November 24, 2005 Archive

Books

• Book Review: Blog Marketing

  Jeremy Wright's book on blog marketing covers all the bases, and then some.

  Review in Books — by Mr. Real Estate — on Nov 24, 2005

• Book Review: Rogue State: How a Nuclear North Korea Threatens America by William L. Triplett II

  Triplett, unfortunately, tends to toss every allegation, substantiated or not, into the same pot, leaving the reader to sort it all out

  Review in Books — by Damian Penny — on Nov 24, 2005

• Book Review: A Girl Like Sugar, by Emily Pohl-Weary

  Her name is Sugar, yet she is not sweet; she is not going to dissolve as rain falls upon her.

  Review in Books — by Bonnie — on Nov 24, 2005

Music

• Single Review: Heart "Never"

  Ann Wilson gives her brooding crush an ultimatum in the emotional "Never."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Nov 24, 2005

• Single Review: LeAnn Rimes "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)"

  LeAnn Rimes embarks on a cross-country trip to regain her confidence.

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Nov 24, 2005

• DVD Review - Rush R:30

  Time and time again Rush excel in both the live and recorded setting. R:30 celebrates a band that is stronger now than they were in their selling prime.

  Review in Music — by Chris Akin — on Nov 24, 2005

• Microsoft Losing on XBox and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Nov 24, 2005

• RRG #15-It's A Celebration!

  It's a celebration! Happy Jive Turkey Day, Happy First Birthday to Canhead Records blog, and a Happy Festivus for the rest of us!

  Opinion in Music — by Laron Cue — on Nov 24, 2005

• CD Review: deSol

  Review in Music — by Annie — on Nov 24, 2005

• Review: Woody Guthrie - Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti

  Woody Guthrie champions Sacco and Vanzetti and decries the system that put them to death.

  Review in Music — by Jackson Smith — on Nov 24, 2005

• DJ Moldover - "Live At Galapagos"

  Moldover proves that you can never have too many DJs with a promising live DJ set/CD.

  Review in Music — by Matt Drew — on Nov 24, 2005

• CD Review: Johnny Cash - The Legend Of Johnny Cash

  Johnny Cash – Legend, indeed.

  Review in Music — by Chris Akin — on Nov 24, 2005

• CD Review: The Exit's Home for an Island

  The band carelessly forgot to write even one decent song.

  Review in Music — by Jackson Smith — on Nov 24, 2005

• CD Review: Blues Guitar Women

  Don't buy Blues Guitar Women for its title, buy it because it has amazing music on it.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Nov 24, 2005

• Single Review: Weezer "Island In The Sun"

  Rivers Cuomo and his girlfriend relax on their vacation in the leisurely "Island In The Sun."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Nov 24, 2005

Video

• DVD Review: War of the Worlds - Season 1

  A nice idea, but it never should have happened.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Nov 24, 2005

• DVD Review: Mighty Joe Young (1949)

  Sadly and undeservedly overshadowed by King Kong.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Nov 24, 2005

• Alias' Disappearing Act

  Hey, ABC programmers: "Write this down. E. M. E. T. I. B. Got it? Now, reverse it."

  News in Video — by Joan Hunt — on Nov 24, 2005

Culture

• The Drowsy Chaperone: Deconstructing the 1920 Broadway Musical

  Review in Culture — by Purple Tigress — on Nov 24, 2005

• Thanksgiving Traditions

  Some traditions sneak up on you

  Opinion in Culture — by Justene Adamec — on Nov 24, 2005

• Origins of Thanksgiving

  Opinion in Culture — by Spincycle — on Nov 24, 2005

• Being Thankful In Hawaii

  Today is Thanksgiving and the Honolulu Advertiser published two pages of letters to the editor from local people telling what they are thankful for. The names of the letter-writers have their own stories to tell. Their names represent the story of Hawaii. Indeed, theyare Hawaii.

  Opinion in Culture — by Bird of Paradise — on Nov 24, 2005

• Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

  I wanted to write something thoughtful to mark this day...

  Opinion in Culture — by Scott Butki — on Nov 24, 2005

• Theatre Review: The Emperor Jones at The Gate

  When Brutus Jones swaggers muscularly on to the stage, revealing the nature of his regime, built entirely on brutality and bombast, recent parallels are obvious.

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Nov 24, 2005

• Day By Day for November 24, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for November 24, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Nov 24, 2005

• My Favorite Things, Thanksgiving 2005

  I was treated to my 21 month old godson singing Monty Python, "Always look on the bright side of life."

  Opinion in Culture — by Al Barger — on Nov 24, 2005

Politics

• Jordan Becomes the First Arab State To Declare War On Terror

  I have always known that, at some point, an Arab nation would be pushed to the point of saying, "Enough!"

  Opinion in Politics — by Bird of Paradise — on Nov 24, 2005

• Giving Political Thanks

  It’s time make note of all the things for which we are thankful.

  Opinion in Politics — by Drew McKissick — on Nov 24, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Introduction to Climate Prediction

  The tutorial conveys the sense that changes are coming and what the likely dimensions of those changes will be.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by John Vaccaro — on Nov 24, 2005

• The Hot Topic: Technology

  Will technology eat us alive?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Mat Brewster — on Nov 24, 2005

Tastes

• Mind Tricks - Astrology in Real Life: Thanksgiving, The Air Signs and Food

  Opinion in Tastes — by Elsa — on Nov 24, 2005

Sports

• Mets Notes: Delgado, Wagner, and Nady, Oh My!

  News in Sports — by Chris Beaumont — on Nov 24, 2005