September 19, 2005 Archive

Sports

• Blogcritics Contest: Pick NFL Winners, Win Two For the Money Swag

  News in Sports — by Joan Hunt — on Sep 19, 2005

• Liverpool 0 Manchester United 0

  Liverpool and Manchester United play out a frustrating 0-0 draw in this early season North-West battle to be the best

  News in Sports — by Christopher Rose — on Sep 19, 2005

Culture

• NY Times Skewers Media Inaccuracies In Katrina Coverage

  Today's New York Times will carry an article by David Carr entitled, "More Horrible Than Truth: News Reports." The article

  Review in Culture — by Bird of Paradise — on Sep 19, 2005

• 72 Hours Raw In Dublin - Part Six

  “Strange Visions In Bruxelles…”

  Opinion in Culture — by Duke De Mondo — on Sep 19, 2005

• NASA Shows Off The Next Generation Of Space Craft

  The Exploration Systems Architecture Study has been released.

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Sep 19, 2005

• A Strange Streak: Nude News from New Zealand, Scotland

  Revealing looks at newsmakers -- and news readers -- around the world.

  News in Culture — by DrPat — on Sep 19, 2005

• Truth, Still Stranger Than Fiction

  Where should one draw this line, if anywhere, in fiction?

  Opinion in Culture — by Alisha Karabinus — on Sep 19, 2005

• Blogcritics EDITORS' PICKS - Sept. 10 to Sept. 16

  You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes. ...

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Sep 19, 2005

• What Causes War and How Can We Stop It?

  'Parasitism is too mild a term for a relationship predicated on the periodic killing of large numbers of human beings.'

  Opinion in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Sep 19, 2005

• Returning to Live in New Orleans

  News in Culture — by Frank Waldron — on Sep 19, 2005

• Day By Day for September 19, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for September 19, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Sep 19, 2005

Music

• Review: Sinead O'Connor's Compelling Bass Grooving Collaborations

  Electronica works great for Sinead. She's enough ghost to animate any machine.

  Review in Music — by Al Barger — on Sep 19, 2005

• Rita Marley Goes Back To Her Roots

  "Give me strength to carry on Jah"-Rita Marley

  Opinion in Music — by Joel Savage — on Sep 19, 2005

• Review: F5 - A Drug For All Seasons

  It's good enough to make me think that I'm going to seek out this band when they tour.

  Review in Music — by Chris Akin — on Sep 19, 2005

• Review: A Slice of Heaven in a Box – Bill Evans: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961

  Review in Music — by Tim Gebhart — on Sep 19, 2005

• Review: Dexter Gordon - Manhattan Symphonie

  Review in Music — by Daddypundit — on Sep 19, 2005

• Review: The Kingsbury Manx - The Fast Rise and Fall of the South

  On earlier projects band members shared the songwriting duties, but with this effort all tracks were written by guitarist Bill Taylor.

  Review in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Sep 19, 2005

• CD Review: Old Skars & Upstarts 505

  Master of Disaster and all-around sexy motherf*ck*r, Duane Peters, has compiled what is quite possibly the best punk rock compilation ever. This should come as no surprise to fans of Peters, who has been raising hell and skateboarding since the 70's.

  Review in Music — by jen best — on Sep 19, 2005

• Review: Disciple - Disciple

  Review in Music — by Kevin Surbaugh — on Sep 19, 2005

• DVD Review: Punk: Attitude

  An oral history of anarchy in the U.K—and the U.S.A. Nearly five hours of interviews and rare footage.

  Review in Music — by Pete Blackwell — on Sep 19, 2005

Video

• Region 1 DVD Releases for 20th September 2005

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Sep 19, 2005

• The Emmys Suck

  Opinion in Video — by Cerulean — on Sep 19, 2005

• Emmy Awards 2005

  My recap of last night's presentation

  Opinion in Video — by NancyGail — on Sep 19, 2005

• My Turn at Emmy Coverage

  The Good The Bad and the Unexpected

  Opinion in Video — by NancyGail — on Sep 19, 2005

• The Trailer Park: The Weather Man

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 19, 2005

• Madness Reviewed: The Cell

  From the bizarre ranting of the oracles of ancient Greece to the chillingly ordinary conversations of Ted Bundy, the world of the insane has fascinated those of us occupying a more mundane plane of existence.

  Review in Video — by johnwstiles — on Sep 19, 2005

• Review: WB's Twins

  Review in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Sep 19, 2005

• TV Review: Kitchen Confidential & How I Met Your Mother

  Review in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Sep 19, 2005

• DVD Review: Oldboy

  15 years of imprisonment... 5 days of vengeance

  Review in Video — by Tan The Man — on Sep 19, 2005

• Akron Music Scene Documented in If You're Not Dead, Play!!

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 19, 2005

• A Television Viewer's Diary: 9/11-9/17

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 19, 2005

• TV Review: Twins

  Review in Video — by Sterfish — on Sep 19, 2005

• Emmys: Reveling in irrelevance

  Opinion in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Sep 19, 2005

• The 57th Annual Emmy Awards: A Collection of Thoughts

  Opinion in Video — by Joan Hunt — on Sep 19, 2005

• He's in the House!

  Review in Video — by Jewels Richardson — on Sep 19, 2005

• The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Winners

  The winners of this year's Emmy awards, honoring the best in Television.

  News in Video — by Matt Maltese — on Sep 19, 2005

• School Papers: The Crucible

  Review in Video — by Leoniceno — on Sep 19, 2005

• 2005 Fall Line-Up Reviews : Take 6 – Supernatural

  It’s probably to cool to last, so watch while you can.

  Review in Video — by David Desjardins — on Sep 19, 2005

• 2005 Fall Line-Up Reviews : Take 5 – 30 Days With Morgan Spurlock

  It’s about knocking you off your cushy soapbox of quick and dirty judgment of others.

  Review in Video — by David Desjardins — on Sep 19, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Some Kind of Genius

  The story of a child genius

  Review in Books — by NancyGail — on Sep 19, 2005

• Book Review: It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken

  A new book from the author of He's Just Not That Into You

  Review in Books — by NancyGail — on Sep 19, 2005

• Book Review: Curves Diet Plan by Gary Heavin

  Set-point theory is repackaged with Curves merchandise and solid dietary guidance in a format anyone can use.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Sep 19, 2005

• Interview with Deana Hoover, author of Sing to the Moon

  Many people have trouble accepting that a story written from the perspective of wild animals can be for adults.

  Interview in Books — by Parker Owens — on Sep 19, 2005

• Dialogues With The Dead: Robertson Davies's Great Canadian Novels

  The late Canadian author Robertson Davies, author of hugely entertaining campus sagas, was a true gift to modern literature.

  Opinion in Books — by Ashok K. Banker — on Sep 19, 2005

Politics

• Halliburton Alert: Once Again, The Vulture Need Not Bid

  Opinion in Politics — by Douglas Anthony Cooper — on Sep 19, 2005

• The Federal Gov Is Smarter than You...

  I'm not sure where the rest of this country has been, but last time I checked, the government had always been horrible at handling disasters…and money…and power…and…everything else it's ever been handed. To be honest, I'm not quite sure why this surprised a single soul.<

  Opinion in Politics — by ChaunceyBillups — on Sep 19, 2005

• America: We're #1! We're #1! We're #1?

  Opinion in Politics — by Cranky Liberal — on Sep 19, 2005

• Bipartisan Panel Recommends Election Overhaul For 2008

  Carter and Baker seek steps that would end the doubts that surrounded the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Sep 19, 2005

• Three Lies and One Big Truth from Bill Clinton

  Bill Clinton was on This Week on Sunday with a preview of the lies to expect in 2006 and 2008.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Sep 19, 2005

• Is Corporate Fraud Really Worse than Rape?

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Sep 19, 2005

• Gay Marriage is OK in Massachusetts

  Opinion in Politics — by Rudicus — on Sep 19, 2005

• Family Values In Action: Drunk Son Of Jeb Bush Arrested

  People are highly divided over whether the Democratic Party or the Republican Party best represents "biblical values".

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Sep 19, 2005

• Is Bush Commander In Chief, or Minister in Chief?

  Bush's weekly radio address sounded like a sermon.

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Sep 19, 2005

• Safe, Legal, and Rare

  Boston Sunday Globe stories on Constitution Day, relations with Israel, and the abortion rights lobby.

  Opinion in Politics — by Harry Forbes — on Sep 19, 2005

• The Anti-War Movement: A Cause Without an Issue

  In the national debate on the war in Iraq, there has been surprisingly little debate on, well, the war coming from the anti-war crowd. Not only is this not helping their own cause, it is also rather dangerous- as the lack of a real debate on the real issues implicitly assures conformity to the Administration's side of such issues.

  Opinion in Politics — by Christopher J Falvey — on Sep 19, 2005

• Impeach Entire Bush Administration Post-Term!

  Opinion in Politics — by Michael D. Bryan — on Sep 19, 2005

• Notable Quotables 9/19/05

  Remember the Gaza Pullout? See how classy the Palestinians are reacting. And Hamas on Israel - the truth.

  Opinion in Politics — by Patfish — on Sep 19, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Myst Creator Cyan Worlds Folds

  After 15 years of stunning CD/DVD-based games, Cyan Worlds closed its doors this month.

  News in Sci/Tech — by DrPat — on Sep 19, 2005

Gaming

• PSP Review: Namco Museum Battle Collection

  It's expensive, but this collection offers more than usual.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Sep 19, 2005

• Indeed, a Revolution

  News in Gaming — by Alisha Karabinus — on Sep 19, 2005