October 6, 2008 Archive

Music

• Music DVD Review: Tori Amos - Live At Montreux 1991/1992

  A lot can happen in a year.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on Oct 06, 2008

• New Album Releases 10/07/08: Bob Dylan, Oasis, The Clash, Wu-Tang Clan, Pretenders, & More

  Dylan's essential new outtakes collection, plus Josh Hathaway on Oasis and Mark Saleski on the Clash.

  News in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Oct 06, 2008

• Music Review: Natalie Cole - Still Unforgettable

  Natalie Cole still makes the music her own on this 2008 release.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on Oct 06, 2008

• Music Review: The Reflection, Suspyre, Hoodoo Scoundrels, Impiety, Devolution, Netherbird, Withered, Ehnahre and Spinal Cord

  Experimental death metal to some rather fun power pop...must be Marty's latest batch of reviews.

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 06, 2008

• Music Review:- The Windupdeads - The Windupdeads

  The Windupdeads deliver a highly impressive and impossibly smooth debut album.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Oct 06, 2008

• Music DVD Review: REO Speedwagon - Live In The Heartland

  A melodic rock masterclass from four decades of rock.

  Review in Music — by Stuart A Hamilton — on Oct 06, 2008

• Concert Review: LA Philharmonic Gala with Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducting

  The LA Philharmonica presents a Salonen gala with Dawn Upshaw, Audra McDonald, and Barbara Hannigan.

  Review in Music — by Robert Machray — on Oct 06, 2008

• Music Review: Bob Dylan - Knocked Out Loaded

  Bob Dylan: Chapter 24.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Oct 06, 2008

• Retro Redux: The ART Of Improvisation

  Sometimes 'making do' can be raised to a higher level, especially in music.

  Opinion in Music — by Big Geez — on Oct 06, 2008

• Music Review: Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher

  A great sound that has roots in country, blues, and folk.

  Review in Music — by Cinema Sentries — on Oct 06, 2008

Books

• Book Review: Capote in Kansas - A Ghost Story by Kim Powers

  What might have been a lovely and haunting story collapses under the double-team pressure of mawkishness and bad writing.

  Review in Books — by Jon Sobel — on Oct 06, 2008

• Book Review: The Daughter-in-Law Rules - 101 Surefire Ways to Manage (and Make Friends with) Your Mother-In-Law! by Sally Shields

  A tongue-in-cheek look at what it's like to be married.

  Review in Books — by NancyGail — on Oct 06, 2008

• Interview with Nathan Rosen, Editor of MicroHorror

  "I believe that a great horror story is made of the same three elements that make a great joke: the setup, the escalation and the payoff."

  Interview in Books — by Mayra Calvani — on Oct 06, 2008

• Book Review: The Essence of Health by Dr Craig Hassed

  A scientifically oriented book which does more than just help people get better.

  Review in Books — by Maggie Ball — on Oct 06, 2008

• Book Review: The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell

  The writer's irreverance and lack of pretense shine through as she makes even Pilgrim theology entertaining history.

  Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Oct 06, 2008

• Book Review: Take Your Best Shot By Tim Grey

  A great book for anyone from novice, advanced amateur, as well as anyone making the move from film to digital.

  Review in Books — by T. Michael Testi — on Oct 06, 2008

• Book Review: Runaway (Starlight Animal Rescue) by Dandi Daley Mackall

  Difficult foster children, horses that nobody else can train, wild kittens - Starlight Animal Rescue is a home for them all.

  Review in Books — by Jennifer Bogart — on Oct 06, 2008

• Graphic Novel Review: Usagi Yojimbo Book One: The Ronin by Stan Sakai

  Usagi Yojimbo is a ronin, a masterless samurai, a bodyguard for hire. He's also a rabbit. The first book in Stan Sakai's classic series.

  Review in Books — by Adam Klin Oron — on Oct 06, 2008

• The Early Word: New Non-Fiction for the Week of October 6, 2008

  Anne Rice, Arthur Rimbaud, Marcella Hazan, John Rock and the Reproductive Revolution, the Hunt for Bin Laden...

  News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Oct 06, 2008

• Book Review: The Health Cookbook by the Australian Women's Weekly

  Colourful, easy to make food that is as attractive as it is delicious.

  Review in Books — by Maggie Ball — on Oct 06, 2008

• Book Review: Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty

  A great, original story that doesn't come along often. And when do you encounter powers like smelling a person’s past and shooting feces from fists?

  Review in Books — by Aaron Peck — on Oct 06, 2008

• Book Review: Crosby Stills & Nash - The Biography (Updated 40th Anniversary Edition) by Dave Zimmer With Photographs by Henry Diltz

  For both CSN&Y fans and students of American music history, the updated version of CSN's biography is an essential read.

  Review in Books — by Glen Boyd — on Oct 06, 2008

Video

• DVD Review: War/Dance

  A story of triumph and despair that leaves the audience in tears.

  Review in Video — by Cinema Sentries — on Oct 06, 2008

• DVD Review: Another Cinderella Story

  It's like Cinderella ate Step Up and made a mess in the bathroom.

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Oct 06, 2008

• TV Review: The Starter Wife - Series Premiere

  Wife begins again as Debra Messing proves there's life after wife (and Grace Adler).

  Review in Video — by Jen Johans — on Oct 06, 2008

• The CW Sunday Night: It’s Good

  Media Rights Capital kicks off their Sunday night programming on The CW with promising results.

  Review in Video — by Alice Jester — on Oct 06, 2008

• DVD Review: Pathology

  Pathology is a preposterous film filled with sub-par acting, unlikable characters, gratuitous nudity, and gore.

  Review in Video — by writnkitten — on Oct 06, 2008

• Movie Review: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

  Delightful, sweet film; just ignore the plot.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 06, 2008

• Movie Review: Smart People

  Small talk...

  Review in Video — by Louis Boram — on Oct 06, 2008

• TV Recap: Dexter - "Finding Freebo"

  Another great episode of Dexter with a twist at the end that will have you at the edge of your seat.

  Review in Video — by Michael Prince — on Oct 06, 2008

• DVD Pick of the Week: How I Met Your Mother

  Tons of new releases are enticing me this week!

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Oct 06, 2008

• Top 20 Comic Book Movies of All-Time

  Ranking the best movies adapted from the world of comics.

  Opinion in Video — by Andy Sayers — on Oct 06, 2008

• Blu-ray Review: Sex and the City - The Movie: Extended Cut

  If you loved the movie as much as I did, you will buy the DVD right away.

  Review in Video — by Cinema Sentries — on Oct 06, 2008

Culture

• Theatre Review (Costa Mesa, CA): Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl at South Coast Repertory

  Answer a dead man's cell phone and you might get a life.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Oct 06, 2008

Gaming

• Wii Virtual Console News and Releases for 10/6/2008

  Four more titles hit the Wii Shop Channel. Are they worth your Wii Points?

  News in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on Oct 06, 2008

• BC Gaming's Five Weeks of Horror: A Nightmare on Elm Street NES Review

  One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four, better lock the door...

  Review in Gaming — by Jason Westhaver — on Oct 06, 2008

• Game du Jour Deals: October 6 - October 12

  There's a lot of fun and challenging puzzle games available at this week's Game du Jour deals!

  News in Gaming — by Toni Schwartz — on Oct 06, 2008

Sci/Tech

• TOM-Skype Communications - A Privacy Nightmare Come True

  Communicating using Skype with someone in China could lead to your privacy being violated.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Ed Dickson — on Oct 06, 2008

• Software Review – Auguri 2.1 - From Advanced Analytics Group

  Auguri 2.1 provides the tools for the analysis of data through the process of predictive data mining.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by T. Michael Testi — on Oct 06, 2008