December 25, 2008 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Cheap Trick – BUDOKAN!: 30th Anniversary Edition (1 DVD/3 CDs)

  Finally, you can see the concert that shook the world in 1978.

  Review in Music — by T. Michael Testi — on Dec 25, 2008

• Music Review: The Midway State - Holes

  Canadian band The Midway State might actually be the epitome of classic pop rock.

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on Dec 25, 2008

• Music Review: The Pete Best Band - Haymans Green

  Which former Beatle drummer put out the Best album this year? Hint: it's not the one who told his fans to leave him alone.

  Review in Music — by James A. Gardner — on Dec 25, 2008

• Music Review: Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger

  Red Headed Stranger returns to its original vinyl format.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Dec 25, 2008

• The Rockologist Buys Himself An MP3 MP5 Player For Christmas

  Any port in a storm, right?

  Opinion in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Dec 25, 2008

• Really Really Good: Super Festive Holiday Edition

  It's another fresh brew from your favorite B-Boy blogger with graffiti snails, worst songs of '08 and more!

  Opinion in Music — by Laron Cue — on Dec 25, 2008

Culture

• Christmas Stocking Tales

  There is a layering of Christmases past for me, sort of like an onion tree ornament that can be peeled off to reveal each year.

  Opinion in Culture — by Victor Lana — on Dec 25, 2008

• Theater Review (LA): Scrooge Must Die by Angela Berliner (after Dickens) at the Ivy Substation

  There are a lot of laughs in this update, and good acting, but I didn’t really see the point, because Dickens does it better.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Dec 25, 2008

Books

• Book Review: Soldier Boy - At Play in the ASA by Tim Bazzett

  A ditty-bopper in Disneyland and Diogenes Station. It’s hard to believe you can have that much fun, or be that miserable and live through it.

  Review in Books — by Lou Novacheck — on Dec 25, 2008

• Book Review: Marie Antoinette - The Last Queen of France by Evelyne Lever

  No, she wasn't faithful, but the reasons for that were understandable, and human.

  Review in Books — by Natalie Bennett — on Dec 25, 2008

• Book Review: The Real Queen of France - Athenais and Louis XIV by Lisa Hilton

  We can do with positive, approving accounts of powerful women – particularly those who've started from practically nowhere.

  Review in Books — by Natalie Bennett — on Dec 25, 2008

• Manga Review: Iron Wok Jan – Volume 27 by Shinji Saijyo

  The popular Japanese cooking comedy comes to a calculatedly frustrating finish.

  Review in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Dec 25, 2008

Sci/Tech

• Software Review: Keep Your Word from Bambooapps

  A flash card tool that makes studying easier and procrastinating harder.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Gabe Carr — on Dec 25, 2008

• The Nature of NULL

  What is NULL anyway? We think that we know, but we don't. If we knew what NULL really was, it would cease to be NULL.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Roy Hayward — on Dec 25, 2008

• Top 10 Applications for the iPhone from 2008

  What you should have on your iPhone.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Robert M. Barga — on Dec 25, 2008

Video

• DVD Review: Christmas on Mars

  Hopefully it comes with a gift receipt.

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Dec 25, 2008

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Bedtime Stories, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Marley & Me, The Spirit, Valkyrie, Doubt

  Christmas brings a number of cinematic goodies just waiting to be unwrapped.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 25, 2008