October 9, 2006 Archive

Sports

• Fire Joe Torre! (And Everyone Else, While You're At It)

  Good pitching and timely hitting win games, and the Yanks haven’t come through with either since 2000.

  News in Sports — by Sal Marinello — on Oct 09, 2006

• The Heisman Race Heats Up

  Cobbling together a top-10 list of candidates midway through the season.

  News in Sports — by Adam Hoff — on Oct 09, 2006

• Former Olympian Trudges to North American Wife Carrying Championship

  Wife carrying for fun and prizes in Maine.

  News in Sports — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 09, 2006

• NCAA Tailgate Cleanup: Week Six

  Colt McCoy masters the Red River Shootout ... Duke scares Alabama ... and an ugly seven-overtime game.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Oct 09, 2006

Culture

• BC Radio Podcast - Oct. 9, 2006

  Eric Olsen, Matt Sussman, and Mark Saleski discuss the major league baseball playoffs, the harvest moon, and more...

  Opinion in Culture — by Josh Hathaway — on Oct 09, 2006

• Theater Review: A Touch of the Poet

  The lone completed work from Eugene O'Neill's proposed 11-play cycle gets a staging at A Noise Within in Glendale, California.

  Review in Culture — by Cristofer Gross — on Oct 09, 2006

• Paris Hilton Shamelessly Flaunts Her Stash

  Rampaging elephants and clowns not included in this circus.

  News in Culture — by Dawn Olsen — on Oct 09, 2006

• Exhibit Review: Body Worlds 2 at The Museum of Science, Boston

  A museum exhibit causes us to ask ourselves whether we are viewing a clinical dissection or a work of art.

  Review in Culture — by Lisa McKay — on Oct 09, 2006

• If You Loved Your Son

  Being the father of a U.S. Marine is difficult. It can be made more so by careless comments.

  Opinion in Culture — by Donnie Marler — on Oct 09, 2006

• Paris's "Nuit Blanche": Institutionalized Psychogeography

  How do environments, landscapes human and natural, influence and structure the behavior, emotions, and thoughts of human beings?

  Review in Culture — by Jayson Harsin — on Oct 09, 2006

• Could You Survive in 1881 Tombstone?

  With just a little adaptation and a few day’s withdrawal from our high tech gadgets, I think we could adapt quite well.

  Opinion in Culture — by SJ Reidhead — on Oct 09, 2006

• Masters of Horror Interview : Baron Von Goolo

  A discussion with the good horror baron of Portland, Oregon.

  Interview in Culture — by hauntedreport — on Oct 09, 2006

• The Limits of Language

  How our phonetics and native language limit our expression.

  Opinion in Culture — by Shari — on Oct 09, 2006

• Art Review: Light Work Gallery, Syracuse, New York

  I often wonder if people realize how much art they create in their daily lives?

  Review in Culture — by gette — on Oct 09, 2006

• Cheating Husband - He's At It Again! Capricorn Woman, Leo Man: Astrology-Based Advice

  Dear Elsa, My lying cheat of 20 years has done it again.

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Oct 09, 2006

• Day By Day for October 09, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for October 09, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Oct 09, 2006

Music

• Blogcritics Goodie Bag: Halloween Horror Nights webisode, Bob Seger, Five.Bolt.Main, Sister Hazel, and Q.Rock639

  Digital media music and video downloads and streams.

  News in Music — by Anna Creech — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out

  The much-hyped and very tousled British group finally hits American shores with an album that's pretty, catchy, clever, and, ultimately, kinda boring.

  Review in Music — by John Owen — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: The Distants - Broken Gold

  The Distants will suck you in and not let go.

  Review in Music — by Benjamin Cossel — on Oct 09, 2006

• Bootleg Country: Otis Redding - 1967

  I don't know much, but I know I love Otis Redding.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review - Wayne Hancock - Tulsa

  Wayne "The Train" Hancock takes you back to a forgotten time with Tulsa

  Review in Music — by Benjamin Cossel — on Oct 09, 2006

• Interview: Barenaked Ladies

  "They’re a bunch of dudes, dude."

  Interview in Music — by Josh Phillips — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: Ray Davies - Other People’s Lives

  Still lovin’ Raymond Douglas Davies’ first all-original solo release.

  Review in Music — by Bill Sherman — on Oct 09, 2006

• Rancid To Tour the UK and The Daily Music and Tech News

  Rancid and The Unseen take a turn in the UK, YouTube and Tower Records in today's update.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Oct 09, 2006

• Concert Review: Social Distortion Oct. 4 - House of Blues (Cleveland, Ohio)

  Social Distortion rocks Cleveland's House of Blues.

  Review in Music — by Benjamin Cossel — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: A Shoreline Dream - Avoiding The Consequences

  A Shoreline Dream has succeeded in creating a dazzling and ethereal first full-length album.

  Review in Music — by A.L. Harper — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: Omar – Sing (If You Want It)

  The founder of nu-classic British soul is back with his sixth album.

  Review in Music — by Rebecca Wright — on Oct 09, 2006

• DVD Review: Classic Albums: Bob Marley And The Wailers, Catch A Fire

  Bob Marley And The Wailers: Catch A Fire is a wonderful documentary on the process of building a great album.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: Blind Faith - London Hyde Park 1969

  A very worthwhile artifact for hardcore fans.

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler

  Whether Nightcrawler is Yorn's best work is debatable, but it's undeniably good.

  Review in Music — by Jason Middlekauff — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: Suffocation

  Sixteen years on, Suffocation have still resisted the urge to turn into Six Feet Under.

  Review in Music — by Cameron Archer — on Oct 09, 2006

• Concert Review: KMFDM and CombiChrist

  Cincy crowd pummeled by industrial one-two punch.

  Review in Music — by Benjamin Cossel — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: Delerium - Nuages Du Monde (Clouds of the World)

  Ethno-ambient cinematic music beautifully recorded with a host of top talented female singers, but lacking in distinctive, memorable material.

  Review in Music — by Triniman — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: The Pogues - Hell's Ditch

  I will not be reconstructed! Exapanded, remastered, certainly. Reconstructed? No!

  Review in Music — by Duke De Mondo — on Oct 09, 2006

• When Are We Going To Let The Hippies Back Into The Record Store?

  Remember when you could go into a record store and get abused by some green-haired geek? It used to be about the music, man.

  Opinion in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet & Outward Bound

  A look back at two albums by two great quintets.

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on Oct 09, 2006

• Music Review: John Popper Project - John Popper Project Featuring DJ Logic

  DJ Logic and his turntables meet John Popper and his harmonica.

  Review in Music — by Josh Phillips — on Oct 09, 2006

Books

• Book Review: Cactus Island by William Manchee

  What a story it is: a silly plot with holes large enough to fly a spaceship through.

  Review in Books — by Mysterious Reviews — on Oct 09, 2006

• The Early Word: King, Koontz, Connelly, Harris, Hiaasen, Hillerman, Steel, Sparks... Snicket!

  New Books of Note: The stacks of blockbusters you'll be tripping over in the bookstores this shopping season.

  News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Oct 09, 2006

• Book Review: The Complete Idiot's Guide To Growing Your Business With Google by Dave Taylor

  Do you know these techniques to squeeze all profits from your website? Not sure? You need this book now!

  Review in Books — by Jim Symcox — on Oct 09, 2006

Politics

• "I Am Become Death": Assessing the Islamic Nuclear Threat

  ... what happens when this power comes into the hands of those who have stated that they love death as much as we in the West love life?

  Opinion in Politics — by Jihadi Du Jour — on Oct 09, 2006

• Campus Thugs Use Violence, Not Intelligence, to Advance Ideas at Columbia

  The use of violence to suppress opposing points of view will only continue on campus because its tolerated.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Oct 09, 2006

• An Open letter to Kim Jong-Il

  Nuke testing freak got Foley off the front page so we owe him something I suppose.

  Opinion in Politics — by Brad Schader — on Oct 09, 2006

• Thinly Veiled Islamophobia

  It is not the veil that is a barrier to multi-cultural harmony, but ignorant Islamophobia.

  Opinion in Politics — by adsfasdf — on Oct 09, 2006

• This 'War' Might Never End

  Because the 'Global War on Terror' is not a real war. It's a rhetorical device.

  Opinion in Politics — by Leoniceno — on Oct 09, 2006

• Reflections on Jewish Destiny: Getting From Here to There – Emerging From the First Flowering of Our Redemption, Part II

  Israel's civil society and the government's unwillingness to do what it needs to do to survive guarantee that it too, will collapse.

  Opinion in Politics — by Ruvy — on Oct 09, 2006

• Reflections on Jewish Destiny: Getting From Here to There – Emerging From the First Flowering of Our Redemption, Part I

  Today, secular Israeli culture is failing us. We are left with inequality, a terrible competitiveness, no sense of fair play, and corruption wherever we turn

  Opinion in Politics — by Ruvy — on Oct 09, 2006

• Trouble? No Problem, Make a New Agency

  The federal government does not need another agency. It needs to tighten up the one that already exists.

  Opinion in Politics — by Big Dog — on Oct 09, 2006

• North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon: How Will Bush React?

  North Korea defies world threats and tests a nuclear weapon. Time to see if Bush has the balls to put up or shut up!

  News in Politics — by Jet Gardner — on Oct 09, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Microsoft, McAfee, Mozilla, and ATI: The BugBlog Report 10/9/06

  Patch Tuesday looks big, and a hoax is laid to rest.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Oct 09, 2006

• Fingerprint Fury: Parents Angry at Schools

  British parents are angry that their kids' schools are fingerprinting them and providing police with a database to draw from.

  News in Sci/Tech — by John Guilfoil — on Oct 09, 2006

• The BBC Learns To Blog, And Why That's News

  As senior news executives begin to blog what will it bring out into the open?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Haydn Shaughnessy — on Oct 09, 2006

• Q: Can An Injured Body Part Sense Weather?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Mental_Floss — on Oct 09, 2006

Video

• Movie Review: So Much So Fast

  What would you do if you found out you only had a few years left to live?

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Oct 09, 2006

• Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Desperate Times and Desperate Measures

  Who's the baby's daddy and where's the baby's mommy were the most popular questions asked last week.

  Review in Video — by Connie Phillips — on Oct 09, 2006

• Film Noir Special Series: Film Noir - Bringing Darkness to Light

  It's not a definitive documentary, and it's not meant to be.

  Review in Video — by Modern Pea Pod — on Oct 09, 2006

• Movie Review: Antonio Vivaldi: A Prince in Venice

  It's an interesting choice, to make a deliberately boring movie.

  Review in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Oct 09, 2006

• Around the Dial: CBS Cans Smith

  Another one bites the dust.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 09, 2006

• DVD Review: Backdraft 15th Anniversary Edition

  Great movie and even better DVD.

  Review in Video — by Robin Kavanagh — on Oct 09, 2006

• TV Preview: Haunted Prison on the Sci-Fi Channel

  Will this be a cut above the Sci-Fi Channel's usual Saturday night fare?

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 09, 2006

• Movie Review: Fabulous! The Story Of Queer Cinema

  From Anger to Lee, the Celluloid Closet kicked open and scrutinized.

  Review in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Oct 09, 2006

• Show Review: Charles Band's Full Moon Horror Road Show 2006

  The Road Show goes great, but not without a few snags.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 09, 2006

• Film Noir Special Series: The Racket (1951)

  What at first seems like a half-assed effort in the noir canon is actually a canny commentary on a dying era.

  Review in Video — by Modern Pea Pod — on Oct 09, 2006

• Film Noir Special Series: On Dangerous Ground (1952)

  Think of it as a noir movie that Alfred would pointedly give Batman as a Christmas present.

  Review in Video — by Modern Pea Pod — on Oct 09, 2006

• TV Review: Boston Legal - "Desperately Seeking Shirley"

  While Ivan Tiggs returns, Denny still has his dwarf to deal with.

  Review in Video — by NancyGail — on Oct 09, 2006

• TV Review: The Amazing Race 10 - Episode 4

  It's up, down, over, under, and around in circles as The Amazing Race teams vie to hit the finish mat in the fourth leg of the race.

  Review in Video — by Jackie — on Oct 09, 2006

• Movie Review: The Departed

  Tight, razor sharp thriller that makes the current crop of films pale in comparison. Scorcese does it again.

  Review in Video — by Triniman — on Oct 09, 2006

Gaming

• PC Game Review: Black & White

  Targ Collective's second opinion to Marty Dodge's 'Black and White and Bored Already.'

  Review in Gaming — by Targ Collective — on Oct 09, 2006

• PC Game Review: Company of Heroes

  This fast paced RTS demands high attention (and system requirements) as players destroy their way through Europe during World War II.

  Review in Gaming — by Tall Writer — on Oct 09, 2006

• PC Game Review: Dumbow & Cool

  It's a fun, cute, little 3D platform game, at least for the first ten minutes.

  Review in Gaming — by Josh Lasser — on Oct 09, 2006

Tastes

• Restaurant Review: Le Cartet - Why Gourmet Food Can Suck

  If you want taste, you must embrace the fat.

  Review in Tastes — by David Desjardins — on Oct 09, 2006