March 11, 2006 Archive

Music

• CD Review: Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Richard Wagner

  If you've always wanted to own the complete Ring Cycle then you may just want to pick this up. You'll be more than satisfied.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Mar 11, 2006

• Concert Review: A Little Taste of Chaos (March 9, 2006)

  Deftones, Thrice, Story of the Year, Atreyu, As I Lay Dying, Receiving End of Sirens, Greeley Estates, The Confession, and few I missed, all in one place!

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 11, 2006

• DVD Review: Body Count - Live in L.A.

  Ice-T has a legit, hardcore metal band to bust out songs with, despite the deaths of three of the original members.

  Review in Music — by Berkeley Joe — on Mar 11, 2006

• Book Review: Various - From The Home Office In Abbey Road Studio...

  Any budding guitarist or home recordist could benefit from some of the books featured in the author's highly idiosyncratic list.

  Review in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on Mar 11, 2006

• DVD Review: Bad Religion - Live at the Palladium

  Most concert DVDs are mediocre at best. But Bad Religion's, from the packaging on, is done right.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Mar 11, 2006

Culture

• The End of an Era: Gordon Parks Dies at 93

  Mr. Gordon Parks was a great artist, a great writer, a great African-American...simply put, a true American Hero.

  News in Culture — by Chantal Stone — on Mar 11, 2006

• Brandon's Introduction To Psychology Notes

  Or how not to take notes.

  Opinion in Culture — by Brandon J. Mendelson — on Mar 11, 2006

Video

• Movie Review: Madea's Family Reunion

  Madea's Family Reunion is the best all African-American cast movie since The Color Purple.

  Review in Video — by Greasy Guide — on Mar 11, 2006

• DVD Review: Short Night of the Glass Dolls

  An Italian giallo about Communist Satanists.

  Review in Video — by Thomas M. Sipos — on Mar 11, 2006

• Movie Review: The Hills Have Eyes

  If the freaks don't get them, the family may get out alive. Can the same be said for the audience?

  Review in Video — by Chelsea Smith — on Mar 11, 2006

• Movie Review: Beowulf and Grendel

  Refreshing non-Hollywood production of the famous old English epic poem, Beowulf and Grendel will be followed by a Hollywood version in 2007.

  Review in Video — by Triniman — on Mar 11, 2006

• DVD Review: Grounded For Life - Season One

  A genuinely funny show better than most sitcoms on TV today.

  Review in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Mar 11, 2006

• TV Review Boston Legal - "Shock and Oww!"

  Sometimes doing what's right is all about smoke and mirrors.

  Review in Video — by NancyGail — on Mar 11, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Blogcritics on Google

  Google is so ubiquitous, so pervasive in our online lives, business, psychology, even vocabulary, we may take no more conscious notice of it than air.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 11, 2006

• Google's A-Go-Go Is Gone

  Google's go-go power peters out as it tries to be too many things at once.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Greg — on Mar 11, 2006

• Friday Femmes Fatales No 47 (Women Bloggers)

  Domestic violence, street abuse, and World Cup prostitution. But it does get more cheerful...

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Mar 11, 2006

Sports

• The Ramble: MLB's Drug Scandal And The Culture Of Permissiveness

  Did baseball’s culture of permissiveness give the players an excuse for using performance-enhancing drugs?

  News in Sports — by Sal Marinello — on Mar 11, 2006

Books

• Book Review: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

  The plot is not the attraction of this book, but acts merely as a framework for Patchett's beautiful writing.

  Review in Books — by Nuthatch — on Mar 11, 2006

• The Freelance Life: Publish or Perish

  Rejection letters, empty mailboxes, bruised and battered egos; for any aspiring writer, the road to publication can be agonizing.

  Opinion in Books — by Elvira Black — on Mar 11, 2006

• Book Review: Graphic Novels - Alan Moore's 1963 (6 issue mini, Image Comics, 1993)

  Moore's nostalgic pastiche wins a Marvel No-Prize.

  Review in Books — by John Voorhees — on Mar 11, 2006

Politics

• Interview with Francine Shacter, Democrat for Congress in AZ CD8

  Talking with a die-hard Roosevelt Democrat who doesn't hesitate to speak her mind and criticize the opposition.

  Interview in Politics — by Michael D. Bryan — on Mar 11, 2006

Tastes

• Dan Nied's 100 Days: Days 63, 64 and 65

  I'm baaaacckk. I got back on the diet like a champ. Thursday I was back on the 1,500 calories or less bandwagon.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Dan Nied — on Mar 11, 2006

Gaming

• Gaming Round-Up For 03/10/06

  First gaming MP3 player, free Xbox Live weekends, a "very big" PS3 announcement, and more.

  News in Gaming — by Kevin Cortez — on Mar 11, 2006