April 12, 2006 Archive

Politics

• White House Asserts It’s not an Intelligence Gathering Agency…Oh Really!?!

  Pentagon, CIA, and DIA experts told Bush "biological Laboratory" trailors didn't work. What do they know?

  Opinion in Politics — by Jet Gardner — on Apr 12, 2006

• Charges Dropped Against Four Turkish Journalists

  Turkey makes a move toward freedom of speech, but they have a long way to go to get to the European Union.

  News in Politics — by Pete Blackwell — on Apr 12, 2006

• The Case for Censure

  Too bad Russ Feingold didn't wait until NOW to propose censuring President Bush.

  Opinion in Politics — by JP — on Apr 12, 2006

• Fundamental Shift Toward Illegal Immigrants In the Works?

  Forces seem aligned for a major change in U.S. immigration policy.

  News in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 12, 2006

• Burglary, Child Sex, Arson - All Okay in Britain Under New Rules

  New Home Office rules place citizens almost completely at the mercy of criminals and punish most crimes with little more than a traffic ticket.

  News in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Apr 12, 2006

Gaming

• GameCube Review: Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time

  Imagine Aladdin with a bit more action and a lot less song.

  Review in Gaming — by Matthew Milam — on Apr 12, 2006

• The Gaming Industry: Life After the Crash

  I didn't outgrow gaming; gaming outgrew me.

  Opinion in Gaming — by Mark Buckingham — on Apr 12, 2006

• Mac Game Review: Burning Monkey Solitaire

  A Mob of monkeys makes solitaire a blast!

  Review in Gaming — by Cara de Pescado — on Apr 12, 2006

• Halo Online -- The Billion Dollar Game?

  The next Halo game could be an online game as big as World of Warcraft. It's a bit crazy, but not impossible.

  Opinion in Gaming — by The Mole — on Apr 12, 2006

• Mac Game Review: XIII

  Not many shooters have this much style and a deep story. This one has both.

  Review in Gaming — by Ken Edwards — on Apr 12, 2006

• Gear Review: X-Arcade Dual Joystick

  I love things that start with X. XXX movies, Xbox, X-Men, and now the X-Arcade Dual Joystick!

  Review in Gaming — by Rob Faraldi — on Apr 12, 2006

Culture

• XXXChurch and The American Bible Society

  A Bible publisher says "No deal" to a website that ministers to the pornography trade.

  Opinion in Culture — by Kevin Surbaugh — on Apr 12, 2006

• Passover and the Jews

  It's the holiday that commemorates when, under the pressure-cooker of a midnight escape, we became a people, a nation.

  Opinion in Culture — by Joshua Sharf — on Apr 12, 2006

• Helping or Hurting: Cutoffs Have Evolved Into Cuffed Shorts

  Shorts are hot. But be careful; they aren't forgiving, and can burn you.

  Opinion in Culture — by Marit Christina Anderson — on Apr 12, 2006

• Child Welfare Agents Visit Britney Spears' Home in Malibu

  The life and tough times of Sean Preston Federline, aged seven-months.

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 12, 2006

• Blogcritics Editors' Picks: April 5 through April 11

  If you haven't had time to read everything this week, start here, with the best of the best.

  News in Culture — by Lisa McKay — on Apr 12, 2006

• My Transformation From Man to Father

  How one man's daughters changed his life by saying, "Daddy, do better."

  Opinion in Culture — by iAMrj — on Apr 12, 2006

• Tennessee to Make Gym Class Mandatory Five Days A Week

  We could make them jump rope for 30 minutes. Or we could let them go outside and play.

  Opinion in Culture — by Lori Mortimer — on Apr 12, 2006

• Attack Of the Christian Fundamentalist Zombies

  We shuddered at the sight of these people engaged in some sort of deranged cocktail party.

  Opinion in Culture — by Diana Hartman — on Apr 12, 2006

• Real Relationship Or On The Rebound? Astrology-Based Advice

  How can I be sure that I am not just grasping at straws here?

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Apr 12, 2006

• Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 97

  The scale got me again today.

  Opinion in Culture — by Dan Nied — on Apr 12, 2006

Books

• Book Review: Grand Guignol: Theatre of Fear and Terror

  The theatrical roots of blood and gore.

  Review in Books — by Thomas M. Sipos — on Apr 12, 2006

• Book Review: Loving Che by Ana Menendez

  Loving any book with my name on the cover.

  Review in Books — by Che — on Apr 12, 2006

• Magazine Review: Decoy Magazine

  This bimonthly celebrates an all-American art of deception: luring sociable waterfowl to an untimely end.

  Review in Books — by Ed Rust — on Apr 12, 2006

Video

• Philly Film Fest Day Thirteen: Wordplay and Four Letters - "At An End"

  Dave closes out the fest with a film about crossword puzzles and the celebrities who love them.

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Apr 12, 2006

• Movie Review: The Benchwarmers

  A mildly amusing, formulaic sports underdog story.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Apr 12, 2006

• DVD Review: Swing Time

  There are times it seems they're making love simply by tapping their feet. It's a beautiful thing to watch.

  Review in Video — by Lucas McNelly — on Apr 12, 2006

• Movie Review: Thank You For Smoking

  It’s a darn good satire.

  Review in Video — by Ray Wong — on Apr 12, 2006

• TV Review: The Rick Mercer Report … eh! Report

  Canadian? Catch the show. Not Canadian? Nobody’s perfect, but you can catch the archives.

  Review in Video — by David Desjardins — on Apr 12, 2006

• Box Office Update for 4/7-4/9: Ice Age: The Meltdown

  It may not be as good as I had hoped, but there is no doubt a goldmine in them there prehistoric critters.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Apr 12, 2006

• TV Review: Thief

  If you’ve seen "24" or FX’s other crime series, "The Shield", most likely you will know the format of "Thief".

  Review in Video — by Matthew Milam — on Apr 12, 2006

• Trudell On Trudell and Frontline's The Tank Man

  The Tank Man will be online Friday evening. Trudell will be available on DVD.

  News in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Apr 12, 2006

• ClipBlast Video Clips For Wednesday April 12th

  MySpace warning, Scary Movie 4 and Cheney booed.

  News in Video — by Barry Gold — on Apr 12, 2006

• American Idol - The Top 8 Perform Queen

  Who is going home this week? Paris? Ace? Katharine? Bucky?

  Review in Video — by Craig Lyndall — on Apr 12, 2006

• Detective Robert Goren - "Have You No Shame? Don't You See Me?"

  Have you ever trusted someone with absolutely everything only to find yourself betrayed to the core?

  Opinion in Video — by trinket — on Apr 12, 2006

• American Idol Watch: Top 8

  Thank God for Queen.

  Review in Video — by Film Laureate — on Apr 12, 2006

• Good Show, Bad News: An Interview with Sons & Daughters Creator Fred Goss

  The show ends its run with one episode unaired, and the question of if it will be back unanswered.

  Interview in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Apr 12, 2006

• TV Review: House - "All In"

  It's a less-quotable-than-usual House this week, but lots to please the eye.

  Review in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Apr 12, 2006

• King Kong (2005) 2-Disc Special Edition DVD - Not Ready Yet

  King Kong is a great film, but it is not yet a great DVD.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Apr 12, 2006

• TV Review: 24 - Hour 17 - Extreme Customer Service

  Back at the bank heist or pseudo heist – or intel gathering – wait, is this what they mean by ‘data mining’?

  Review in Video — by Mary K. Williams — on Apr 12, 2006

• Pride & The English Patient

  Laszlo de Almasy (Ralph Fiennes) delves into pride beyond the traditional holds of a passionate character.

  Opinion in Video — by Mukhatib — on Apr 12, 2006

• Movie Review: Bride of Frankenstein

  We're here to see Karloff's Monster lurch and grunt and beat people up, and that's what we get.

  Review in Video — by Lucas McNelly — on Apr 12, 2006

Music

• CD Review: Shimmer

  Vocalist/lyricist/guitarist Skip Peri gets high marks for songwriting, but incompletes for his other duties.

  Review in Music — by Larry Sakin — on Apr 12, 2006

• CD Reviews: Fatal Smile's Neo Natural Freaks and Neil Layton's Dean Fashion Brigade

  Easter musical manifestations, and a Bif Naked live performance.

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Apr 12, 2006

• Music Playlist: Songs That Sample Herbie Hancock

  Explore music that samples one of the world's great jazzmasters, Herbie Hancock.

  Opinion in Music — by Robert Burke — on Apr 12, 2006

• CD Review: Cocteau Twins - Lullabies to Violaine

  In a word, it's... cool.

  Review in Music — by SVF — on Apr 12, 2006

• Featured Artist: Backstage with Al Stewart, New York City, 1998

  A peek at the gifted singer-songwriter before the resurgence of his popularity - self-doubting and unaware of how appreciated he is.

  Interview in Music — by Natalie Davis — on Apr 12, 2006

• CD Review: White Limousine by Duncan Sheik

  ...you can have fun remixing the material. But to me it would just be a waste of time

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Apr 12, 2006

• CD Review: Various Artists - Brazilian Lounge

  It’s the kind of CD you’d hear as an endless loop in the background at some pretentious coffee houses.

  Review in Music — by Larry Sakin — on Apr 12, 2006

• Concert Review - The Bob Dylan Show, Maricopa Events Center in Arizona

  Bob Dylan plays some new stuff and some old stuff while having fun and sounding great the whole time.

  Review in Music — by Cameron Graham — on Apr 12, 2006

• Vinyl Tap: Elvis Costello - This Year's Model

  Sometimes he almost feels just like a human being. This isn't one of those times...

  Review in Music — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Apr 12, 2006

• CD Review: NOFX - Never Trust A Hippy

  This EP is a dose of wiseass adrenaline to keep you moving through the day.

  Review in Music — by Larry Sakin — on Apr 12, 2006

• Pete Doherty Misses Court Appearance

  Ex-Libertine and current Babyshambles leader Pete Doherty missed his scheduled appearance in a London court.

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Apr 12, 2006

• Bootleg Country: David Nelson Band Recorded 07/21/01

  My obsession with live concert recordings; reviewed one show at a time.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on Apr 12, 2006

• Calexico, Toby Keith, Capitol Unfixes Beatles Catalogue

  New Album Releases, Week of 4-11-2006

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Apr 12, 2006

• Tool Fans Are Gearing Up Once More For 10,000 Days

  What makes a band go straight to No. 1 with barely any promotion? Tool fans are the answer.

  Opinion in Music — by Jessa — on Apr 12, 2006

• CD Review: New Used Car - Sue Foley

  If you want derivative songs and outdated cliches, this CD will, um... sock it to you.

  Review in Music — by Neal Gardner — on Apr 12, 2006

Sports

• Why Everyone Should Read Game Of Shadows: The Ramble

  This isn’t a review, but a recommendation that provides a bunch of reasons to read a great book.

  News in Sports — by Sal Marinello — on Apr 12, 2006

• Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Investigation Way Over My Head

  I've noticed several themes in this disturbing story. Prejudice. Racism. Sexism. Classism. And a heckload of legal jargon.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Apr 12, 2006

Tastes

• Pizza Delivery Is A Dangerous, Expensive Business That Doesn't Pay Well

  From inside the mind of a former pizza guy.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Jet Gardner — on Apr 12, 2006

• Pessah - Z’man Herutéinu: Passover, the Celebration of Our Freedom

  Passover - the season of hope for Redemption.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Ruvy — on Apr 12, 2006

Sci/Tech

• BugBlog Report 4/10/06: Microsoft, HP, Apple

  Some of the most significant bugs from the past week.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Apr 12, 2006

• Doctors Learn To Talk About Sickness, Death And Dying

  Physicians need to heal themselves when it comes to learning sensitivity when giving bad news.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Howard Dratch — on Apr 12, 2006