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Music
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Music Review: Rivers Cuomo – Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo cleans out his recording vault.
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Bootleg Country: Bob Dylan - Live in the '90s
The greatest living songwriter performs during his mid-career slump and still knocks it out of the park.
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Band Of The Week's Top Ten Indie Bands of 2007
2007 was an excellent year here at Band of the Week. This is a round-up by A.L. Harper and Michael Jones.
Video
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Making The Rounds at General Hospital - Battles
Will Alexis and Diane make it to Philadelphia in time for their award dinner?
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Blu-ray Review: Ratatouille
Another of Blu-ray's finest, and a Pixar great.
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Movie Review: Sweeney Todd
The dark and gritty film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd does not compare favorably with the original.
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DVD Review: Eagle vs. Shark
A New Zealand version of "Napoleon Dynamite."
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Tall Writer's 2008 Golden Globe Picks
Will the writer's strike dampen or even cancel this awards show where Steven Spielberg receives a lifetime achievement award?
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DVD Review: Bianca Beauchamp - All Access
Latex model Bianca Beauchamp hosts Montreal Fetish Weekend with a cameraman in tow.
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Movie Review: Atonement
Technically sound, yet strangely unemotional through much of the runtime.
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TV Review: Tila Tequila's A Shot at Love
When I started watching Tila Tequila's dating show I was intrigued by the fact that she was going to introduce a bisexual element.
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TV Review: Nova - "Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold" and "Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero"
Is it getting cold in here or is it just the Bose-Einstein condensate?
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Resurrecting American Gladiators
That's right, I watched American Gladiators last night. I'm actually proud of it too.
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Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
An action-packed treasure of a third installment or a plunge off the plank?
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Movie Review: One Missed Call (2008)
A wonderfully bad start to the new year.
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DVD Review: Smiley Face
A burnt-out stoner comedy.
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Movie Review: There Will Be Blood
Fascinating film that will draw your attention while keeping you at a distance. Masterful.
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Blu-ray Review: Hellboy
Wild fun, great characters, and stunning video make this a must have Blu-ray effort.
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Movie Review: Romance & Cigarettes
The Honeymooners, the musical.
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Blu-ray Review: Cars
A great movie with a jaw-dropping HD transfer.
Politics
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Kenya Violence Impacting Stara School
The violence in Kenya following a disputed national election is harming the most vulnerable of the population --women and children.
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Shining the Light of Redemption on the Mud of Upcoming Events: Part II
— While Americans focus on primaries, looking to the future, their future is rushing at them - and they don't see it coming.
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Calling New Hampshire
Vote for Vermin Supreme - he'll take your internal organs and give them to the needy. Oh, and here are some NH predictions.
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Benazir Bhutto: In Life and Death, a Blessing to the Jihadists
Unwittingly or not, Benazir Bhutto had fueled Jihad in Kashmir and helped the Taliban sweept to power. Her death has also helped the Islamists.
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Shining the Light of Redemption on the Mud of Upcoming Events: Part I
While Americans focus on primaries, looking to the future, their future is rushing at them - and they don't see it coming.
Gaming
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Wii Virtual Console News and Releases for 1/7/2008
The New Year brings only two titles... but wow... they're big ones.
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Xbox 360 Review: College Hoops 2K8
Miniscule improvements let the competition catch up, but Hoops 2K8 remains the champ.
Sci/Tech
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Dan Nied's Fortress of Weight Loss: Day 12
Water weight, I think I love you
Books
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Book Review: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands, by Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler's first book is raw, blunt, and damn funny
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The Early Word: New Books For The Week Of January 6, 2008
Roddy Doyle, Janet Evanovich, Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism, Madeleine Albright and Bill Woodward's Memo to the President-Elect, Kelly Corrigan, Bernhard Schlink, Sue Miller...
Sports
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24 Hours from Tulsa: A Sad Song for BGSU
An ode to the fallen Falcons after the GMAC Bowl debacle.
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BCS Championship Preview: Don't Keep Your Eye On The Ball
Do you like quarterbacks? Well, you're gonna hate this game.
Culture
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Rich People Get Up Extremely Early
Networking and psychologists don't go together, at least not for this psychologist.
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Theater Review (NYC): Young Frankenstein
The cast is bland, the music is boring, and the direction is of paint-by-numbers quality.
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Theatre Review (Stratford On Avon, UK): Henry V
After 409 years, Henry V retains the power to expose all aspects of war, and the motives of its brokers.
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The Shanghai Diaries: Celebrating the Holidays
Yes Virginia, you can celebrate Christmas in China, but you have to make it up on the weekend.
blogcritics lists for Feb 10, 2012
fresh articles Most recent articles site-wide
- Earmarks and Audacity by Warren Beatty (not the liberal actor)
- G-8 and NATO Summits to Convene in Chicago; Will Violence Disrupt Them? by John Lake
- Surprise, Surprise: Most Catholics Support Obama's Birth Control Mandate by Joseph F. Cotto
- Website/Product Review: Aluminyze by Josh Lasser
- Theater Review (Seattle): I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright at Seattle Repertory Theatre by Dusty Somers
fresh comments Most recent comments site-wide
- All carefully worded to mislead women and protect the massive profits from... by Elizabeth (Aust)
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- The nightmare of policies like Nalle's talking about supported by the PATRIOT... by Cannonshop
- Igor, I do find it somewhat amusing that when you don't have something of... by Cannonshop
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most comments Most comments in 24hrs
- US Catholic Church Demands Exemption From Obama Contraception Mandate by Joseph F. Cotto (31 comments)
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- Middle East Tension Escalates as Iran, Israel, and the US Exchange Threats by John Lake (5 comments)
- Unnecessary Pap Smears by bookofjoe (5 comments)
- Tuesday's Returns: One Man's Victory, Another's Downfall, and a Third's Reality Check by Joseph F. Cotto (5 comments)
top writers Most prolific Blogcritics for January
- Joseph F. Cotto (31 articles)
- Jack Goodstein (24 articles)
- David Bowling (22 articles)
- Luigi Bastardo (20 articles)
- Greg Barbrick (19 articles)
top commenters Most prolific Commenters in 24 hrs
- Irene Athena (10 comments)
- Zingzing (9 comments)
- Dr Dreadful (8 comments)
- Igor (8 comments)
- Irene Athena (6 comments)
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BC Writer of the Week
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