March 22, 2007 Archive

Books

• Book Review: Creativity - The Magic Synthesis by Silvano Arieti

  Where do all the good ideas come from? Madmen and artists, according to Silvio Areti. What else is new?

  Review in Books — by Lisa Alvarado — on Mar 22, 2007

• Book Review: The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell: Confessions of a Bankrobber by Joe Loya

  A shocking and highly readable biography of the life of a modern day bank robber.

  Review in Books — by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 22, 2007

• Book Review: SignLanguage by Viggo Mortensen

  He has a willingness to let things happen as they will instead of trying to wait for or frame the perfect moment.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Mar 22, 2007

• Book Review: Invasion by D. C. Alden

  This is quite a chilling book that contains certain warnings we would be clever to heed.

  Review in Books — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 22, 2007

• Book Review: Agile Web Development With Rails by Dave Thomas and David Heinemeier Hansson

  Rails is a bullet train moving at two hundred miles an hour, but you can catch up with Agile Web Development With Rails.

  Review in Books — by T. Michael Testi — on Mar 22, 2007

• Book Review: Murder One: A Writer's Guide To Homicide by Mauro V. Corvasce and Joseph R. Paglino

  Murder One is wickedly helpful for the budding crime novelist.

  Review in Books — by Lisa Alvarado — on Mar 22, 2007

• Book Review: You, Inc.: The Art of Selling Yourself by Harry and Christine (Clifford) Beckwith

  This is a mix of profound advice and tired clichés you're bound to read more than once.

  Review in Books — by Adam Jusko — on Mar 22, 2007

• Book Review: Conspiracy Culture: From Kennedy to The X-Files by Peter Knight

  Is there a cabal of evil men working in the shadows to subvert the lives of every American citizen? Not according to Peter Knight's script.

  Review in Books — by Lisa Alvarado — on Mar 22, 2007

Music

• Music Reviews: Catamenia, Decoy, Fourway, Razorback, Turku Romantic Movement, and Pestilence

  Another collection of hard rockin' and metal reviews in this week's Marty's Musical Meltdown.

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 22, 2007

• Music Review: Kurt Reifler

  "Dude, just listen to some Pavement."

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Mar 22, 2007

• Obscuro: Say What? Five of Jazz's Most Surprising Albums

  You think you know these commercially successful jazz figures? Think again.

  Review in Music — by Pico — on Mar 22, 2007

• Music Review: The Feeling - Twelve Stops And Home

  Glory days of '70s pop revisited on debut CD.

  Review in Music — by Dave Lifton — on Mar 22, 2007

• Music Review: Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall

  A classic show from a human time capsule.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Mar 22, 2007

• Music Reviews: Back to Black by Amy Winehosue and Introducing Joss Stone by Joss Stone

  These two young, British soul singers show their American counterparts how to use America's Motown history to forge refreshing new sounds.

  Review in Music — by Don Baiocchi — on Mar 22, 2007

• Concert Review: The Colour - New York

  The Colour tear up Pianos on their North American tour.

  Review in Music — by Patrick — on Mar 22, 2007

• Music Review: Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

  A beefier, more mainstream-rock-radio-friendly Modest Mouse.

  Review in Music — by Dave Powers — on Mar 22, 2007

• Music Review: Clutch - From Beal Street to Oblivion

  Clutch outdoes themselves again with this killer set.

  Review in Music — by Brandon Daviet — on Mar 22, 2007

• Music Review: Akon - Konvicted

  Satisfying the fans and making new ones along the way; Akon's Konvicted.

  Review in Music — by Thomas Steenhagen — on Mar 22, 2007

• Concert Review: Killswitch Engage, Chimaira, DragonForce, He Is Legend - 3/14/07

  An onslaught of metal mayhem for everyone. Read on.

  Review in Music — by Jerry Rojas — on Mar 22, 2007

Culture

• Theater Review: Five by Tenn - Five Landmark Plays by Tennessee Williams, New York

  Turtle Shell Productions gathers together some early, rarely seen Williams one-acts and reinvents them for a postmodern age.

  Review in Culture — by Elvira Black — on Mar 22, 2007

• Depressed in America

  Ever feel like you're at the end of your tether?

  Opinion in Culture — by Brandon Daviet — on Mar 22, 2007

• Podcast: Meet The Unreleased Beatles

  Raiders of the Lost Beatle Archives: Explore what the Fab Four left behind in a new podcast interview.

  Interview in Culture — by Ed Driscoll — on Mar 22, 2007

• 25 Years After John Belushi's Death, His Cult Lives On

  Sometimes dying young can be the best career move of all.

  Opinion in Culture — by Nicholas Stix — on Mar 22, 2007

• Q: Who Invented the Office Cubicle?

  mental_floss question of the day.

  News in Culture — by Mental_Floss — on Mar 22, 2007

• Exhibition Review: Scottish Artist Olivia Fraser at New Delhi's Triveni Kala Sangam Gallery

  Fraser paints an unrealistically happy India: Delhi in Lonely Planet-style exotica that only a westerner could have noticed.

  Review in Culture — by Mayank Austen Soofi — on Mar 22, 2007

• Parenthetical Sex

  Why do parents lose the classification as sexual beings? Wasn’t it our exploits that brought us to the role of being parents?

  Opinion in Culture — by Ann Hagman Cardinal — on Mar 22, 2007

• Corporate Leadership Development: 10 Crucial Questions (Part Two)

  Is your organization involved in leadership development? If so, this article will help you plan or quickly decide if you are on the right track.

  Opinion in Culture — by Scott J. Allen — on Mar 22, 2007

Tastes

• The Failures of the 100-Point Rating Scale

  There is a dark side to rating wine - and the 100-point rating scale is the culprit.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Jenn Jordan — on Mar 22, 2007

• Taste: A Matter of Opinion or a Matter of Fact?

  If you confuse "I like that" with "It's good," you'll wind up thinking corn dogs and Oreos is darn good food.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Mark Schannon — on Mar 22, 2007

Gaming

• PSP Review: 300 - March to Glory

  More of a -300 on the fun factor scale.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 22, 2007

• Nintendo Wii Review: TMNT

  Any gamer over 20 would have carpal tunnel today if this was how we played beat-em-ups years ago.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 22, 2007

• PS2 Review: Ghost Rider

  Even the "Devil May War" format doesn't give Ghost Rider retribution.

  Review in Gaming — by Aaron Auzins — on Mar 22, 2007

Politics

• The Right to Know: No, It Isn't In the Constitution, Or Is It?

  Could the Ninth Amendment give Americans a clearly difined "right to know" and would this lead to a plebiscite?

  Opinion in Politics — by Marlowe — on Mar 22, 2007

• A Constitutionally Protected Right to Market Pornography to Children?

  The Children's Online Protect Act is struck down by a federal judge at the request of the ACLU.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Mar 22, 2007

Sci/Tech

• Twitters of the Day: Starbucks, Han Solo, and Netscape

  Following the best of Twitter so you don't have to... but you should, it's rad!

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Berlin — on Mar 22, 2007

Video

• Lost is Rich, The Riches are Lost, and Battlestar Galactica Barely Is

  I love surprises; what surprised me last night?

  Opinion in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Mar 22, 2007

• DVD Review: Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

  Fans have witnessed ups, downs, and near stops on the roller coaster ride of slasher pictures.

  Review in Video — by Dread Central — on Mar 22, 2007

• TV Review: NCIS - "Iceman"

  Are those the lips and nose of Ziva David? Is it Jeanne Benoit? Or, is it a hitherto unidentified femme fatale? The season finale will be a barnburner.

  Review in Video — by C. Michael Bailey — on Mar 22, 2007

• TV Review: American Idol 6: Results Show (March 21, 2007)

  Another young hopeful was given the boot.

  Review in Video — by Toni Schwartz — on Mar 22, 2007

• Movie Review: Color Me Kubrick

  How one man passed himself off as a legendary film director - with remarkably little effort.

  Review in Video — by Damian Penny — on Mar 22, 2007

• Grading the American Idol Top 11 On The Tivo Multi-Bloop Scale

  Review of the American Idol Top 11 based on how much I wanted, or did, TiVo bloop through their performances.

  Review in Video — by The Jay — on Mar 22, 2007

• DVD Review: Twitch City The Complete Series

  Twitch City has become a cult favourite in several nations, most notably in Australia, where it became a smash hit.

  Review in Video — by Bob MacKenzie — on Mar 22, 2007

• Movie Review: Fido

  The walking dead aren't scary -- they can actually be quite amusing!

  Review in Video — by General Disdain — on Mar 22, 2007