April 7, 2006 Archive

Culture

• What are You? Some Kind of Atheist?

  Internal mystical experiences have no relation to God, which names nothing at all. God means nothing. That is atheism.

  Opinion in Culture — by JDCarmine — on Apr 07, 2006

• The Coyote Dance of Things

  Old Coyote keeps us free of self-deception and represents God's struggle to shock us out of predictability.

  Opinion in Culture — by John Spivey — on Apr 07, 2006

• Theater Review: 412 Letters at the Southwark Theatre

  The repartee is fast and witty, even though the roles of Ros and Charlotte may be a bit cliché.

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Apr 07, 2006

• Harry Potter and the Gospel of Judas

  Weird parallels between newly revealed gospel sympathetic to Judas and the Potter series.

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 07, 2006

• When Men Are At The Receiving End Of a Woman's Scorn

  Men are increasingly the victims of domestic violence.

  News in Culture — by Deepti Lamba — on Apr 07, 2006

• Horrible, Mean Friend - Moon Conjunct Pluto In The 8th House: Astrology-Based Advice

  "I am afraid of many things if I decide to cut her out of my life."

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Apr 07, 2006

Gaming

• Lara Croft Makes History

  Lara Croft enters the record book as the most successful female video game character of all time.

  News in Gaming — by Greasy Guide — on Apr 07, 2006

• Elder Scrolls Fans Refuse To Dress Up Horses

  ... Or why I stopped listening to humanity and gave up all hope.

  Opinion in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Apr 07, 2006

Books

• Book Review: The Pixies' "Doolittle" (33 1/3 Series) by Ben Sisario

  Pixies fans ready to question their champions and thoughts of their music are highly recommended to read this book.

  Review in Books — by Modern Pea Pod — on Apr 07, 2006

• Da Vinci Code Copyright Suit Rejected

  I have never understood how the "central theme" of a novel could be grounds for a copyright claim, but the case went ahead nonetheless.

  News in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 07, 2006

• Brown's Da Vinci Code Did Not Infringe Copyright

  Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who wrote "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail", argued that he had lifted the "architecture" of their work.

  News in Books — by Natalie Bennett — on Apr 07, 2006

• Book Review: Cybernetica by Michael J. Cavallaro

  A dystopian tale of hope for the individual in a future of neural networks and subliminal signals.

  Review in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Apr 07, 2006

Music

• Concert Review: Mushroomhead w/Gizmachi, Bearing Point, Blood Feast Island Man, Trapnote 4/6/06

  Mushroomhead once again proves their status as original metal masters.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Apr 07, 2006

• Must Be in the Water - Glyder, Hanoi Rocks, and Hatch

  A short list of some great music.

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Apr 07, 2006

• Enter to Win World Party's Back Catalogue

  World Party is back in full swing.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Apr 07, 2006

• The Friday Morning Listen: Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones

  Maple syrup and experimental musical instruments.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Apr 07, 2006

• DVD Review: Deep Purple Live At the California Jam 1974

  Live. Loud. Proud. Submitted for your approval, This Is Not Spinal Tap. This Is Deep Purple.

  Review in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Apr 07, 2006

• CD Review: Harry Shearer - Dropping Anchors

  The perfect comedy album for TV news junkies

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on Apr 07, 2006

• CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up For April 6 2006: Ann Klein, Controlling the Famous, Joe Rohan, Kevin So

  Four good Kevin So songs are worth more than an hour of music from most artists.

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Apr 07, 2006

• CD Review: 2% Faster by Dirty Lenin

  Beyond pop, beyond Punk there exists another realm of artistic expression that I am going to tentatively dub "party rock".

  Review in Music — by Mike Johnston — on Apr 07, 2006

Video

• DVD Review: Baby Face

  They may have all the money, but she has all the power, and with power the rest comes naturally.

  Review in Video — by Lucas McNelly — on Apr 07, 2006

• ClipBlast Video Clips For Friday April 7th

  News in Video — by Barry Gold — on Apr 07, 2006

• DVD Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

  C.S. Lewis' world of Narnia comes to the big screen in a good – if not quite great – adaptation.

  Review in Video — by Nik Dirga — on Apr 07, 2006

• Movie Review: The Benchwarmers

  This is a movie that's probably best seen after a night of partying when you're still drunk enough to think everything is funny.

  Review in Video — by Sterfish — on Apr 07, 2006

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Featuring Lucky Number Slevin

  No big openings this weekend, but a few look like they might hold some interest.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Apr 07, 2006

• TV Review: Survivor: Panama - Exile Island Episode 8

  Survivor, where bond has nothing to do with your word. It's halfway through the season and the jury has its start.

  Review in Video — by Jackie — on Apr 07, 2006

• Katie Couric and Eric Sevareid: The State of the Evening News

  There was a time when the network newscasts brought our country together in a shared national commonality.

  Opinion in Video — by allendrury — on Apr 07, 2006

• TV Review: The Ultimate Fighter 3 Episode 1 - Submit to It!

  Tweaking the series with feuding coaches may have been the smartest move to spice up the third season after a lackluster season two.

  Review in Video — by Vince Chan — on Apr 07, 2006

• Philly Film Fest Day Eight: Hey, It's Those Guys!

  Dave sees the movie that will spawn the next generation of character actors.

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Apr 07, 2006

• TV Review: All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise

  The love these couples have for each other isn't any different from the love of heterosexual couples.

  Review in Video — by Ruthie — on Apr 07, 2006

• Movie Review: Ice Age: The Meltdown

  Well done, Blue Sky! Well done!

  Review in Video — by Diana Hartman — on Apr 07, 2006

Tastes

• Rachael Ray and the End of Days

  This Food Network personality has grown into an entity of unlimited power. Soon she will use that power to bring our world to its knees.

  Satire in Tastes — by NB — on Apr 07, 2006

• Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 92

  Stupid scale doesn't know what it's talking about.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Dan Nied — on Apr 07, 2006

Politics

• We've Got A Crier: NYT Article on Military Negligence Is A Call to Arms

  The depressing military blunders recounted in the Times article sound like the makings of a good anti-war movie. Except — this is real.

  Opinion in Politics — by Elizabeth Colville — on Apr 07, 2006

• Have I Become A Bigot Regarding Fundamentalists?

  Ramblings from the left and right side of my brain.

  Opinion in Politics — by Jet Gardner — on Apr 07, 2006

• Islam's Reformation

  It's just our bad luck to be suffering through Islam's turbulent adolescence.

  Opinion in Politics — by Sean Aqui — on Apr 07, 2006

• First Look 2008: Karen Kwiatkowski

  Assuming she enters the race ... the [Libertarian Party] is unlikely to see a more qualified prospective nominee than Karen Kwiatkowski.

  Opinion in Politics — by Thomas L. Knapp — on Apr 07, 2006

Sports

• Soccer for Dummies

  The reader who didn’t understand soccer before will now be able to watch at least five or six minutes of a game before losing consciousness.

  Satire in Sports — by Jim Wynne — on Apr 07, 2006

• Top Heavy NBA Lacks Possibility

  It's the Pistons, Spurs and everybody else.

  Opinion in Sports — by Dan McGowan — on Apr 07, 2006

• My Excellent Curling Adventure

  Not just any tournament – or "bonspiel" – this was the Men’s World Curling Championship - and there were cowbells.

  Opinion in Sports — by Mary K. Williams — on Apr 07, 2006

Sci/Tech

• We Always Cry Wolf

  The reputation of being devil spawn and eaters of little blond girls doesn't do much for a creature's popularity.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Richard Marcus — on Apr 07, 2006