January 16, 2006 Archive

Music

• CD Review: Ennio Morricone - Crime and Dissonance

  This double-CD chronicles the Italian master's brilliant and experimental work on Italian cinema soundtracks in the late 60s and early 70s.

  Review in Music — by Pete Blackwell — on Jan 16, 2006

• Concert Review: Sonata Arctica w/ Operatika, Sentinel 1/15/06

  From no fan, to big fan in a week or less.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 16, 2006

• CD Review: The Guess Who-The Hits

  The Guess Who? I bet you already know them!

  Review in Music — by T Stoddart — on Jan 16, 2006

• Concert Review: The Rolling Stones - Boston

  There were no tickets available that matched your request.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Jan 16, 2006

• Idlewild Due Out This Spring and The Daily Music and Tech News

  Outkast and Built to Spill have new CDs coming out, and the latest Google new round out today's headlines.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jan 16, 2006

• Eminem and Kimberly Mathers Re-marry

  Eminem and Kim Mathers declared their love and commitment to one another, once again, on Saturday.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Jan 16, 2006

• CD Review Flashback: Peter Cetera - Solitude/Solitaire

  Peter Cetera joined the Chicago Transit Authority (later named Chicago) in 1967 as a bass player. He soon became one of the major songwriters and vocalist for the group, penning a majority of their hits throughout the seventies and eighties.

  Review in Music — by George Dionne — on Jan 16, 2006

• CD Review: Putumayo World Music - The Caribbean and Asian Lounge

  Review in Music — by Claire Marie Blaustein — on Jan 16, 2006

• Google Grows Into Music Searches

  News analysis on Google music search

  News in Music — by Scott Butki — on Jan 16, 2006

• Concert Review: Sanctuary w/ A Perfect Tool, Cast Your Stones 1/14/06

  What do you do when you can't go see acts like Iron Maiden, Tool, and A Perfect Circle?

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 16, 2006

• CD Reviews: Nina Simone - Forever Young, Gifted & Black, Nina Simone Sings the Blues, and Silk & Soul

  If listening to this music proves anything, it's that there's a timelessness to Simone's work which no amount of critical grumpiness could erase.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Jan 16, 2006

• Single Review: Alicia Keys "Unbreakable"

  The single assumes celebrities are perfect and wondrous human beings.

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Jan 16, 2006

Video

• Movie Review: Woody Allen's Match Point: Not Enough, Already

  Woody Allen soars way beyond the level of his incompetence.

  Review in Video — by Alan Dale — on Jan 16, 2006

• TV Review: Desperate Housewives Need To Do Some Cleaning

  The best show on television is the latest victim of the sophomore slump.

  Review in Video — by Chris Evans — on Jan 16, 2006

• DVD Review - Kickboxer

  Kickboxer concerns an ace kickboxing champion who gets a thrashing to rival the string-shred of Testament by a large Thai named Kung Po. It is then up to the champ’s little brother, one Van Damme, to avenge his now paralysed big bro.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Fleming — on Jan 16, 2006

• Film Review: The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg

  Even the most virulent French-hater can't resist the charm of this bittersweet musical masterpiece.

  Review in Video — by Michael Gerardi — on Jan 16, 2006

• Movie Review: Hitch

  For a couple searching for a respectable romantic-comedy to watch, Hitch offers an entertaining evening to say the least.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Jan 16, 2006

• Golden Globes Predictions 2005: Better Late Than Never

  It's already time for the Globes!

  Opinion in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 16, 2006

• Movie Review: Hostage

  Even though it could be considered a staple and somewhat-implausible action-thriller, Hostage is taut, gripping, and aptly-titled.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Jan 16, 2006

• Interview with Kareem Edouard, Director of Bling: Consequences and Repercussions

  Ever since Kanye told us not to buy them, conflict diamonds have been the talk of accessory lovers every where.

  Interview in Video — by Miss Hipstah — on Jan 16, 2006

• TV Recap: 24 Day 5: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

  A minute-by-minute report of the first two episodes of the new season!

  Review in Video — by Jeff Kouba — on Jan 16, 2006

• Golden Globes Preview

  The Globes may not count for much, but they are fun to watch. I predict Brokeback Mountain and Grey's Anatomy to be winners.

  Opinion in Video — by Chip Ross — on Jan 16, 2006

• Movie Review - Brokeback Mountain

  A modern day western with all the makings of a classic love story.

  Review in Video — by Joanne Schenker — on Jan 16, 2006

• Review: Law & Order CI Slithers Through Its 100th Episode

  Review in Video — by trinket — on Jan 16, 2006

Culture

• Wear This Stigma

  I have to keep moving forward, regardless of what any doctor may say.

  Opinion in Culture — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jan 16, 2006

• Thinking About Prejudice, King

  I spend a great deal of time thinking about prejudice.

  Opinion in Culture — by Scott Butki — on Jan 16, 2006

• I'm Going To Be a Father: Please Help

  What should I expect while we're expecting?

  Opinion in Culture — by Scott McBride — on Jan 16, 2006

• It Came From the Braddon Lounge!

  A collection of reasons to use your spell check device.

  Opinion in Culture — by Brandon J. Mendelson — on Jan 16, 2006

• Guarded In Relationships: Astrology-Based Advice

  Elsa, I've always had a problem opening up to people, and letting them in.

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Jan 16, 2006

• The Dream, 43 Years Later

  Just how much closer to Dr. King's dream are we, 43 years later?

  Opinion in Culture — by Kay Bell — on Jan 16, 2006

• Theater Review: August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean at the Tricycle

  "Freedom. I got it, but what is it? I still ain't found out."

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Jan 16, 2006

• I Hate Captain Planet

  The biggest problem is his green mullet. The only thing that should be preserved is his theme song, for use in audio warfare.

  Opinion in Culture — by Brandon J. Mendelson — on Jan 16, 2006

• Passion Sustained

  I was making my husband’s holiday gifts while my friend sat with me at the kitchen table ...

  Opinion in Culture — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jan 16, 2006

• Dear Mr. Spielberg: Why Update an Outdated Stereotype?

  Why, in this day and age, would Steven Spielberg choose to produce a movie, Memoirs of a Geisha, that works best when the viewer knows nothing about the culture?

  Opinion in Culture — by Purple Tigress — on Jan 16, 2006

• Day By Day for January 16, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for January 16, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jan 16, 2006

• John Stossel's Stupid in America Examined

  If you were designing the best way to educate the kids of the nation would it be in a government run monopoly dominated by an enormously powerful and self-serving union?

  Review in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on Jan 16, 2006

Gaming

• N-Gage Review: Spider-Man 2

  Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever the N-Gage can't...

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 16, 2006

• GBA Review: Gunstar Super Heroes

  Welcome back the color posse.

  Review in Gaming — by Jonathan Zabel — on Jan 16, 2006

• N-Gage Review: Splinter Cell - Team Stealth Action

  He used to be so stealthy, and then he decided he wanted to run. Cue funeral.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 16, 2006

• N-Gage Review: Ashen

  What a pleasant surprise for the N-Gage owners still out there.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 16, 2006

• PSP Review: Grand Theft Auto - Liberty City Stories

  Car jacking, running, shooting, and killing – it is all in the palm of your hands.

  Review in Gaming — by Kevin Cortez — on Jan 16, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Hot Screeching Monkey Sex

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Trish Wilson — on Jan 16, 2006

• Extreme Makeover Blog Contest Underway

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 16, 2006

• Hubble Captures The Orion Nebula With Unparalleled Clarity

  This extensive study took 105 Hubble orbits to complete.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bennett Dawson — on Jan 16, 2006

• BugBlog Report 1/15/06: Apple, Symantec, Kaspersky, Microsoft

  Issues with Apple QuickTime, Symantec Norton SystemWorks and Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Windows.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Jan 16, 2006

Politics

• Allowing Civil Rights For All

  If a city bus hit a gay person there is no spousal privilege to allow his/her partner to visit in the hospital.

  Opinion in Politics — by allendrury — on Jan 16, 2006

• News from Hebron

  The last several days have seen unrest among the Jewish population of Hebron, in the Judaean mountains.

  Opinion in Politics — by Ruvy — on Jan 16, 2006

• King's Dream: A Work In Progress

  News in Politics — by Kathy Gill — on Jan 16, 2006

• Notable/Quotables 1/16/06

  Ted Kennedy lectures on ethics? Just how effective is gun control? Ask Marion Barry. And more NY Times hypocrisy.

  Opinion in Politics — by Patfish — on Jan 16, 2006

• The Failure of a Dream and the New Apartheid

  Martin Luther King dreamed of one America, but today we have two Americas living in an economic apartheid which is in many ways a legacy of King's era.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jan 16, 2006

• Cronkite Urges US Withdrawal From Iraq, Urges News Anchors Push For It

  The former "most trusted man in America" urges more bias in the news in showing his views on the US in Iraq.

  News in Politics — by Mr. Real Estate — on Jan 16, 2006

• War On Terror Comes To Canada

  ...we had pinpointed the location of not just one but two sleeper cells of Al Qaida terrorists in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

  Satire in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 16, 2006

• The Moral Obligation of the Commonwealth

  The Massachusetts House is now considering a bill that would provide a pension for one particular married couple -- that includes one former House member.

  Opinion in Politics — by Harry Forbes — on Jan 16, 2006

Tastes

• Strip Poker

  The opening entry in a series on going from 340 pounds to 175.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Andrew Embler — on Jan 16, 2006

• Mirror Mirror

  I have never thought much of myself physically, and so for this reason I don’t spend

  Opinion in Tastes — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jan 16, 2006

• Dan Nied's 100 Days: Days 9, 10 and 11

  I work out, I screw up and I don't weigh 1,072 pounds

  Opinion in Tastes — by Dan Nied — on Jan 16, 2006

Books

• Interview: Robert Scott - Co-Author Of The Eldarn Sequence

  Sit back and enjoy reading a storyteller telling the story of the creation of The Eldarn Sequence.

  Interview in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 16, 2006

• Author Admits First Novel "Mostly Fiction"

  Jersey City author Tim Hall has admitted that he invented many of the key scenes and characters in Half Empty.

  Satire in Books — by T Hall — on Jan 16, 2006