January 1, 2006 Archive

Culture

• 2005 Goodbyes: Dead People. Hello Memories.

  A death can impact as greatly as a life and you can spend your own living days trying to make a connection. That's what usually happens with celebrities.

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Jan 01, 2006

• A Million Dollars Worth Of Pixels

  Pssst - If you have a dollar, I have a pixel for you

  News in Culture — by Aaman Lamba — on Jan 01, 2006

• Charles Cummings: The Man Who Loved Newark

  Opinion in Culture — by Steven Hart — on Jan 01, 2006

• Buying a Home Less Expensive Now Than In the '80s, Will Become More Expensive Twice This Year

  Housing prices are lower now than they were in the 1980s, but costs continue to creep up.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Jan 01, 2006

• Hello 2006; The Passing of Time

  Opinion in Culture — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jan 01, 2006

• Hair of the Dog? New Year's Day Hangover Remedies

  It is New Year's Day, and many people are just waking up (but some will probably sleep until it gets dark outside) with hangovers.

  Opinion in Culture — by Victor Lana — on Jan 01, 2006

• Responsibility: Learning How To Communicate

  We have been hiding behind what we are supposed to do for each other for long enough now. Isn't it time that we grew up and learned how to have a conversation?

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 01, 2006

• Day By Day for January 01, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for January 01, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jan 01, 2006

• New Year's Resolutions I Know I Can Keep

  Some resolutions I really, really think I can keep this year. Frankly, I'm quite excited. It'll be a good year.

  Satire in Culture — by Pete Petrisko — on Jan 01, 2006

• Ringing in the New Year: A Modern History

  New Year's Eve and I have had some interesting showdowns over the past 11 years.

  Opinion in Culture — by Eric Berlin — on Jan 01, 2006

Music

• Single Review: Kelly Clarkson "Walk Away"

  Kelly Clarkson tells off her insensitive boyfriend in the vehement "Walk Away."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Jan 01, 2006

• Live Review: The Black Crowes at Madison Square Garden

  The Robinson Brothers and the rest of the band have lost nothing during their breakup as a band.

  Review in Music — by Mike Johnston — on Jan 01, 2006

• Best of 2005 Mixtape

  These are my favorite indie rock, electronica and hip-hop tracks released in 2005 in one solid block of sounds.

  Opinion in Music — by Chip Ross — on Jan 01, 2006

• CD Review: Holopaw - Quit +/- or Fight

  Holopaw have delivered on of the most beautiful and understated albums of the year with Quit +/- or Fight.

  Review in Music — by Max Burke — on Jan 01, 2006

• My Top 11 Best Closing Song Lines In Rock

  "And in the closing stages/ The adoration you appropriate/ Is equivalent in regard to the adoration you generate"...hmmm--Nah!

  Opinion in Music — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jan 01, 2006

• Bastard Pop - Top Five in '05

  An overview of the best mash-up releases of the year.

  Opinion in Music — by Pete Petrisko — on Jan 01, 2006

• Last Minute Musical Discoveries of 2005

  I'm grateful that I was alive during 2005. Breaths of fresh air were plentiful, especially in music.

  Review in Music — by Jackson Smith — on Jan 01, 2006

Books

• Book Review:Sakkara by Noel Barber

  Sakkara is the story of 2 families, one high-class Egyptian, and the other high-class British.

  Review in Books — by Rohan Venkat — on Jan 01, 2006

• Book Review: The Great Pacific War

  A History of the American-Japanese Campaign of 1931-33, by Hector Bywater

  Review in Books — by Tom Donelson — on Jan 01, 2006

• Book Review: Busted! Drug War Survival Skills-From the Buy to the Bust to Begging for Mercy by M. Chris Fabricant, Defense Attorney

  "No event more illustrates the failure of the 'Just Say No' campaign than a rave."-Peter Jennings

  Review in Books — by Neal Gardner — on Jan 01, 2006

• Book Review: The Coffee Trader by David Liss

  Not the same old grind: Beans, business, and Byzantine plots--for those who take a little 17th-century mystery and economic history with their coffee.

  Review in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jan 01, 2006

• Book Review : New Rules: Polite Musings From A Timid Observer By Bill Maher

  Bill Maher is like Loretta Castorini slapping Ronny Cammareri across the face, yelling “Snap out of it”

  Review in Books — by David Desjardins — on Jan 01, 2006

Gaming

• GBA Review: Cartoon Network Block Party

  Even after an apocalypse where this is the only video game left, you still won't want a copy.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 01, 2006

• N-Gage Review: Colin McRae Rally 2005

  The realism is stunning for a system this weak.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 01, 2006

• N-Gage Review: Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

  Surprising and playable, this is one of the console's best.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 01, 2006

• N-Gage Review: WWE Aftershock

  Square wrestlers fight in a square ring. Irony?

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 01, 2006

Video

• Dick Clark's Sad New Year's Rockin' Eve 06

  Dick Clark had a stroke to account for his performance, but what was Mariah Carey's excuse? Basically, Mariah Carey was doing karaoke- and not especially good karaoke at that.

  News in Video — by Al Barger — on Jan 01, 2006

• Reality Show Hits and Misses, 2005

  Opinion in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Jan 01, 2006

• DVD Review: Undiscovered

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 01, 2006

• TV Review: Iconoclasts

  If you constantly have to tell me how fabulous something is, it probably isn't that good to begin with.

  Review in Video — by Larry Sakin — on Jan 01, 2006

• Triniman's Films of 2005 Retrospective

  50-something films rated from 2005, with links to the full reviews. Let the best-of-2005 lists roll!

  Review in Video — by Triniman — on Jan 01, 2006

• DVD Review: A*P*E

  The single worst giant ape movie ever created.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 01, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Resolution: Get Prepared For The Worst

  There are courses, resources and actions that can save lives when an emergency strikes. Don't be without them.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Howard Dratch — on Jan 01, 2006

Politics

• The Onion's Top Ten Stories Of The Year (And Other Tall Tales)

  The Best Of The Onion, and Blogcritics' Satire selections

  News in Politics — by Aaman Lamba — on Jan 01, 2006

• The March Toward the Anglosphere

  As the 19th century came to a close, Great Britain stood as the premier country in the world.

  Opinion in Politics — by Tom Donelson — on Jan 01, 2006

Tastes

• Mind Tricks - Astrology In Real Life: Taurus and their Greed

  Opinion in Tastes — by Elsa — on Jan 01, 2006