October 18, 2005 Archive

Music

• CD Review - The Best of Sam Cooke

  Review in Music — by Daddypundit — on Oct 18, 2005

• He Fell From a Star

  Opinion in Music — by amba — on Oct 18, 2005

• CD Review - Jethro Tull - Aqualung Live

  Review in Music — by Lono — on Oct 18, 2005

• Review: Jamie Cullum - Catching Tales

  Cullum needs to get back to taking more chances with his material and really pushing out those stuffy boundaries of jazz.

  Review in Music — by Mark Runyon — on Oct 18, 2005

• New album releases, week of 10-18-2005

  I think Millard Fillmore was president when last Stevie Wonder managed to put out an album.

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Oct 18, 2005

• The Couch Sessions Podcast: DJ Eurok

  DJ Eurok is one of Washington, DC's most prolific DJ's.

  Interview in Music — by Stone — on Oct 18, 2005

• Elliott Smith Tracks Leaked and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Oct 18, 2005

• CD Review: Burning Spear - Our Music

  A fine new album from one of reggae's deepest and greatest icons.

  Review in Music — by John Owen — on Oct 18, 2005

• CD Review: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - ... Of Natural History

  A "difficult" concept album from a Bay-Area outside music collective. If by "difficult" you mean enthusiastically awful.

  Review in Music — by John Owen — on Oct 18, 2005

• CD Review: Rebecca Pronsky - The Early Hours

  Rebecca Pronsky is a new and exciting vocalist who bears watching.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Oct 18, 2005

• CD Review: H.I.M. - Dark Light

  ...items long gone out of fashion will slide back into the spotlight.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Oct 18, 2005

• Review: Papua New Guinea Stringbands with Bob Brozman - Songs of the Volcano

  Bob Brozman helps capture Papua New Guinean stringbands who have seen their city destroyed by volcano twice this century.

  Review in Music — by Robert Burke — on Oct 18, 2005

• Single Review: The Strokes - "Juicebox"

  These guys still around? Yes, apparently, and they've just put out a new single...barely.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Oct 18, 2005

• MPP's Fantasy Band League

  The pattern: established band + experimental guitarist = pure rawk fury! Here are just a few pairings...

  Opinion in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Oct 18, 2005

• Single Review: Alicia Keys "A Woman's Worth"

  Alicia Keys lectures men on how to treat women in the clunky "A Woman's Worth."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Oct 18, 2005

• Review: off-centre by Meat Beat Manifesto

  Review in Music — by Jason Malikow — on Oct 18, 2005

• Review: Raging Bull - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

  Two discs of great music from the film that provides a portal to Scorsese's past

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Oct 18, 2005

• Review: Live In Sydney By Arlo Guthrie

  Arlo Guthrie works to ensure the connection between people and their music remains unbroken.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Oct 18, 2005

Books

• Book Review: The Far Enemy by Fawaz Gerges

  A crucial portrait of the jihadist movement and the critical rupture that put America in the crosshairs.

  Review in Books — by Pete Blackwell — on Oct 18, 2005

• Lemony Snicket Vol. 12 Has a Name: The Penultimate Peril

  The publisher advises, "Please be warned. This collection is a great deal of misfortune."

  News in Books — by DrPat — on Oct 18, 2005

• Book Review: Barbara Ehrenreich's Bait and Switch

  Ehrenreich is funny, witty, sarcastic, informative, and has good intentions, but her book fails to hit the mark.

  Review in Books — by Scott C. Smith — on Oct 18, 2005

• Book Review: The Malloreon

  David Eddings' sequel to The Belgariad is collected in a two-volume trade paperback.

  Review in Books — by W.E. Wallo — on Oct 18, 2005

• Book Review: Solomon vs. Lord

  Paul Levine's latest novel is a romantic comedy masquerading as a legal thriller.

  Review in Books — by W.E. Wallo — on Oct 18, 2005

• Greatest Magazine Covers Announced

  News in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 18, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Hurricane Wilma - No More Names Left!

  Hurricane Wilma looks likely to strengthen, then hit SW Florida this weekend...

  News in Sci/Tech — by RJ Elliott — on Oct 18, 2005

• Health News: Medicated Stents

  A recent study from The Lancet found dangers when people with drug coated stents stop taking blood thinners - death.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Howard Dratch — on Oct 18, 2005

Video

• Box Office Update: 10/14-10/16 - The Fog

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 18, 2005

• More on The Torture Question

  Opinion in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Oct 18, 2005

• Desperately Seeking Desperate Housewives

  I've been resisting jumping on the Bashing Bandwagon, but... well... a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

  Opinion in Video — by teletart — on Oct 18, 2005

• Kong Director Jackson Kicks Composer Shore in the "Creative Aspirations"

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 18, 2005

• Movie Review - Voices of Iraq (2004)

  A fascinating look at the story the mainstream media can’t seem to see.

  Review in Video — by Nehring — on Oct 18, 2005

• Movie Review: Curse of the Were-Rabbit

  A suitably crazy story about a giant bunny munching through a fictional part of somewhere oop north.

  Review in Video — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 18, 2005

• Rick Springfield Returns to General Hospital

  News in Video — by Connie Phillips — on Oct 18, 2005

• Rocky 6: Fetch Me My Glasses

  Sylvester Stallone will reprise his role. A sneak preview of what to expect...

  Satire in Video — by Blunderford — on Oct 18, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week: Batman Begins

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 18, 2005

• Jarhead Pre-Release Giveaway

  Here's your chance to win movie-related swag or attend a pre-release screening

  News in Video — by Joan Hunt — on Oct 18, 2005

• Region 1 DVD Releases for 18th October 2005

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Oct 18, 2005

• TV Review: The Colbert Report

  An Emmy, a Peabody, Stone Phillips, and Chewbacca... what more do you need?

  Review in Video — by Alisha Karabinus — on Oct 18, 2005

Sports

• RJ's NFL Picks - Week Seven

  Please submit your own!

  Opinion in Sports — by RJ Elliott — on Oct 18, 2005

• Futon Report: Phooey, St. Louie Steals Game 5 From Astros

  Pujols gives Houston a problem, one measly out from a World Series invitation. On with the NLCS!

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Oct 18, 2005

Culture

• 9/11 Families Demand Proper Burial Site

  I believe that lower Manhattan is the proper place for the remains of those lost.

  Opinion in Culture — by Victor Lana — on Oct 18, 2005

• Air America Radio Sued By Alleged Torture Contractor (CACI)

  Air America has been sued by defense contractor and alleged Abu Ghraib torture-accomplice CACI International for defamation.

  Opinion in Culture — by Balletshooz — on Oct 18, 2005

• Turkish University President Arrested Amid Allegations of Corruption

  Blogcritics reader Haluk Direskeneli pointed out that some of Aşkın's artifacts collection was damaged in the seizure following his arrest.

  News in Culture — by DrPat — on Oct 18, 2005

• Sex Sells ... To Men ... If They Remember the Brand

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 18, 2005

• US District Court Finds MyFreeMedicine Isn't

  Banned ads falsely offered to provide free prescriptions to low-income consumers.

  News in Culture — by DrPat — on Oct 18, 2005

• A Mother's Eyes

  A lot of parents see their kids as sexually innocent, no matter how unlikely that may be.

  Opinion in Culture — by Cerulean — on Oct 18, 2005

• 8 Year Old Off track: Astrology-based Advice

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Oct 18, 2005

• Day By Day for October 18, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for October 18, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Oct 18, 2005

• Blogcritics RADIO PODCAST SHOW - Number 3

  An accidental 40 minutes of comedic fun. Go ahead and listen and don't pee your pants.

  Opinion in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Oct 18, 2005

• Disc Golf Baskets on the Cheap

  The quest for the perfect disc golf basket for my home course begins.

  Review in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on Oct 18, 2005

• True Crime Update 10/18/05

  Another bureaucracy fails, pretty Evelyn Miller is dead. Also, Good Samaritan-NOT! Chicago murders, Stabbed groom.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Oct 18, 2005

Politics

• Scenes We’d Like To See

  With apologies to Mad Magazine...

  Satire in Politics — by The Fifth Dentist — on Oct 18, 2005

• The Miers Strategy

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Oct 18, 2005

• And The Band Drones On...

  Please, please, PLEASE let Fitzpatrick release his findings! I want to watch liberals faces when nothing happens!

  Opinion in Politics — by David Flanagan — on Oct 18, 2005

• Who Is To Blame For The Malaise Now Facing Our Country?

  Every “liberal” media network allowed itself to be used as the right wing’s mouthpiece to pass blatantly false information.

  Opinion in Politics — by PoliticalTruths — on Oct 18, 2005

• You are a Conspiracy Theorist!

  ... and you probably don't even know it.

  Opinion in Politics — by The Bulldog Manifesto — on Oct 18, 2005

• Daily Show's Corddry Understands Bush's Scripted Tikrit Teleconference

  Corddry understands that Thursday's events were merely the latest episode in the drama he loves, The White House.

  Satire in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Oct 18, 2005

Gaming

• The Self Destruction of Jack Thompson

  Over-the-top anti-video game lawyer finally exposed by his own peers.

  Opinion in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Oct 18, 2005

• Nintendo DS Review: Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow

  Instant classic.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Oct 18, 2005