September 14, 2006 Archive

Video

• TV Review: Rock Star: Supernova - Season Finale

  Lukas Rossi - you're hired, but the band has no name. Rock Star: Supernova picks a winner through a jerky finale.

  Review in Video — by Jewels Richardson — on Sep 14, 2006

• DVD Review: Conviction - The Complete Series

  The WB style should have made it unique from the other Law and Orders, but it didn’t.

  Review in Video — by Matthew Milam — on Sep 14, 2006

• Movie Review: The U.S. vs. John Lennon

  Surprisingly, the best parts of this well-done biographical documentary have little to do with the title.

  Review in Video — by Randall A Byrn — on Sep 14, 2006

• DVD Review: Cyclone

  You want a disaster movie? Let Rene Cardona Jr. show you how it's done!

  Review in Video — by Douglas A. Waltz — on Sep 14, 2006

• Movie Review: Glossy Idlewild More Suited For Home Theaters Than Multiplexes

  Outkast's first feature film looks pretty, but it's more suited for home theaters than multiplexes.

  Review in Video — by Dante A. Ciampaglia — on Sep 14, 2006

• DVD Review: La Femme Nikita - The Complete Fourth Season

  The precursor to 24 and Alias leaves me cold.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 14, 2006

Culture

• Get Madonna’s Gibson Les Paul Guitar on eBay

  Legendary guitar tech to sell Madonna's guitar on eBay after his house was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.

  News in Culture — by So Infatuated Girl — on Sep 14, 2006

• Religious Intolerance: A Young Saudi Serves A Life Sentence For A Deadly Joke

  Sending someone to prison for life, for making a "silly" comment about the Prophet when he's 18, is wrong. It violates all the letters of the word "human".

  Opinion in Culture — by Q Bit — on Sep 14, 2006

• Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton Have Holes In Their Wardrobes

  Semper ubi sub ubi.

  News in Culture — by Dawn Olsen — on Sep 14, 2006

• Theater Review: Broken Hands At The Lion Theater, New York

  Maybe sometimes even such simple things as your own moral values can fade to indistinct shades of grey.

  Review in Culture — by Mike Johnston — on Sep 14, 2006

• Thin Is Not In

  Organizers of the Madrid show rejected women with BMIs under 18 to promote healthier body images in young women.

  News in Culture — by Roberta Ferguson — on Sep 14, 2006

• Blogcritics Editors' Picks: September 6 through September 12

  Once again we bring you the best of the week past.

  News in Culture — by Lisa McKay — on Sep 14, 2006

• The Lonelygirl15 Phenomenon

  The Lonelygirl15 video series is an icon of a new golden age of video entertainment.

  Opinion in Culture — by Frank Krasicki — on Sep 14, 2006

• Day By Day for September 14, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for September 14, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Sep 14, 2006

• Sex, Drugs, and Bach?

  Rock and Roll is lagging in the sin department. We are even losing to Beethoven fans!

  Opinion in Culture — by Brad Schader — on Sep 14, 2006

• Mid-Week Market Rag: Focus on HP Scandal

  Hewlett Packard didn't want their internal information leaking. They went about it all the wrong way.

  News in Culture — by John Guilfoil — on Sep 14, 2006

Sci/Tech

• The WD-40 Story: What's Non-Carcinogenic And Has Its Own Fan Club?

  The simple, handy product that's been around for over 50 years.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by John Guilfoil — on Sep 14, 2006

• All The Way to The Abandominium: Content 2.0 Meets the Urban Experience

  Street culture on the web at Mixcast is creating hot content for a global audience.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Haydn Shaughnessy — on Sep 14, 2006

Music

• Music Review: Midnight Fool - Johnny Eden

  The jazzy groove of "A Taste of Honey" begins and I've already been drawn into the world of Johnny Eden.

  Review in Music — by Bob MacKenzie — on Sep 14, 2006

• Jam Cruise 5 Announces Final Line-Up and Pre-Party

  The list of performers are finalized for the floating music festival, Jam Cruise.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Sep 14, 2006

• Music Review: Indie Round-Up for Sept. 14 2006 - Special All-Blues Edition

  Abbie Gardner's new roots-blues release is as rich and sweet as the honey in the title.

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Sep 14, 2006

• Music Review: Seedling - Jane

  Jane's Seedling makes a respectable showing, presenting the singer in a positive light and giving the listener a comfortable experience.

  Review in Music — by Bob MacKenzie — on Sep 14, 2006

• Confessions of a Fanboy 008: More Money Than Sense

  When other kids were buying Document, I was buying Girls, Girls, Girls. Fortunately, I grew out of it.

  Opinion in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Sep 14, 2006

• Switchfoot's Nothing Is Sound - One Year Later

  A look at why the album didn't do as well as it should have.

  Opinion in Music — by Tim — on Sep 14, 2006

• Music Review: Legends of Country Music - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

  “In Wills’ universe, musical boundaries simply didn’t exist.” We are all the better for it.

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on Sep 14, 2006

• Music Review: Out There - The Unseen Guest

  In the music of Declan Murray and Amrith Narayan's Out There, East truly meets West, creating something new and strikingly original.

  Review in Music — by Bob MacKenzie — on Sep 14, 2006

• Music Review: Jason Moran - Artist in Residence

  Artist in Residence is a more subdued effort than his other works, but just as satisfying.

  Review in Music — by Larry Sakin — on Sep 14, 2006

• Music Review: Stone Sour - Come What(ever) May

  Running the gamut from pedal to the metal, one of the most satisfying rock albums of the year.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 14, 2006

Politics

• Ten Things That Will Happen to TV and Newspapers

  The future of television and newspapers hit the news this week - here's an insider's view of what's going to happen.

  Opinion in Politics — by Haydn Shaughnessy — on Sep 14, 2006

• Canadian Politics: Fishing And A Question Of Leadership

  It makes me wonder what kind of country he (Stephen Harper) is trying to create; and for who?

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Sep 14, 2006

• Why America's Sense of Unity After 9/11 Was Lost

  America's sense of unity was destroyed when retalliating for 9/11 morphed into spreading democracy.

  Opinion in Politics — by JP — on Sep 14, 2006

• GOP Leadership Backs Chafee for Victory in Rhode Island Primary

  Angering the far right, GOP leaders provide massive funding and support to assure victory for liberal Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee in RI.

  News in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Sep 14, 2006

Books

• Harry Potter and the Tightly Grasped Manuscript

  Author J.K. Rowling refuses to part with her fictional progeny.

  News in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 14, 2006

• Book Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy

  In a picaresque and post-apocalyptic masterwork, a father and son contend with “borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.”

  Review in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Sep 14, 2006

• A Book-Lover Sets Out for Pakistan

  A sudden permission granted to visit Pakistan. What books to take? What books to leave behind?

  Opinion in Books — by Mayank Austen Soofi — on Sep 14, 2006

Sports

• Giddy With Anticipation For The Black Dahlia of College Football Weekends

  Hope you have access to multiple television sets this weekend, because this could be one for the books.

  Opinion in Sports — by Adam Hoff — on Sep 14, 2006

Gaming

• Nintendo Announces Wii Price and Date

  The details spill during a Japanese press conference.

  News in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Sep 14, 2006