January 10, 2006 Archive

Music

• Single Review: Ricky Martin "She Bangs"

  Regardless of his sexual orientation, he convincingly sells a relationship with a woman

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Jan 10, 2006

• New Album Releases, Week of 1-10-2006

  Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Jan 10, 2006

• CD Review: Night Ranger - Hits: Acoustic & Rarities

  To help celebrate 25 years in the music business, the melodic rock powerhouse Night Ranger gives their fans a little gem to tide them over until the band's new studio release in 2006.

  Review in Music — by George Dionne — on Jan 10, 2006

• Woman Faces Charges in Elvis Related Stabbing and The Daily Music and Tech News

  Katharine Donelson delivers the Music and Tech headlines of the day.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jan 10, 2006

• DVD Review: Neil Peart - Anatomy of a Drum Solo

  It was either a TDK-SA 90 or a Maxell XLII...

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Jan 10, 2006

• CD Review: UHF - All Our Golden Tomorrows

  Singer Jeremy Leff has a wonderful voice for psychedelic music: he has perfected the breathy, golden acid-drop whisper and the honey-slow chorus drone.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Jan 10, 2006

• CD Review: We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor

  So, are they "the next big thing"? Probably not, but do they really need to be?

  Review in Music — by Matt Freelove — on Jan 10, 2006

• Single Review: Aaliyah "Are You That Somebody"

  Ego and unexplained weirdness sink the single.

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Jan 10, 2006

• CD Review: D4L - Down For Life

  It's a shame that a group with such a popular first single doesn’t have an album to back it up.

  Review in Music — by Miss Hipstah — on Jan 10, 2006

• CD Review: Dirty Three - Cinder

  On their seventh release, this Aussie trio proves they're as fresh and exciting as ever.

  Review in Music — by Pete Blackwell — on Jan 10, 2006

Politics

• Abramoff Net Snares Media, Highlights Op-Ed "Ethical Brothel"

  The wide net around the activities of lobbyist Jack Abramoff has touched the nation's major media corporations.

  Opinion in Politics — by Kathy Gill — on Jan 10, 2006

• The UMass Connection: Conservative Tragic Heroes Tony Rudy and Brian Darling, and On the Other Side, Me

  Two guys I hung out with at UMass are now infamous. Oy!

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jan 10, 2006

• Interview: Thunder6, Military Blogger And Author Of 365 And A Wakeup

  Because of him, and fellow milbloggers like him we can read about the truth in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  Opinion in Politics — by Milblogging — on Jan 10, 2006

• Number of Cases of "Child Rape" Covered Up by Planned Parenthood in Illinois Remains Steady in 2004

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Jan 10, 2006

• Supreme Idiocy

  With the recent hysterics from all political positions regarding the Supreme Court, perhaps it is time to take a breath and look at the larger issue of our on-going constitutional meltdown.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Conlin — on Jan 10, 2006

• The U.S.A. National Sales Tax (NST) Hoax: “The Tax is 23 Percent”

  The tax will be 23 percent of the total of the-price-and-the-tax.

  News in Politics — by Harris Dyes — on Jan 10, 2006

• Harry Belafonte Goes Bananas in a Banana Republic

  Harry Belafonte spreads 'goodwill' in Venezuela and provides fodder for US comedians with more crazed and confused comments.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jan 10, 2006

Culture

• Taking The GRE

  It was much more difficult than I expected...

  Opinion in Culture — by RJ Elliott — on Jan 10, 2006

• Souvenirs

  Documenting all that matters in my life adds meaning to it.

  Opinion in Culture — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jan 10, 2006

• What Is Beautiful?

  How many times have we heard about “the beautiful people” who are to be found in Hollywood?

  Opinion in Culture — by Victor Lana — on Jan 10, 2006

• Windows To A Regretful Soul

  Have you ever seen someone very close to you edging towards death?

  Opinion in Culture — by trinket — on Jan 10, 2006

• Howard Stern Debuts On Satellite Radio

  Stern and company had very little new or interesting to offer.

  Review in Culture — by Chris Akin — on Jan 10, 2006

• Why Would Anyone Want To Be A Criminal And An Addict?

  His book's trivialization of the people who have made a real commitment to change is more criminal than anything he claims to have done

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 10, 2006

• Empathy - Twelfth House Moon: Astrology-Based Advice

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Jan 10, 2006

• Making Memories

  I’m not too sure but I'm glad that we met ten years hence.

  Opinion in Culture — by Deepti Lamba — on Jan 10, 2006

• Buy The World An iPod

  An extremely positive (non-negative) review of Apple's iPod.

  Opinion in Culture — by J. Michaels — on Jan 10, 2006

• True Crime Update, 1/10/06

  Updates on Body Builder and Cruise Ship Murders. Marion Barry mugged. Moose killer and child rapist get same sentence.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Jan 10, 2006

• Day By Day for January 10, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for January 10, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jan 10, 2006

• Boanthropy

  Though uncommon, boanthropy, or a belief that you are a cow, is a problem with which we all must cope.

  Satire in Culture — by Sam Jack — on Jan 10, 2006

Video

• Movie Review: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

  Downey and Kilmer show they can still have fun in breezy, fun directing debut from Shane Black

  Review in Video — by Mike Cullinan — on Jan 10, 2006

• TV Review: Jake In Progress

  A recap and review of the first episode of the second season of Jake In Progress, "The Lying, The Watch, and Jake's Wardrobe."

  Review in Video — by Connie Phillips — on Jan 10, 2006

• Box Office Update for 1/6-1/8: Hostel

  Torture sells. The first full weekend of 2006 is ruled by the torturous gore-fest that is Hostel.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 10, 2006

• Movie Review: The Passenger (Reissue)

  The average moviegoer won't be seeing this reissue of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 existential flick at any AMC theatre...

  Review in Video — by Modern Pea Pod — on Jan 10, 2006

• TV Review: ABC's Dancing With the Stars

  Some walked. Some did football moves. Some resembled an Emperor Penguin protecting a chick. Comments and pictures.

  Review in Video — by Patfish — on Jan 10, 2006

• Crash and Brokeback Clean Up At The Critics Choice Awards

  The critical darlings fared pretty well at tonight's Critics' Choice Awards, which kicked off the television awards season.

  News in Video — by Chris Evans — on Jan 10, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week for 1/10: Eraserhead

  I remember being stunned by the high rate of bizarre being flung around onscreen.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 10, 2006

• TV Review: The Book of Daniel - Never Judge a Show by Its Pilot:

  The best part of the show is the character of Jesus, who is a constant companion to Daniel in times of trouble or temptation.

  Review in Video — by Tony Figueroa — on Jan 10, 2006

• A Television Viewer's Diary: 1/1-1/7: Battlestar Galactica

  This is simply the finest science fiction show on television, and probably the best since Farscape left the air.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 10, 2006

• Frontline Follows the Life of Country Boys

  Documentary filmmaker David Sutherland spent three years following Chris and Cody. This allows us to really get to know them and their families.

  News in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Jan 10, 2006

• Region 1 DVD Releases for January 10th, 2006

  This week, it's all about the gardening.

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Jan 10, 2006

• DVD Review: The Rockford Files - Season One

  Thirty years ago an easygoing detective by the name of Jim Rockford burst onto the television scene and carved a place for himself in television history.

  Review in Video — by Daddypundit — on Jan 10, 2006

• DVD Review: Murder, She Wrote - The Complete Second Season

  Angela Lansbury returns in Season Two of the popular mystery series, "Murder She Wrote". The episodes are fun puzzles if the discs work.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Jan 10, 2006

• Nipplegate II: WWE's "Live Sex Act" Shows Nudity

  An actual female nipple finds its way to live TV. Moral outrage will likely ensue.

  Opinion in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jan 10, 2006

Books

• Book Review: The World According to Narnia by Jonathan Rogers

  With the success of Narnia's film debut, Jonathan Rogers' The World According to Narnia is the perfect guidebook for more.

  Review in Books — by Heather Ivester — on Jan 10, 2006

• Book Review: Comedy Writing Secrets, by Melvin Helitzer with Mark Shatz

  Ba-BOOM-ski!

  Review in Books — by Jumper Bailey — on Jan 10, 2006

• James Frey and Doubleday: Putting the "Fiction" in "Non-fiction"

  The Smoking Gun says A Million Little Pieces was based on lies, and their evidence rings more true than the book did.

  News in Books — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Jan 10, 2006

• Book Review: Don't Get Taken Every Time, by Remar Sutton

  We love Mr. Sutton for his brains. And bless him, he knows how to buy a car. Fabio probably doesn't.

  Review in Books — by Jumper Bailey — on Jan 10, 2006

• Book Review: The River, by Edward Hooper

  One of the larger questions concerns our experiments on third world people, prisoners and the mentally challenged.

  Review in Books — by Parker Owens — on Jan 10, 2006

• The Military Advantage

  The definitive, must-read guide for anyone who's ever been in the U.S. military AND their families.

  Review in Books — by Kit Jarrell — on Jan 10, 2006

Tastes

• Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 5

  Feel the Burn!

  Opinion in Tastes — by Dan Nied — on Jan 10, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Health News: A Vaccine May Prevent Travelers' Diarrhea

  It is the scourge of travelers into the Third World. It kills 1 million children yearly. It could get you.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Howard Dratch — on Jan 10, 2006

• The Healthy Skeptic: Celebrity Diet Secrets

  If you’re interested in finding out the truth about diet secrets and how celebrities manage to get and stay thin, this story is for you.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Sal Marinello — on Jan 10, 2006

Sports

• The Pittsburgh Steelers End The Cincinnati Bengals' Magical Season

  The Sandwasher was at Paul Brown Stadium for his first playoff experience since 1994 (New England at Cleveland).

  Opinion in Sports — by M.D. Sandwasher — on Jan 10, 2006

• Marcus Vick Arrested On A Gun Charge

  Marcus Vick doesn’t waste any time making me look good.

  News in Sports — by Sal Marinello — on Jan 10, 2006