January 2, 2006 Archive

Music

• CD Review: Out-Of-State Plates by Fountains of Wayne

  Pop can be good, and it is with this band

  Review in Music — by Scott Butki — on Jan 02, 2006

• CD Review: Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall

  This performance is a demonstration that even the great musicians are not always compatible with each other.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Jan 02, 2006

• Vines Finish New Album and The Daily Music and Tech News

  New Vines release, Britain loves to Imagine, Apple sues, and Blige reaches top of the charts...

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jan 02, 2006

• CD Review: Babyshambles - Down In Albion

  Neither the blindingly obvious classic the music press wanted nor the half-finished mumblings of Doherty's Tabloid Junkie Waster persona.

  Review in Music — by Greg Smyth — on Jan 02, 2006

• Single Review: INXS "The Gift"

  Michael Hutchence lets his girlfriend in on his troubles in the clunky "Gift."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Jan 02, 2006

• CD Review Flashback: Stan Bush & Barrage - S/T

  Rock music was different back in the eighties. If you weren't leather, spandex or hairspray, you were long hair, sport coats, and tight jeans.

  Review in Music — by George Dionne — on Jan 02, 2006

• CD Review: Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower

  Ben Chasny & Chris Corsano deliver one of the most beautiful and atmospheric records of 2005 in School of the Flower

  Review in Music — by Max Burke — on Jan 02, 2006

• CD Review: William Basinski, The Garden of Brokenness

  William Basinski is an amazing, intelligent artist who has created some of the best music of the 00s. His latest work is a beautiful, delicate examination of hope and despair.

  Review in Music — by Michael Heumann — on Jan 02, 2006

Books

• Book Review: Spook

  Author Mary Roach follows up her best-selling book on death with an investigation into the afterlife.

  Review in Books — by Ryan Eanes — on Jan 02, 2006

• Book Review: In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies

  Female detectives in Botswana lead us to slices of life and mystery in Africa. Fun, happy, sweet and satisfying.

  Review in Books — by Howard Dratch — on Jan 02, 2006

• Graphic Novel Review: Epileptic

  This astonishing French graphic novel and memoir by David B. will change the way you think about cartoon art.

  Review in Books — by Nik Dirga — on Jan 02, 2006

• Interview with Neil Chethik, author of VoiceMale: What Husbands Really Think About...

  More than 90 percent of married men would marry the same woman if they had a chance to do it again

  Interview in Books — by Parker Owens — on Jan 02, 2006

• Book Review: An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Culture by Roger Scruton

  Do literature and the arts, like religion, express social emotions and play a vital part in maintaining an ethical culture?

  Review in Books — by Tony Dalmyn — on Jan 02, 2006

• Book Review: Naked Conversations

  A well-rounded overview of blogging and how to make it work for businesses even during times of a business crisis.

  Review in Books — by Meryl — on Jan 02, 2006

• Book Review: The Number by Lee Eisenberg

  A well-marketed effort to get graying boomers to think about the personal goals and purposes in life in retirement planning.

  Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Jan 02, 2006

• Book Review: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

  This forgotten anti-war classic that could have been called "Farewell To Arms, Legs and Face."

  Review in Books — by Mr Peter More — on Jan 02, 2006

Video

• Movie Review: The Squid and the Whale

  You can't judge a film by its name

  Review in Video — by Susan S. Davis — on Jan 02, 2006

• Movie Review: The Courage of Good Night and Good Luck

  An eerily prophetic account of the present.

  Review in Video — by Susan S. Davis — on Jan 02, 2006

• Region 1 DVD Releases for January 3, 2006

  Ring in the new year with two very different, very good comedies.

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Jan 02, 2006

• Movie Review: Match Point

  Woody Allen gets serious.

  Review in Video — by Susan S. Davis — on Jan 02, 2006

• Can't Stop Serenity

  As the sales of the movie and show continue to soar, Joss Whedon talks about his film in this exclusive footage.

  News in Video — by Alisha Karabinus — on Jan 02, 2006

• Movie Recap for December 2005: King Kong

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 02, 2006

• There's Just Too Much TV

  No, not in the it's a crap wastoid lost culture soulless crunch of inevitable biosphere husked out cortex shutdown kind of way.

  News in Video — by Eric Berlin — on Jan 02, 2006

Culture

• Blogcritics Comments of the Week 5

  The comments are the heart of Blogcritics, a wild, after-the-storm river; wide, deep and dark, glistening with flotsam and jetsam.

  News in Culture — by Christopher Rose — on Jan 02, 2006

• It Rained on the Rose Parade

  For 51 years, the Rose Parade seemed to be charmed

  News in Culture — by Justene Adamec — on Jan 02, 2006

• The Blogosphere - Echo Chamber Or Incubator?

  Like all art, the blogosphere encompasses the real, the surreal and the unreal. This creates some challenges.

  Opinion in Culture — by Aaman Lamba — on Jan 02, 2006

• Blunderford's Resolutions for the New Year

  #2: Buy something from Victoria's Secret to get back on their catalog mailing list.

  Satire in Culture — by Blunderford — on Jan 02, 2006

• My Big Fat Greek Life

  Opinion in Culture — by BunnyDee — on Jan 02, 2006

• Fraction of a Vision: Political Documentaries vs. Mundane Reality

  With the expansion of the importance of political documentaries on our culture, and conflict has arisen: the dichotomy between the sensational (and often treacherous) vision of the world as seen through this new media, and the realities of the mundane world of factual cause-and-effect. To the masses, life keeps getting worse and something must be done about it. Reality- though mundane- actually shows us something different.

  Opinion in Culture — by Christopher J Falvey — on Jan 02, 2006

• Memories Of A Father

  When people tell me to forgive and forget, I tell them I forgot for twenty years and look where it got me.

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 02, 2006

• Satire: Shark's Best of 2005

  I would apologize for being so blatantly over-the-top with the shameless, self-serving ego bit.

  Opinion in Culture — by Shark — on Jan 02, 2006

• Day By Day for January 02, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for January 02, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jan 02, 2006

• Checkraise: Women in Poker

  Annie Duke, Jennifer Tilly, and PokerBabes

  Opinion in Culture — by Justene Adamec — on Jan 02, 2006

Gaming

• N-Gage Review: Pathway to Glory

  A nearly flawless portable gaming experience.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 02, 2006

• N-Gage Review: Worms World Party

  A turn-based classic in prime portable form.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 02, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Titan's Halo and the Christmas Tree Cluster

  Despite blowing off my plans for a "Space Year In Review", I would like to share two rather nice pictures...

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bennett Dawson — on Jan 02, 2006

• Jonathan Ive, CBE

  "We are as proud as could be that Jony is receiving such a prestigous commendation."

  News in Sci/Tech — by Phillip Winn — on Jan 02, 2006

Politics

• What If Terrorists Attacked The US Again?

  What kind of signals are we sending to the Constitution terrorists if we don’t speak out against the erosion of liberty right now?

  Opinion in Politics — by Temple Stark — on Jan 02, 2006

• Wiretaps and Data Mining: Old Law vs. New Technology

  Are government computer listening to you right now? Should they be if it's an effective way to identify and investigate potential terrorists?

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jan 02, 2006

• Energy Wars - Russian Gas Cut Off To Ukraine

  News in Politics — by Aaman Lamba — on Jan 02, 2006

Sports

• Actual Reasons Behind Seven NFL Coaches Being Fired

  I swear all of these reasons are genuine. Pay no attention to the satire tag.

  Satire in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jan 02, 2006

• Robby Gordon Races Against Long Odds

  If Robby Gordon wins the Dakar Rally it will be the biggest American upset since the 1980 "Miracle on Ice"

  News in Sports — by Eric James — on Jan 02, 2006

• Maurice Clarett Finds One More Thing He Sucks At

  The former Ohio State running back was accused of robbing two people at gunpoint.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jan 02, 2006