June 27, 2006 Archive

Video

• DVD Review: Ryan's Daughter

  This may be the most beautiful DVD around.

  Review in Video — by Randall A Byrn — on Jun 27, 2006

• Movie Review: John Hillcoat's The Proposition: The Frontier

  It's a ballad, it's a novel, it's amazing.

  Review in Video — by Alan Dale — on Jun 27, 2006

• Box Office Update for 6/23-6/25: Click Closes Cars Garage

  Adam Sandler's latest has a strong opening as the summer gets underway.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 27, 2006

• DVD Pick of the Week: Ultraviolet

  Am I the only one who liked this movie? Hello?

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 27, 2006

• GUBA Launches Warner Bros. Titles

  GUBA.com is now offering an impressive selection of Warner Bros. TV episodes and movies, at less than the going rate on iTunes.

  News in Video — by TeevBlogger — on Jun 27, 2006

• Hollywood Adjusts to Low Cinema Numbers

  Falling theater attendance numbers and declining DVD sales have led to more studios offering their films through video download services.

  News in Video — by TeevBlogger — on Jun 27, 2006

• DVD Review: I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

  A 1968 period piece showcasing the clash of the conformist establishment with the hippie subculture.

  Review in Video — by Ken Molay — on Jun 27, 2006

• TV Review: Hell's Kitchen - Episode 4

  "I guess this means we don't get dessert?" Close the kitchen!

  Review in Video — by Jackie — on Jun 27, 2006

• Why We Fight, Madea's Family Reunion, Failure To Launch: Region 1 DVD Releases For June 27th, 2006

  Which would you rather sit through? Another Madea movie or another McConaughey romcom?

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Jun 27, 2006

Music

• The (Unheard) Impulse! Records Story

  Beware of major multimedia conglomerates bearing gifts.

  Opinion in Music — by SVF — on Jun 27, 2006

• Gums and Roses: Axl Rose Bites Hotel Security Guard in Sweden

  "Welcome to the Jungle": wherever Rose happens to be.

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 27, 2006

• Single Review: "Saving Grace" - Tom Petty

  The first single from Tom Petty's new album has that classic sound.

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jun 27, 2006

• CD/DVD Review: The Clarks – Still Live

  The Clarks are a great band, virtually unknown outside of Pittsburgh. That should change.

  Review in Music — by Rebecca Wright — on Jun 27, 2006

• CD Review: Thom Yorke - The Eraser

  Thom Yorke's masterpiece isn't just a supplement to your Radiohead collection.

  Review in Music — by Craig Lyndall — on Jun 27, 2006

• U2's Zoo TV Live From Sydney on DVD in September

  Zoo TV was ahead of its time. It was made for the DVD age.

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jun 27, 2006

• Overlooked Alternatives: New Releases for June 27, 2006

  New releases from Mike Keneally, Brad Mehldau, Grant-Lee Phillips, and Richard Thompson.

  News in Music — by Tom Johnson — on Jun 27, 2006

• CD Reviews: Miles Davis All Stars - Walkin' & John Coltrane - Soultrane

  What jazz is all about: Soultrane has now cemented Coltrane into my music library right next to my other cornerstone of music, Miles Davis.

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on Jun 27, 2006

Culture

• Axl Rose and Rush Limbaugh Detained In Separate Incidents

  Step aside, Paris, it's time for Rush and Rose to take their turn in the limelight.

  Opinion in Culture — by Scott Butki — on Jun 27, 2006

• Day By Day for June 27, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for June 27, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jun 27, 2006

• CIA Files: WWII Heroine Virginia Hall Remembered

  A woman spy, clandestine operations; the stuff of heroism, dreams and nightmares.

  Opinion in Culture — by Howard Dratch — on Jun 27, 2006

• BCRadio Podcast - June 26, 2006

  Internet piracy, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, Entourage, and Guster on this week's BCRadio Podcast.

  Opinion in Culture — by Josh Hathaway — on Jun 27, 2006

• The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies

  This Week: Canada Day, Woody Allen, and The Last Laugh.

  Satire in Culture — by Annie — on Jun 27, 2006

Politics

• Medical Marijuana: The Fight Goes On

  Representatives Rohrbacher and Hinchey are fighting the good fight again and again...this time to protect medical use of mariguana.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jun 27, 2006

• Israel: Second Kidnapping by Arabs in Three Days

  Hamas spokesmen threatened even more kidnappings, until all Arab prisoners in Israeli prisons are released, Arutz Sheva reported.

  News in Politics — by Ruvy — on Jun 27, 2006

• The UN and Supreme Irony on Independence Day

  When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come? With your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun?

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jun 27, 2006

• Michelle Malkin's Sandwich Board Asks "Where Is The Outrage?"

  Malkin is beginning to sound like a lunatic doomsayer, screaming that the end is near.

  Opinion in Politics — by David Desjardins — on Jun 27, 2006

• The Cartoon Even Liberals Don't Want You to See

  A cartoon comparing American human rights abuses to those of Al-Qaida has been discussed at length but not published in the most of newspapers.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Guilfoil — on Jun 27, 2006

• Public Relations, the Free Press and the New York Times' Financial Surveillance Article

  Where is the line between free press and governmental law? Either way, the New York Times's financial surveillance article is good for their legitimacy.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Guilfoil — on Jun 27, 2006

Books

• Book Review: Hotel California by Barney Hoskyns

  How did the Eagles, with their perfect (too perfect?) symbiosis of country and rock, come to be the most popular band in America?

  Review in Books — by Jon Sobel — on Jun 27, 2006

• Hunting The Muse

  Hunting a muse isn't like hunting anything else, cause you don't go out after her.

  Opinion in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 27, 2006

• Thoughts Of To Kill A Mockingbird Author Harper Lee

  Lee writes for Oprah's Magazine, her first published item in more than 10 years.

  Opinion in Books — by Scott Butki — on Jun 27, 2006

Sci/Tech

• How to Submit Your Blog to the Search Engines

  Get your blog indexed in the search engines, and you can improve your rankings and get more traffic and sales.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Jinger Jarrett — on Jun 27, 2006

Gaming

• Halo 3 To Launch Day Before PS3?

  If Best Buy's listing is to be believed, the Master Chief is lined up to steal some of the PS3's launch day thunder.

  News in Gaming — by Igniq — on Jun 27, 2006

Sports

• World Cup Diary IX: Ukraine-Switzerland, Australia-Italy, Round 2 Final Predictions

  Here's hoping that Human Rights Watch groups noticed the suffering of millions who watched Ukraine and Switzerland.

  News in Sports — by Q Bit — on Jun 27, 2006

• Barbaro Trots Back Into Obscurity

  It was odd that once Barbaro's leg broke, horse racing's yearly allotted time on horse racing was devoted to a broken bone.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jun 27, 2006

Tastes

• Malls, Multiplexes and McDonald's - The New Communist World Order

  The Hamburger & Sickle: McChanges and other forces are burying the final remains of authenticity, uniqueness and variety making up the world's beauty.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Mayank Austen Soofi — on Jun 27, 2006