April 16, 2008 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Portishead - Third

  After an eleven year hiatus, Portishead is back.

  Review in Music — by Brian McConville — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music Review: Dave Douglas & Keystone - Moonshine

  Celebrated jazz trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas is once again inspired by a silent movie star to create forward-looking music.

  Review in Music — by Pico — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music Review: Nat King Cole - This is Nat King Cole (Reissue)

  Cole explains that "dreams can tell a lie" on this compilation.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music Review: M83 - Saturdays = Youth

  Saturdays = Youth is M83's 80's new-wave pop album, adding to their existing style with more standard song structure.

  Review in Music — by David R Perry — on Apr 16, 2008

• Five Times August "The Good Life"

  Five Times August performs "The Good Life" as part of the Sun Studio Sessions.

  Interview in Music — by SunStudioSessions — on Apr 16, 2008

• Springsteen’s Reason To Believe: Barack Obama

  Springsteen on Obama: “I have now seen enough to know where I stand.”

  News in Music — by Donald Gibson — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music Review: Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind

  Hayes Carll has a decisive answer to those faux-devotional slick country songs like "Jesus Take the Wheel."

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Apr 16, 2008

• Sean Costello, 1979-2008

  Costello joins Magic Sam and Stevie Ray Vaughan as exciting young blues talents who left us just as they're hitting their stride.

  News in Music — by Pico — on Apr 16, 2008

• Comedy CD Review: Bushspeak Volume 2 - Fore More Years

  Let me begin by stating that this is simply a review of a CD entitled "Bushspeak Volume 2: Fore More Years."

  Review in Music — by Sombrero Grande — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music DVD Review: Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, & Autour Du Blues - The Paris Concert

  Everybody really does have the blues!

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Apr 16, 2008

• Jazz Singer Johnny Hartman: An Underappreciated but Brilliant Vocalist

  While not as famous as Sinatra or Cole, Johnny Hartman remains one of the greatest--and most under appreciated--interpreters of the Great American Songbook.

  Review in Music — by Kit O'Toole — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music Review: Robyn - Robyn

  She's the future of pop and we had better take notice or she’ll kick our asses.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music Review: Sun Paulo - Electric Wisdom Sound System

  The worlds finest psychedelic, spacerock, funk, jazz fusion, Latin American dance band

  Review in Music — by Stuart A Hamilton — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music Review: Fish - 13th Star

  Don't worry, there's life in the old fish yet.

  Review in Music — by Coryluscontorta — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music Review: Nat King Cole - The Very Thought of You (Reissue)

  From the opening notes of the title track’s legendary refrain, it is apparent that a state of composed delight is easily acquainted with this record.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on Apr 16, 2008

• Vinyl Tap: Jo Jo Gunne

  From the primordial mist, in the land where Foghatsaurus and Grand Funk Triceratops roamed, the mighty Jo Jo Gunne emerged...

  Review in Music — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music Review: El Perro Del Mar – From The Valley To The Stars

  Sarah Assbring's sophomore album brings back the heavenly and gloomy side of El Perro Del Mar.

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on Apr 16, 2008

• Random Shuffle - Regina Spektor, They Might Be Giants, Elvis and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

  I'm putting my music collection on shuffle and talking about karaoke, marital differences, getting older, and other random silliness.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on Apr 16, 2008

• Kim & Seana Launch One More BC Giveaway!

  Kim & Seana help us launch another giveaway, and it's a doozie!

  News in Music — by Josh Lasser — on Apr 16, 2008

• Music Review: Lindsey Buckingham – Live At The Bass Performance Hall

  Buckingham has acquired a reputation as that of a meticulous, often-eccentric musician. This sensational live album is the payoff.

  Review in Music — by Donald Gibson — on Apr 16, 2008

Books

• Book Review: 33 1/3 - Tom Waits’ Swordfishtrombones by David Smay

  One blogger's 33 1/3 series rampage continues, this time with Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones.

  Review in Books — by Eric Dennis — on Apr 16, 2008

• Book Review: The Echoing Green - The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca, and The Shot Heard Round The World by Joshua Prager

  A detailed look at the secrets behind the most famous home run in the history of baseball.

  Review in Books — by Daddypundit — on Apr 16, 2008

• Book Review: Seabird by Sherry Thompson

  A must-read for CS Lewis fans.

  Review in Books — by Asgard — on Apr 16, 2008

• Book Review: The Smiths -The Early Years by Paul Slattery

  A new picture book by famous rock photographer.

  Review in Books — by Russ Evenhuis — on Apr 16, 2008

• Book Review: The Hidden Dangers of Soy by Diane Gregg

  The book is filled with well-researched articles, website resources, and much anecdotal evidence.

  Review in Books — by Carole McDonnell — on Apr 16, 2008

Video

• The Truthiness of Last Restaurant Standing

  It's sort of true. It's almost true. It's just a little off.

  Opinion in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Apr 16, 2008

• TV Review: The Biggest Loser - Live Grand Finale

  "Have you ever had a dream so big and so unreal and then all of a sudden it was right there?"

  Review in Video — by Alexandria Jackson — on Apr 16, 2008

• TV Review: American Idol - Top Seven

  Mariah Carey mentors the top seven.

  Review in Video — by Tracy Leigh Ritts — on Apr 16, 2008

Politics

• The Last American

  Where is the last American in this land of hyphenated-cultures and rabid political fanatics? I crave to see his face...

  Opinion in Politics — by Pam Baker — on Apr 16, 2008

• Killing America Softly With Their Songs - The Rise of the "Americanist" Culture

  When Americans began to sing dirges was when I sensed History's tragic hand upon her shoulder.

  Opinion in Politics — by Ruvy — on Apr 16, 2008

Culture

• Theater Review (New York): The Little Flower of East Orange

  LAByrinth Theater Company is not neat and tidy-making. It bubbles and evolves with every production.

  Review in Culture — by Tulis McCall — on Apr 16, 2008

• Blindly Navigating a Maze of Bureaucracy, Depression, and Suicide

  Trapped in a spider's web of just barely being out of reach of help, be it government programs or financial assistance.

  Opinion in Culture — by Jet Gardner — on Apr 16, 2008

Gaming

• Play the Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz Flash Mini-game

  Play this Buzz! Flash mini-game and possibly win prizes from Sony.

  News in Gaming — by Ken Edwards — on Apr 16, 2008

• Blu-ray Game Review: Space Ace

  Not much of a game as it is a fantastic piece of animation.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Apr 16, 2008