September 26, 2005 Archive

Video

• Review: Dirty Jobs

  Review in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Sep 26, 2005

• Review: Surface - Episodes 1 & 2

  Lacks a compelling cast or a charasmatic lead actor. Hopefully, Surface will sink out of sight.

  Review in Video — by Triniman — on Sep 26, 2005

• Film Review: Corpse Bride

  Review in Video — by Jesse Trussell — on Sep 26, 2005

• Ripley's Believe It or Not: Alien and the Suspension of Disbelief

  Opinion in Video — by Paul J. Marasa — on Sep 26, 2005

• Region 1 DVD Releases For 27th September 2005

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Sep 26, 2005

• March of the Penguins and Grizzly Man: Pathetic, Fallacious, Poetic, Prophetic

  Two animal documentaries: an ironist rushes in where romantics fear to tread.

  Review in Video — by Alan Dale — on Sep 26, 2005

• Serenity - The Marketing Campaign

  Is the blog marketing campaign for Serenity really that cack-handed and lazy? Or am I just a curmudgeon?

  Opinion in Video — by John Owen — on Sep 26, 2005

• DVD Review: No Direction Home

  Don't miss Martin Scorsese's doc on Bob Dylan which airs on PBS Monday and Tuesday and is also available on DVD (including full performances of several songs).

  Review in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Sep 26, 2005

• Review: Novo

  Review in Video — by Daryl Sng — on Sep 26, 2005

• Classic Movie Review of the Week: The Battle of Algiers

  It is a disservice to the power of the film, though, to allow it to only serve our current political landscape.

  Review in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Sep 26, 2005

• DVD Review: The Warriors

  Even though its styles are outdated, The Warriors will always be able to withstand the test of time.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Sep 26, 2005

• Movie Review: Saw

  With some sharpening, Saw could have most definitely made a cleaner cut.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Sep 26, 2005

• Movie Review: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

  In some ways the movie is formulaic - but it's also incredibly subversive.

  Review in Video — by Steve Jacobs — on Sep 26, 2005

• Review: Grey's Anatomy 2.1

  Even interns have relationship woes.

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Sep 26, 2005

• Review: Desperate Housewives Season Two Premiere

  Who knew funerals were entertaining?

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Sep 26, 2005

Music

• Review: The Rosebuds - Birds Make Good Neighbors

  It's songs like this that made me love music.

  Review in Music — by Robert Burke — on Sep 26, 2005

• CD Review: Trigger Point - A Silent Protest

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 26, 2005

• CD Review: The Casanovas

  If you are looking for a new listening experience that will take you back through memory lane as you go, then pick up a copy of the which will be hitting stores September, 27.

  Review in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Sep 26, 2005

• Review: Cesar Comanche - Squrrel And the Aces

  Squrrel And the Aces may be the sleeper hit of the year.

  Review in Music — by Stone — on Sep 26, 2005

• Microsoft to Double Indian Staff and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Sep 26, 2005

• Review: Brad Stine - ...Tolerate THIS!

  Review of "The Conservative Comedian," Brad Stine's new CD/DVD.

  Review in Music — by Jim Schwab — on Sep 26, 2005

• CD Review: Metric - Live It Out

  Review in Music — by jen best — on Sep 26, 2005

• Weekly Reissue Roundup

  Gary Moore, Muse, Herb Alpert, Krishna Das

  Review in Music — by uao — on Sep 26, 2005

• Reivew: Elizabethtown Motion Picture Soundtrack

  If there is an art to building soundtracks Elizabethtown can take it's place among the handful of masterpieces currently in circulation.

  Review in Music — by Robert Burke — on Sep 26, 2005

• CD Review: Against Me! - Searching For A Former Clarity

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Sep 26, 2005

• CD Review: Ill Nino - One Nation Underground

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 26, 2005

• Neo Soul: Funk 'n' Grits 'n' Gravy

  There are many Soul music tributaries today, but only Neo Soul aspires to stay rooted firmly in the past.

  Opinion in Music — by Viqi French — on Sep 26, 2005

• Review: Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Jamboree

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Sep 26, 2005

Politics

• Weekend at Bernie's: The Presidency

  Satire in Politics — by The Fifth Dentist — on Sep 26, 2005

• U.S. Sponsors Discrimination.

  Opinion in Politics — by Rudicus — on Sep 26, 2005

• "Waste, Abuse and Mismanagement" Suspected Among Some FEMA Katrina Response Contracts

  The DHS Inspector General worries aloud about huge contracts decided with a handshake rather than competitive bidding.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Sep 26, 2005

• Is the ACLU Anti-Christian?

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Sep 26, 2005

• EPA Proposes Easing Reporting Requirements On Toxic Pollution

  The latest example of the Bush Administration placing corporate "needs" above individual protections.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Sep 26, 2005

• Republican-Led House Passes Bill Allowing Religious Discrimination

  The Republican-led plan would allow for religious schools to discriminate against worthy applicants of other religions

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Sep 26, 2005

• Quotable Notables 9/27/05

  A Senator offended so easily. A Senator needs lesson on baseball. More classy Arab response to Gaza pullout.

  Opinion in Politics — by Patfish — on Sep 26, 2005

Sci/Tech

• A Digital Plague: Bring Out Your Dead!

  News in Sci/Tech — by Deano — on Sep 26, 2005

• Will Rising Sea Levels Cause More Deadly Hurricanes?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by John Bill — on Sep 26, 2005

• Presenting The New Face Of Evil

  How PowerPoint - Microsoft's most dastardly creation - is destroying society at every fundamental level.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Rich Powers — on Sep 26, 2005

• Magnatune Pushes the File-Sharing Envelope

  Now, however, Magnatune customers can legally distribute up to three copies of uncompressed music.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Jon Sobel — on Sep 26, 2005

• China - Another Internet Clampdown

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 26, 2005

• Book Review: Linux Made Easy, Part 2

  Ideally geared for complete newbies to Linux, who need a book that is reference source and overall operation manual.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by David R Perry — on Sep 26, 2005

• Making perfume: Why I think I'm a nose

  The new J-Lo perfume smells remarkably like Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion and Diesel Feminine like Pina Colada.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Nukapai — on Sep 26, 2005

Culture

• Special Action To Increase Responsible Education (SATIRE)

  Satire in Culture — by Brian Sorrell — on Sep 26, 2005

• Checkraise: The Business of Online Poker

  Profits were up 81% but PartyGaming's stock dropped 33% because growth is slowing down.

  News in Culture — by Justene Adamec — on Sep 26, 2005

• NASA's Voyager One Passes Through Termination Shock

  Voyager 1 has passed into the border region at the edge of the solar system and now is sending back information about this never-before-explored area.

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Sep 26, 2005

• Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher: Built to Last

  This ain't no Zellweger-Chesney sham marriage.

  Opinion in Culture — by Blunderford — on Sep 26, 2005

• Christian Charity

  Why is Christianity, in terms of numbers of adherents, the world's most popular religion?

  Opinion in Culture — by The Searcher — on Sep 26, 2005

• Get Smart Actor Don Adams Dies in Los Angeles

  The Cone of Silence has descended for the last time on this brilliant voice and TV actor

  News in Culture — by DrPat — on Sep 26, 2005

• FTC Slaps "Ab Force" Ads for False Advertising

  Despite knowing the product could not provide the results shown, the FTC says, Ab Force advertisers lied in their ads...

  News in Culture — by DrPat — on Sep 26, 2005

• Fast-Forward to Fame: Give People Something to Talk About

  How do you fast-forward to fame, past the more diligent masses of writers? Give people something to talk about...

  Opinion in Culture — by Purple Tigress — on Sep 26, 2005

• What About The Public In Public Art?

  ...they will take far more pride and interest in the final result. Isn't that better than disinterest and scorn?

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Sep 26, 2005

• One Year of thinking

  Opinion in Culture — by theco — on Sep 26, 2005

• Day By Day for September 26, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for September 26, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Sep 26, 2005

• Freedom in Relationship: Astrology-based advice

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Sep 26, 2005

Books

• Banned Book Week September 24 to October 1, 2005

  This is Banned Books Week, "Celebrating the Freedom to Read" Harry Potter, John Steinbeck, Maya Angelou, and Captain Underpants...

  News in Books — by DL Ennis — on Sep 26, 2005

• Book Review: The Tailor-King by Anthony Arthur

  Is human nature today the same as it was 50, or 500, or 5,000 or 50,000 years ago?

  Review in Books — by Natalie Bennett — on Sep 26, 2005

• Interview with Joanne Hall, author of Hierath

  I worked out that I earn slightly more an hour than an Uzbekistani cotton farmer, which made me feel good. Harsh, I know...

  Interview in Books — by Parker Owens — on Sep 26, 2005

Sports

• An Exultation of Sports: Nine Iconic Films

  Opinion in Sports — by DrPat — on Sep 26, 2005