February 17, 2006 Archive

Video

• Nickelodeon's 19th Annual Kids' Choice Awards

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 17, 2006

• TV Review: The Beverly Hillbillies "The Clampetts Strike Oil" (1962 Series Pilot)

  With all due respect to the Bunkers and Simpsons among others, "The Clampetts Strike Oil" may be the best sitcom pilot episode ever.

  Review in Video — by Al Barger — on Feb 17, 2006

• TV Review: Dancing with the Stars – Round 7

  Why am I recapping a day early? A last minute plea for TEAM RINNA.

  Review in Video — by Beth Gottfried — on Feb 17, 2006

• Meet American Idol's Top 12 Men

  Next week the real fun starts as viewers start making the cuts. Let's meet the guys!

  Review in Video — by trinket — on Feb 17, 2006

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Featuring Date Movie

  This week brings with it three new wide releases, the big question is are they any good?

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 17, 2006

• DVD Review: The Eye

  An Asian horror film that begins to ape Hollywood (as Hollywood apes Asian horror for the millionth time)

  Review in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Feb 17, 2006

• Dave's 2006 Oscar Preview: Penguins vs. Quadriplegics

  Part One of Four: In addition to quads vs. birds, a giant gorilla takes on a small Japanese lady, and probably loses.

  Opinion in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Feb 17, 2006

• DVD Review: I Come In Peace (aka Dark Angel)

  A reflective glance at the Dolph Lundgren classic.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Fleming — on Feb 17, 2006

• TV Review: Rollergirls

  To paraphrase Lunatic, one of the Rollergirls, "it gives my life a kind of purpose, no matter how pointless that purpose is."

  Review in Video — by Christian Johnson — on Feb 17, 2006

Books

• Book Review: An Army of Davids

  The great story is the movement of society from decentralized to centralized, and back to decentralized.

  Review in Books — by Joshua Sharf — on Feb 17, 2006

• Book Review: Marked for Death by Matt Forbeck

  The Eberron world is a fantasy environment that combines elements of pulp and detective/noir fiction with traditional fantasy tropes.

  Review in Books — by Christian Johnson — on Feb 17, 2006

• Book Review: Bare Naked Truth - On the Religious Right by Stacey Tallitsch

  A Louisiana Congressional candidate launches an assault on what he perceives to be the combined political aims of the religious right and the Bush Administration.

  Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Feb 17, 2006

• NaNoWriMo Notes 11: The Doubting Game

  I discovered new ways of becoming my own worst enemy.

  Opinion in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Feb 17, 2006

• Book Review: Walkin' the Dog by Walter Mosley

  A man, recently released from prison, struggles with crime and the things he knows.

  Review in Books — by Murphy — on Feb 17, 2006

Culture

• Something Silly

  Spending the afternoon at work doing nothing except surfing the 'net isn’t something I would normally want to brag about.

  Opinion in Culture — by A.L. Harper — on Feb 17, 2006

• Passion For Freedom, Or Freedom Of Passion?

  Mohammed's sublime passion stands in sharp contrast to the base passions on display.

  Opinion in Culture — by Gazelle — on Feb 17, 2006

• Theater Review: New Anatomies at the Cockpit Theatre

  Born in Switzerland to a drunken anarchist father and an inept German mother, Isabelle Eberhardt grew up addicted to fantasies of the desert and Islam.

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Feb 17, 2006

• Pop Culture Update 2/17/06

  Hillary's big bling-bling. An AOL reality series? World's ugliest cat. No more telegrams.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Feb 17, 2006

• Mutable Virgo With a Pisces Moon Wants To Find Love: Astrology-Based Advice

  Dear Elsa, I work in a profession where I have to be tough...

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Feb 17, 2006

• Day By Day for February 17, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for February 17, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Feb 17, 2006

• Interview with Douglas Bennett, President of National Lampoon

  National Lampoon does a hell of a lot more than live off the money made from Animal House.

  News in Culture — by Brandon J. Mendelson — on Feb 17, 2006

Politics

• DoD Staffer's Notes From 9/11 Confirm CBS's "Related or Not" Report

  The documents confirm a CBS News report which quoted Rumsfeld as stating: "Go massive . . . Sweep it all up. Things related and not."

  News in Politics — by Thad Anderson — on Feb 17, 2006

• Another Twist to the Climate Change Story

  One simple fact is constantly ignored by climate change skepticism that dominates official thinking in America.

  Opinion in Politics — by Chromatius — on Feb 17, 2006

• Random Thoughts

  Why is it that in a country with the most open political system in the world we have such a dearth of interest in participation? and other questions.

  Opinion in Politics — by Drew McKissick — on Feb 17, 2006

• Supreme Court Hears Guantanamo Case

  Department of Justice asks Supreme Court to dismiss Hamdan case, arguing that "the Constitution does not guarantee aliens held abroad a right to habeas corpus."

  News in Politics — by Kathy Gill — on Feb 17, 2006

• House Dems Seek to Limit Electoral Choice - and Kill Third Parties

  A new Democrat bill creates public-funded campaigns, but only for Dems and Republicans. Third parties? Out in the cold.

  News in Politics — by Natalie Davis — on Feb 17, 2006

• World Opinion Turns Against the US: Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib

  A British Judge denounces the US position on torture as "not the same as ours."

  News in Politics — by Kathy Gill — on Feb 17, 2006

• Free the Gitmo 500!

  Well, at least do something with them. Otherwise how are we any better than the sanctimonious vermin in the UN Human Rights Commission?

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Feb 17, 2006

Music

• Music: Willie Nelson's New Song Goes Brokeback

  I suspect the country legend's point is to tell society to grow the hell up and accept that love is love.

  Opinion in Music — by Natalie Davis — on Feb 17, 2006

• Lisa Marie Presley Weds Guitarist and The Daily Music and Tech News

  Lisa Marie marries, NBC makes partnerships, MCR design jacket and Juno nominations announced in today's music and tech news update.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Feb 17, 2006

• CD Review: Rhapsody - Live in Canada 2005: The Dark Secret

  I saw them described as "film-score metal" and I knew I had to hear them.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 17, 2006

• Music Playlist: Spectacular Slowcore

  These are some of the very best slowcore tracks ever recorded. The perfect backdrop for an easy Sunday morning.

  Opinion in Music — by Robert Burke — on Feb 17, 2006

• CD Review: Poptopia! Power Pop Classics of the '70s, '80s, and '90s

  Raspberries, Redd Cross, Romantics+Manic pop thrills=Pure Pop for Now and Then People.

  Review in Music — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Feb 17, 2006

• The Friday Morning Listen: Martina McBride

  Now, about this NASCAR thing...

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Feb 17, 2006

• Courtney Love's Loft Sold

  Actress-rocker Courtney Love's loft sold, narrowly escaping foreclosure.

  News in Music — by Mr. Real Estate — on Feb 17, 2006

Sports

• Bryant Gumbel's Comments Need To Be Addressed

  Bryant Gumbel is a pompous ass. A smarmy hump. An adulterer. Let’s finally add "racist" to the mix.

  News in Sports — by Sal Marinello — on Feb 17, 2006

• Winter Olympics: Gumbel’s Comments, Viewer’s Responses Out of Line

  Without question, Gumbel was wrong. At the same time, many of the reactions to his comments are just as crass as the original statement.

  Opinion in Sports — by Dan McGowan — on Feb 17, 2006

• What The FAQ Is Curling?

  For those who have been captivated by this crazy sport on television but didn't know what was going on.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Feb 17, 2006

• Olympic Men's Skating: As the Russian Flies

  The Olympic men's figure-skating gold goes to... Well, if you saw Tuesday's short programs, you already know.

  News in Sports — by Natalie Davis — on Feb 17, 2006

Tastes

• Iran Embraces Western Values

  A lighter, flakier take on the Muhammad cartoon controversy. Anybody else up for some breakfast?

  News in Tastes — by Pete Blackwell — on Feb 17, 2006

• Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 44

  New photos are here. Do I look like I am losing weight?

  Opinion in Tastes — by Dan Nied — on Feb 17, 2006

Gaming

• Marc Ecko Releases Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure

  Fashion designer Marc Ecko turns to video game producer with the graffitti fable "Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure."

  News in Gaming — by Greasy Guide — on Feb 17, 2006

• PC Game Review: Warhammer 40,000 - Dawn of War -- Winter Assault

  Never bring a snowball to a blaster fight.

  Review in Gaming — by Jonathan Zabel — on Feb 17, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Geometry Wars

  Too pretty for its own good, but it won't stop you from playing.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Feb 17, 2006

Sci/Tech

• R&D: Globalization & Flat World

  In fifteen years of offshoring, India has been aggressively expanding its higher-value services...

  News in Sci/Tech — by Sadagopan S — on Feb 17, 2006