August 10, 2006 Archive

Culture

• Uncle Seth Podcast #17: Geekin' Out

  Like to "geek out"? So do we.

  Opinion in Culture — by Jay Moonah — on Aug 10, 2006

• Theater Review: The Tragedy of Master Arden of Faversham at the White Bear in South London

  You might bill it, News of the World-style: True Crime! Hideous Murder! Unfaithful Wife! I can see the handbill on a Fortune Theatre post now.

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Aug 10, 2006

• Love and Money - Venus in the 8th House: Astrology-Based Advice

  What do you value?

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Aug 10, 2006

• CD/DVD Review: Palm World Voices - Mandela

  If you ever wondered about Nelson Mandela, after this material that will no longer be an unanswered question.

  Review in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 10, 2006

• Day By Day for August 10, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 10, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Aug 10, 2006

• Part One: Ending Misguided Discrimination

  The key to combating discrimination and intolerance towards the disabled is through true understanding of the community.

  Opinion in Culture — by Dominick Evans — on Aug 10, 2006

• Mid-week Market Watch

  John Guilfoil's mid-week look at how news and public relations takes a toll or gives a boost to stock prices.

  News in Culture — by John Guilfoil — on Aug 10, 2006

Gaming

• Gaming Round Up for 8/10/06

  Who needs school when the world has Brain Age? Plus Atari news.

  News in Gaming — by Aaron Auzins — on Aug 10, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Pac-Man

  Wakka Wakka Wakka, on Live

  Review in Gaming — by Jason Westhaver — on Aug 10, 2006

• Arcade Review: Time Crisis 4

  Namco enlists yet another pretty boy duo to save the world by hiding and shooting.

  Review in Gaming — by Aaron Auzins — on Aug 10, 2006

• Arcade Review: House of the Dead 4

  It's a game where you shoot zombies. What a new concept ... yawn.

  Review in Gaming — by Aaron Auzins — on Aug 10, 2006

• SOE Announces Cash Money Chaos For PSP

  Take on clowns, gorillas and more in a sick new portable shooter.

  News in Gaming — by Aaron Auzins — on Aug 10, 2006

• Video Game Industry in New Fight: Rockstar's Bully May Have T Rating

  Could the industry be heading for a PR disaster because of the ESRB?

  Opinion in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 10, 2006

• Arcades Now Looking To Bowl You Away

  Aaron describes his enjoyment of bowling without wearing someone else's stinky shoes.

  News in Gaming — by Aaron Auzins — on Aug 10, 2006

• EA Announces Fourth NBA Street Title For Next-Gen Consoles

  New EA street hoops game turns hometown rookies into legends.

  News in Gaming — by Aaron Auzins — on Aug 10, 2006

Video

• DVD Review: CSA: The Confederate States of America

  What if the South had won the U.S. Civil War? A bit of an extreme possibility of how our lives would be today.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 10, 2006

• DVD Review: Ultimate Avengers 2 - Rise of the Panther

  For every smart, interesting choice made there is one equally groan-inducing and foolish.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Aug 10, 2006

• Big Brother 7: All Stars - Live Feeds Report - Overnight Into Thursday 8/10

  As we head to the live show, who will be evicted? And, what about those ghosts? The latest from the 24/7 live feeds - spoilers abound!

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Aug 10, 2006

• Big Brother 7: All Stars - Live Feeds Report - Wednesday 8/09

  What's going on in that Big Brother House of Harried Houseguests? Find out spoilers before the show airs!

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Aug 10, 2006

• World Trade Center, I've Seen It Already

  I don't want that Raising Arizona, Con-Air, Rock, Leaving Las Vegas visage to come up instead of the face of real-life policeman John McLoughlin.

  Opinion in Video — by Temple Stark — on Aug 10, 2006

Music

• Jay-Z Announces Tour to Raise Awareness and The Daily Music and Tech News

  Jay-Z announces tour, video downloads may feature in UK charts, and Human Rights Watch talk about internet censorship in today's update.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Aug 10, 2006

• CD Review: The Cure - The Top (Deluxe Reissue)

  An interesting reissue of an unsettled Cure CD that was never issued in the US.

  Review in Music — by Timothy Jarrett — on Aug 10, 2006

• CD Review: Slammin All-Body Band

  I may have experienced an acapella epiphany. Sort of.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Aug 10, 2006

• CD Review: Behemoth - And the Forests Dream Eternally

  The debut of Satan as a recording artist.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 10, 2006

• CD Review: Dies Irae - Sculpture of Stone

  A black metal supergroup unleashes some technically flavored darkness.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 10, 2006

• CD Review: Darzamat - Transkarpatia

  Impressive entry in epic doom and gloom black metal.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 10, 2006

• CD Review: Muse - Black Holes & Revelations

  Philip Glass? No. Rick Wakeman? No. Wendy Carlos? No. Steve Reich? No!

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Aug 10, 2006

• CD Review: Tom Petty - Highway Companion

  "Saving Grace" is sort of like a lot of Tom Petty songs, but not that obviously close to any one in particular.

  Review in Music — by Al Barger — on Aug 10, 2006

• Featured Artist: Platinum Weird - The Interview

  Kara: "Well the music reflects us but also Dave and I... We aren’t lovers and Dave and Annie [Lennox] were."

  Interview in Music — by A.L. Harper — on Aug 10, 2006

Books

• Book Review: Relentless by Robin Parrish

  This debut novel has a lethal game of cat-and-mouse.

  Review in Books — by Violet Nesdoly — on Aug 10, 2006

• Book Review: The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld

  A turn-of-the-century psychological murder mystery, guest-starring Sigmund Freud.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Aug 10, 2006

• Book Review: Terrorist by John Updike

  Resorting to stereotype and one-dimensional characters dooms John Updike's attempt to portray a homegrown American terrorist.

  Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Aug 10, 2006

Politics

• Terror(ble) Colors

  The terror alert system and how people respond...or don't respond.

  News in Politics — by John Guilfoil — on Aug 10, 2006

• 21 Kudos for Allah

  I woke up this morning at 6:30 AM, only to learn via CBS that several Muslim terrorists were just arrested in the United Kingdom for planning a series of attacks on several commercial flights leaving Heathrow airport en route to the United States. My mind, fuzzy from sleep, completely cleared about 30 seconds into this newscast.

  Opinion in Politics — by Lady Dragonfyre — on Aug 10, 2006

• Army Shoots Down Military Theme Park Proposal

  The Army has denied earlier reports that it was planning to build a military theme park.

  News in Politics — by The Coaster Critic — on Aug 10, 2006

• News Analysis from Israel: Mr. Olmert's Little War and the Winds of Change

  What is the change, and how is it being brought about?

  News in Politics — by Ruvy — on Aug 10, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Alarming Trends of Internet Pornography

  Pornography as it exists on the Internet is a global problem and should be taken as a global challenge. It is not an easy task.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by S A J Shirazi — on Aug 10, 2006

• Review: Rifftrax

  As for me, I can't wait until Rifftrax gets around to doing a commentary for well the list is endless.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Damian Penny — on Aug 10, 2006

Sports

• The All-Haiku Top-10 College Football Poll

  All haiku, all the time.

  News in Sports — by Sal Marinello — on Aug 10, 2006

• Maurice Clarett In Trouble Again: Say It Ain't Mo

  Lamenting on a hopeful football athlete's career gone horribly wrong.

  Opinion in Sports — by M.D. Sandwasher — on Aug 10, 2006