August 2, 2006 Archive

Culture

• Weather In The News

  Weather has always created headlines.

  Opinion in Culture — by John Guilfoil — on Aug 02, 2006

• Loves Her Friend, Wants To Improve Relationship: Aquarius Sun, Scorpio Moon: Astrology-Based Advice

  Hi Elsa, My best friend and I are having problems, although he is my soul mate in every sense of the word.

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Aug 02, 2006

• Day By Day for August 02, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 02, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Aug 02, 2006

Music

• CD Review: Project Jones – The Lucky Ones

  Alternative rock with a country twist.

  Review in Music — by Marc Ramey — on Aug 02, 2006

• CD Review: Bring Yer Wellies by Gaelic Storm

  Life got you down? Pick up a copy of Bring Yer Wellies and pick up your spirits!

  Review in Music — by NancyGail — on Aug 02, 2006

• New Album Releases, 8-1-2006: DMX, Kill Hannah

  New DMX: This opus apparently breaks artistic ground by exploring the theme of women as bitches, and also the popping of caps into the asses of gang-bangers.

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Aug 02, 2006

• CD Review: Karling Abbeygate - Karling Abbeygate

  Abbeygate may have just enough sly punkitude to popularize this anachronistic sound.

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Aug 02, 2006

• Beach Boys Pet Sounds to Celebrate 40th Anniversary and The Daily Music and Tech News

  The Beach Boys, XM partners with Google and iTunes teams up with Coke in today's update.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Aug 02, 2006

• Vinyl Tap: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

  I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy, too, but even better is this harrowing and heartfelt masterwork.

  Review in Music — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Aug 02, 2006

• New Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Video Features Fans

  Can you tell Karen O from the look-a-likes in this video?

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Aug 02, 2006

• Concert Review: Dragonforce w/ Between the Buried and Me, Metadox (July 31, 2006)

  They have to be seen to be believed.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 02, 2006

• Interview and Concert Review: Guster

  Blogcritics’ M.D. Sandwasher sits down with the Guster’s Ryan Miller.

  Interview in Music — by M.D. Sandwasher — on Aug 02, 2006

• The Rolling Stones Find Satisfaction in New York City - June 2, 1964

  With a photo among the most requested of his images, PoPsie captured the spirit of the Stones in Times Square.

  News in Music — by Cliff Malloy — on Aug 02, 2006

Video

• Big Brother 7: All Stars - Live Feeds Report - Today In The House 8/02

  Today's happenings in the Big Brother 7: All Stars house. Beware -- spoilers run amok!

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Aug 02, 2006

• An Interview With Arnold Shapiro, Executive Producer - Big Brother 7: All Stars

  What's the Big Brother Slop taste like? Whose eye is in the opening credits? Questions answered by Big Brother Executive Producer Arnold Shapiro.

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Aug 02, 2006

• Movie Review: Clerks II

  Clerks II represents not just a return to what Kevin Smith knows best, but a defense of that return.

  Review in Video — by James Frazier — on Aug 02, 2006

• DVD Review: Insomnia (Criterion Collection)

  Within the first 30 seconds you get the impression that it is worth the higher DVD price.

  Review in Video — by K. Wilson — on Aug 02, 2006

• Movie Review: Bottle Rocket

  If you were like me and you snoozed through 1996, do yourself a favor and check this movie out.

  Review in Video — by Tim Taylor — on Aug 02, 2006

• Interview: Actress Natalie Ramsey From Beyond the Break

  Natalie Ramsey plays the troubled girl Lacey on The-N's hit show. Here's the exclusive interview.

  Interview in Video — by Maddy Pumilia — on Aug 02, 2006

• TV Review: Venture Bros. - Season 2, Episode 4

  "Escape to the House of the Mummies Part II?" What the hell happened to Part 1?

  Review in Video — by Vichus Smith — on Aug 02, 2006

• DVD Review: Invasion of the Flesh Hunters

  Italian cannibal film with a Vietnam War subtext.

  Review in Video — by Thomas M. Sipos — on Aug 02, 2006

• Movie Review: World Trade Center

  Stone's film captures the terrifying events masterfully, but that only accounts for the first half of the film.

  Review in Video — by Neil Miller — on Aug 02, 2006

• DVD Review: 24 Hour Party People

  Comedian Steve Coogan headlines an unconventional musical journey through the punk rock movement in Manchester.

  Review in Video — by David Winchell — on Aug 02, 2006

• Heath Ledger Cast as The Joker in The Dark Knight

  Let the Broke-Bat Mountain jokes begin, or rather lets not.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 02, 2006

• DVD Review: Killer Klowns From Outer Space

  These bozos are serious, in this 1980s romp where the gags are lethal, and the popcorn eats you!

  Review in Video — by ILoz Zoc — on Aug 02, 2006

• TV Review: Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes - "Crouch End"

  Even when you are taken on a journey that never makes sense, the very last thing you need are bad characters.

  Review in Video — by Matthew Milam — on Aug 02, 2006

• Box Office Update 7/28-7/30: Miami Vice Sinks Captain Jack

  Among the returning films, The Devil Wears Prada continued to show strong legs.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 02, 2006

• Movie Review: Scoop

  One of Woody Allen's more juvenile undertakings.

  Review in Video — by Ray Wong — on Aug 02, 2006

Gaming

• Tokyopop Announces Mobile Gaming Partnership With Konami

  Duo's first game, East Coast Rising, will lead to plundering on the go.

  News in Gaming — by Aaron Auzins — on Aug 02, 2006

Books

• Comic Review: DC Comics (Post Infinite Crisis) 52 Week 10

  52, the DC comics series, starring Clark Kent, Booster Gold, and Black Adam.

  Review in Books — by Vichus Smith — on Aug 02, 2006

• Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya (Young Adult Young Adult) Sisterhood

  Young Adult (YA) isn't like it used to be. An introduction, some recommendations, and the obligatory Harry Potter Rant.

  Opinion in Books — by Tiffany Leigh — on Aug 02, 2006

• Book Review: Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning by Viktor Frankl

  A fascinating mix of psychiatric and scientific jargon goes along with enjoyable stories and illustrations.

  Review in Books — by Tim Taylor — on Aug 02, 2006

• Book Review: The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte

  Pick up The Club Dumas and be reminded of the reasons for reading...

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 02, 2006

• Book Review: That Day in September by Artie Van Why

  Van Why recounts his frightening experiences as an ordinary citizen thrust into the front lines during the worst terrorist attack in America.

  Review in Books — by Lady Dragonfyre — on Aug 02, 2006

• Book Review: What Would the Founders Do? - Our Questions, Their Answers by Richard Brookhiser

  On such issues as terrorism, judicial limits, and disaster preparedness, Richard Brookhiser offers exhaustive research to support some surprising his opinions.

  Review in Books — by Daddypundit — on Aug 02, 2006

Sports

• Chase Utley's Hit Streak Could Be Jinxed By This Article

  Like a good superstitious ballplayer, Utley isn't talking about his current 33-game hitting streak.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Aug 02, 2006

• Lance Armstrong’s Life Story Flick Spawns Gay Rumors, Lots Of Publicity

  The odds open at 3-to-1 that Jake Gyllenhaal's next paparazzi kiss is with the 7-time Tour de France winner.

  News in Sports — by Jet Gardner — on Aug 02, 2006

• What About Performance Enhancing Mechanisms?

  Will our genetically-enhanced, chemically optimized, and possibly bio-cyber equipped descendants will think of us as “Amish”?

  Opinion in Sports — by Chancelucky — on Aug 02, 2006

Politics

• Charles Whitman and Futureshock 40 Years Later

  When Charles Whitman became America's most famous mass murderer, citizens helped stop him. Could you do the same today?

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Aug 02, 2006

• Whose National Guard Is It, Anyway?

  Why would anyone call a defensive coordinator who blitzed on every play any kind of conservative?

  Opinion in Politics — by Chancelucky — on Aug 02, 2006

• Poor Arabs - They’re So Screwed, They Get All Misty-Eyed When Plucky Hezbollah Stands Up To Mighty Israel

  The Arabs don't have very much to be proud about, do they?

  Opinion in Politics — by Adam Ash — on Aug 02, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple - The BugBlog Report 8/1/06

  Windows BSOD, Mozilla streaming video problem, and Mac trash bug.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Aug 02, 2006