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Ancient Aliens explores the controversial theory that extraterrestrials have visited Earth for millions of years. From the age of the dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, from early cave drawings to continued mass sightings in the US, each episode in this hit H2 series gives historic depth to the questions, speculations, provocative controversies, first-hand accounts and grounded theories surrounding this age old debate. Did intelligent beings from outer space visit Earth thousands of years ago?

The depth of one’s life is evident through their music. The more sorrow, laughter and adventure experienced, the more interesting curves and crevices are carved into an artist’s songs. The miles traveled leave rich lines in the verses that only time, misadventure, and hard-won wisdom can produce. Anders Osborne is a map of intensely felt, passionately engaged living, a fractured but healing topography of heartbreak and hope for fellow travelers to explore.

The present year of 2017 is approaching its announced end, but it does not, however, condition the birth of new and remarkable launches that continue to pile up. This time I'm talking about Heavy Chills' powerful debut album (and debut!): A young and auspicious Austin-based (Texas, USA) power-trio that promises to tease and battle for a top spot among the top best albums of the year. Released this past December 4 in digital format through its official Bandcamp page (but with the vinyl release planned and scheduled for next year 2018), this eponymous album boasts an intriguing, obscure, sovereign and electrifying Heavy Psych of Sabbathic features and dances that shadows us, hypnotizes and terrifies us with bold authority and celerity.

High School. Four of the most important years of your life. But it isn't always dances and keg parties and sucking face in your parents' mini-van. Sometimes it's ugly and hard and complicated. As complicated as a conspiracy to overthrow the president. There's something rotten at St. Donovan's High and sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke is on it like pink rubber bands on your little sister's braces. When senior hottie Francesca Facchini solicits Funke's help tracking down a set of stolen SATs, Funke uncovers a story dirtier than the lunch lady's mustache. After he fingers the school president (figuratively) for the crime, Funke becomes one of the most popular kids at St. Donovan's High. No longer known simply as the freshman who was once tied to a giant snowman penis, Funke wins the respect of everyone from the Desert-Storm-hero-turned-educator Principal Kirkpatrick to the kid that farts on him in Spanish class. When Francesca takes Funke to homecoming, even the in-school …

Because legendary bandleader Tommy Dorsey had so many popular hits during the 1930s and '40s, his later work has been, comparatively, ignored or dismissed. But the 70 choice selections here, each one recorded with fine musicianship and in great sound from 1950 to 1953, show that Dorsey was still a formidable trombonist and innovative musician.

A powerful memoir from Natalie Golderg–the woman who changed the way writing is taught in this country–sharing her experience with cancer grounded in her practice of writing and Zen.

Ministry Of Sound's successful 'Anthems' series returns with this genre defining collection from the 1960's and 70's. CD1 is Mod featuring The Kinks, Small Faces, The Jam, Booker T, The Kingsmen, Secret Affair and more. CD2 is Ska and features Madness, The Clash, Jimmy Cliff, The Beat, Dexys Midnight Runners, Desmond Decker and more. CD3 is Northern Soul featuring Al Wilson, The Supremes, Billy Ocean, Edwin Starr, Sam & Dave, Smokey Robinson and more.