September 7, 2008 Archive

Gaming

• Game du Jour Deals: September 8 - September 14

  There's plenty of puzzles for everyone at this week's Game du Jour deals.

  News in Gaming — by Toni Schwartz — on Sep 07, 2008

• PAX 2008 Impressions: Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars, de Blob and Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball

  Gamecock and THQ unleash some of their 2008 offerings at PAX.

  Opinion in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on Sep 07, 2008

• Nintendo DS Review: Imagine Teacher

  Decent roleplaying game explores the educational realm in minigames, multiplayer play and lesson simulation all incorporating touch controls.

  Review in Gaming — by Tall Writer — on Sep 07, 2008

Books

• Book Review: "The Workshop of Filthy Creation" - The Art of Johnny Ace and Kali Verra

  A new hardbound collection pays tribute to the Kustom Kulture art of Johnny "Childish" Ace.

  Review in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Sep 07, 2008

• A Birthday Chronicle: Ray Bradbury and the State of the Public Library

  Science fiction author Ray Bradbury speaks out about the importance of preserving our libraries.

  News in Books — by Lisa Damian — on Sep 07, 2008

• Comic Review: Spike: After The Fall #1

  Spike: After The Fall tells what the blonde vampire did before the events of Angel: After The Fall #2

  Review in Books — by Blake Matthews — on Sep 07, 2008

Music

• BC Music Goodie Bag: Oh Captain My Captain, Ferras, Delta Spirit, AC/DC, and Spylacopa

  More audio treats from the Goodie Bag.

  Review in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Sep 07, 2008

• Big News From Taylor Swift

  Taylor Swift hosts the CMA, sells out internationally, and more.

  News in Music — by Maddy Pumilia — on Sep 07, 2008

• Music Review: Al Stewart - Sparks Of Ancient Light

  Talk about your Time Passages. On Sparks Of Ancient Light, Al Stewart is back in peak historical and literate form.

  Review in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Sep 07, 2008

• Music Review: George Duke - Dukey Treats

  George Duke returns with some funky treats.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Sep 07, 2008

• Music Review: Alev - Alev

  Alev the album should take Alev the band even higher.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Sep 07, 2008

• Music Review: Get Help - The End of the New Country

  A well crafted set of introspective indie rock that amounts for this writer to a very welcome break from children's music.

  Review in Music — by John Owen — on Sep 07, 2008

• Mourning the Death of a Classic: CBC Radio 2 Changes Format

  The classics die at CBC Radio 2, and the people are not amused.

  Opinion in Music — by Joanne Huspek — on Sep 07, 2008

• Music Review: Drew Smith's Lonely Choir - Drew Smith's Lonely Choir

  Layers original lyrics with lush pop arrangements to produce a classic studio album, one designed to be listened to end-to-end.

  Review in Music — by Tamara Dwyer — on Sep 07, 2008

• Music Review: Aaron Parks - Invisible Cinema

  Aaron Parks major-label debut presents a unique, fully-formed musical vision of jazz through a Generation Y perspective.

  Review in Music — by Pico — on Sep 07, 2008

• Comedy CD Review: Lewis Black - Anticipation

  There's nowhere else to go but down, but at least Lewis Black makes it sound funny.

  Review in Music — by Donald Gibson — on Sep 07, 2008

Sports

• BC Sports Treehouse Fort Headlines For September 6

  Quentin breaks hand .. OKC reveal Thunder nickname ... and Chad Johnson is officially Ocho Cinco.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Sep 07, 2008

Video

• DVD Review: Little Einsteins - Flight of the Instrument Fairies

  Educational and entertaining enough to hold almost any kid’s imagination, again thanks to some outstanding production work.

  Review in Video — by Tall Writer — on Sep 07, 2008

• Movie Review: Tell No One

  Alex sees dead people… online.

  Review in Video — by Jen Johans — on Sep 07, 2008

• Movie Review: McCabe & Mrs. Miller

  Robert Altman's subversive western is examined almost forty years after its release.

  Review in Video — by Tony Dayoub — on Sep 07, 2008

• DVD Review: Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Alvinnn!!! Edition

  “Alvinnn!!!”

  Review in Video — by Jen Johans — on Sep 07, 2008

• DVD Review: Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp

  The filmmakers have created a piece of work that, much like shape note music itself, is simultaneously utilitarian and glorious.

  Review in Video — by Anna Creech — on Sep 07, 2008

• Movie Review: Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

  A surprisingly strong film that is more than the sum of its bullets.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 07, 2008

• The DVD Player is Dead, Long Live the DVD (and Blu-ray) Player

  Ten years ago $400 got me a DVD player. Two weeks ago, it did the same exact thing.

  Opinion in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Sep 07, 2008

Culture

• Theater Review (NYC): A Perfect Ganesh by Terrence McNally

  A forgotten masterpiece by Terrence McNally gets a timely revival by WorkShop Theater Company.

  Review in Culture — by Ethan Stanislawski — on Sep 07, 2008

Sci/Tech

• Windows XP SP3 Continues a Legacy of Failure

  If you don't have Windows XP SP3, you may want to wait a while longer, especially if your system sports an AMD processor.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Mark Buckingham — on Sep 07, 2008

Politics

• Treat Sarah Palin Fairly

  How the media treatment of Sarah Palin has been unfair thus far.

  Opinion in Politics — by Marcus Alexander Gadson — on Sep 07, 2008