November 27, 2006 Archive

Books

• Dave Cockrum: A Comics Legend Passes Away

  The co-creator of the New X-Men has died aged 63.

  News in Books — by Ian Woolstencroft — on Nov 27, 2006

• Book Review: Club George - The Diary of a Central Park Birdwatcher by Bob Levy

  A wonderful book filled with heartwarming and funny stories of a beginner birdwatcher.

  Review in Books — by Katie Trattner — on Nov 27, 2006

• Teaching, Writing and Romance: An Interview with Novelist Margaret Kaine

  "I think my close contact, through teaching, with women of all ages and backgrounds has influenced my writing enormously."

  Interview in Books — by Ambrose Musiyiwa — on Nov 27, 2006

Culture

• Developing Creativity (Final): Creative Risks, Creative Gambles and Critics

  You may always need a day job to support your creative endeavors. Don’t let that derail you or force you to devalue your creative process.

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Nov 27, 2006

• The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies

  This Week: Mr.President, World of Warcraft, and Down at the Soup Kitchen

  Satire in Culture — by Annie — on Nov 27, 2006

• The Fall of Judith Regan

  Regan spoke for no abused woman except possibly herself.

  Opinion in Culture — by piaSavage — on Nov 27, 2006

• Photo Essay: Holding Arms, Locking Lips, and Making Love in New Delhi

  Spying on the lovebirds of Delhi in the historic Lodhi Garden with a discreet digicam.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mayank Austen Soofi — on Nov 27, 2006

• Day By Day for November 27, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for November 27, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Nov 27, 2006

• Family is Valued in Bangladesh

  Family is family. It’s your duty to do the right thing by your guest. There is nothing more to say.

  Opinion in Culture — by Andrew Morris — on Nov 27, 2006

• Beaver Alienation Reaches Puberty

  The Beaver's Join the Cree, Alberta and Quebec in Opposition to Ottawa.

  Satire in Culture — by Alessandro Nicolo — on Nov 27, 2006

• Satire: Madonna's Progressive Visions for The Kabbalah

  Madonna, Mega-Icon, wants to add sexual flavours and favours to mystic teachings.

  Satire in Culture — by Alessandro Nicolo — on Nov 27, 2006

Music

• Blues Bash Music Review: Daddy Mack Blues Band - Bluestones

  Rhythmic string section, a deep graveled voice, and a tone that takes you away from your problems and transports you to another world.

  Review in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Nov 27, 2006

• Music Review: Akon - Konvicted

  Akon tries to escape the Mr. Lonely stigma.

  Review in Music — by John Reed — on Nov 27, 2006

• Bad Religion to Headline Warped Tour and The Daily Music and Tech News

  Bad Religion on the Warped Tour, The Shins, and Fingerprinting at Heathrow in Today's update.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Nov 27, 2006

• Rolling Stones' Bigger Bang Tour Now Biggest Bucks Tour

  Sexagenarian Stones storm to tour record.

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Nov 27, 2006

• Music DVD Review: KISS - Kissology Vol. 1 - 1974-1977

  Kissology Vol. 1 proves that KISS were indeed once The Hottest Band in the World!

  Review in Music — by Paul Roy — on Nov 27, 2006

• Music Review: Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement, The Luxury Gap, and How Men Are

  Brit synth-poppers Heaven 17’s first three releases are given the spiffy remaster treatment.

  Review in Music — by Bill Sherman — on Nov 27, 2006

• Retro Redux: My Guilty Secret - Ferrante and Teicher

  At that time, the kids considered to be cool were the ones listening to the new stuff on the jukebox.

  Opinion in Music — by Big Geez — on Nov 27, 2006

• Music Review: Vampire Mooose - Serenade the Samurai

  Odd name, killer music.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Nov 27, 2006

• Music Review: Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas

  On the verge of achieving much bigger popularity, Sufjan has a really nice Christmas present for you.

  Review in Music — by Randall A Byrn — on Nov 27, 2006

Video

• Movie Review: Beat Angel - A Film About The Spirit Of Jack Kerouac

  Kerouac returns to Earth, poetry is beaten wild, and a film about the whole affair is reviewed in a fair manner.

  Review in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Nov 27, 2006

• Movie Review: Omkara and Sholay at the 2006 South Asian Film Festival (San Francisco)

  Two excellent films stood out among those screened at the recent 2006 South Asian Film Festival in San Francisco (organized by 3rd I Films). Here I review them both.

  Review in Video — by The Great Ganesha — on Nov 27, 2006

• TV Review: Dexter - "Shrink Wrap"

  Breakthroughs, breakdowns, brain games all round-- oh, and the Ice Truck Killer revealed at last.

  Review in Video — by Ray Ellis — on Nov 27, 2006

• TV Review: The Amazing Race 10 - Episode 11

  What comes around, goes around... and around, and around. It's payback time for teams on The Amazing Race.

  Review in Video — by Jackie — on Nov 27, 2006

• TV Review: Intelligence - "Love and War"

  A lot of pieces to the detailed puzzle come together in this episode.

  Review in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on Nov 27, 2006

• DVD Review: Pope John Paul II

  A fine mini-series paying tribute to the late Pontiff.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Nov 27, 2006

• Movie Review: Douglas McGrath's Infamous - Crazy Lepidoptery

  As much fun as a fundamentally disturbing anecdote could possibly be.

  Review in Video — by Alan Dale — on Nov 27, 2006

• DVD Review: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks

  Our Blogcritic looks at half of one of Shout Factory's "Elvira's Movie Macabre" double features.

  Review in Video — by Bill Sherman — on Nov 27, 2006

• DVD Review: The Weird Tale Collection Vol. 1: The Yellow Sign

  Using century-old fiction as the source for phantasmagorical film visions should attract fans of the horror genre.

  Review in Video — by Tim Gebhart — on Nov 27, 2006

• Holiday Television Programming: November 27 - December 1

  What do Charlie Brown, the Polar Express, Elf, and Harry Potter have in common? They're all on television this week!

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Nov 27, 2006

• Movie Review: Casino Royale (2006)

  Can this franchise be saved?

  Review in Video — by Adam Blair — on Nov 27, 2006

• Q: What Feature film Was Made In the Shortest Time?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Video — by Mental_Floss — on Nov 27, 2006

• Movie Review: Happy Feet Stumbles

  The second half of the movie seemed to have been written by a very dull member of Greenpeace.

  Review in Video — by Bird of Paradise — on Nov 27, 2006

• Robert Altman Dies At 81 Leaving A Legacy Of Film

  When a creative genius dies, his works continue to please and shine.

  Opinion in Video — by Howard Dratch — on Nov 27, 2006

• Remembering Robert Altman

  A look at the amazing output of this great director in just a seven year period.

  Opinion in Video — by Randall A Byrn — on Nov 27, 2006

• DVD Review: What We Want, What We Believe - The Black Panther Party Library

  If you really want to know what the movement was about, check out this pack and your instruction will begin.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Nov 27, 2006

Gaming

• Nintendo Wii Review: Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

  Tony Hawk and Madden BOTH innovate in the same month. I fear our time here on Earth is short.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Nov 27, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Microsoft Office 2007 and Netgear - The BugBlog Report 11/27/06

  Office 2007 bugs are starting to crawl into view.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Nov 27, 2006

• Q: Was Sir Isaac Newton Crazy?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Mental_Floss — on Nov 27, 2006

Politics

• What Does the Ceasefire Mean, and Can it Last?

  If Olmert is being sincere, we could be witnessing the beginning of the end of the conflict. Is he?

  Opinion in Politics — by adsfasdf — on Nov 27, 2006

• Standing Meekly as Ten

  Canada's unnecessary and self-inflicted political obstacles are counter productive.

  Opinion in Politics — by Alessandro Nicolo — on Nov 27, 2006

• A Government's Priorities

  ...what would happen if we ever decided to work as hard at preserving life throughout the world as we do now at destroying it?

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Nov 27, 2006

• Q: Who Was the Most Corrupt American Politician?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Politics — by Mental_Floss — on Nov 27, 2006

• The Death of a President

  Forty-three years after JFK’s assassination, the crime has begun to fade, yet most Kennedy myths live on, stronger than ever.

  Opinion in Politics — by Nicholas Stix — on Nov 27, 2006

Sports

• NCAA Tailgate Cleanup: Week Thirteen

  Down goes Notre Dame, West Virginia, Arkansas, Clemson, and Bowling Green. One of those is not shocking.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Nov 27, 2006