September 16, 2005 Archive

Music

• Review: The Bad Plus - Suspicious Activity?

  Prepare yourselves. The new Bad Plus hits stores Tuesday. And it's a winner.

  Review in Music — by Robert Burke — on Sep 16, 2005

• Review: Tracy Bonham's blink the brightest

  Tracy Bonham calls it her best work yet.

  Review in Music — by Cara de Pescado — on Sep 16, 2005

• Steve Northeast

  Steve Northeast will instantly remind you of other voices you have heard over the years.

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

• CD Review: Randy & The Bloody Lovelies - Lift

  The band's sophomore album, Lift, manages to mix slow, tender ballads with catchy and up beat pop-rock tracks...

  Review in Music — by jen best — on Sep 16, 2005

• CMJ 2005: When Hipsters Dance

  After getting hopelessly lost trying to find a noise show, I abandon experimentation and check out the DFA Records showcase.

  Opinion in Music — by Lovestruck — on Sep 16, 2005

• CD Review: The 101ers - Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited

  The front man of the 101ers was going by the name Woody at the time, but would soon come to be known as the one and only Joe Strummer.

  Review in Music — by jen best — on Sep 16, 2005

• B.B. King, 80: Review

  I doubt I'll be able to stay awake for dinner or remember to button my pants when I'm that age...

  Review in Music — by Jefito — on Sep 16, 2005

• The Friday Morning Listen

  How the hell did that happen?!

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

• Run-D.M.C. Reissued

  Run-D.M.C.'s first four albums reissued with bonus tracks.

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Sep 16, 2005

• Live review: Thrash & Power metal night

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Sep 16, 2005

• Review: Kate Campbell - Blues and Lamentations

  Campbell’s “Genesis Blues” contains the key line that encapsulates the entire album, “everything started with the blues.”

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on Sep 16, 2005

• Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove 1978

  the most creatively ornately detailed lyrics of his career, entirely devoted to being as absolutely unappetizingly copraphilic as humanly possible.

  Review in Music — by Al Barger — on Sep 16, 2005

Video

• Survivor Guatemala: a Week One tribute

  Opinion in Video — by teletart — on Sep 16, 2005

• Polanski's Oliver Twist: Review

  Extravagently and meticulously detailed, Polanski's film is indeed a faithful adaptation, and a visually thrilling production.

  Review in Video — by Amber Grapestain — on Sep 16, 2005

• Inside Deep Throat - An Interview with Harry Reems

  Interview in Video — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Sep 16, 2005

• New Movie Releases: 9/16/05

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

• American Idol: Simon Cowell: You Oughta Be In Pictures?

  Opinion in Video — by Sticker — on Sep 16, 2005

• The Greatest Fall of All: Downfall - Review

  Review in Video — by The Jenius — on Sep 16, 2005

• TV Review: Head Cases

  Review in Video — by Sterfish — on Sep 16, 2005

• TV Review: Supernatural

  Review in Video — by Sterfish — on Sep 16, 2005

Politics

• Cindy Sheehan Demands Troops Leave New Orleans

  News in Politics — by Z.Z. Bachman — on Sep 16, 2005

• Usher Backs Kanye West As GOP Race-Baiting Strikes Out Again

  Pop star Usher is incensed over false reports that he attacked Kanye West's comments about George W. Bush.

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Sep 16, 2005

• ABC News Accidentally Exposes the Truth

  You never know what can happen when you let real people get infront of a microphone on TV.

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

• Bush After Katrina: Where's Harry Hopkins?

  Opinion in Politics — by Jude Nagurney Camwell — on Sep 16, 2005

• Seven Out Of 159 'World Leaders' Are Women

  Today's picture of all of the world leaders at the UN summit makes a depressing sight.

  Opinion in Politics — by Natalie Bennett — on Sep 16, 2005

• Bush, Like Chertoff, Tries To Spin Surprise That Levees Broke

  Chertoff said something implausible. Now Bush says something slightly less implausible.

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

• Abortion Rights, Property Rights and Kelo

  Kelo opens the door for eminent domain to be applied to uteruses.

  Opinion in Politics — by JDCarmine — on Sep 16, 2005

• The Life Expectancy Endgame

  Or: How to win every argument dealing with the physical, mental or moral health of Americans.

  Opinion in Politics — by Christopher J Falvey — on Sep 16, 2005

• Sharia Law In Ontario: Part Two

  When we allow religion to dictate policy we have limited our options to one narrow view.

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

• Presidential Redress

  Captain Obvious began by saying that the Gulf Coast was hit by a big disaster.

  Opinion in Politics — by David Desjardins — on Sep 16, 2005

• What We Really Heard George Say, If We Listened Closely

  The full subtext of President Bush's address Thursday, as leaked by an unnamed source at The White House:

  Satire in Politics — by Douglas Anthony Cooper — on Sep 16, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Drive to the East

  Harry Turtledove's alternate history of the American Civil War continues with overtones of WWII.

  Review in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Sep 16, 2005

• Book Review: DVD & Video Guide 2006

  A new video guide promises more reviews and information on more movies than any of its competitors.

  Review in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Sep 16, 2005

• Book Review: Why Do Men Have Nipples?

  Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Sep 16, 2005

• Book Review: Go Ask Ogre: Letters From A Deathrock Cutter, by Jolene Siana

  Review in Books — by Jaime Nichols — on Sep 16, 2005

• Book Review: Bookless in Baghdad by Shashi Tharoor

  Review in Books — by Ashok K. Banker — on Sep 16, 2005

Culture

• Blogcritics Proves The Penn Is Not Mightier

  Opinion in Culture — by Hardy — on Sep 16, 2005

• On The Nature of Ideas and Experiences

  Now you know my thoughts, but please share yours.

  Opinion in Culture — by Floris Vermeir — on Sep 16, 2005

• New Guiness Couch Potato Record: 69 Hours, 48 Minutes

  New Yorker Suresh Joachim passed the previous record by 19 hours and 41 minutes...

  News in Culture — by DrPat — on Sep 16, 2005

• My Mission Statement Realized.

  Opinion in Culture — by Tony Figueroa — on Sep 16, 2005

• Zellweger-Chesney Marriage: Just Kidding

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 16, 2005

• Vatican To Search Seminaries For Gays

  The Catholic Church is sending examiners to check for gays in seminaries. The supposed impetus is child abuse scandals.

  Opinion in Culture — by Cerulean — on Sep 16, 2005

• Day By Day for September 16, 2005

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

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

• Pop Culture Update 9/15/05

  Sean Penn Lies Again! Also, Hunter Thompson's suicide note and Rod Stewart's nasty daughter.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Sep 16, 2005

Sports

• We don't care about the game, we just want Barry

  As Giants fans are demonstrating, welcoming back a juiced-up star ruins the soul of baseball

  Opinion in Sports — by Mark Edward Manning — on Sep 16, 2005

• Futon Report: Manager of the Year candidates

  Part 1 of 4 of the 2005 Suss Choice Awards

  Review in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Sep 16, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Napster On Campus

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

• Bush Rallies for Katrina - Energy Policy Next?

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

• Garrison Keillor, a Prairie Dork Companion

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Steven Hart — on Sep 16, 2005

• Friday femmes fatales No 23

  Where are all the female bloggers? Here, in my weekly "top ten" posts.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Sep 16, 2005

Gaming

• The Sound of One Hand Gaming

  Nintendo finally introduces us to the controller for the Revolution

  Opinion in Gaming — by Michele Catalano — on Sep 16, 2005