August 8, 2005 Archive

Video

• Review: Murderball

  Guys in wheelchairs have sex too.

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Aug 08, 2005

• DVD Review: Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 08, 2005

• Region 1 DVD Releases for 9th August 2005

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Aug 08, 2005

• Remakes we never want to see

  ...- a remake of the Godfather where the Corleones have the best pizza business in the five boroughs...

  Opinion in Video — by Aaman Lamba — on Aug 08, 2005

• TV Review: Home of the Brave

  Home of the Brave is showing Monday at 10 pm on Court TV and repeats Sunday at 2 pm. It will also be out on DVD on August 23rd.

  Review in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Aug 08, 2005

• Review: The Chumscrubber

  Assembles such an amazing collection of actors that their mishandling by novice director Arie Posin is unforgivable.

  Review in Video — by Film Cynic — on Aug 08, 2005

• Review: Saturday Morning with Sid & Marty Krofft

  Review in Video — by Connie Phillips — on Aug 08, 2005

• Review: Queer as Folk Season 5 Finale

  In the end, they stayed true to the characters, and the series needed to leave us with that much more than a sappy ending.

  Review in Video — by Mark Runyon — on Aug 08, 2005

• The Real World Goes to Key West ... Then Where?

  MTV's popular reality series The Real World is moving into Key West next season. But then where?

  Opinion in Video — by Joe — on Aug 08, 2005

• Review: Tombstone

  One of the best westerns ever made, thanks to inspired casting and a brilliant script.

  Review in Video — by Nehring — on Aug 08, 2005

• Review: Donnie Darko

  Donnie Darko is a surefire contemporary classic that should not be avoided by any means.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 08, 2005

• A Television Viewer's Diary: 7/31-8/6

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 08, 2005

Music

• New album releases, week of 8-9-2005

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Aug 08, 2005

• Chad VanGaalen: Canadian Low-Fi Wunderkind

  Chad VanGaalen's Sub Pop debut, to be released on August 23, 2005, impresses.

  Review in Music — by Robert Burke — on Aug 08, 2005

• CD Review: Kellee Bradley Is Waiting

  When I read the credits of Kellee Bradley's new release Waiting, I knew I was in for some sonic delights.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Aug 08, 2005

• CD Review: The Essential Dolly Parton

  A better-than-decent start to your Dolly Parton collection. You do plan to start a Dolly collection, don't you?

  Review in Music — by John Owen — on Aug 08, 2005

• Ten Years On: Jerry Garcia Remembered

  Can you believe a decade has passed? Jerry's gone, but the memories live on.

  Opinion in Music — by Natalie Davis — on Aug 08, 2005

• Stereophonics - Language. Sex. Violence. Other? CD Review

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on Aug 08, 2005

• Glassjaw drop off tour and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Aug 08, 2005

• Wade O. Brown, All Night, All Love

  Review in Music — by Zombyboy — on Aug 08, 2005

• CD Review: Shel Silverstein - The Best Of Shel Silverstein His Words His Songs His Friends

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Aug 08, 2005

• CD review: Exes & Whys?

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 08, 2005

• CD Review: Faith Hill's Fireflies

  Review in Music — by Regina Avalos — on Aug 08, 2005

• "Bird on a Wire" - KD Lang tops Johnny Cash in cage match pecking order

  KD Lang owns "Bird on a Wire." It's her song now.

  Review in Music — by Al Barger — on Aug 08, 2005

• Motley Crue live at Red Rocks

  Review in Music — by Lono — on Aug 08, 2005

Culture

• Tablet PC And The NCAA: Tablet PC Users Petition NCAA To Force School Name Change

  Satire in Culture — by Warner Crocker — on Aug 08, 2005

• E-Qaeda TV

  The fact that terrorist recruit on the internet is trumped by the sobering fact that their numbers and websites are growing.

  News in Culture — by Laron Cue — on Aug 08, 2005

• Marilyn suicidal, no. Wacky, yes.

  Opinion in Culture — by OC hairball — on Aug 08, 2005

• Reflections On "No Child Left Behind"

  During the early eighties when I began to teach English as a career, education was rife with change. Mantra one day became dogma the next.

  Opinion in Culture — by S L Cunningham — on Aug 08, 2005

• Blogcritics and 10 million visitors; growth in many ways

  It hasn't all been fun. I guess I'll call that growing pains as everyone sees what fits and everyone else reacts to it.

  Opinion in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Aug 08, 2005

• Of Hunks and Babes

  Beautiful woman and handsome men decorate everything from television screens to magazine covers to the walls of teen boys and girls to clothing ads.

  Opinion in Culture — by jen best — on Aug 08, 2005

• Train People: The Sequel

  Do the unique train people you see everyday have a catchy name for you too?

  Satire in Culture — by Mark Sahm — on Aug 08, 2005

• Frida Kahlo: one of the greats

  It was the art that caused me to leave the exhibition shaken, almost overwhelmed ...

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Aug 08, 2005

• Notable Quotables 8/8/05

  Some Notable Quotables from King Fahd and what to call same-sex parents.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Aug 08, 2005

• Of Interest To Pagans

  Spirit of the Thing: Against Hairsplitting in the Pagan Community

  Opinion in Culture — by Cerulean — on Aug 08, 2005

• The Muslim, The Jew, and the Briefcase of Diamonds

  The briefcase full of diamonds is secondary to the religion of the two men.

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 08, 2005

• Blogcritics Editors' Picks - July 30 to Aug. 5

  Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain.. and most fools do - Dale Carnegie

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Aug 08, 2005

• Peter Jennings, the Prince of Nightly News, has passed

  The prince has died. And along with him, the era of the nightly anchor as protective prince. Remembering Peter Jennings.

  News in Culture — by anonyMoses — on Aug 08, 2005

Politics

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  Opinion in Politics — by JDCarmine — on Aug 08, 2005

• Throwing Caution to a Very Ill Wind

  "... there [has] been no significant reduction in the inherent vulnerability of the most dangerous... chemical facilities and conveyances to terrorist attack since September 11, 2001."

  Opinion in Politics — by AmeriPundit — on Aug 08, 2005

• A Recipe for Contempt of Court

  Martha, Rafael and President Bush cook up a recipe for contempt of court that could prove to be a recipe for disaster.

  Opinion in Politics — by Bob Blogdal — on Aug 08, 2005

• The Great Union Break-up: Getting Dirty Money out of Politics

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Aug 08, 2005

• Celebrating Guardians Who Kill

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Aug 08, 2005

• Rove and Plame: It's not about a leak

  As the pundits take turns deifying and then roasting Karl Rove for his supposed involvement in the Valerie Plame leak, there is a much more important (albeit less sexy) issue at play here: Why was a supposedly "secret" CIA agent ever that close- even though personal relationships- to the ever ugly game of partisan politics?

  Opinion in Politics — by Christopher J Falvey — on Aug 08, 2005

• The Struggle Continues.... James Dobson: Ideological Extremist?

  Opinion in Politics — by The Bulldog Manifesto — on Aug 08, 2005

• Iraq, gay rights and anger...

  Opinion in Politics — by Silas Kain — on Aug 08, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Because I Said So

  Review in Books — by Meryl — on Aug 08, 2005

• Book Review: Zorro

  Isabel Allende's version of Zorro grounds the character in Native America and provocatively alters the myth.

  Review in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Aug 08, 2005

• 5 Word Story: Harry Potter

  An experiment in online writing, lifted from the comments

  Opinion in Books — by Phillip Winn — on Aug 08, 2005

Gaming

• Nintendo DS Review: Goldeneye - Rogue Agent

  Setting video games back with every level.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 08, 2005

• Xbox Review: Destroy All Humans

  Campy fun.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 08, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Blogathon's Blogging for Charity!

  Blogathon.org hosts a 24 hour event to raise money for charity.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Joe — on Aug 08, 2005

• Interview: Eric Olsen of Blogcritics.org – Part II

  Interview in Sci/Tech — by Eric Berlin — on Aug 08, 2005

• Updated Daylight Savings Reminds People Of Y2K

  News in Sci/Tech — by Tan The Man — on Aug 08, 2005

• The Tyranny of Digital Distance

  The tyranny of digital distance occurs when the geographic has been by and large supplanted by the digital ...

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Tama — on Aug 08, 2005

Sports

• Palmeiro: Hall of Fame in Jeopardy, Congress Pursuing Perjury Charges

  News in Sports — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 08, 2005

• U.S. Kicked Out of Cricket Tournament

  News in Sports — by Aaman Lamba — on Aug 08, 2005

• Futon Report: Who's in, who's out of AL playoffs

  A month ago, 11 teams were in. Since then, it's a little clearer, but not by much.

  Review in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Aug 08, 2005