December 16, 2006 Archive

Sports

• Football Recruiting Made Difficult

  Recruiting in college football is made difficult by "experts."

  Opinion in Sports — by The Critic — on Dec 16, 2006

• Jim Mora, Jr Should Be Fired

  Jim Mora, Jr will be fired as Falcons Head Coach for opening his mouth and inserting both feet.

  News in Sports — by Sal Marinello — on Dec 16, 2006

Music

• Music DVD Review: Primus - Blame It On The Fish

  Primus sucks.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 16, 2006

• Music Review: Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

  Nothing says Christmas quite like that alleged murdering bastard Phil Spector and his Wall Of Sound.

  Review in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Dec 16, 2006

• Music Review: Spirit Rising - Volumes I & II

  When I listen to gospel music I'm not listening to the "message", but the manner in which it is delivered.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Dec 16, 2006

• Blogcritics Goodie Bag: The Black Watch, mtvU Top 10, Patrick Hall, Crime Mob, and Partyline

  Digital media music and video downloads and streams.

  News in Music — by Anna Creech — on Dec 16, 2006

• Music Review: Bad Brains Live - C.B.G.B. 1982

  Bad Brains left me with scrambled brains.

  Review in Music — by Michael Jones — on Dec 16, 2006

• Music DVD Review - Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra of Cleveland - One With Everything

  Styx rocks Cleveland with the help of the Contemporary Youth Orchestra

  Review in Music — by Paul Roy — on Dec 16, 2006

• Enter to Win Kyle Eastwood's Now

  Five lucky winners will receive the latest CD from Kyle Eastwood.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Dec 16, 2006

• Music Review: Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, Deluxe Editon

  Lucinda Williams' classic album gets the deluxe treatment with a two-disk remastered set.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on Dec 16, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Significant Vulnerability in Flu Strains Found

  Discovery could greatly diminish the spread and impact of the influenza A virus.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Mark Buckingham — on Dec 16, 2006

• Overlooked Blog Review - Big Dog's Weblog

  Big Dog's Weblog is a conservative milblog that dives directly into the issues of the day.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by John Bambenek — on Dec 16, 2006

• Review: Swivel -- A New Kind of Web-Based Data Bank

  A new site that lets you share data.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Dec 16, 2006

• A Cure for Diabetes?

  It seems that scientists at a Toronto hospital have proof that the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetesm

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bird of Paradise — on Dec 16, 2006

Politics

• News and Commentary: Yesterday's News Today, Not Tomorrow

  These damn newspapers are try to put us pundits out of business. Will people please start taking the world seriously?

  News in Politics — by Mark Schannon — on Dec 16, 2006

• Human Harvesting for Stem Cells Begins in Ukraine

  Ukraine appears to have killed healthy new-born babies to get stem cells for research.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Dec 16, 2006

Gaming

• Nintendo Wii Review: Need for Speed Carbon

  Driving while playing with your Wii could be dangerous.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Dec 16, 2006

• Xbox 360 Review: Need for Speed Carbon

  A few bad ideas drop it a notch, but this is still Need for Speed.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Dec 16, 2006

• PSP Review: Metal Gear Solid - Portable Ops

  The secret of The Patriots is finally revealed.

  Review in Gaming — by Tim Weaver — on Dec 16, 2006

Video

• Movie Review: Perfume - The Story of a Murderer

  When you think of perfume, you very rarely think about movies. You also don't think about fantasy tales about serial killers, do you?

  Review in Video — by Neil Miller — on Dec 16, 2006

• Movie Review: The Pursuit of Happyness

  Will Smith spends a few hours being cute with his real life son and sprinting through the streets of San Francisco.

  Review in Video — by Neil Miller — on Dec 16, 2006

• Movie Review: The Holiday

  Christmas is about sharing love, or in the case of these two women - getting as far away from love as physically possible.

  Review in Video — by Neil Miller — on Dec 16, 2006

• Ten Favorite DVDs of 2006

  Playmates, Homicide, Wordplay, and, of course, Bullshit.

  Opinion in Video — by SVF — on Dec 16, 2006

• DVD Review: Dust Devil

  A wild wind blows from out of nowhere...

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 16, 2006

• Dead Character Returns To Desperate Housewives

  A beloved early character returns from the grave.

  News in Video — by Chris Evans — on Dec 16, 2006

• Movie Review: Eragon

  One of this year's most anticipated fanboy flicks crashes and burns...

  Review in Video — by Neil Miller — on Dec 16, 2006

• TV Review: Battlestar Galactica - "The Passage"

  The catalyst for this episode felt contrived. How could the fleet be near starvation, facing a famine that could wipe out humanity?

  Review in Video — by Mike Moody — on Dec 16, 2006

• TV Review: Big Love and The Girls Next Door

  Similarities between the two programs create their own niche: Polygamy TV.

  Review in Video — by Emma McNeil — on Dec 16, 2006

• One, Please

  Sure, Hollywood is out of ideas. But it's okay when they've got the world fooled that movie-going is a group activity.

  Opinion in Video — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Dec 16, 2006

• DVD Review: Night Watch

  A film about conflicted mystical beings battling oppressed vampires in dank, modern day Moscow would be a chore to sit through if not for good editing.

  Review in Video — by Mike Moody — on Dec 16, 2006

• Holiday Television Programming - This Weekend, December 16 - 17

  Looking for a holiday movie on television to settle down and watch as a respite from the holiday hustle and bustle?

  News in Video — by Jackie — on Dec 16, 2006

Culture

• Q: Where Did America’s First Toga Party Take Place?

  Mental Floss question of the day.

  News in Culture — by Mental_Floss — on Dec 16, 2006

• Day By Day for December 16, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for December 16, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Dec 16, 2006