Culture

• Michelangelo Society Upset with DaVinci Code Movie

  Society mighty late on rebuttal of 'The Code' but plans for Michaelangelo movie in the works.

  Satire in Culture — by Alessandro Nicolo — on Dec 08, 2006

• Celebutarts in Print: Britney Spears Rallies, Lindsay Lohan Tanks

  Britney pulls back from the abyss with a savvy message on her website. Lindsay spams her email list with misspelled madness.

  News in Culture — by Dawn Olsen — on Dec 08, 2006

• South Dakota: More Than Just Four Pretty Faces

  South Dakota, for those seeking a unique vacation, offers tourists a variety of things to see and do.

  Opinion in Culture — by J Jordan — on Dec 08, 2006

• Q: Who was "Hairy Pants" the Viking?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Culture — by Mental_Floss — on Dec 08, 2006

• Day By Day for December 08, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for December 08, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Dec 08, 2006

• Uncle Seth Podcast #24: The War on Christmas (And More)

  Is "Happy New Year" collateral damage?

  Opinion in Culture — by Jay Moonah — on Dec 08, 2006

• The Scent Of A Life

  A short walk can take you on a long trip. Have we come a long way, or are we right back where we started?

  Opinion in Culture — by Peter J — on Dec 08, 2006

Music

• Music Review: Robert Plant - Nine Lives (Sampler)

  This box set collects all of Robert Plant's solo albums.

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Dec 08, 2006

• Music Review: Drake Bell - It's Only Time

  It's Only Time before these CDs hit the $1.00 bin at your local Wal-Mart.

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Dec 08, 2006

• Music Review: The U.S. vs. John Lennon Music from the Motion Picture

  John Lennon remembered.

  Review in Music — by Ray Ellis — on Dec 08, 2006

• One Track Mind: Guy Clark - "Stuff That Works"

  Careful craftsmanship is the hallmark of Guy Clark's songs. That's why for even his lesser-known tunes such as this one, his stuff works.

  Review in Music — by Pico — on Dec 08, 2006

• Confessions of a Fanboy 011: Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong... or When A Song Ruins Your Life, Pt. 1

  Who would not want to listen to Christmas songs sung by an angel?

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Dec 08, 2006

• The Friday Morning Listen: Bob Aguilera - Back to Modern Times

  Bob and Christina sing the blues.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Dec 08, 2006

• Not Your Mammy's Grammys: A Word On Your 2007 Nominations

  The Grammy Nominations are in. Who Wins? Who Loses? Who Cares? The real question is where is Bob Dylan's Album Of The Year nomination?

  Opinion in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Dec 08, 2006

• Music Review: Akon - Konvicted

  Akon is too talented of an individual to miss this CD, but you may want to get the clean version.

  Review in Music — by T. Michael Testi — on Dec 08, 2006

• Blues Bash Interview: Thomas Ruf of Ruf Records (Part One)

  Those old blues guys fitted my social consciousness – they were underdogs that made it through their music.

  Interview in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Dec 08, 2006

Video

• Blogcritics Goodie Bag: Ultimate Holiday Shopping Guide, The Class, The Good Shepherd, Children of Men, Alpha Dog, and Smokin' Aces

  Digital media, music and video downloads and streams.

  News in Video — by Anna Creech — on Dec 08, 2006

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Apocalypto, Blood Diamond, The Holiday, Unaccompanied Minors

  Mel Gibson is back -- is he still a draw?

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 08, 2006

• Movie Review: Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

  While the movie does have its moments, the recycling of old material makes the entire effort a disappointment.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Dec 08, 2006

• This Weekend's Holiday Television Programming (Dec. 9 - 10)

  Looking for holiday movies? Stay in from the cold and see what's on television!

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Dec 08, 2006

• TV Review: Survivor 13: Cook Islands - Episode 12

  Something is afoot, but the machete chose the thumb. Roll out the barrels as the season winds down.

  Review in Video — by Jackie — on Dec 08, 2006

• DVD Review: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

  One of the best comic book movies of all time gets a makeover, as Richard Donner's long-lost "alternate cut" is restored.

  Review in Video — by Nik Dirga — on Dec 08, 2006

Gaming

• Nintendo Wii Review: Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz

  You'll get monkeys, balls, and a Wii. Yeah, you need this.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Dec 08, 2006

• Nintendo Wii Review: Marvel Ultimate Alliance

  Fun use of the controller can't contain this frustrating, sloppy action-RPG.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Dec 08, 2006

• Nintendo Wii Review: Excite Truck

  This will end up as the launch game you'll regret missing if you don't pick it up.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Dec 08, 2006

• Xbox 360 Review: Tony Hawk's Project 8

  This is the 44th Tony Hawk game to reach the market in the US. Yes, that's true and not a joke. Fourty-four games since 1999.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Dec 08, 2006

• Card Game Review: Xeko Mission - Costa Rica, Madagascar

  We'll give Matter Group, the maker of Xeko eco-points for at least planting the seed.

  Review in Gaming — by Kathy Scovill — on Dec 08, 2006

Politics

• 2008: Hillary Will Be Comin' Round the Mountain

  Politics is bloodsport. Give a little, retreat a little. Give ‘em a soft place to fall. Then eat their innards.

  Opinion in Politics — by Media Lizzy — on Dec 08, 2006

• GOP Lawmakers Outraged Over Dems Doubling Their Work Week!

  The Republican Party is trying to brand the Democrats "anti-family" because they are scheduling a five-day work week for congress!

  Opinion in Politics — by Jet Gardner — on Dec 08, 2006

• The Forgotten Prisoners

  The Internment of Italian North Americans is a story often overlooked.

  Opinion in Politics — by Alessandro Nicolo — on Dec 08, 2006

Tastes

• Masala Chocolates: Food For the Soul

  Masala chocolates make a great holiday gift for anyone who loves chocolate, otherwise known as anyone with taste buds.

  Review in Tastes — by Jenn Jordan — on Dec 08, 2006

• Alcohol Hierarchy: The Order of Wine

  Wine tasting may require a variety of things: bottles of wine, a cork screw, wine glasses, a wine tasting kit, perhaps even an English accent.

  News in Tastes — by Jenn Jordan — on Dec 08, 2006

Sports

• Randy Shannon, Miami U.'s New Head Coach -- Ouch

  The Miami Hurricanes selected Randy Shannon as their next head coach after everyone turned them down.

  News in Sports — by The Critic — on Dec 08, 2006

• The Rock Slide: OSU v. Florida, Grossman's 1.3, Romoeroticism

  Plus: Could a panic attack result? in a $500K raise? And the Red Sox throw around even more dough than that.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Dec 08, 2006

• Savings Bonds: The Giants Should Have Passed

  Is Bonds worth $16 million? The Giants think so. I'm not so sure.

  News in Sports — by Zach Baker — on Dec 08, 2006

Books

• The Early Word: New Art and Photography Books (in Song)

  Monkeys, Manet, Mars, Doodles, Dogs, Deadwood, Anime, Addams, Abstract Art Theft, Born to Gauguin, Leibowitz, Secrets, Scribbles, Scratches, Squiggles & Scrawls.

  News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Dec 08, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Worst Buy

  Why I'll never again set foot in that blue building with the big yellow letters on it.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Mark Buckingham — on Dec 08, 2006