde artist during that time span. The program includes works that address a variety of topics including bodily transformation, and interpersonal communication. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Lightrhythm Visuals: Notations 02 - $19.99 This compilation from the indie label Microcinema features a who's who compilation of prominent, critically acclaimed works by artists from the Lightrhythm school, set to avant-garde music; pieces on display include interustic, parks on fire, bubble, hobble and many more. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Legato: The World of the Piano - Pierre-Laurent Aimard: Not Just One Truth - Widescreen AC3 Dolby Dts $19.99 European avant garde concert pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard headlines this classical music set, with interpretations of pieces by Ludwig von Beethoven, Johannes Bach, George Benjamin and Elliott Carter. Selections include Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 31 in A Flat Major, Op. 110, Carter's Matribute and Benjamin's Shadowlines. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Tatsumi Hijikata: Summer Storm - $14.99 This culminating release from avant-garde dancer Tatsumi Hijikata captures the performer's final performance, Summer Storm, recorded at the Westside Auditorium of Kyoto University in 1973. Recorded on 8mm film, the footage was restored in 2003, so it could be provided to audiences for home viewing. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

Departure $11.99 Track Listing: 1. September Song, 2. Poinciana, 3. Depk, 4. Tenderly, 5. If I Were a Bell, 6. For All We Know, 7. Japanese Waltz, 8. Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs - (Theme From "Frasier"), 9. Born to Be Blue, 10. Ecaroh

Step Across the Border - $29.99 Fans of avant-garde jazz and blues performance will appreciate this avant-garde documentary, which intersperses discussions with Fred Frith and his band with rehearsal and concert footage. From time to time the filmmakers indulge in a bit of jazz of their own, screening seemingly random images with a meaning and order which is known only to them. The musicians, who are never identified, are expert improvisationalists, and are prone to using whatever object is at hand in order to explore the limits of sound. Occasionally, the band members indulge in a bit of philosophizing for the camera, in one instance telling a Zen-inspired story about "one hand clapping." ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Marc Ribot: The Lost String - $19.99 A much lauded but extremely versatile guitarist who straddles such variegated genres as Cuban jazz, experimental rock and post-punk, New York mainstay Marc Ribot made one of his strongest impressions as a key member of the avant-garde band The Lounge Lizards; he also performed and recorded as a solo artist, and contributed avidly to the avant garde-fusion rock ensemble Shrek. This release features a compilation of material involving Ribot, including concert clips of the performer shot in East Manhattan and on global tours, interviews, and vintage archival footage. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

It's All Happening $11.99 Track Listing: 1. You Ain't No Family - (featuring Mike Montgomery), 2. White Water in the Morning, 3. Danger in the Manger, 4. I'm Cold and There Are Wolves After Me, 5. Tastes Like Kevin Bacon, 6. Cat's Pajamas, The - (featuring Mike Montgomery), 7. Pazuzu for the Win, 8. Black-Eyed Bush, 9. Eli Cash vs. the Godless Savages - (featuring Mike Montgomery), 10. See You in Shell

The Gift $9.99 Track Listing: 1. Perfect Day, 2. Hallelujah, 3. Do You Hear What I Hear? - (featuring Amber Stassi), 4. Don't Dream It's Over, 5. First Noel, The, 6. O Holy Night, 7. Away in a Manger, 8. Make Me a Channel of Your Peace, 9. Auld Lang Syne, 10. O Come All Ye Faithful

Spirit of Christmas, Vol. 1 [BMG] $3.99 Track Listing: 1. Jingle Bells - The Ames Brothers, 2. Away in a Manger - Julie Andrews, 3. Greensleeves - Andr? Previn, 4. First Noel, The - Mario Lanza, 5. Mighty Fortress Is Our God, A - Pl cido Domingo/Vienna Boys' Choir, 6. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Sergio Franchi, 7. Joy to the World - Ed Ames, 8. Sleigh Ride - Boston Pops Orchestra, 9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Melachrino Strings & Orchestra, 10. Silent Night - Perry Como

Christmas at Home: Sight and Sounds of the Season - $8.99 Designed to run as an ongoing backdrop for events, the holiday release Christmas at Home: Sight and Sounds of the Season presents a montage of yuletide-themed images, including Christmas decorations, wintertime vistas and cozy hearths, while Christmas carols such as "Away in a Manger" and "Come All Ye Faithful" play on the soundtrack. As an added bonus, the program features an optional audio track that adds dramatic reading of Scripture atop the music. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Christmas Greetings From the Vienna Boys Choir $5.99 Track Listing: 1. Joy to the World, 2. Away in a Manger, 3. We Three Kings of Orient Are, 4. Good Christian Men, Rejoice, 5. Silent Night, 6. Silver Bells, 7. Little Drummer Boy, 8. Carol of the Bells, 9. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - (bonus track), 10. Adeste Fideles - (bonus track)

Music Therapy: Heart Disease $12.99 Track Listing: 1. To Soothe, 2. Away in a Manger, 3. In Her Garden, 4. Sunrise at Fuxian Lake, 5. Autumn Moon, 6. Listen to the Lake, 7. Steps and Human, 8. Heart's Cord, The, 9. Bamboo Hedge Under the Moonlight, 10. Breezes, 11. Gurgling Stream, A, 12. Silver Cloud on a Moonlight Night

Christmas in Black and White $13.99 Track Listing: 1. Christmas in Black and White, 2. Lamb of God, 3. 365, 4. Christmas Song, The, 5. Sacred Night (Away in a Manger), 6. God's Own Son, 7. Merry Christmas, Baby, 8. Gifts from You, 9. St. Nick's Groove, 10. Sing, Angels, Sing (Hark the Herald Angels Sing), 11. Angels, We Have Heard on High, 12. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Let's Go $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Let's Go, 2. Too Much Wine, 3. Put a Hump in Your Back, 4. Zydco Rumble, 5. Everything Happens for the Best, 6. Hard Times, 7. Ztdeco Is All I Know, 8. Cricket Leg Zydeco, 9. Can't Get Nuthin' Sucka, 10. Sid O's Party, El, 11. You Don't Love Me No More, 12. Stay Out All Night, 13. Oh Mom, 14. Bon Manger, Le

Acoustic Christmas Carols: Cowboy Christmas II $9.99 Track Listing: 1. Home, Sweet Home, 2. O Little Town Of Bethlehem, 3. First No?l, The, 4. In The Bleak Midwinter, 5. 'Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime (Huron Carole), 6. Away In A Manger, 7. Joy To The World, 8. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear, 9. We Three Kings, 10. Go Tell It On The Mountain, 11. Silent Night, 12. What Child Is This, 13. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day, 14. Home, Sweet Home (Reprise)

Unwrapped (Japan) $44.99 Track Listing: 1. Concerto Grosso, 2. In the Bleak Midwinter, 3. Christmas Song, 4. River, 5. Walking in the Air, 6. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, 7. O Tannenbaum, 8. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, 9. Santa Baby, 10. Away in a Manger, 11. Carol of the Drum, 12. Amazing Grace, 13. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 14. Last Christmas, 15. Happy Christmas (War Is Over), 16. Hotaru No Hikari

Country Christmas $6.99 Track Listing: 1. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Donna Fargo, 2. Silver Bells - Jeannie C. Riley, 3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Eddy Raven, 4. Sleigh Bells - Gene Autry, 5. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Skeeter Davis, 6. Away in a Manger - Kitty Wells, 7. Frosty the Snowman - Gene Autry, 8. Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Skeeter Davis, 9. Jingle Bells - Donna Fargo, 10. Winter Wonderland - Lacy J. Dalton

Simply Christmas [Platinum] $6.99 Simply Christmas features ten holiday favorites. The album begins with perhaps the most recognized and popular of all holiday songs, "Jingle Bells," and is followed by "First Noel," another longtime favorite. Not everything here is so obvious, though. Among other favorites like "Away in a Manger" are less recognized songs like "Christmas at Calstock" and "Good King Wenceslas." The album's a bit brief at only ten songs. ~ Jason Birchmeier

Tidings of Joy and Jazz $11.99 Track Listing: 1. Winter Wonderland, 2. What Child Is This?, 3. Merry Christmas, 4. Hark the Herald Angels Sing, 5. Christmas Time Is Here, 6. Christmas Song, The, 7. Child Is Born, A, 8. Away in a Manger, 9. Silent Night, 10. Oh Christmas Tree, 11. What Are You Doing New Years Eve?, 12. Some Children See Him

Hamilton Beach Big Mouth 14-Cup Food Processor - Black $64.99 This food processor features a 14-cup capacity to easily accommodate larger recipes and a 500-watt motor for powerful performance. The chopping/mixing blade and the reversible slicing/shredding disc allow use with a variety of recipes.

Modulator $15.99 Fusion and electric avant-garde jazz are two different things. Fusion--as envisioned by Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, and others back in the '70s -- combined jazz with rock and funk in a way that didn't emphasize outside playing, whereas electric avant-garde jazz (as in Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Ronald Shannon Jackson, and James Blood Ulmer) savors the dissonant pleasures of the outside. But there are times when the two merge, and that is what happens on guitarist Trey Gunn and drummer Marco Minnemann's Modulator. Actually, this instrumental CD is more than a combination of fusion and electric avant-garde jazz; it is a combination of fusion, electric avant-garde jazz, and progressive rock. And Gunn and Minnemann end up sounding like a freewheeling yet coherent "duo," which is interesting in light of how Modulator was put together. Gunn and Minnemann didn't enter the studio at the same time and record as a traditional duo. Instead, an unaccompanied Minnemann recorded a 50-minute drum solo by himself in 2006, gave the recording to Gunn and asked him to compose music for his drumming. Gunn was reluctant at first, but after agreeing to take on the difficult project, he composed some music -- and from 2008-2010, he played various instruments (including guitar, bass, and keyboards) and combined them with Minnemann's drums. Of course, there are those who will argue that recording an album that way has no place in jazz -- that jazz is about real musicians playing together in real time, not musicians playing separately and later mixing it all together. But then, Modulator never pretends to be straight-ahead jazz; this is a hybrid mixture of fusion, electric avant-garde jazz, and prog rock. And as abstract and eccentric as Modulator is at times, the music is also logical; it's clear that Gunn put a lot of thought into what he added to Minnemann's drums. Music this challenging isn't for everyone, but Modulator is well worth exploring if one is the type of broad-minded, eclectic listener who appreciates electric Miles Davis and Coleman's Prime Time as much as he/she appreciates King Crimson. ~ Alex Henderson

The Life of Brian - Widescreen Collector's Subtitle AC3 $9.99 On a midnight clear 2,000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and the three wise men are in the wrong manger. For the rest of his life, Brian (Graham Chapman) finds himself regarded as something of a messiah -- yet he's always in the shadow of this other guy from Galilee. Brian is witness to the Sermon of the Mount, but his seat is in such a bad location that he can't hear any of it ("Blessed are the cheesemakers?"). Ultimately, he is brought before Pontius Pilate and sentenced to crucifixion, which takes place at that crowded, nonexclusive execution site a few blocks shy of Calvary. Rather than utter the Last Six Words, Brian leads his fellow crucifixees in a spirited rendition of a British music-hall cheer-up song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." The whole Monty Python gang (Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, and Terry Gilliam) are on hand in multiple roles, playing such sacred characters as Stan Called Loretta, Biggus Dickus, Deadly Dirk, Casts the First Stone, and Intensely Dull Youth; also showing up are Goon Show veteran Spike Milligan and a Liverpool musician named George Harrison. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The Life of Brian - Widescreen Collector's Dubbed $14.99 On a midnight clear 2,000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and the three wise men are in the wrong manger. For the rest of his life, Brian (Graham Chapman) finds himself regarded as something of a messiah -- yet he's always in the shadow of this other guy from Galilee. Brian is witness to the Sermon of the Mount, but his seat is in such a bad location that he can't hear any of it ("Blessed are the cheesemakers?"). Ultimately, he is brought before Pontius Pilate and sentenced to crucifixion, which takes place at that crowded, nonexclusive execution site a few blocks shy of Calvary. Rather than utter the Last Six Words, Brian leads his fellow crucifixees in a spirited rendition of a British music-hall cheer-up song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." The whole Monty Python gang (Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, and Terry Gilliam) are on hand in multiple roles, playing such sacred characters as Stan Called Loretta, Biggus Dickus, Deadly Dirk, Casts the First Stone, and Intensely Dull Youth; also showing up are Goon Show veteran Spike Milligan and a Liverpool musician named George Harrison. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Brakhage - Fullscreen $24.99 Experimental cinema legend Stan Brakhage is not exactly a household name; his work is practically unknown outside avant-garde and academic circles. But since 1952, when he was nineteen, he has created over 300 films, ranging from several seconds to several hours, methodically redefining the shape of film art. This documentary, made for Canadian TV, tries to show why he is considered one of the most innovative filmmakers of the last 50 years by exploring the depth and breath of his genius, the exceptional quality of his films and the influence of his work on generations of filmmakers. Director/screenwriter Jim Shedden does away with narration and commentary and instead lets the images speak for themselves. Film excerpts include sequences from works by Brakhage and other avant-garde filmmakers, such as George Kuchar, Jonas Mekas and Willie Varela, as well as interviews and archival footage. What is lacking is a critical analysis. For instance, Brakhage's unpopularity among 1970's feminist film-theorists -- particularly due to his patriarchal image -- is left unexplored. An original score was composed for the film by a long time associate of Brakhage, avant-garde composer James Tenney. Brakhage was screened at the International Forum of New Cinema section of the 49th Berlin Film Festival, 1999. ~ G?n?l D?nmez-Colin, Rovi

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree $9.99 Track Listing: 1. Carol of the Bells - August Burns Red, 2. Chipmunk Song, The (Christmas Don't Be Late) - Hawk Nelson, 3. Baby Please Come Home - Anberlin, 4. O Holy Night - Ivoryline, 5. His Favorite Christmas Story - Capital Lights, 6. What Child Is This - The Museum, 7. Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - Sent by Ravens, 8. Away in a Manger - Seventh Day Slumber, 9. Jingle Bell Rock - TFK, 10. Wind, The - Demon Hunter, 11. Little Drummer Boy - The Almost

T.D. Jakes Presents Follow The Star $14.99 FOLLOW THE STAR was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album.Producers: John Chelew; Cedric & Victor Caldwell; The Katinas; Steven Ford; Barry Beckett; Warryn Campbell; D'Lawrence.Follow the Star contains 13 traditional songs of the holiday season based on personal favorites of Bishop T.D. Jakes. Alongside three tracks by Jakes -- "From Our House, to Your House," "Away in a Manger" (with Angie Winans), and "Follow the Star" (with Dorinda Clark-Cole) -- are beautiful versions of "The First Noel" (Aaron Neville) and "Born in Bethlehem" (Blind Boys of Alabama and Mavis Staples). This is a recommended disc especially for those seeking reflective moments during the busy holiday season. ~ Al Campbell

It's All Happening [ECD] $20.99 Track Listing: 1. You Ain't No Family - (featuring Mike Montgomery), 2. White Water in the Morning, 3. Danger in the Manger, 4. I'm Cold and There Are Wolves After Me, 5. Tastes Like Kevin Bacon, 6. Cat's Pajamas, The - (featuring Mike Montgomery), 7. Pazuzu for the Win, 8. Black-Eyed Bush, 9. Eli Cash vs. the Godless Savages - (featuring Mike Montgomery), 10. See You in Shell, 11. White Water in the Morning - (Remix, remix), 12. Pazuzu for the Win - (Remix, remix), 13. You Ain't No Family

Healing Holiday Classics $5.99 Track Listing: 1. First Noel, The, 2. Silent Night, 3. Away in a Manger, 4. Mary's Little Boy Child, 5. Angels We Have Heard on High, 6. What Child Is This, 7. O Little Town of Bethlehem, 8. O Christmas Tree, 9. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, 10. Nativity Song, The, 11. Silver Bells, 12. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, 13. O Come, Little Children, 14. Simple Birth, The, 15. Joy to the World, 16. We Wish You a Merry Christmas, 17. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, 18. O Come, All Ye Faithful

20 Greatest Gospel Hits $7.99 Track Listing: 1. Breath of God, The, 2. He Is My Everything, 3. Bread and Water, 4. Wherever He Leads I'll Go, 5. Philippians 2:5-11, 6. My Cross Is My Joy, 7. When Jesus Comes, 8. In the Hollow of His Hand, 9. Kneel at the Cross, 10. Wonders of Grace, The, 11. From the Manger to the Cross, 12. Who at My Door Is Standing, 13. Highway to the Sky, 14. Joy Explosion, 15. Do It for the Love, 16. Follow Me, 17. Good Time Chariot, 18. This One Belongs to Me, 19. Deal's Still On, The, 20. Over There

Christmas Prayers $14.99 Track Listing: 1. First Noel, The, 2. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, 3. Angels We Have Heard On High, 4. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, 5. What Child is This?, 6. Breton Carol, The - (featuring Dan Moretti), 7. Little Drummer Boy, 8. Silent Night, 9. Away In a Manger, 10. O Come All Ye Faithful, 11. O Holy Night, 12. Midnight Medley: Slumber Song/Between the Ox and the Lamb/Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep/Lo How a Rose E're Blooming

A Children's Christmas [Laserlight] $5.99 Track Listing: 1. Deck the Halls - Various Artists, 2. Good King Wenceslas - Various Artists, 3. Joy to the World - Various Artists, 4. O Christmas Tree - Various Artists, 5. Once in Royal David's City - Various Artists, 6. Jingle Bells - Various Artists, 7. Away in a Manger - Various Artists, 8. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Various Artists, 9. Silent Night - Various Artists, 10. Troyka Fantasy - Various Artists, 11. Twelve Days of Christmas, The - Various Artists

It'S A Hi-5 Christmas $9.99 Track Listing: 1. Santa Claus Is Coming, 2. Sleigh Ride, 3. Groovy Christmas, 4. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, 5. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, 6. Mary's Boy Child, 7. Santa Wear Your Shorts, 8. Away in a Manger, 9. T'Was the Night Before Christmas, 10. Dear Santa (A Christmas Wish), 11. Jingle Bells, 12. Five Days till Christmas, 13. Shine Your Light, 14. We Wish You a Merry Christmas, 15. Hi-5 Xmas Mix