October 14, 2006 Archive

Sports

• Detroit Tigers, Slightly Better Than Before, Are World Series Bound

  Dear Detroit Tigers, I'm sorry for all the years I made fun of your team.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Oct 14, 2006

• Big Ten Week 7 Preview

  M.D. Sandwasher previews this week's match ups within the best conference in the land.

  News in Sports — by M.D. Sandwasher — on Oct 14, 2006

Video

• Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday on Television and in the Movies

  A quick review of movies and television shows where Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday are featured as characters.

  Opinion in Video — by SJ Reidhead — on Oct 14, 2006

• TV Review: Boston Legal - "Fine Young Cannibal"

  Wrestling for Shirley?

  Review in Video — by NancyGail — on Oct 14, 2006

• DVD Review: Flesh For Olivia

  Soft porn, minimal plot -- you were expecting Academy Award stuff?

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

• TV Review: The Ultimate Fighter 4, Episode 9 - Chris Lytle Sidles Into Finale

  The semi-final match-ups are set. Matt Hughes' winning personality makes a guest appearance, raising tension.

  Review in Video — by Rick Behnke — on Oct 14, 2006

• Vancouver International Film Festival: Winners Announced

  The audience and the jury name their favourite flicks.

  News in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Oct 14, 2006

• Movie Review: Flags of Our Fathers

  A thoughtful, brutal, meditation on heroism and all its attendant problems and inconsistencies from famed director Clint Eastwood.

  Review in Video — by David Winchell — on Oct 14, 2006

Books

• Interview with Children's Author Robert Munsch

  Munsch has been entertaining children, parents, grandparents, librarians and teachers with his silly, magical, and powerful stories for more than thirty years.

  Interview in Books — by Rose DesRochers — on Oct 14, 2006

• Book Review: Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron Powers

  Where the story truly begins is on a cold February day in 1945, two days after the Marines landed on Iwo Jima.

  Review in Books — by Jinger Jarrett — on Oct 14, 2006

• Reading Jane Austen in Russia: Does Her Ghost Haunt Tolstoy's Epic?

  The opening chapters of 'War and Peace' appear to be ghost-written by Jane Austen.

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

Politics

• Political Review: California Proposition 1C

  Stop using paltry funding for worthy social goals to camouflage large slices of pork.

  Opinion in Politics — by Realist — on Oct 14, 2006

• Political Review: California Proposition 1B

  It's all San Andreas' Fault, so why should the business community of California have to pay for maintaining the roads?

  Opinion in Politics — by Realist — on Oct 14, 2006

• The Drugs on War

  Canadians and Taliban smoke some pot together.

  Opinion in Politics — by Brad Schader — on Oct 14, 2006

• Air America Files Bankruptcy, Can Libs Handle Money?

  If liberals can't run a radio network without going bankrupt, how can we expect them to run a government?

  Opinion in Politics — by Big Dog — on Oct 14, 2006

• A Higher Education Lesson from the Nobels

  American excellence can be seen in the sweep of Nobel prizes in the hard sciences. Why is our liberal arts scholarship falling behind?

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Oct 14, 2006

Music

• Music Review: Motorhead - Kiss of Death

  The return of Lemmy.

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

• Music Review: Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Colorblind

  Colorblind is never a bad listen and is sometimes a great one.

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Oct 14, 2006

• Blogcritics Goodie Bag: Ciara, Tom Baxter, Rod Stewart, Freerunner, and Mutronium

  Digital media music and video downloads and streams.

  News in Music — by Anna Creech — on Oct 14, 2006

• Band of the Week: Naomi Sommers

  Sometimes the best discoveries are the ones you weren’t expecting to make.

  Opinion in Music — by Lisa McKay — on Oct 14, 2006

• Hip-Hop Regional Report: Who's Got Next in NYC?

  The up-and-coming artists looking to put New York back on top of hip-hop.

  Opinion in Music — by Adam Hoff — on Oct 14, 2006

• Music Review: Electronic - Get The Message: The Best of Electronic

  Could it get any better than one part Joy Division/New Order and one part The Smiths?

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

• From Sinatra To Rod Stewart - The Crooner Conundrum

  An opinion from football analyst John Madden, talking (in his unique way) about Snoop Dogg...

  Opinion in Music — by Big Geez — on Oct 14, 2006

• Scissor Sisters, I Don’t Feel Like Smilin’

  The Scissor Sisters shatter my hopes and dreams so brutally I may be forced to listen to Justin Timberlake.

  Opinion in Music — by Melita Teale — on Oct 14, 2006

• Interview: Featured Artist Eric Himan

  "Everyone has a different sense of humor, but everyone has that same serious factor."

  Interview in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Oct 14, 2006

• The Great Unknown: Santora & Garrepy - The Improv Experiment

  The first entry in The Great Unknown is a shameless plug. What can I say?

  Review in Music — by Brian Garrepy — on Oct 14, 2006

Culture

• Masters of Horror: An Interview with Phillip Torrone, Senior Editor of Make Magazine

  Learn about what Make magazine is doing for Halloween!

  Interview in Culture — by hauntedreport — on Oct 14, 2006

• Her Boyfriend is Addicted to Teenage Porn: Astrology-Based Advice

  Hi Elsa. My boyfriend has a thing for teenage girls...

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Oct 14, 2006

• Riedel Wine Glasses: The Science Inside

  It was the Riedel Company that first took the wine glass and made it both a form of science and a form of art.

  News in Culture — by Jenn Jordan — on Oct 14, 2006

• USAF Memorial Dedicated - Now Here Come the Nuts!

  There's a beautiful new monument in Washington, DC honoring the US Air Force; now let the left wing and right wing nuts loose.

  Opinion in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Oct 14, 2006

• The Dominican Republic: Cigar Country

  While Cuban Cigars may be more recognizable, cigars from the Dominican Republic include a greater variety of flavors, aromas, and colors.

  News in Culture — by Jenn Jordan — on Oct 14, 2006

• Day By Day for October 14, 2006

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

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

• Service Or Emotional Support? A Line Worth Observing

  Before giving unquestioned access to anything resembling a service animal, one must consider the standard that such animals must uphold.

  Opinion in Culture — by Jared Wright — on Oct 14, 2006

Tastes

• Claus Riedel: The Man Behind the Wine Glass

  To the serious wine drinker, the container from which wine is consumed is of almost as much importance as the wine itself.

  News in Tastes — by Jenn Jordan — on Oct 14, 2006

• Types of Wine: Pick Your Grape

  I've never met a type of wine I didn't like or wouldn't drink.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Jenn Jordan — on Oct 14, 2006

• Q: How Many Licks Does It Take to Get to the Center of a Tootsie Pop?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Tastes — by Mental_Floss — on Oct 14, 2006