March 24, 2006 Archive

Music

• DVD Review: Megadeth - Arsenal of Megadeth

  Dave Mustaine and Capitol Records team up again to bring you a double DVD collection of Megadeth’s music videos and more.

  Review in Music — by George Dionne — on Mar 24, 2006

• New Arctic Monkeys EP Due April 24

  UK indie sensation The Arctic Monkeys are releasing a new EP just months after setting records with their debut album.

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Mar 24, 2006

• CD Review: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas

  ...a somber, yet reflective experience of country and folk sensibility.

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on Mar 24, 2006

• A Live Launch And Some Rocking Goodness

  A look at a launch and some new releases this week.

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 24, 2006

• Keane to Release Under the Iron Sea in June

  Keane's second album Under the Iron Sea will be in stores June 12.

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Mar 24, 2006

• Confessions of a Fanboy 001: Tom Petty - Wildflowers

  A new series about discovering new and old music and rediscovering the great music sitting on my shelf starting with Tom Petty's Wildflowers

  Opinion in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Mar 24, 2006

• Featured Artist: 30 Seconds to Mars

  After opening for Puddle of Mudd and My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds to Mars is now launching their own tour.

  Review in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Mar 24, 2006

• CD Review: Sound the Alarm

  Most EPs and albums contain at least one song that is inferior - this one does not have that.

  Review in Music — by Scott Butki — on Mar 24, 2006

• If I Didn't Care: Appreciating Sanford and Son

  And would I be sure that this is love beyond compare? Would all this be true if I didn't care for you?

  Opinion in Music — by Tony Figueroa — on Mar 24, 2006

• Vinyl Tap: The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once

  Transport yourself "A Million Miles Away": "I started drifting to a different place / I realized I was falling off the face of the world..."

  Review in Music — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Mar 24, 2006

• CD Review: The Best of Taste of Chaos

  Like a little Chaos with your music? Here's a good starter set.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 24, 2006

• The Friday Morning Listen: Manda Clair Jost

  Three years and what do you get? Microbiology, antique motorcyles and Roller Derby. Music too!

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Mar 24, 2006

• CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for Mar 23 2006 - Retrospectro, Waldron, Chevrette

  Get there early - the more you've drunk, the better we sound!

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Mar 24, 2006

• CD Review: Opeth - Ghost Reveries

  Sweden's masters of metal craft another bit of brooding brilliance.

  Review in Music — by Progged — on Mar 24, 2006

• CD Review: Althea Rene - In The Moment

  Take a listen to the CD as a whole and you’ll find a woman who’s more than a single genre can define.

  Review in Music — by Matthew Milam — on Mar 24, 2006

Video

• Movie Review: Dave Chappelle's Block Party

  An entertaining concoction of culture, music, and comedy.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Mar 24, 2006

• DVD Review: Dumbland

  “Dumbland is a crude, stupid, violent, and absurd series.” - David Lynch

  Review in Video — by Tan The Man — on Mar 24, 2006

• Movie Review: V for Vendetta

  Overwrought dialogue, convoluted back stories: exactly the kinds of things that would make the film a cult classic.

  Review in Video — by Ray Wong — on Mar 24, 2006

• Movie Review: Dave Chappelle's Block Party

  Part documentary and part concert film, this is a good time to be had in the theater.

  Review in Video — by Sterfish — on Mar 24, 2006

• Clip Talk: Yahoo and 60 Minutes Tie the Knot

  CBS and Yahoo! announced they will feature 60 Minutes video content and robust news packages on Yahoo!.

  News in Video — by Gary Baker — on Mar 24, 2006

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Featuring Inside Man

  We get a new horror movie for the teen crowd, a comedy for the rednecks, and a heist thriller.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 24, 2006

• DVD Review: How to Lose Your Lover

  Guy meets girl and so on, but this romantic comedy differs by singing the same old tune with cynical flair and extra creativity.

  Review in Video — by Film School Rejects — on Mar 24, 2006

• TV Review: South Park "The Return of Chef"

  The club founder believed he'd achieved immortality by molesting children, with a Hubbard-sounding pseudo-scientific explanation cum religious gibberish.

  Review in Video — by Al Barger — on Mar 24, 2006

• DVD Review: Derailed

  This film starts out being fun and sexy, and ends with a dark and edgy tone.

  Review in Video — by Film School Rejects — on Mar 24, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Friday Femme Fatales No. 49 (Women Bloggers)

  See the Miracle of the Uterine Wall! Watch the politicians seize control of women's bodies! And watch the ladybirds play...

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Mar 24, 2006

• Celebrity Central Website Review: Halle Berry

  The love and respect she has for her work and her fans is clearly the motive behind this website.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Ruthie — on Mar 24, 2006

Culture

• The Hot Topic: Kleenex or Adrenaline - A Look at Chick Flicks

  So, here I am, yakking about movies. A gurl at that, in the midst of the Boys of Mondo.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mary K. Williams — on Mar 24, 2006

• Easter Bunny Gets Booted in Minnesota

  And it should have. The reason is not creeping secularism or a looming theocracy; it's simple courtesy.

  Opinion in Culture — by Sean Aqui — on Mar 24, 2006

• Rock Hall Induction Ceremony, The New Cars, Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, Big Love, more ...

  Roy Trakin's "Weakend Takes."

  Opinion in Culture — by Roy Trakin — on Mar 24, 2006

• New Age: Cultural Colonialism

  What right does someone have to set themselves up as a teacher and purveyor of someone else’s culture?

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Mar 24, 2006

• He Loves Another Woman - Virgo, Pisces and the 12th house: Astrology-Based Advice

  Dear Elsa, I feel like I walked into the loony bin on this one.

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Mar 24, 2006

• Pop Culture Update 3/24/06

  The South Park uproar. First annual "blook" awards announced. Blind item fun and the deer with the pumpkin head.

  News in Culture — by Patfish — on Mar 24, 2006

• Swastika Flap is a Flop

  Both the offending and the offended are wrong about the offense.

  News in Culture — by Diana Hartman — on Mar 24, 2006

• What's with the Tattoos?

  If "everyone's" getting them, how can tattoos still be taboo?

  Opinion in Culture — by Elvira Black — on Mar 24, 2006

• NOPD: When Cops Loot, It's Not Looting

  Well, it took almost seven months, but the New Orleans Police Department has finally gotten its lies straight ...

  Opinion in Culture — by Nicholas Stix — on Mar 24, 2006

Books

• Book Review: Wild Women and Books by Brenda Knight

  Wild Women and Books: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings, and Prolific Pens -- most revered and radical women writers in history.

  Review in Books — by Georganna Hancock — on Mar 24, 2006

• Book Review: Sly & The Family Stone's "There's a Riot Goin' On" (33 1/3 Series) by Miles Marshall Lewis

  The story of There's a Riot Goin' On is a beacon of the post-Woodstock, post-'60s disillusionment.

  Review in Books — by Modern Pea Pod — on Mar 24, 2006

• Comics Review: Kyle Baker's Nat Turner and The Bakers

  Master cartoonist Kyle Baker is able to spin from charming domestic comedy into captivating, graphic historical tragedy.

  Review in Books — by Nik Dirga — on Mar 24, 2006

• Magazine Review: Today's Diet & Nutrition

  A quarterly about food, nutrition, health and fitness for women that delivers interesting articles to read and food to eat.

  Review in Books — by Ed Rust — on Mar 24, 2006

• Book Review: NO by Carl Djerassi

  On today's episode of Djerassi High: "Just Say 'NO!'" to painfully poorly written works of science-in-fiction.

  Review in Books — by Nuthatch — on Mar 24, 2006

Politics

• Debt-Fueled Stimulus: What's the Cost?

  Dumping $1.9 trillion in borrowed money into the economy of course stimulated it. The question is, was it worth it?

  Opinion in Politics — by Sean Aqui — on Mar 24, 2006

• War on Terror, War of Culture

  The War on Terror, as it is constituted, will fail, because we're forgetting the one great weapon: our culture.

  Opinion in Politics — by Christopher J Falvey — on Mar 24, 2006

• America: Stop Comparing Everything to the Nazis

  Like any obscenity, it must be used with care and discretion if its real meaning and impact are to be preserved.

  Opinion in Politics — by Michael J. West — on Mar 24, 2006

• Blogcritics on Iraq at the Three-Year Mark

  Was the invasion justified? Was it worth the ever accumulating costs in lives and treasure? Did the Bush administration lie about WMD?

  Opinion in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 24, 2006

• More Right-Wing Anti-Female Tripe

  The author wants to return women to the home, to force them into unpaid volunteer work for want of other opportunities, and to get them pregnant.

  News in Politics — by Natalie Bennett — on Mar 24, 2006

• Was Bush Right About Iraq, Al Qaeda and WMDs?

  At this point the build-up of evidence is hard to deny. Why is the refrain from the left and the media still 'Bush lied'?

  News in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Mar 24, 2006

• Kansas Legislature Overrides Governor, Allows Concealed Guns

  Sebelius became the first Kansas governor to have a veto overridden in 12 years.

  News in Politics — by Kevin Surbaugh — on Mar 24, 2006

Gaming

• Xbox 360 Review: Ghost Recon - Advanced Warfighter

  Whether you're on Xbox Live or not, this is the consoles best game to date.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 24, 2006

• Xbox 360 Review: The Outfit

  Head back to your wardrobe.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 24, 2006

• PSP Review: Pursuit Force

  Making that $250 purchase seem worthwhile.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 24, 2006

Sports

• March Madness: Redick and Morrison Overcome With March Sadness

  Lasting images of Duke and Gonzaga's losses could be two stars doing impressions of Evelyn Gardner in A League of Their Own.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Mar 24, 2006

• March Madness: LSU Upends Duke, Tigers Fans Geaux Nuts

  #4 seeded LSU knocks off #1 overall seeded Duke 72-64 in the NCAA tournament.

  News in Sports — by M.D. Sandwasher — on Mar 24, 2006

Tastes

• Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 78

  Not much to see here. I am down to 317; lost a pound since Monday.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Dan Nied — on Mar 24, 2006