October 25, 2005 Archive

Culture

• Reproduction at all Costs!

  There are those who set the price, and there are those who pay the price.

  Opinion in Culture — by Diana Hartman — on Oct 25, 2005

• OBH #013: "Lucky Number"

  Birthday greetings, a kitty update, and a few of our favorite sayings, plus we're already planning our first annual Halloween show!

  Opinion in Culture — by Phillip Winn — on Oct 25, 2005

• Everytime You Add a Movie To Your Queue An Angel Gets Its Wings

  Opinion in Culture — by Tiffany Leigh — on Oct 25, 2005

• Scary Animals

  The Evil Parrot is one of those huge jobs whose body is about the size of a small dog...

  Opinion in Culture — by Parker Owens — on Oct 25, 2005

• Howard Stern's Replacements and the Death of Radio

  Howard Stern is Leaving, but that alone won't kill radio. They will do that by themselves.

  Opinion in Culture — by Craig Lyndall — on Oct 25, 2005

• Day By Day for October 25, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for October 25, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Oct 25, 2005

• Diamond Dave and Adam Carolla Among Replacements for Howard Stern

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 25, 2005

• Space Elevator Competition - 2005 Challenge Results

  "What happened this weekend is akin to the Wright brothers' first powered flight."

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Oct 25, 2005

• What Rosa Parks Did

  Fifty years on, we forget how such a small act could be so courageous.

  Opinion in Culture — by Michael J. West — on Oct 25, 2005

• Horny for Prussian Blue

  "We're working on a TV show called 'Full Stalag', and Lynx already has bulimia."

  Opinion in Culture — by Blunderford — on Oct 25, 2005

• "America's Best Leaders 2005" Report Published

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 25, 2005

• Rosa Parks Has Left Life's Bumpy Bus

  Rosa Parks has died at the age of 92. Finally, she got off the bus -- that bumpy ride called "life."

  Opinion in Culture — by Viqi French — on Oct 25, 2005

• Breaking News: Google To Launch Google Base

  Google to launch Google Base, an new open-source database system.

  News in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Oct 25, 2005

• Blogcritics Editors' Picks - Oct. 15 to Oct. 21

  The best of the week that was. Enjoy. Aspire.

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Oct 25, 2005

• Complaining Boyfriend: Astrology-based Advice

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Oct 25, 2005

• Lists: It's Not Who You Are, But Where You Are

  But if you're not on the list, you can't be any good, because you're not on the list.

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Oct 25, 2005

• True Crime Update 10/25/05

  Stealing the Unborn, the Horowitz strangeness, Caged children update and Who is the little dead toddler?

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Oct 25, 2005

• Rosa Parks: She Sat, She Inspired

  Civil-rights icon Rosa Parks is gone, but her still-needed inspiration lives on.

  News in Culture — by Natalie Davis — on Oct 25, 2005

Video

• Movie Review: The Amityville Horror

  The Amityville Horror doesn’t accomplish much more than a few solid frights.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Oct 25, 2005

• TV Review: Gilmore Girls Episode 6.7

  Twenty-one is the loneliest number...

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Oct 25, 2005

• TV Review: Boston Legal

  These trials are really trying.

  Review in Video — by NancyGail — on Oct 25, 2005

• Batman Begins DVD Rant

  It is a great DVD of a great movie. It just has a couple annoyances.

  Opinion in Video — by Ken Edwards — on Oct 25, 2005

• Movie Review: Jun Ichikawa's Tony Takitani: One False Step

  Aestheticism and the fallen man.

  Review in Video — by Alan Dale — on Oct 25, 2005

• Box Office Update: 10/21-10/23 - Doom

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 25, 2005

• DVD Review: Barton Fink

  Review in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Oct 25, 2005

• DVD Review: Bad Timing

  The Criterion Collection presents Bad Timing, a powerful film about love turning into obsession.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Oct 25, 2005

• TV Review: The Ultimate Fighter 2 - Episode 10

  The fighters are not in shape and, more importantly, don't have the heart last season's fighters displayed

  Review in Video — by Vince Chan — on Oct 25, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week: Cannibal Holocaust

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 25, 2005

• Courting Craig Ferguson: The Late Late Show Diaries 10-24-05

  I'm not even touching the faked orgasms - I prefer real ones, thank you very much.

  Review in Video — by Joan Hunt — on Oct 25, 2005

• Region 1 DVD Releases For 25th October 2005

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Oct 25, 2005

• TV Review: Grey's Anatomy Episode 2.5

  Who will Dr. McDreamy choose?

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Oct 25, 2005

Music

• New Album Releases, Week of 10-25-2005

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Oct 25, 2005

• CD Review: Jackson Browne's Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1

  Jackson Browne's solo acoustic performances give new shades of nuance to his inimitable songwriting.

  Review in Music — by Tim Gebhart — on Oct 25, 2005

• CD Review: Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures

  Who can say no to something so golden pretty?

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Oct 25, 2005

• CD Review: Jerry Garcia - Garcia Plays Dylan

  If you wear tie-dye shirts with your leopard-skin pill-box hat, then guest reviewer Fumo Verde has the album for you

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Oct 25, 2005

• CD Review: Gerald Levert, Voices

  A collection of R&B great Gerald Levert's best duets. "Best" being relative.

  Review in Music — by John Owen — on Oct 25, 2005

• Music Review: Back Home -- Eric Clapton

  Is a happy Eric Clapton a good thing? Is it really Eric Clapton?

  Review in Music — by Warren Kelly — on Oct 25, 2005

• CD Review: Testament - Live In London

  Testament always were one of the most talented thrash bands around...

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 25, 2005

• Review: Emmanuel Jal - Ceasefire

  The music mixes the sounds of Sudan with funky bass lines and Middle Eastern drum beats.

  Review in Music — by Miss Hipstah — on Oct 25, 2005

• CD Review: Steriogram - Schmack!

  at the insanely low price of £2.96, you'd be a fool not to snap it up

  Review in Music — by Jon Downs — on Oct 25, 2005

• CD Review: Mat Maneri - Pentagon

  Act of puzzle construction as a parallel to...

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Oct 25, 2005

• CD Review: Paganini - Resurrection

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 25, 2005

• CD Review: Various Artists -I Believe to My Soul

  The best new soul album in, oh, thirty years or so. What makes it so special?

  Review in Music — by John Owen — on Oct 25, 2005

• Review: Echo And The Bunnymen - Porcupine (Remastered)

  The tracks manage to be quite upbeat, yet still feel somewhat sedate. It's not so much music to dance to

  Review in Music — by Jon Downs — on Oct 25, 2005

• Live Performance Review: Turbonegro

  Norway's finest rain balloons and zillion dollar bills on NYC. But is their heart in it?

  Review in Music — by Lovestruck — on Oct 25, 2005

• CD Review: Rough Guide to Latin Music for Children - Various Artists

  Latin songs selected for children by children. Includes artists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, England, Puerto Rico and the United States.

  Review in Music — by Robert Burke — on Oct 25, 2005

• Gig review: Sufjan Stevens, Glasgow

  Sufjan Stephens and My Brightest Diamond at Oran Mor, Glasgow 12/10/2005 Sufjan Stevens is an unusual sight our on our shores. To promote his latest album, Illinoise, a collection of songs celebrating the great mid-western state of Illinois, this quirky American singer-songwriter is touring with a backing band who double as a cheer squad.

  Review in Music — by Yashin — on Oct 25, 2005

• Concert Review: No Fun Records' Sounds from Thee Underground 2005

  Zach and Megan check out Ann Arbor's annual garage rock extravaganza, featuring next big thing the Hard Lessons.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Oct 25, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Oakley's New Thump 2

  Sunglasses with a little something extra.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Warren Kelly — on Oct 25, 2005

• Our Shameful and Glaring Contradiction: The Myth of Personal Responsibility

  The left in this country preach to us of their passion for an equal society, one of opportunity and compassion.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by ChaunceyBillups — on Oct 25, 2005

• Book Review: The Gender Politics of ICT

  There's many a computing industry boss who'd benefit from even a cursory browse of its contents.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Oct 25, 2005

• News: E Street Radio to Launch on Sirius

  News in Sci/Tech — by Lisa McKay — on Oct 25, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan

  The eleventh installment of the Wheel of Time series satisfies in a way that the last few books have not.

  Review in Books — by Alisha Karabinus — on Oct 25, 2005

• Anne Rice: No Longer Queen of Halloween

  Rice says that Christ is “the ultimate immortal of them all.”

  Opinion in Books — by Victor Lana — on Oct 25, 2005

• Book Review: Your Life as Story by Tristine Rainer

  Review in Books — by Vikk Simmons — on Oct 25, 2005

• Anne Rice Now Writing 'only for the Lord'

  Vampires? Put a stake in 'em. The Queen of Horror is sinking her teeth into something a little less evil.

  Satire in Books — by Pete Blackwell — on Oct 25, 2005

Politics

• Democrats Question State Department Nominee's (Lack of) Experience

  The refugee bureau has not been a spot for political appointments ... until now.

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Oct 25, 2005

• As the Buck Screeches to a Halt

  A smear campaign without Rove is like the Astros sans Clemens -- Rove's the Great One, the Gretsky of Libel.

  Opinion in Politics — by Douglas Anthony Cooper — on Oct 25, 2005

• The Long Dark Tunnel

  We've been in the tunnel long enough that the light from the entrance has been reduced to a small speck.

  Opinion in Politics — by johnwstiles — on Oct 25, 2005

• It is a Good Day to Die

  Opinion in Politics — by Mark Schannon — on Oct 25, 2005

• George W. Bush: Denies Evolution; Warns Bird Flu Will Evolve

  Bush says the "jury is out" on evolution then warns that bird flu will evolve into a human to human strain.

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Oct 25, 2005

• Where the Right Went Wrong - Rove & Co.

  Opinion in Politics — by Marlowe — on Oct 25, 2005

• Why We Should Withdraw From Iraq

  Very grudgingly...I have come to the conclusion that we should start withdrawing our forces from Iraq.

  Opinion in Politics — by Mike Valdman — on Oct 25, 2005

• You MUST be Right - The Klan's on Your Side!

  The Klan's coming to town. Get out the white hoods and crosses and send the sodomites to Satan!

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Oct 25, 2005