December 30, 2005 Archive

Music

• CD Review: Various Artists - Music for Hope

  It’s especially hard to review this kind of CD when it’s not that good and happens to benefit some worthy causes.

  Review in Music — by Larry Sakin — on Dec 30, 2005

• CD Review: Various Artists: A Taste of Christmas

  If you enjoy listening to punk, alternative and/or emo style of music this CD will be very appealing to you.

  Review in Music — by Kevin Surbaugh — on Dec 30, 2005

• Eric Johnson - Live From Austin TX (DVD Review)

  Review in Music — by Paul Roy — on Dec 30, 2005

• Single Review: Madonna "Die Another Day"

  With death looming around her, Madonna decides not to give up her life in the staunch "Die Another Day."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Dec 30, 2005

• The Friday Morning Listen: Bill Frisell

  ...the gravitational allure of book and music stores seems to increase.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Dec 30, 2005

• Single Review: Nina Sky "Move Your Body"

  Nina Sky encourage their best friend to freak with a guy on the dancefloor in the derivative "Move Your Body."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Dec 30, 2005

Politics

• Latin America: Looking Ahead To 2006

  Evo Morales won a stunning victory this month in Bolivia and has served the US with a notice.

  Opinion in Politics — by allendrury — on Dec 30, 2005

• Sony Tries to Sneak Out of Spyware Damages

  I'd say they should have the opportunity to absolutely replace everyone's computers who made the unfortunate mistake of trusting their malware albums, though you could argue that anyone buying the Celine Dion album deserves what they get.

  News in Politics — by Al Barger — on Dec 30, 2005

• Government By Scapegoats

  Once upon a time governments actually did things for their populations to try and make their lives better

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Dec 30, 2005

Culture

• (Tastefully) Constructing A Dead Pool For 2006

  Going through the celebrities who're up there in years, which ones will most likely not see 2007?

  Opinion in Culture — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Dec 30, 2005

• Poking Fun At Depression - Not A Sane Thing

  If depression is something we wish to oppose, we so often go the wrong way about it.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mark Edward Manning — on Dec 30, 2005

• Bosom Friends

  Opinion in Culture — by Deepti Lamba — on Dec 30, 2005

• A Naked Bin Laden?

  I guess this is one way to strike back at the terrorists. Osama bin Laden's niece is appearing in the buff in the new issue of GQ magazine.

  News in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on Dec 30, 2005

• Pop Culture Update 12/30/05

  Fan gets restraining order on David Letterman. Bono a Person of the Year? Arlo Guthrie to help out New Orleans.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Dec 30, 2005

• Fairy Nature - Pisces, Neptune and the 12th house: Astrology-Based Advice

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Dec 30, 2005

• Day By Day for December 30, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for December 30, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Dec 30, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Easy Ajax: A Case Study

  How I wrote a concurrency control system in an afternoon using Asynchronous Java And XML (Ajax)

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Phillip Winn — on Dec 30, 2005

• The Healthy Skeptic: Stay Away From Heightmax!

  Heightmax is a supplement that you should NOT give to your children.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Sal Marinello — on Dec 30, 2005

• Friday Femmes Fatales No 38 (Women Bloggers)

  Women bloggers drumming, ranting, reflecting, raving and revelling.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Dec 30, 2005

Video

• DVD Review: 40 Year Old Virgin

  The comedy "40 Year Old Virgin" hit DVD racks on December 13, 2005.

  Review in Video — by Kevin Surbaugh — on Dec 30, 2005

• DVD Review: Gilmore Girls - The Complete Fifth Season

  There's never been a better time to discover Gilmore Girls than season five.

  Review in Video — by Modern Pea Pod — on Dec 30, 2005

• Happy 2006

  Opinion in Video — by Tony Figueroa — on Dec 30, 2005

• New Movie Releases for 12/30/05: Featuring The Matador

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 30, 2005

• Forget the Best - Here's Three of 2005's Worst Movies

  Here's one fella's snark-filled look at three movies that befouled the world of cinema in 2005.

  Review in Video — by Nik Dirga — on Dec 30, 2005

• And I Quote: Some Favorite Movie Lines, With Gravy

  "Son, you got a panty on your head."

  Opinion in Video — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Dec 30, 2005

• Interacting With TV's Ratings Champs

  Web extras can add to the fun for the top-rated television shows of this season.

  News in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Dec 30, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Lipstick And Other Stories by Alex Kuo

  Vignettes of contemporary China, hopscotching from philosophical ruminations and political fulminations, to more personal "rubble."

  Review in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Dec 30, 2005

Sports

• The Best Names in College Football, Part One

  Introducing the All-I.M. Hipp Team.

  Opinion in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Dec 30, 2005

Gaming

• N-Gage Review: Operation Shadow

  Who thought a day would come when driving a tank could be boring?

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Dec 30, 2005