February 8, 2006 Archive

Tastes

• The Chef and His Knives: Knife Care and Cooking with Chef Larry Bressler

  We eat with our eyes. That's the philosophy behind the consumer education class at the California School of Culinary Arts.

  Review in Tastes — by Purple Tigress — on Feb 08, 2006

• Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 35

  I've figured out the key to life.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Dan Nied — on Feb 08, 2006

Video

• DVD Review: The Brothers Grimm

  Director Terry Gilliam's fictional depiction of the famed authors' early lives is a decidedly mixed bag

  Review in Video — by Mike Cullinan — on Feb 08, 2006

• DVD Review: Winged Migration

  You will believe a bird can fly.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Feb 08, 2006

• Movie Review: Mrs. Henderson Presents

  A little gem about a woman who is not only larger than life, but is full of life herself.

  Review in Video — by Ray Wong — on Feb 08, 2006

• Blogcritics on 24: Day 5

  Review in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 08, 2006

• Movie Review: North Country

  North Country is interesting, and at times moving, but its portrayal of misogyny is unfortunately too cynical and exaggerated.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Feb 08, 2006

• DVD Review: The Cary Grant Box Set, Part Two

  This week, MPP reviews five classic Cary Grant films, as compiled in Sony's new box set. Today: Talk of the Town and The Awful Truth.

  Review in Video — by Modern Pea Pod — on Feb 08, 2006

• Courting Craig Ferguson: The Late Late Show Diaries 2-07-06

  Staying up late with Mr. Tall, Dark, Funny, and Handsome again.

  Review in Video — by Joan Hunt — on Feb 08, 2006

• DVD Review: Knight Rider - Season Three

  Jewel thieves, street racers, cattle thieves, truckers, and hot women. Plus David Hasselhoff's inability to button his shirt.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 08, 2006

• Trinket's Armchair Guide To American Idol 5

  "Great at the end of a drunk party, not great sober."

  Review in Video — by trinket — on Feb 08, 2006

• TV Review: House - "Need to Know"

  Our first House sex scene shows a brief February sweeps glimpse of Hugh Laurie's bare chest.

  Review in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Feb 08, 2006

• DVD Review: The War Within

  The movie succeeds as a well-balanced study of the effects of terrorism on the individual and the community

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Feb 08, 2006

Books

• Book Review: Dark Lord by James Luceno

  In case you haven't had enough of a certain Sith Lord, James Luceno offers more of the man in the mask.

  Review in Books — by W.E. Wallo — on Feb 08, 2006

• Book Review: Philosophy in 30 Days

  The art of asking questions no one can answer is one way to define philosophy. So why is it so popular?

  Review in Books — by Simon Young — on Feb 08, 2006

• Book Review: Consider The Lobster And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace

  Weaving wordplay with wit and insight, David Foster Wallace's latest collection of erudite essays is guaranteed to increase your brainpower.

  Review in Books — by Nik Dirga — on Feb 08, 2006

• Book Review: Really Useful: The Origins of Everyday Things by Joel Levy

  Now it can be told! The inspirations behind the innovations! How the old and disused became the new and improved!

  Review in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Feb 08, 2006

• Book Review : The Center Of Everything By Laura Moriarty

  It reads as easily as Steinbeck and I believe could, without contest, replace classic reading material for high-schools.

  Review in Books — by David Desjardins — on Feb 08, 2006

• Book Review: A Crack at the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester

  A geology lesson that swirls about, always coming back to the San Francisco quake.

  Review in Books — by Bonnie — on Feb 08, 2006

• Book Review: Sucker Punch by Jack Cashill

  Not a normal biography, Cashill's book is less a boxing story than a cultural analysis of Muhammad Ali’s impact upon America.

  Review in Books — by Tom Donelson — on Feb 08, 2006

Music

• Joe Bonamassa Rocks the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise

  What could be more ideal than taking a cruise for a vacation, nineteen of the top blues performers on the very same ship, ten special guest performers, live blues shows just about 24 and almost 7?

  Review in Music — by Tara Clark — on Feb 08, 2006

• Music's Biggest Night to Honor Their Own and Celebrate

  The Recording Academy honors its own and celebrates in celebrity style.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Feb 08, 2006

• Real Networks Buy PC Gaming Company and The Daily Music and Tech News

  Real Player, Britney Spears and son, and Johnny Rotten in today's music and tech news update.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Feb 08, 2006

• Music Video Review: "Stupid Girls" by Pink

  It's Pink vs. Britney, Jessica, Lindsay, Paris, and Mary-Kate. Who wins?

  Review in Music — by Don Baiocchi — on Feb 08, 2006

• A Few Songs That Are Better Acoustic

  Hearing an old song and having it strike a chord for the very first time is like being handed a gift.

  Opinion in Music — by trinket — on Feb 08, 2006

• Magic Junk Radio 5: Go Remix Yourself

  A swan song of beats and samples to tap your foot to, before I return to the underground.

  News in Music — by Mark Sahm — on Feb 08, 2006

• CD Review: Enya - Amarantine

  Have you ever found yourself standing at the grocery store checkout, staring in amazement...

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Feb 08, 2006

• CD Review: Metropolis Shanghai - Showboat to China

  Is there a classier record label than Winter and Winter? Nope.

  Review in Music — by SVF — on Feb 08, 2006

• DVD Review: Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

  Review in Music — by Paul Roy — on Feb 08, 2006

• Grammy Preview and Predictions

  Instead of being a night for true music fans, it is a better one for Joan & Melissa. But let's pretend the show matters...

  Opinion in Music — by Chip Ross — on Feb 08, 2006

• CD Review: Xenn - The Eleventh Hour

  This CD is simultaneously original and accessible, something that is missing from a lot of what you hear on current pop radio.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 08, 2006

• New Album Releases, Week of 2-7-2006

  As to real music, there's a huge, intimidating 5 CD box set of Richard Thompson live material, covers, rarities, etc.

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Feb 08, 2006

• Bob Dylan Begins Work on New Album

  Bob Dylan is working on his first new album in five years according to published reports.

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Feb 08, 2006

• CD Review: Kelley Stoltz - Below the Branches

  Thank God for Kelley Stoltz.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Feb 08, 2006

Culture

• Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World, And Finding Irony

  From Desicritics, as you read about the continuing riots over the caricatures of Mohammed, I urge you to please shed a tear for Albert Brooks.

  Opinion in Culture — by Aaman Lamba — on Feb 08, 2006

• Ignore Fashion Week's Baggy Look: Show Yourself Off

  Throughout fashion week there has been a consistent player—space.

  Opinion in Culture — by Marit Christina Anderson — on Feb 08, 2006

• Coretta Scott King and I

  It was a brief and somewhat embarrassing brush with greatness.

  Opinion in Culture — by Lori Mortimer — on Feb 08, 2006

• Ghosts From My Past

  Rose's passion was an organization called the Pioneer Women, and a cousin of hers who would arrive on fundraising trips.

  Opinion in Culture — by Ruvy — on Feb 08, 2006

• Heterosexual In Love with Gay Friend - Grand Trine: Astrology-Based Advice

  Hi Elsa, I'm in love with my best friend.

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Feb 08, 2006

• Day By Day for February 08, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for February 08, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Feb 08, 2006

• Blogcritics Editors' Picks of the Week (Feb. 1 – Feb. 7): Stone Free Stones and Blogger Burnout

  See what got pounded out in between sets on the lat-atizer and delt-o-swellier.

  News in Culture — by Eric Berlin — on Feb 08, 2006

• "Death to Denmark" and Other Cartoonish Islamic Inanities

  Ordinarily, one could live to a ripe old age and never hear the words “Death to Denmark” being chanted by an angry mob.

  Opinion in Culture — by Greg Strange — on Feb 08, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Apple QuickTime Wins Bug of the Month

  Apple wins the uncoveted award.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Feb 08, 2006

• Study Finds Most Effective Gluteal Exercises

  Through the wonders of electro-ass analysis.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 08, 2006

• The New PC Wars

  As the game changes and players rise and fall, new alliances could form.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Craig Lyndall — on Feb 08, 2006

Politics

• Sites Hacked Over Cartoon Controversy

  A Controversial Cartoonist on the Controversy, plus related updates

  News in Politics — by Scott Butki — on Feb 08, 2006

• Medieval Islam Caught Flat-footed In The Modern World

  Muslims haven't gone through their own Enlightenment -- which explains why they're a drag on themselves and the rest of humanity

  Opinion in Politics — by Adam Ash — on Feb 08, 2006

• Mankind Has Always Dreamed of Destroying the Sun

  A few comments on developing the means to destroy the sun at the push of a button, as outlined in Dave Sim's Church and State, part of the Cerebus saga.

  Opinion in Politics — by Chromatius — on Feb 08, 2006

• Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada: The New Hypocrisy

  I think we would be wise not to give them too much time in power, for their own good. They wouldn't want to become just another political party now would they?

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Feb 08, 2006

• Is the Sun Setting on the American Empire?

  Opinion in Politics — by Anthony Fountain — on Feb 08, 2006

• Political Tidbits 2/8/06

  Iran's President almost assassinated. Google and porn. Cindy Sheehan for Senator. Harry Reid - is he gone?

  News in Politics — by Patfish — on Feb 08, 2006

• A Shattered Life, But Not A Shattered Faith

  The old men and women who had fought with Dr. King, were not bitter or harsh as they spoke of the past, or of the journey that is not yet completed.

  Opinion in Politics — by allendrury — on Feb 08, 2006

Gaming

• Gear Review: Mad Catz Xbox 360 NFL Faceplate

  My NFL faceplate would kick your NFL faceplate's butt.

  Review in Gaming — by Ken Edwards — on Feb 08, 2006

• Xbox 360 Review: Condemned - Criminal Origins

  Perfect family fun... if your last name is Gacy.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Feb 08, 2006