June 21, 2006 Archive

Music

• Concert Review: Field Music And The Futureheads

  Broken hearts? More than a few. A happy ending? Definitely.

  Review in Music — by Greg Smyth — on Jun 21, 2006

• Taylor Hicks Jams With Snoop Dogg in Birmingham

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 21, 2006

• CD Review: The Black Heart Procession - The Spell

  Grab your Moleskines, people, I can feel a melancholic funk coming on.

  Review in Music — by Greg Smyth — on Jun 21, 2006

• CD Review: Counting Crows - New Amsterdam Live

  Two albums, double live album. Two more albums, a greatest hits package and now another live album.

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jun 21, 2006

• CD Review: Priestess - Hello Master

  Get your AC/DC shirt off the floor and grab your intoxicant of choice. It's time to party like it's 1976 again.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Jun 21, 2006

• Single Review - Tom Petty's "Saving Grace"

  The new single "Saving Grace" from the forthcoming album Highway Companion is a great rocker.

  Review in Music — by Cameron Graham — on Jun 21, 2006

• Microsoft Faces Criticism Over Piracy Check and the Daily Music and Tech News

  Microsoft, Myspace, and JZ in today tech and music news.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jun 21, 2006

• CD Review: José González - Veneer

  Perfectly plucked Spanish guitar, hauntingly exhaled vocals, and naked lyrics. What more do you need in a dream.

  Review in Music — by A.L. Harper — on Jun 21, 2006

• CD Review: Gomez - How We Operate

  Another British band capitalizing on the so-called So-Cal scene? Hardly.

  Review in Music — by Joanne Schenker — on Jun 21, 2006

• CD Review: Keane - Under the Iron Sea

  Keane is back with their second album with visions of U2 dancing in their heads.

  Review in Music — by Rebecca Wright — on Jun 21, 2006

• CD Review: Monsters Are Waiting - Fascination

  A solid danceable beat, steady bass drive and some razor sharp guitar hooks prove that these cats have the talent.

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Jun 21, 2006

• CD Review: Freddie McGregor - Bobby Bobylon

  McGregor kept in touch with the Jamaican public by writing great love songs and true-to-life cultural material.

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Jun 21, 2006

• Elvis Presley at the William Morris Agency, January 31, 1956

  "PoPsie" and Popular Music: The Shots Seen 'Round the World.

  News in Music — by Cliff Malloy — on Jun 21, 2006

Video

• World Cup 2006 Goes to the Movies

  A theatre in Los Angeles is offering satellite broadcasts of the matches to fund its restoration.

  News in Video — by TeevBlogger — on Jun 21, 2006

• Movie Review: The New World

  Dreamlike and slow, yet strangely hypnotic, Terence Malick's The New World explores America's earliest days.

  Review in Video — by Nik Dirga — on Jun 21, 2006

• Dan Rather Leaves CBS News

  Done in by Rathergate and the arrival of Katie Couric, Rather escapes the CBS News broom closet.

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 21, 2006

• Big Brother 7: All-Stars Is Almost Here

  Big Brother's pre-season begins tonight! Which houseguests do you want to return to the BB House?

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Jun 21, 2006

• BBC Icon Top of the Pops Axed After 42 Years

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 21, 2006

• Movie Review: Nacho Libre

  Nacho Libre is an entertaining movie, although fans of Jack Black and those at least familiar with Lucha Libre will have much more to enjoy.

  Review in Video — by Jordan J. Ballor — on Jun 21, 2006

• Movie Review: Young Adam

  The only danger to our nation’s youth is that it could, quite possibly, put them off sex forever.

  Review in Video — by Christopher Soden — on Jun 21, 2006

• Movie Review: Pulse

  Ghosts come from the Internet?

  Review in Video — by Jonathan Zabel — on Jun 21, 2006

• Movie Review: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

  Prepare to be suckered by the whiz-bang.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 21, 2006

• DVD Review: Garuda

  Thailand gives us a mini-giant monster flick that falls flat.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jun 21, 2006

Politics

• The Need For A United Front

  The Democratic Party has fueled division among Americans over the Iraq War and our soldiers are paying the price.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dr Politico — on Jun 21, 2006

• Hooray For The House!

  House Republicans wisely move to deep-six immigration "reform."

  Opinion in Politics — by Drew McKissick — on Jun 21, 2006

• The Capitol Hill Corruption Dance

  A guilty verdict refocuses attention on Abramoff and the GOP. How might the various corruption scandals play out in November?

  Opinion in Politics — by Sean Aqui — on Jun 21, 2006

• Satire: Small Arms Sales: A Reasoned Response

  The problem with the gun control debate is that people react emotionally instead of dealing with facts and reason.

  Satire in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 21, 2006

• Where's The "Truth" In Iraq?

  Does the media underreport good news from Iraq? Probably. But they underreport the bad news, too.

  Opinion in Politics — by Sean Aqui — on Jun 21, 2006

• Mom Says Listen...

  Eisenhower said, "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

  Opinion in Politics — by Paul Jordan, Sr. — on Jun 21, 2006

• The Immorality Of The Democrats' Position On The War

  What makes the Democrat position immoral is that they are are opting for the Viet Nam approach.

  Opinion in Politics — by Rick Moran — on Jun 21, 2006

Culture

• Flavor Flav Celebrates National Safety Month

  Celebrity participation, comical survival stories and tips comprised an entertaining PSA and prepared listeners to safely survive disasters and emergencies.

  News in Culture — by Lisa Tolliver — on Jun 21, 2006

• Blogcritics Editors' Picks: June 14 through June 20

  Let your summertime reading begin right here!

  News in Culture — by Lisa McKay — on Jun 21, 2006

• DJRadiohead Podcast Experience - Episode 14

  The DJRadiohead Podcast Experience is back -- lock and load!

  Opinion in Culture — by Josh Hathaway — on Jun 21, 2006

• Day By Day for June 21, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for June 21, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jun 21, 2006

• Keanu Reeves Does NOT Suck, And I Can Prove It

  Once and for all I am going to prove to the world that Keanu Reeves does NOT suck.

  Opinion in Culture — by The Jay — on Jun 21, 2006

• Sit Down, Shut Up and Soak!

  Bathing isn't only about cleanliness. What about relaxation? Remember that old thing? Apparently, we don't.

  Opinion in Culture — by Snarkattack — on Jun 21, 2006

Sports

• How The MLB Might Look if Pythagoras Ran the Show

  A snapshot look at eight teams who are either under-performing or out-performing their Pythagorean winning percentages.

  News in Sports — by David Barbour — on Jun 21, 2006

• Miami Heat Win NBA Finals, References to High Temperature Run Amok

  Well, I do recall saying Heat in four. In retrospect, I should have specified which four.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jun 21, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Digital Camera "Blinding" Device Developed at Georgia Tech

  Applications include inhibiting theater film piracy and industrial espionage.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 21, 2006

Books

• Peter Beaumont Sees Noam Chomsky As The Devil Incarnate (Allegedly)

  A response to The Observer's Peter Beaumont's ad-hominem-filled, inaccurate review of Noam Chomsky's latest book, Failed States.

  Opinion in Books — by adsfasdf — on Jun 21, 2006

• Comic Review: Marvel Comics Civil War Issue 1

  Marvel Comics' latest crossover event, Civil War - Issue 1. Written by M. Millar, et al.

  Review in Books — by Vichus Smith — on Jun 21, 2006

• Book Review: Barn Burning, Barn Building by Ben Barnes with Lisa Dickey

  This memoir reminds us, in this era of cynicism, of a time when politicians believed in more than their own self-aggrandizement.

  Review in Books — by Mark Schannon — on Jun 21, 2006

Gaming

• GBA Review: Need for Speed Most Wanted

  When care is taken, the Game Boy Advance is capable of something like this.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jun 21, 2006

• Mac Game Review: Vendetta Online

  Vendetta Online is a cross-platform space MMORPG that will only cost you $10 a month, with no retail box to buy.

  Review in Gaming — by Marty Dodge — on Jun 21, 2006