July 23, 2008 Archive

Books

• Book Review: Your Brain - The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald

  A comprehensive guide to your brain, how it works, and how you can work with it.

  Review in Books — by Janica Unruh — on Jul 23, 2008

• Book Review: King of the Holly Hop - A Milan Jacovich Mystery by Les Roberts

  Another Milan Jacovich mystery ignites when murder at his Cleveland high school reunion finds Jacovich investigating while destroying friendships, and his memories, in the process.

  Review in Books — by Lesa Holstine — on Jul 23, 2008

Politics

• On Terrorism and Increasing Jewish-Arab Violence in Israel

  Does an attack on Arabs by Jews portend good or evil?

  Opinion in Politics — by Ruvy — on Jul 23, 2008

Video

• DVD Review: Comedy Central's TV Funhouse

  Television comedy so wrong, and so very right.

  Review in Video — by Matt Springer — on Jul 23, 2008

• TV Recap: Project Runway - Season Five, Episode One

  Season Five of Bravo's hit show Project Runway begins with one not-so-delicious challenge.

  Opinion in Video — by Brandy — on Jul 23, 2008

• DVD Review: Doomsday

  Sadly, Doomsday gives the post-apocalyptic world a bad name.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Jul 23, 2008

• DVD Review: I'm Not There (Two Disc Special Edition)

  One of the most complete pictures of Bob Dylan that I've ever seen.

  Review in Video — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 23, 2008

• Movie Review: WALL-E

  Pixar's latest offering is sure to put you off buying the large popcorn and Pepsi.

  Review in Video — by Catherine Tuckwell — on Jul 23, 2008

• Blu-ray Review: Be Kind Rewind

  A surprising film that's vastly more than the trailers let on.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 23, 2008

• What We Know About The Joker

  Ruminations about the man behind the masque.

  Opinion in Video — by Robert K. Blechman — on Jul 23, 2008

• Movie Review: Vantage Point

  Déjà vu doodoo...

  Review in Video — by Louis Boram — on Jul 23, 2008

• Movie Review: Love and Other Disasters

  Brittany Murphy channels Holly Golightly in this frothy and forgettable 21st century spin on Breakfast at Tiffany's.

  Review in Video — by Jen Johans — on Jul 23, 2008

Culture

• Theater Review (LA): Julie Andrews: The Gift Of Music with Julie Andrews at The Hollywood Bowl

  A musical version of Julie Andrews' "Simeon's Gift" plus a Rodgers and Hammerstein tribute.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Jul 23, 2008

• Interview: Napo Ntlou, United Nations World Food Programme, Lesotho

  Napo Ntlou of the United Nations World Food Programme discusses the importance of school feeding programs in Lesotho.

  Interview in Culture — by William Lambers — on Jul 23, 2008

Gaming

• Playstation 3 Review: Overlord: Raising Hell

  Medieval adventure features fun chaos and disorder gameplay lets players be bad or really bad by controlling their minions.

  Review in Gaming — by Tall Writer — on Jul 23, 2008

Sports

• Arizona Cardinals Limit Number of Cowboy Fans in their Stadium

  The Arizona Cardinals try to establish home-field advantage by making certain tickets harder to acquire; is it fair?

  Opinion in Sports — by Maddy Pumilia — on Jul 23, 2008

Music

• Music Review: Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child

  Over the Rhine doles out their fifteenth installment of genius with The Trumpet Child.

  Review in Music — by Valerie Wierenga — on Jul 23, 2008

• Music Review: Elvis Presley - Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden

  Essential Elvis: Chapter 24.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Jul 23, 2008

• Music Review: Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider

  Cooper celebrates his 25th album with a gem.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 23, 2008

• Up Close With The American Idols - Michael Johns

  Michael Johns discusses the tour, his career, and why tossing a football with David Cook might be dangerous.

  Interview in Music — by Sherry Lipp — on Jul 23, 2008

• Music Review: Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis - Two Men With The Blues

  Two Men With The Blues will undoubtedly take yours away.

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Jul 23, 2008

• the morning benders Give Away: Download the bedroom covers Free

  Free music from the morning benders...

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jul 23, 2008

• Music Review: Miley Cyrus - Breakout

  OMFG, it's not bad.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on Jul 23, 2008

Sci/Tech

• Product Review: ExpoDisc: Professional Digital White Balance - From ExpoImaging

  The ExpoDisc was very easy to use and provided excellent results.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by T. Michael Testi — on Jul 23, 2008