September 25, 2006 Archive

Sports

• Sporting Lesson: The Game Ends at Double Zero

  Never put a subject to rest before the story actually ends. I simply wrote off Notre Dame and put those thoughts in my previous blog before the game actually ended.

  Opinion in Sports — by Tom Donelson — on Sep 25, 2006

• Crimson Nation Should Be Seeing Red

  There's plenty of blame to go around for Alabama's 24-23 loss in double-overtime.

  News in Sports — by Josh Hathaway — on Sep 25, 2006

• NCAA Tailgate Cleanup: Week Four

  Notre Dame stages a last-minute comeback ... Alabama kicks its way out of a win ... Houston, Rutgers, Missouri, all 4-0?

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Sep 25, 2006

Gaming

• Interview: Jason Enos Details All Three Upcoming DDR Titles

  Plenty of new modes and features to join the classic in-your-home arrow-stepping formula.

  Interview in Gaming — by Aaron Auzins — on Sep 25, 2006

Music

• Music Review: Charles Mingus At UCLA 1965

  Charles Mingus was years ahead of his time, constantly pushing the boundaries of jazz to its furthest extremes.

  Review in Music — by Larry Sakin — on Sep 25, 2006

• Music DVD Review: Blind Faith London Hyde Park 1969

  Blind Faith transformed rock in less than seven months. Their live debut was shaky, though.

  Review in Music — by Ray Ellis — on Sep 25, 2006

• Music Review: Respect the Dead - Otis Taylor

  In these songs the words are the driving force, delivering characters and events that grab and hold our attention.

  Review in Music — by Bob MacKenzie — on Sep 25, 2006

• Concert Review: Eric Clapton Going Deaf? Attend 'The Silent Clapton Concert' (Part Three)

  This concert will NOT be hazardous to your ears (just your mind).

  Review in Music — by Jim O'Donnell — on Sep 25, 2006

• Concert Review: Eric Clapton Going Deaf? Attend 'The Silent Clapton Concert' (Part Two)

  This concert will not be hazardous to your ears (just your mind).

  Review in Music — by Jim O'Donnell — on Sep 25, 2006

• Concert Review: Eric Clapton Going Deaf? Attend 'The Silent Clapton Concert' (Part One)

  This concert will not be hazardous to your ears (just your mind).

  Review in Music — by Jim O'Donnell — on Sep 25, 2006

• Music Review: From The Miles Files: The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions (1968-'69)

  This collection of recordings documents an important turning point in the history of jazz.

  Review in Music — by Pico — on Sep 25, 2006

• Music Review: Wise and Otherwise - Harry Manx

  Manx blends a dozen styles at the intersection of East and West so subtly that their concurrence seems perfectly natural.

  Review in Music — by Bob MacKenzie — on Sep 25, 2006

• Music Review: Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Me Deluxe Edition

  The band's vocal diversity is similar to that of the Beach Boys. Complemented with hand claps and cowbell.

  Review in Music — by Josh Phillips — on Sep 25, 2006

Video

• TV Review: Celebrity Duets- Week Four - Reveal Show

  Two celebrities get the axe!

  Review in Video — by tink — on Sep 25, 2006

• TV Review: Heroes - Series Premiere

  Heroes is a whole lot more than another mutant story.

  Review in Video — by Ray Ellis — on Sep 25, 2006

• TV Review: Shark

  If we are lucky, sometimes we get a mix of professional dilemmas and gripping personal drama. Shark tries to do this.

  Review in Video — by Mary K. Williams — on Sep 25, 2006

• TV Review: The Class

  I think that an audience may fall in love with the characters over time, but don’t see the network giving them that time.

  Review in Video — by Tony Figueroa — on Sep 25, 2006

• TV Preview: Nova scienceNow

  The show comes out of the starting gate strong at the beginning of its second season.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Sep 25, 2006

• Movie Review: The Illusionist - Not Much More Than Simple Hocus-Pocus

  The Illusionist is ultimately a failure of Burger’s storytelling abilities.

  Review in Video — by Dante A. Ciampaglia — on Sep 25, 2006

• Movie Review: Psyched By the 4D Witch

  "A Psychic Freak-Out in Trans-Etheric Vision" from the early 1970s.

  Review in Video — by Bill Sherman — on Sep 25, 2006

• DVD Review: Left In Darkness

  This horror film leaves its theological implications in darkness, too.

  Review in Video — by ILoz Zoc — on Sep 25, 2006

• DVD Review: Loverboy

  Kevin Bacon's directiorial feature film debut is a solid, if disturbing, film.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Sep 25, 2006

• Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Remorse and Regrets

  Stuck in sorrow... lost in regret.

  Review in Video — by Connie Phillips — on Sep 25, 2006

• TV Review: Cold Case - Season Premiere

  With the most effective use of music in its stories since Miami Vice, Cold Case is as smart as TV cop dramas get.

  Review in Video — by Glen Boyd — on Sep 25, 2006

• Movie Review: The Tender Trap

  A wonderful 50s and 80s flashback.

  Review in Video — by Kati Irons — on Sep 25, 2006

• DVD Reviews: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and When Nature Calls Deluxe Double Feature

  Yes, he’s had later movies that have grossed more at the box office, but his popularity was never higher on such a consistent level.

  Review in Video — by Tan The Man — on Sep 25, 2006

• TV Review: The Amazing Race 10 - Episode 2

  Knot a problem, let's switch to the ox with fire in its eyes! It's the second leg of the Emmy-winning Amazing Race.

  Review in Video — by Jackie — on Sep 25, 2006

• TV Movie Reviews: When the Levees Broke and Andy Warhol

  For two years in a row now, a pair of extraordinary TV documentaries are the most interesting and powerful new movies you can see anywhere

  Review in Video — by Randall A Byrn — on Sep 25, 2006

• Movie Review: Feast

  "Great men will write about my bravery."

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 25, 2006

• Movie Review: Jet Li's Fearless

  Jet Li's final wushu film has descended upon us.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 25, 2006

• DVD Review: United 93

  In a year of notable documentaries and faux-documentaries, United 93 stands out as one of the most real.

  Review in Video — by Junichi Semitsu — on Sep 25, 2006

• Movie Review: Double Indemnity

  The sun may rise and set elsewhere, but in the black and white world of eternal noir night, the bottom line sets the bar.

  Review in Video — by Jules Alder — on Sep 25, 2006

• Movie Review: Jackass: Number Two

  If you have to ask, you shouldn't go see it.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Sep 25, 2006

Culture

• The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies

  This Week: Paris Hilton's Mop, The Haircut Crap Shoot, and Tomorrow's Forecast.

  Satire in Culture — by Annie — on Sep 25, 2006

• Justin Timberlake, Cameron Diaz, and Lindsay Lohan - Tripping

  News in Culture — by Dawn Olsen — on Sep 25, 2006

• Pope Meets with Islamic Leaders, Floats Like Butterfly, Stings Like Bee

  Pope Benedict XVl clearly has issues with Islam.

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 25, 2006

• Housecleaning: Getting Past Gender Stereotypes

  How to stop arguing over the toilet seat and the housework.

  Opinion in Culture — by Shari — on Sep 25, 2006

• Q: How Does a Word Become a Curse Word?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Culture — by Mental_Floss — on Sep 25, 2006

• Universal's Halloween Horror Comes Closer

  Universal Studios is working more to create the ultimate Halloween scare. Here's a sneak peek.

  News in Culture — by Maddy Pumilia — on Sep 25, 2006

• Day By Day for September 25, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for September 25, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Sep 25, 2006

• Adventures of an Unlikely Super Hero (Part Four): Dance of the Misfit Poets

  Angst-filled and searching? Brooding? Charismatic misfit poet? That was the man for me! My penchant for the lost soul made me the perfect companion.

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Sep 25, 2006

• Adventures of an Unlikely Super Hero (Part Three): I Was a Teen-aged Greg Brady

  The emergence of the Greek uni-brow on my forehead coupled with a Dorothy Hamill wedge cut gone terribly wrong made me a shoo-in for…

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Sep 25, 2006

• Yes, Even “The Donald” is Targeting the Boomers

  "The Donald" is targeting boomers with a new luxury development in Westchester County, NY.

  Opinion in Culture — by CareTALK Gals — on Sep 25, 2006

Books

• Book Review: Evidence of Blood by Thomas H. Cook

  Looking for mysteries that deliver more than puzzles? Try a Thomas H. Cook novel.

  Review in Books — by Vikk Simmons — on Sep 25, 2006

• Book Review: Toxic Feedback - Helping Writers Survive and Thrive

  Toxic criticism can silence someone, or create writers who stop being honest on the page.

  Review in Books — by Mary K. Williams — on Sep 25, 2006

• Book Review: The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind

  Enron is almost Biblical in its scale and loss.

  Review in Books — by C. Michael Bailey — on Sep 25, 2006

• Manga Review: Monster by Naoki Urasawa

  Naoki Urasawa's enjoyably murky manga noir...

  Review in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Sep 25, 2006

• Book Review: Deliver First Class Web Sites: 101 Essential Checklists by Shirley Kaiser

  This book is worth your time and money.

  Review in Books — by Raoul Pop — on Sep 25, 2006

• Graphic Novel Review: True Story, Swear To God by Tom Beland

  Just because it happened to you may not make it interesting, but Tom Beland breaks this rule with marvelous style, grace, and precision.

  Review in Books — by Dan Traeger — on Sep 25, 2006

Politics

• Canadian Politics: Unanswered Questions About Maher Arar

  ... another dirty little stain on Canada's supposedly lily-white hands that will never wash off.

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Sep 25, 2006

• Rush Limbaugh And Company, Air America Radio, And The Folly Of All Of Them

  Why are both parties so threatened by the other party's talk radio?

  Opinion in Politics — by Michael J. West — on Sep 25, 2006

• Boycott Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s Memoirs; Don’t Buy In The Line of Fire

  Arguments laid out to desist right-thinking readers from buying the autobiography of Pakistan’s dictator.

  Opinion in Politics — by Mayank Austen Soofi — on Sep 25, 2006

• Monday Morning Mop-Up: Clinton Loses It and Jackass 2 Is #1?

  John Guilfoil tries to cure some weekend hangovers by taking a look at what happened leading up to Monday morning.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Guilfoil — on Sep 25, 2006

• Canadian Politics: The Case Of The Missing Kyoto Accord #8

  I had a pretty good idea of who had killed Dr. Magnesen and why.

  Satire in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Sep 25, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Web Chew: Contracts, Free Toolbar, Podcasting Trends, and Paid Blogging

  Another Web Chew column covering the latest web trends, techniques, sites, and issues.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Scott Frangos — on Sep 25, 2006

• Where Content Is Headed (Part Two)

  Continuing a look at the proliferating types of content out there on the web.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Haydn Shaughnessy — on Sep 25, 2006

• Apple and Microsoft: The BugBlog Report 9/25/06

  Apple patches hole, Microsoft finds hole (and eats your data)...

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Sep 25, 2006

• MeeVee Dishes Personalized TV Listings Via Widgets

  It's a natural fit for a company like MeeVee to produce a widget that can be installed on social networking profiles and blogs.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Berlin — on Sep 25, 2006