August 16, 2005 Archive

Music

• American Idol: Mario Vazquez, Palace Intrigue, and The Clive Davis Clone Army

  News in Music — by Sticker — on Aug 16, 2005

• REVIEW: Rodney Crowell - The Outsider

  Iraq War. Patriotism. Bastard politicians. A blog of a song if ever there was. All with a mandolin introduction.

  Review in Music — by Temple Stark — on Aug 16, 2005

• Why "F--- Forever" By Babyshambles Will Make The Duke Blind

  An experiment in writing to the Beat of Pete.

  Review in Music — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 16, 2005

• CD Review: The Stooges - The Stooges & Funhouse

  Iggy Pop is like a cockroach, you just cannot kill him.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Aug 16, 2005

• REVIEW: Curl Up and Die - The One Above All, The End Of All That Is

  The album features a song Tom Cruise could really get behind ... and other tales of Curl Up and Die

  Review in Music — by Temple Stark — on Aug 16, 2005

• An Interview With Seun Kuti

  Interview in Music — by Joel Savage — on Aug 16, 2005

• CD Review: Monday Morning's Fool's Paradise

  Review in Music — by Warren Kelly — on Aug 16, 2005

• Elvis is Everywhere

  How not to tell your mother that her hero is dead.

  Opinion in Music — by Michele Catalano — on Aug 16, 2005

• CD Review: Leela James - A Change Is Gonna Come

  If the performer and production team start with some decent ideas then there's a good chance they can rise above.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Aug 16, 2005

• Gig review: Sacred Heart

  Review in Music — by JasonR — on Aug 16, 2005

• New album releases, week of 8-16-2005

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Aug 16, 2005

Video

• I have my Bruce "Don't Call Me Ash" Campbell bookmark and a pocket full of memories... or is that a popcorn shell?

  Review in Video — by Solonor Rasreth — on Aug 16, 2005

• Box Office Update: 8/12-14

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 16, 2005

• Cry Wolf Release Date Pushed Up

  Originally slated for a September 23rd release, it has been pushed up a week to Friday September 16th.

  News in Video — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 16, 2005

• Review: The Thin Man

  The first of the classic comedic mystery series starring William Powell and Myrna Loy: timelessly entertaining.

  Review in Video — by Tom the Dog — on Aug 16, 2005

• Blues Brothers "putting the band back together" for 25th Anniversary Screening and DVD

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 16, 2005

• Simone Simon, 1910-2005

  I, however, was permanently imprinted with her demonic corruption.

  Opinion in Video — by Al Barger — on Aug 16, 2005

• QueerEdge with Jack E. Jett Bows on QTN

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 16, 2005

• Review: 12 Monkeys

  12 Monkeys is a well-constructed, intelligent feature with both a bright basis and an emotional-gratifying climax.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 16, 2005

• CNBC's Las Vegas, Inc.

  CNBC's business special brings to light some amazing things going on in the Vegas business world.

  Opinion in Video — by Capn Ken — on Aug 16, 2005

• Review: Hostage

  Almost as good as it should have been.

  Review in Video — by Nehring — on Aug 16, 2005

• Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

  Rocky Horror is a perversely original picture that juggles its sexuality and corniness quite well.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 16, 2005

• Review: Must Love Dogs Is As Bad As Everyone Says It Is

  Review in Video — by Cerulean — on Aug 16, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week: 8/16

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 16, 2005

• Region 1 DVD Releases for 16th August 2005

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Aug 16, 2005

Culture

• DEBRIS ON A HILLSIDE

  A poem for thee, thee, thee.

  Opinion in Culture — by Kable — on Aug 16, 2005

• Review: Camelot at the Hollywood Bowl

  Jeremy Irons played King Arthur in a one-night only performance of Camelot at the Hollywood Bowl.

  Review in Culture — by Bryce Zabel — on Aug 16, 2005

• Love Biatch: Toning it Down

  Don't Buy the Cow part II: I slept with him and he never called back. What happened?

  Opinion in Culture — by Love Biatch — on Aug 16, 2005

• Microsoft kicks Apple in the Ipod

  Way to go Apple, I hope the road to obscurity treats you well ....

  Opinion in Culture — by ChaunceyBillups — on Aug 16, 2005

• The T.A.S. Show Podcast2 - Of course

  Playing cards, vocals and 2 in the morning words.

  Opinion in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Aug 16, 2005

• The Sputnik Syndrome

  Opinion in Culture — by Chris Franklin — on Aug 16, 2005

• Talk of Blogcritics' 10 Millionth Visitor is Talk of Blogosphere

  Congratulations come in droves, and rightfully so, to Blogcritics, 10 million, three years strong, and growing daily.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Aug 16, 2005

• An Argentine opinion poll

  How an Argentine newspaper present opinion poll results as compared to NYT or Economist

  Review in Culture — by Kaiser — on Aug 16, 2005

• Why BTK Sentencing is Important

  News in Culture — by Frank Waldron — on Aug 16, 2005

• Day By Day for August 16, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 16, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Aug 16, 2005

Books

• Book Review: The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

  Review in Books — by Murphy — on Aug 16, 2005

• Book Review: Velvet Elvis

  Rob Bell has written a book that I was unprepared for, has given information and insight that I was not looking for, and has inspired me and encouraged me in a way that I didn't know I needed.

  Review in Books — by Rick Stilwell — on Aug 16, 2005

• Textbook Costs Center of Controversy

  News in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 16, 2005

• A Prayer for the Dying

  Opinion in Books — by Alonzo Mosley (FBI) — on Aug 16, 2005

Politics

• Cindy Sheehan's Divorce: So F'ing What?

  Opinion in Politics — by The Bulldog Manifesto — on Aug 16, 2005

• Bush Calls Up Salvation Army

  Satire in Politics — by Matt Freelove — on Aug 16, 2005

• The Latest Developments in the Natalee Holloway Case

  No news in the Holloway case?

  Satire in Politics — by Miriam — on Aug 16, 2005

• Roberts made fun of Jacko in 80's memo

  John Roberts' legal resume is so impeccable that it is almost superhuman. So the latest story on his nomination shows a refreshlying human side of the nominee.

  News in Politics — by Thad Anderson — on Aug 16, 2005

• Gaza, Israel, and Me

  We insult the dream of “Next Year In Jerusalem” if can’t carry out that simple task.

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 16, 2005

• Leeches, Shame and Humanity: The Sheehan Saga

  Opinion in Politics — by Michele Catalano — on Aug 16, 2005

• Blogcritics On the Cindy Sheehan Conundrum

  Opinion in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 16, 2005

• No Joy for Doom and Gloomers in New Deficit Report

  I can hear Paul Krugman grinding his teeth tonight. Turns tax cuts actually work.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Aug 16, 2005

• In Covering Cindy Sheehan, Daily Show Shows Lunacy And Hypocrisy Among Conservative Pundits

  Jon Stewart is often the most incisive political analyst on television today. Here's an example.

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Aug 16, 2005

Tastes

• Samuel Adams Brews the World's Strongest Beer

  The world's strongest beer is also one of the most expensive...

  Opinion in Tastes — by RJ Elliott — on Aug 16, 2005

Gaming

• PS2 Review: Flatout

  Substandard racing with some of the best mini-games ever.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 16, 2005

• PSP Review: Midnight Club - Dub Edition

  Future game designers take note: Optimization is important.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 16, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Tues Aug 16 Science Roundup

  War, what is it good for? Endangered Species. That and how a physicist has proven my occupational failure.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Jake Young — on Aug 16, 2005

• Coitus Interruptus: New .XXX Internet Domain Delayed

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 16, 2005