A music lover's pastime is digging in the crates…for old records, that is. In this day and age, the holding of a physical record, the anxious inserting into a player for a listen; these things are fading away. What is replacing them, year by year, is the digital downloading of music and albums through applications such as iTunes and file sharing programs.
The Hurt Locker" is up for nine academy awards this Sunday, including Best Director, Best Picture and Best Screenplay. The story is about a US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team - the Army's bomb squad. As the movie begins, three soldiers are standing in a deserted street.