November 11, 2007 Archive

Politics

• Why The Havemores Won't Fight

  You can't take it with you when you go, so why risk losing it?

  Opinion in Politics — by Realist — on Nov 11, 2007

• Will Obama Survive The Fox News Attack Machine?

  Has America's lack of skepticism doomed Barack Obama's candidacy?

  Opinion in Politics — by Alex Hutchinson — on Nov 11, 2007

• Don't Forget Veteran's Day

  Maybe some of us should try to see beyond our own noses.

  Opinion in Politics — by Benjamin Cossel — on Nov 11, 2007

Video

• DVD Review: The Best of the Colbert Report

  The collection is entirely enjoyable, and no one needs an intimate knowledge of the context to "get it."

  Review in Video — by Anna Creech — on Nov 11, 2007

• DVD Review: Veronica Mars - The Complete Third Season

  The third season DVDs of Veronica Mars is packed full with great special features.

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Nov 11, 2007

• Senses Working Overtime: This Week in Television (11/11/07)

  Musgo Del Jefe offers suggestions on what's worth watching for the upcoming week.

  News in Video — by El Bicho — on Nov 11, 2007

• Movie Review: No Country for Old Men

  It's a fine line between cinema that challenges and cinema that frustrates. This might be both.

  Review in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Nov 11, 2007

• Doing My Bit in Support of the WGA

  As a fan of House, MD for its intelligent writing (and excellent acting), I'm doing my bit in support of the writers strike.

  Opinion in Video — by Barbara Barnett — on Nov 11, 2007

• DVD Review: Funny Face (50th Anniversary Edition)

  Fans will be satisfied with this competent presentation of a truly classic film.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Nov 11, 2007

Music

• Concert Review: Modest Mouse At Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB, Nov. 7, 2007

  The show was slagged by the mainstream media but loved by the fans.

  Review in Music — by Triniman — on Nov 11, 2007

• Music Review: Wishing Chair - Folk and Roll: Live in Austin

  The critically-acclaimed duo's seventh album more or less successfully tries to be several different albums all at the same time.

  Review in Music — by Anna Creech — on Nov 11, 2007

• Interview: Band of the Week - Matt Jenkins

  Tall, curly blonde hair, big green eyes, charming, witty, intelligent, and flirty.... and I think he sings or something...

  Interview in Music — by A.L. Harper — on Nov 11, 2007

• The Rockologist: Welcome To The Hotel...Edgewater

  When Seattle's final rock history is written, the Edgewater's place is every bit as assured as those of Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix.

  Opinion in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Nov 11, 2007

• Music Review: The Golden Dogs - Big Eye Little Eye

  Canada's Golden Dogs blend art school D.I.Y. with a solid appreciation for 70s poppishness.

  Review in Music — by Bill Sherman — on Nov 11, 2007

• Music Review: Heart - Dreamboat Annie Live

  An old classic just got better

  Review in Music — by Coryluscontorta — on Nov 11, 2007

• Music Review: Neil Young - Chrome Dreams ll

  Chrome Dreams ll is one of Neil Young's better efforts in years.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Nov 11, 2007

Culture

• Theater/Dance Review (Edmond, OK): Taiwan Diabolo Dance Theatre

  Diabolo combines hand-eye coordination, balance, and rhythm into a complex art.

  Review in Culture — by Janica Unruh — on Nov 11, 2007

• Interview with 12th Night of the Living Dead's Timothy J. Cox

  Independent theater actor Timothy J. Cox talks about the Impetuous Theater Group's critically acclaimed production of 12th Night of the Living Dead.

  Interview in Culture — by Hannah Marie Ellison — on Nov 11, 2007

Books

• Book Review: A Walk for Sunshine – A 2,160-mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail by Jeff Alt

  Thousands of people start the AT every year but only a small percentage of them finish: in 1998, Jeff Alt (trail name: “Wrongfoot”) did.

  Review in Books — by Friend Mouse — on Nov 11, 2007

• Book Review: Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon

  Two swashbuckling friends fight their way through Asia Minor in Michael Chabon's post-modern adventure novel.

  Review in Books — by Ted Gioia — on Nov 11, 2007

• The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of November 11, 2007

  This week featuring "The Letters of Noel Coward: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck."

  News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Nov 11, 2007

• Book Review: Time and Materials - Poems, 1997-2005 by Robert Haas

  Though there are times I cannot appreciate the idea, the wordplay, the metaphor, I can still savor the humane moments and the montage of experience.

  Review in Books — by Vivek Sharma — on Nov 11, 2007

• Beyond Bounds: New and Upcoming Releases

  Anne McCaffrey, Neil Gaiman, Barbara Randall Kesel, Stephenie Meyer, Marvin Kaye, George R.R. Martin, George Mann, and Alen Campbell.

  News in Books — by Katie Trattner — on Nov 11, 2007

• Book Review: Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Not bad, it just wasn’t what I had expected.

  Review in Books — by Katie Trattner — on Nov 11, 2007

• Book Review: The Road to Hell by Jackie Kessler

  Jackie Kessler has staked out the paranormal field and seems determined to establish terrain that's exclusively hers.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Nov 11, 2007

• Book Review: My First Time - A Collection of First Punk Show Stories, Edited by Chris Duncan

  Whether you lived it veraciously or want to vicariously, this trip down memory's mosh pit comprises an intriguing anthology of punk rock accounts.

  Review in Books — by gette — on Nov 11, 2007

Sports

• NCAA Roundup: Stuffed Turkeys

  It may not matter that Ohio State lost, because Michigan reverted to early season form this weekend.

  News in Sports — by Geeves — on Nov 11, 2007

• One and Done: Buckeyes Finally Fall

  No passing offense + no run defense = Ohio State's elimination from the national title picture.

  News in Sports — by Geeves — on Nov 11, 2007