August 4, 2006 Archive

Video

• DVD Review: The Man Who Fell To Earth (Criterion Collection)

  Strange and surreal, David Bowie's 1976 alien experience of a film is a rewarding and unique film experience

  Review in Video — by Nik Dirga — on Aug 04, 2006

• Movie Review: The Descent

  The Descent is an uncompromisingly tense, heart-bursting exercise in horror filmmaking.

  Review in Video — by Brian K — on Aug 04, 2006

• Movie Review: The Utopian Society

  I'd say it was more like My Dinner With Andre than The Breakfast Club.

  Review in Video — by Matthew Milam — on Aug 04, 2006

• Big Brother 7: All Stars - Live Feeds Report - Overnight Into Friday 8/04

  The overnight events straight from the Big Brother live feeds! Who will be nominated this week? Beware - spoilers abound!

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Aug 04, 2006

• Movie Review: The Descent

  This is one horror film that doesn't act like one. And that makes it truly terrifying.

  Review in Video — by ILoz Zoc — on Aug 04, 2006

• New Movie Releases and Box Office Predictions: Ricky Bobby, The Descent, Barnyard

  Plus: Art School Confidential and A Scanner Darkly.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 04, 2006

• DVD Review: 16 Blocks

  Straight from the outset, I never got the feeling that Mos Def and Bruce Willis had any chemistry.

  Review in Video — by Matthew Milam — on Aug 04, 2006

• Big Brother 7: All Stars - Live Feeds HOH Endurance Competition Update

  Who's the new Head of House? Find out now before the show airs Sunday night! Caution - spoilers abound!

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Aug 04, 2006

Sci/Tech

• What If Typepad - And Blog Content - Disappears?

  If my blogging service disappeared or someone stole my blog and made money off it, would I care?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Tim Taylor — on Aug 04, 2006

• Friday Femmes Fatales No 64 (Women Bloggers)

  Politics, books, and a spot of "green" knitting.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Aug 04, 2006

• Blogcritic of the Month, August 2006: Al Barger

  Music critic, gadfly, political pundit -- all this and more! Everything you always wanted to know about Al (but were afraid to ask).

  Interview in Sci/Tech — by Lisa McKay — on Aug 04, 2006

• A Mediterranean Environmental Disaster Looms Nearly Unnoticed As Israel/Lebanon War Wages

  Is it possible to pause a war in order to save an entire ecosystem?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Jet Gardner — on Aug 04, 2006

• Photoblogging: The Movement of the Image-based Weblog

  This growing community of photographers and their blogs is as unique and diverse as each image itself.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Chantal Stone — on Aug 04, 2006

Music

• Interview: Band of the Week - Futuro

  Glasgow based Futuro are three of the nicest men I have ever met, and they still rock.

  Interview in Music — by A.L. Harper — on Aug 04, 2006

• In Defense of a Geezer's Taste in Music - John Denver

  He was a singer and songwriter of country music, folk music, pop music, take your pick.

  Review in Music — by Big Geez — on Aug 04, 2006

• CD Review: Pharrell - In My Mind

  In My Mind is not a bad album but your mileage will vary depending on your expectations.

  Review in Music — by Sterfish — on Aug 04, 2006

• CD Review: God Bless the Child - The Very Best of Billie Holiday

  If there had to be one female jazz singer out of the many greats whom it's imperative to remember, it would probably have to be Billie Holiday.

  Review in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Aug 04, 2006

• CD Review: Scritti Politti - White Bread Black Beer

  Green Gartside drops back into the world.

  Review in Music — by Carlo Wolff — on Aug 04, 2006

• The Friday Morning Listen - Rostropovich - Bach Cello Suites

  Now that we've had nearly a week of sunny skies, incredibly fragrant ocean air, and many hours of uninterrupted music, things seem a little less, uhm....foggy.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Aug 04, 2006

• CD Review: Towers of London - Blood, Sweat and Towers

  The sound on Blood, Sweat, and Towers kicks some mighty big ass.

  Review in Music — by Larry Sakin — on Aug 04, 2006

• CD Review: Dr. John Mercernary

  So maybe I was expecting magic from Dr. John singing Johnny Mercer, and merely got a good album.

  Review in Music — by Al Barger — on Aug 04, 2006

• Overlooked Alternatives: King Crimson (DGM and DGMLive)

  A primer on the world of King Crimson's Collector's Club releases and the new DGMLive.com official bootleg site.

  Review in Music — by Tom Johnson — on Aug 04, 2006

• CD Review: Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!

  Zombies! is the kind of album parents in the US hope their pre-teen and teenage kids are listening to.

  Review in Music — by Larry Sakin — on Aug 04, 2006

Culture

• Ganging Up Against the Bad Guys

  On the National Night Out Against Crime, over 34 million North Americans demonstrated they are mad as hell about crime, drugs and violence.

  News in Culture — by Lisa Tolliver — on Aug 04, 2006

• Theater Review: The Vegemite Tales in London

  The playwright's intimate knowledge of the life of an Aussie expatriate in London – both its physical texture and emotional tugs – shines through.

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Aug 04, 2006

• Bugged Out By Fantasy - Double Virgo with Venus, Mars, Uranus Conjunction in Scorpio: Astrology-Based Advice

  Dear Elsa, I have a bad habit of "crushing".

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Aug 04, 2006

• Day By Day for August 04, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 04, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Aug 04, 2006

Politics

• Lieberman vs. Lamont: The Bloggers' Campaign

  Two men square off in a race that has been fueled by war, exposed a liberal identify crisis and showed just how powerful the amateur press is.

  News in Politics — by John Guilfoil — on Aug 04, 2006

• Do You Know Where The Next Bin Laden Is Coming From?

  There is a country which is trying its best to produce thousands of Osamas.

  News in Politics — by Mayank Austen Soofi — on Aug 04, 2006

• Oh, the Humanity!

  How the latest Israel-Lebanon crisis tests the compassion of the political mind.

  Opinion in Politics — by Pete Blackwell — on Aug 04, 2006

• Ending Lawyer's Welfare

  Congress is trying to end one form of corporate welfare, and the lawyers don't like it one bit.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Aug 04, 2006

Books

• NaNoWriMo Notes 27: Pride, Price, and Profit

  You end up charging more then most people are prepared to pay.

  Opinion in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 04, 2006

• Toronto Life's Last Ever Summer Fiction Issue

  What a kick to this city's cultural groin, the complaint that there isn't good writing, from and about Toronto.

  Opinion in Books — by Bonnie — on Aug 04, 2006

Sports

• Questioning David Ortiz's Clutch Hitting

  Against my better judgment, I'm still not sold that Big Papi is as great as people say he is.

  Opinion in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Aug 04, 2006

• Crafty Swiss Curlers Steal Italy's Hottest Athlete On Ice

  Italy's Olympic skip Joel Retornaz will play for Switzerland next year. Oh, those crafty moneychangers.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Aug 04, 2006