January 25, 2006 Archive

Culture

• Blogcritics.org Network Launches With Desicritics.org

  Desicritics.org brings the best South Asian bloggers together. It's a network of two sites -- so far.

  News in Culture — by Phillip Winn — on Jan 25, 2006

• The Truth of The Now

  It’s happening again, that edgy winter feeling, now that the holidays have passed...

  Opinion in Culture — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jan 25, 2006

• Creating the Culture of Death in America

  Thanks to the state of Oregon and the Supreme Court, government has created a death industry. Many will get rich.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Jan 25, 2006

• Stellium in Scorpio Demoted - Saturn Conjunct The Sun: Astrology-Based Advice

  Should I stay and take the demotion or resign and begin anew somewhere else?

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Jan 25, 2006

• Day By Day for January 25, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for January 25, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jan 25, 2006

Video

• DVD Review: Honey

  Just another teenage movie?

  Review in Video — by crumblepie — on Jan 25, 2006

• TV Executives and Inverse Logic

  Book of Daniel is axed from the NBC Friday night line-up. Go Figure.

  Opinion in Video — by Screen Rant — on Jan 25, 2006

• Miracle Needed to Save The Book of Daniel

  The moral compass for Friday nights has lost its way.

  News in Video — by Joan Hunt — on Jan 25, 2006

• UPN + The WB = The CW

  This fall, The WB and UPN will cease to exist. In their place will be The CW.

  News in Video — by Sterfish — on Jan 25, 2006

• Dave's Oscar Nod Predictions: Think They'll Like Brokeback?

  The guy who does those DVD previews thinks he knows so much. Well, does he?

  Opinion in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Jan 25, 2006

Music

• Music DVD Review: Tierra Santa - Rumbo A Las Estrellas

  My first foray into Spanish metal is promising.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 25, 2006

• CD Review: Us Against The Crown - State Radio

  State Radio is that voice for this generation. and Us Against The Crown follows through and gives everything the name implies it will. . . protest music.

  Review in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Jan 25, 2006

• CD Review: Cat Power - The Greatest

  If I didn't already have a fairly interesting name, I would seriously consider changing mine to Cat Power, too.

  Review in Music — by SVF — on Jan 25, 2006

• Oxford and Harvard Team Up over Spyware and The Daily Music and Tech News

  Shaming spyware makers, The Foo Fighters and NSA editing tips in today's Daily Music and Tech News update.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jan 25, 2006

• CD Review: BenLaVain's Come On People

  Review in Music — by Miss Hipstah — on Jan 25, 2006

• CD Review: The Gourds - Heavy Ornamentals

  The Gourds' latest is so tailor-made for barbeque and swimming pool milieux, you might catch yourself wondering why it was released in late January and not early June.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Jan 25, 2006

• Music Downloading Is Not The End Of The World

  I have listened to the industry talk about how all this downloading and file sharing is ruining them. But I am here today to tell them the truth.

  Opinion in Music — by Brian Schleper — on Jan 25, 2006

• Collin Herring - The Other Side of Kindness

  Herring is refreshing because he is not the next big thing - he's just doing his thing.

  Review in Music — by Jackson Smith — on Jan 25, 2006

• CD and Concert Review: Rosanne Cash, Black Cadillac

  Rosanne Cash's honeyed, heartbreaking alto can loosen up even a room full of jaded music-industry insiders.

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Jan 25, 2006

• CD Review: Living Colour - Everything is Possible: The Very Best of Living Colour

  For anyone looking for some driving rock with a dash of originality, and still-relevant lyrical content, this is a good place to start.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 25, 2006

• CD Review: Jana Hunter - Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom

  Given her proper due, Jana Hunter has the potential to become an acquired taste every bit as beloved as her patron saint Devendra Banhart.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Jan 25, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Book Review: Hacking Matter Multimedia Edition

  Wil McCarthy has released an update to his book Hacking Matter as a Multimedia Edition. This new edition has been released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives license and is freely available as a download.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by John Vaccaro — on Jan 25, 2006

• Chickens Coming Home to Roost

  “The sky is falling, the sky is falling,” cried Chicken Little. No, not quite. The chickens are falling.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Ruvy — on Jan 25, 2006

• A Wonderful World: Two Discoveries

  Uncovered today have been a powerful Ancient Egyptian queen and a tiny Sumatran swamp-dweller, the "world's smallest vertebrate".

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Jan 25, 2006

• The Healthy Skeptic: Xenical About To Be Approved For Non-Prescription Sale

  A weight-loss drug that causes a wide range of gastrointestinal side-effects is to be widely available. Is this a great country or what?

  News in Sci/Tech — by Sal Marinello — on Jan 25, 2006

Politics

• Analogies, Allegory and Algorithms

  A unique quasi-poetic look at the two legged barstool of political discourse.

  Opinion in Politics — by gonzo marx — on Jan 25, 2006

• US Supreme Court Grants Stay of Execution

  Lawyers for death row inmate Clarence Hill will argue lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment before the Supreme Court

  News in Politics — by Josh Hathaway — on Jan 25, 2006

• Parliament ends Political Crisis in Kuwait

  Ailing Emir is removed by an historic vote, ending a rift within the ruling family.

  News in Politics — by Rohan Venkat — on Jan 25, 2006

• Fences Make Friends: Outside the Fence

  Venezuelan liberator Simon Bolivar once wrote that the nations that now comprise Spanish-speaking Latin America should naturally be drawn to common causes, due to their “common origin, language, customs, and religion”.

  Opinion in Politics — by Taylor Kirk — on Jan 25, 2006

• The Column Joel Stein Should Have Written

  Stein wrote a column that was idiotic and poorly thought-out. Here's what he should have said.

  Opinion in Politics — by Leoniceno — on Jan 25, 2006

Books

• Book Review: The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker

  The Thousandfold Thought, like its predecessors, is the work of a masterful storyteller.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 25, 2006

Tastes

• Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 21

  I am definitely thinking about this diet at least every six seconds.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Dan Nied — on Jan 25, 2006