Beautiful Things marks a major creative milestone for Green, best known as the lead singer for the Philadelphia-based progressive punk act Circa Survive. Co-produced by Green and Jason Cupp, Beautiful Things was recorded at The Big House in the sleepy beach town of Avalon, New Jersey, with backing - and additional production - from Green's fellow Philadelphians, Good Old War. In addition, the album sees guest appearances from such like-minded artists as Ida Maria, Lights, Maps & Atlases guitarist Dave Davison, Claire Wadsworth, Green's Circa Survive comrades Brendan Ekstrom and Colin Frangicetto, and a couple other surprises.

Based on So Many Things' cover image, Eddy Current Suppression Ring doesn’t shy away from clutter, and the unflinching contents of this double album of singles, B-sides, and other miscellanea confirm it. It even sounds messy (in a good way, mostly), particularly on the title track, which opens the collection with a song off the band’s very first release, a lumbering, mumbled breakup rant that hides a smirk underneath its scowl. While many of these songs emphasize the first part of Eddy Current Suppression Ring's rough-and-ready approach to a point where they blur together, there are also plenty of standouts. The cover of the Pagans' “Boy, Can I Dance Good” adds just enough minor-key sweetness to its angsty thrashing to evoke the Buzzcocks' earliest days; conversely, their take on the Go-Go’s' “We Got the Beat” strips away any sugar to reveal a yelping, pummeling beast of a song. Several tracks, including “Demon’s Demands and “Through the Trees,” foreshadow the more elongated, Krautrock-inspired direction the band took on its third album, Rush to Relax, while “Wet Cement”’s relentless drone recalls Wire at their most intellectual and “Noise in My Head” could be the product of an especially deranged Yardbirds. Given that So Many Things spans seven years’ worth of songs and ideas, it’s no wonder that it sounds scattered and even slipshod at times, especially compared to Eddy Current Suppression Ring's full-fledged albums. However, coming from such a take-it-or-leave-it band, most Eddy Current fans will take it gladly. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi

A band of fresh-faced 21-year-olds may not be the average person's most obvious source for life wisdom and spiritual depth, but the risk is worth the reward at least with All Things New, the surprisingly insightful act signed to BEC Recordings.On the surface, singer Garrett Hornbuckle, drummer Luke Wycuff, bassist Joshua Schou, and guitarist Jeff Stein are young, easygoing, and stylish: two guys met playing junior high baseball together and music runs in several of their families. But dig a little deeper and you'll find Godly men who know too much too soon about broken homes, broken faith, and broken hearts.Although the members of this worshipful, contemporary, and often folksy Florida quartet could talk about their childhood like it was yesterday because it practically was the songs they write and sing on their self-titled debut album already contain the clarity of a hard-won life lesson: things break apart in this world, but God restores them.From those experiences, All Things New wrote its first single, 'New Man,' a strong opening statement about how God creates beauty from ashes. Combining heartfelt vocals, muscular musicianship, and a graceful string section, the song grips listeners with a compelling force comparable to chart toppers like Tenth Avenue North.'That one's just an awesome thing to have been part of such a God-breathed song,' says Luke who contributed to the lyrics after reading Isaiah 61:3. 'I'm just so moved by it and am pumped up knowing people will hear the message within 'New Man .'All Things New will be releasing their debut album on BEC Recordings April 9, 2013. They will be supporting the record on the God's Not Dead! Spring 2013 tour with Newsboys and Building 429.

A startling dissection of cruelty and artistic creation from the author of In the Company of Men and Your Friends and NeighborsIn a modern version of Adam's seduction by Eve, The Shape of Things pits gentle, awkward, overweight Adam against experienced, analytical, amoral Evelyn, a graduate student in art. After a chance meeting at a museum, Evelyn and Adam embark on an intense relationship that causes shy and principled Adam to go to extraordinary lengths, including cosmetic surgery, and a betrayal of his best friend, to improve his appearance and character. In the process, Evelyn's subtle and insistent coaching results in a reconstruction of Adam's fundamental moral character. Only in a final and shocking exhibition does Evelyn reveal the nature of her interest in Adam, of her detached artist's perspective and sense of authority--to her, Adam is no more than flesh.... one of the most perfect materials on earth. Natural, beautiful, and malleable. Labute's latest work is an intense and disturbing study not only of the uses of power within human relationships, but also of the ethics involved in the relationship of art and life. To what extent is an artist licensed to shape and change her medium or to alter the work of another artist? What is acceptable artistic material? At what point does creation become manipulation, and at what point does creation destroy? Or, is the new Adam, handsome and confident if heart broken, an admirable result of the most challenging artistic endeavor? The Shape of Things challenges society's most deeply entrenched ideas about art, manipulation, and love.

When all-around good guy Nathan Price stops to aid a disabled motorist, his life is cut short by a second accident. Coping with their loss, his family discovers all the lives he touched---including a woman with a child and a devastating claim. After the truth is revealed, what will his spiritual legacy be? 352 pages, softcover from Center Street.

Description Is This Thing On? is a reassuring, plain-English guide that introduces novices to the ease of using a computer! Learn how to shop for and set up a computer, use e-mail and internet, master a mouse, printer, scanner and more. Is This Thing On? book covers the basics of word processing, sending and receiving digital photos and enjoying online shopping, banking, travel planning and dating. Also includes tutorials for Skype, Facebook, iPads and e-readers. Softcover, 438 pages. 9 long x 7 wide.

Universal Studios presents Thing, The (2011) - Combo - Directed by Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr. : Rated R - 103 min: Region A : 2 Disc Blu-Ray DVD Digital Copy Combo - Starring Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Eric Christian Olsen, Joel Edgerton, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ulrich Thomsen

By Jerome Kern. Arranged by Stan Kenton. Jazz Ensemble / Jazz Band. The Stan Kenton Orchestra Library Series. Ballad. Grade 4. Score and set of parts. Published by Sierra Music