March 15, 2007 Archive

Video

• Exploring the Cinematic World of Horror with Iloz Zoc

  An interview with one of BC's premiere horror-heads...

  Interview in Video — by Alessandro Nicolo — on Mar 15, 2007

• Movie Review: Parental Love Triumphs in The Namesake

  Nair weaves a rich tapestry of personalities...

  Review in Video — by Heloise — on Mar 15, 2007

• Movie Review: Children of Men

  The best movie of 2006 is coming to DVD!

  Review in Video — by Constance Burris — on Mar 15, 2007

• New Horror DVD Release List: March 13, 2007

  Some good films, some bad films, and an interview with some indie horror directors grace this week's releases.

  News in Video — by Dread Central — on Mar 15, 2007

• Movie Review: This Film Is Not Yet Rated

  What Kirby Dick uncovers is that America's film ratings board has more secrecy and hoop-jumping than Opus Dei and the NBA combined.

  Review in Video — by Josh Spero — on Mar 15, 2007

• Movie Review: The Good German - More Cotten, Less Bogart

  It would have been lovely to watch Clooney soften Blanchett up the way they didn’t do it in the days of old.

  Review in Video — by Amrita Rajan — on Mar 15, 2007

• Movie Review: Red Room

  To enjoy this film to the max, it helps to be completely depraved or at least a depraved wannabe. Oh, and keep a flight vomit bag handy.

  Review in Video — by T. Rigney — on Mar 15, 2007

• TV Review: American Idol 6: Results Episode (March 14, 2007)

  A contestant learns the hard way not to forget the words to the lyrics.

  Review in Video — by Toni Schwartz — on Mar 15, 2007

• Movie Review: Kazakh Truth-Telling, Borat Style

  When Borat blurs the fact-fiction line, can the jokes survive?

  Review in Video — by Josh Spero — on Mar 15, 2007

• TV Review: Rules of Engagement

  Can Patrick Warburton make anything funny? Probably.

  Review in Video — by Charles Herold — on Mar 15, 2007

• Movie Review: Confusions of an Unmarried Couple

  The Butler Brothers get closer to making an indie masterpiece.

  Review in Video — by Daniel J. Stasiewski — on Mar 15, 2007

• Movie Review: The Scarlet and The Black

  A film about the Nazi occupation of Rome during WWII.

  Review in Video — by Richard Pettinger — on Mar 15, 2007

• TV Review: Grading The American Idol Top 12 On The Tivo Multi-Bloop Scale

  A review of the AI Top 12 performances based on how much I wanted to, or did, fast forward through them.

  Review in Video — by The Jay — on Mar 15, 2007

Sports

• Pete Rose Stains The Game Once More

  On the Dan Patrick Show, Rose admitted that when he managed, he bet on his team, the Cincinnati Reds, every night.

  News in Sports — by Jeff Louderback — on Mar 15, 2007

• Athletes Continue To Suffer From Personal Training Poseurs

  “Personal trainers” take a hit as two bodybuilders are at the center of the latest steroids in sport scandal.

  Opinion in Sports — by Sal Marinello — on Mar 15, 2007

• NCAA Tournament: Can Anybody Reap A 1-Seed In The Second Round?

  Perhaps I simply have the desire to see it. But I smell a second round shocker. (And Wichita State isn't even in the tournament.)

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Mar 15, 2007

• The NCAA Men's Basketball Jason Awards

  The Jason Awards not only honor (or jeer) players but also coaches, teams, commentators, and analysts.

  Opinion in Sports — by Jason Middlekauff — on Mar 15, 2007

Culture

• Transportation World Records

  Transportation, jumping on the Guinness bandwagon, also has its fair share of world class anomalies.

  News in Culture — by J Jordan — on Mar 15, 2007

• From One Man to the Men of the World

  Younger males are getting mixed messages from their elders who are themselves confused, uneducated, and emotionally dysfunctional, sick puppies.

  Opinion in Culture — by Craig Harper — on Mar 15, 2007

• What Really Matters

  One short phone call made me realise how unimportant my to-do list was.

  Opinion in Culture — by Craig Harper — on Mar 15, 2007

• Overcoming Jet Lag

  Taking a few preventative measures can help keep jet lag in check.

  Opinion in Culture — by J Jordan — on Mar 15, 2007

• Q: Who Had the Largest Harem of All Time?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Culture — by Mental_Floss — on Mar 15, 2007

• Is This Seat Taken? Getting Upgraded to First Class

  There are a few tricks of the trade that might just leave you, quite literally, sitting pretty.

  Opinion in Culture — by J Jordan — on Mar 15, 2007

• The Death of Captain America and the Not-So Secret Wars

  Captain American had to die to prove a point. The United States’ image as a just, righteous, moral compass is seemingly dead.

  Opinion in Culture — by Peter Chakerian — on Mar 15, 2007

Sci/Tech

• Citizen Journalists, Organize!

  How can you protect yourself and this growing group you are part of?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Darrell Goodliffe — on Mar 15, 2007

• The End of the Twitter As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)

  Despite early predictions to the contrary, Twitter will be around for the long haul. Even after the buzz wears off.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Berlin — on Mar 15, 2007

Music

• Music Review: Indie Round-Up - Lights, Heavies, Seymour, Spanic Boys, Cunniff

  You could look at the whole ten-song, 28-minute opus as one long American Gothic murder ballad.

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Review: Cowboy Roy Brown - Street Singer

  Street Singer is one of the more eclectic collections of tracks I've ever seen put together by a performer.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Review: 3 Legged Dogg - Frozen Summer

  Former members of Black Sabbath, Quiet Riot, Bonham, and Rainbow together in one band.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 15, 2007

• Concert Review: Dropkick Murphys and The Aggrolites, Cincinnati, Ohio

  Boston-Irish punks bring their St. Paddy's Day Tour to Cincinnati.

  Review in Music — by Benjamin Cossel — on Mar 15, 2007

• Retro Redux: A Music Contrarian Warms To The Beatles

  Believe me, I complete understand that the Beatles don't need me to validate them...

  Opinion in Music — by Big Geez — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Review: Fats & Friends

  Fats, The Killer, and Brother Ray. You don't need anything else except a pair of ears.

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Review: Tiny Bell Trio - Live in Europe

  "Big ears" might have become a jazz stereotype, but if you give a listen to this concert, you'll see that there's a lot of meaning behind that idea.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Review: Sparta Philharmonic — Paper-Mache-Mountains

  Sparta Philharmonic destroy my preconceptions and build a new fan, with Paper-Mache-Mountains.

  Review in Music — by Michael Jones — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Review: Aqueduct - Or Give Me Death, Musical Braindeath

  With music this pointless, there can be no point in listening.

  Review in Music — by Joe Harris — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Review: Violent Storm - Storm Warning

  KK Downing, Yngwie Malsteem, and Mick Cervino create some metal magic.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Review: Ernie Halter - Congress Hotel

  Second album by '70s-influenced songwriter shows loads of potential

  Review in Music — by Dave Lifton — on Mar 15, 2007

• Concert Review: Loney, Dear - Boston MA, March 11, 2007

  Emil Svanängen and his band treated the young Avalon crowd to an intimate performance.

  Review in Music — by Dave Anastasi — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Reviews: Disincarnate, Znowhite, Testament, Fifty Caliber Kiss , Magnum and Saxon

  Marty's Musical Meltdown has another set of mad metal reviews.

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 15, 2007

• The Polyphonic Spree: New Look, New Album, New Label

  They’ve “folded their robes up nicely and put them away for now.”

  News in Music — by Dave Powers — on Mar 15, 2007

• SXSW 2007 - Free Download of Over 730 MP3s

  SXSW's third annual offering of hundreds of free MP3s for download.

  News in Music — by Triniman — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Review: The Tossers - Agony

  Chicago's pint drinking, whiskey slinging, Irish punk rockers The Tossers are back with an all new album.

  Review in Music — by Brian McConville — on Mar 15, 2007

• Music Review: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Hot 'N' Heavy Live At The Ascension Loft

  When free flights of improvisation are combined with incredible skill and discipline... you know you're listening to the best.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Mar 15, 2007

• Overlooked Alternatives: Metheny/Mehldau, Alex Skolnick Trio

  A second meeting of the minds from two modern jazz legends and a jazz album from a metal master.

  News in Music — by Tom Johnson — on Mar 15, 2007

Gaming

• Phillips and WCG Announce WCG Phillips amBX Challenge

  The World Cyber Games competition just got more intensely realistic...

  News in Gaming — by Josh Hathaway — on Mar 15, 2007

• PSP Review: MLB 07 The Show

  Who will be the first company to include congressional steroid hearings as a feature for a truly realistic simulation?

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 15, 2007

Books

• Book Review American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

  A masterful blending of three different but connecting stories with amazing artwork.

  Review in Books — by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 15, 2007

• Book Review: The Flock by James Robert Smith

  Giant birds, funny mice. And keep the dogs on a leash.

  Review in Books — by Larry Stanley — on Mar 15, 2007

• Comic Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1

  Buffy's back in the first issue of a new comic series, written by creator Joss Whedon.

  Review in Books — by Patrick — on Mar 15, 2007

• Book Review: The God Theory - Universes, Zero-point Fields, And What's Behind It All by Bernard Haisch

  Will science find the ultimate answer without a theory of God?

  Review in Books — by Regis Schilken — on Mar 15, 2007

• Book Review: The Myth America Pageant by Robert Wickes

  Government was fine until air conditioning was invented. Now, politicians can work year-round in Washington, creating far more mischief.

  Review in Books — by Simon Barrett — on Mar 15, 2007

• Book Review: Lonely Avenue The Unlikely Life And Times Of Doc Pomus by Alex Halberstadt

  A new biography covers the life of the legendary songwriter who left us a catalog of well-crafted and memorable songs that will forever live on.

  Review in Books — by Dave Lifton — on Mar 15, 2007

• Book Review: A Writer’s Coach: An Editor's Guide to Words that Work by Jack Hart

  Some books demand you take them seriously and that you read them slowly and thoughtfully.

  Review in Books — by Vikk Simmons — on Mar 15, 2007

Politics

• Time to Rethink the Nomination Process

  The first balloting for President is almost one year away, but the process is already approaching full tilt.

  Opinion in Politics — by Drew McKissick — on Mar 15, 2007

• Grieving in a Time of War

  Consider those who mourn when innocents die in world war zones.

  Opinion in Politics — by Liam Bailey — on Mar 15, 2007

• Conservative Freak Cpl. Matt Sanchez Bites the Big One (Literally)

  Cpl. Matt Sanchez, the homosexual version of a Jewish Nazi, deserves all the hateful comments against him.

  Opinion in Politics — by Daryl D — on Mar 15, 2007

Tastes

• Cigar Bars: Smoking Allowed

  To find a cigar bar in your area, perform an Internet search or ask a staff member at your favorite cigar outlet.

  News in Tastes — by Jenn Jordan — on Mar 15, 2007