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Video
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TV Review: NCIS - “Shalom”
NCIS is a program that does not take itself too seriously as do the CSI clones, and this is good.
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Movie Review: Whispering Corridors
Korean horror with social commentary.
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TV Review: My Name is Earl - "Jump for Joy"
Earl needs to go back to the list.
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TV Review: The Office - "The Convention"
My hope for a perfect season has already ended.
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Movie Review: The Guardian
You already know the plot, and you are likely to guess the ending. The Guardian will not be topping any Ten Best lists for the year.
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New Movies and Box Office Predictions: The Guardian, Open Season, School for Scoundrels
Can Jackass be unseated?
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The Trailer Park: The Last King of Scotland
A story of a terrible man and someone who tried to help.
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The Trailer Park: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
There's no going home again.
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Movie Review: Jigoku
A film for the more committed fans of film horror due to its imagery because the incoherent plot will lose everyone else.
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DVD Review: The Batman - The Complete Second Season
This Batman tells its story a hell of a lot better than the gatekeepers of Comic Book Land have ever given it credit for.
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TV Review CSI: NY - "Not What It Looks Like"
A tip of the hat to one of the most famous stores in the big Apple.
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TV Review: Survivor 13: Cook Islands - Episode 3
The social experiment of segregation is over. Now, that didn't last too long, did it?
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DVD Review: Gilmore Girls - The Complete Sixth Season
If not mother/daughter rifts, what then was the main problem with this season of Gilmore Girls? Three ridiculous words: "Luke's Secret Daughter."
Politics
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McCain Torture Act Passes Senate
Fascism is a matter of quality, not quantity.
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Gas Pricing for Votes
Esau traded his birthright for pottage. Would you trade your vote to pay a bit less per tank until November?
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Secret Prisons, Torture, No Habeas Corpus: Are We Living In Cheney's Butt Instead Of In America?
It's official -- the US is becoming Fascism Lite, complete with our own mini-Gulag.
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Q: So, Why Does Hawaii Have Interstate Highways?
Take a ride down the information highway, er...Interstate system with Mental Floss.
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Always Less For The Workers - Always
Competitiveness? I got your competitiveness -- right here!
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Raging Queers: As American as the Second Amendment
A gay man laments an act of violence, but recognizes the dangers of a symptom.
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General Pervez Musharraf Carpet-bombs New Delhi
President Musharraf’s memoirs In The Line of Fire hits the Indian capital. All copies sold out on day one.
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Islam, Radicalism and Government Foreign Policy
Home Secretary John Reid has called on British Muslims and Parents to help root out potential extremists.
Sports
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Houston Looks to Change the Face of the NL Playoffs
If the Astros catch the Cardinals this weekend, we might have more to talk about than an epic St. Louis collapse.
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"See Ya" At U. of Michigan Hockey This Year
It's a crude chant in which I wouldn't participate nor want my kids to hear. And that is why it's brilliant.
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The Rocky 5, Week 4: Temple, Duke, Utah State, Illinois, and Buffalo
There’s more movement this week in the Rocky 5 plus one, as we say good-bye to two teams.
Music
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Music Review: 8mm - Songs To Love And Die By
From the producer of such bands as Nine Inch Nails, Kill Hannah, Marilyn Manson, comes a downtempo trip-hop husband and wife duo...
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Microsoft's Zune and The Daily Music and Tech News
Zune to match iPod price-wise, Tom Morello arrested in protest march, and more.
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Music DVD Review: From The Big Apple To The Big Easy
Despite that layer of cynicism (much of which carried far into the future), a benefit concert was put together that paid proper respect to the dead, the survivors, the city, and the music.
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The Friday Morning Listen: Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music
I get it back to the dorm and discover there's much more to songs like "Mr. Bojangles" than the tune sung by Sammy Davis Jr. on the Mike Douglas show.
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Concert Review: Roger Waters - The Dark Side Of The Moon Live
The Dark Side Of The Moon is one of the best selling and most acclaimed albums of all time.
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Music Review: Live At The Earl Of Old Town Steve Goodman
It's like having him stop by and giving you a personal concert.
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Blogcritics Goodie Bag: Dirty On Purpose, Jordan Mancino, and Nemesis Rising
Audio and video streams from recent and upcoming album releases.
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Art Tatum Impressed Fats Waller... And Me
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm a pretty good piano player... but God just walked into this club."
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One Track Mind: Pat Martino "Sunny" (1972)
Pat Martino and his guitar shows what they can do with a run of the mill 60s pop standard.
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Music Review: Kansas - Works In Progress
If you are a Kansas fan, this is a no-brainer.
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Dylan Recording To Go To Auction And The Daily Music And Tech News
Dylan and Cher head to the auction house and HIM head to the studio in today's update.
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Music Review: Ike Turner - Risin' With The Blues
It's tough to forgive or even forget about Ike's checkered past when he insists on bringing it up in practically every song.
Books
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Book Review: Winnie at Her Best by Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Illustrated by Alissa Imre Gels
Which is more important? Being the best artist you can be or being a best friend?
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Book Review - Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason by Kristine and Joyce Atkinson
One glance at this book and you will want to know more.
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Comic Review: DC Comics (Post Infinite Crisis) 52, Week 16
52, a DC Comics Event starring Renee Montoya, The Question, Black Adam and three heroes lost in space.
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Book Review: Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, Illustrated by Marla Frazee
Did you ever have one of those days when no matter what you did you only made it worse?
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Reading Allowed Me To Forget The Pain, And To Hope
For most, reading is a pleasant diversion. When facing a life-altering situation, it can be a beacon of hope.
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Book Review: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
I cried once every two chapters. It was very sad - the views of the war, the broken men with broken families.
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Book Review: The Prince of the Marshes - And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Rory Stewart
This insight into occupied Iraq is a must read for people on either side of the political spectrum.
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Graphic Novel Review: Fat Free by Jude Milner and Mary Wilshire
An autobiographical graphic novel about size and body esteem, and the "Amazing All-True Adventures of Supersize Woman."
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Comic Review: Marvel Comics Civil War Issue 4
Civil War, A Marvel Comics event. I'm in for the ride even if it falls off a cliff.
Gaming
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Friday Flash: Katamari, Pac-Xon, Zero
It's not the Katamari that you're thinking of, but it's still fun. Plus, Zero is a blast.
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: DOOM
Finally Live gets the original deathmatch.
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PC Game Review: Virtual Villagers
If you've ever fantasized about being the Supreme Ruler over your own tropical island paradise, then this is the game for you.
Culture
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Theater Review: White Open Spaces at the Soho Theatre, London
Is there "passive apartheid" in the English countryside?
- The Month of Halloween
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How Haunted Attractions Work: A Peek Inside
Every Halloween season, people line up in droves to walk through darkened corridors where monsters and madmen reach through walls...
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Day By Day for September 29, 2006
Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for September 29, 2006
Sci/Tech
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Tech Review: Orb Lets You Watch Your Recorded Shows And Movies Over The Internet
With all the media hype surrounding Slingbox and the Sony LocationFree Player, a free solution is being overlooked.
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Tech Review: Zoom Search Engine - A Powerful and Inexpensive Search Engine For Your Website
This piece of software is underpriced, feature-packed, and amazingly versatile. What are you waiting for?
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