January 6, 2009 Archive

Music

• Concert Review: Pink Martini at Disney Hall, Los Angeles

  Legendary jazz singer Jimmy Scott and a professor of Arabic spiced up Pink Martini's New Year's Eve concert.

  Review in Music — by Robert Machray — on Jan 06, 2009

• Music Review: Pendragon - Pure

  Weighty, meaningful, and utterly absorbing. Pendragon take it even higher.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Jan 06, 2009

• Music DVD Review - Working Class Rock Star

  A solid documentary that shows the struggles of three bands trying to make it in the cutthroat music industry.

  Review in Music — by Scott Deitche — on Jan 06, 2009

• Music Review: Stars Like Fleas - The Ken Burns Effect

  Audacious and endlessly beautiful.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on Jan 06, 2009

• Music Review: Raffi - Songs of Our World

  If your family isn't aligned with Raffi's driving philosophies, you may want to skip this release.

  Review in Music — by Jennifer Bogart — on Jan 06, 2009

• Music Review: Elvis Presley - Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters

  Five Discs and 120 tracks present the good and not so good of the 70's Elvis.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Jan 06, 2009

• Sugarland's Rising Star

  The White-Hot Star Quality of Country Music's Sugarland!

  Opinion in Music — by Alie James — on Jan 06, 2009

• Interview: Rye Randa Discusses Shaun White's Don't Look Down

  Rye Randa speaks about score for Shaun White's Don't Look Down featuring Jeff Foxworth and American Idol finalist Michael Johns.

  Interview in Music — by Ultimat1 — on Jan 06, 2009

• Retro Redux: Granddad and the Victrola

  Music affects each of us in a different way.

  Opinion in Music — by Big Geez — on Jan 06, 2009

• Music Review: Enya - And Winter Came

  Enya haunts the holidays with more beautiful music...

  Review in Music — by Fitz — on Jan 06, 2009

• Music Review Review: Crystal Visions: The Best of Stevie Nicks (CD/DVD)

  A solid collection of Nicks's most popular solo songs and videos.

  Review in Music — by Patrick — on Jan 06, 2009

• Music Review: Lou Reed - Berlin

  More vinyl for your listening pleasure.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Jan 06, 2009

Video

• Top 10 Worst Films of 2008

  A list of my top 10 worst movies of 2008.

  Opinion in Video — by Ross Miller — on Jan 06, 2009

• DVD Review: An American Carol

  There's something for everyone to laugh at in this zany new comedy from director David Zucker.

  Review in Video — by Daddypundit — on Jan 06, 2009

• Secret Life and Top Gear Keep Me Intrigued

  I only watched two hours of TV last night, but I was still intrigued.

  Opinion in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Jan 06, 2009

• Movie Review: Revolutionary Road

  Director Sam Mendes reunites the star-crossed lovers of Titanic and places them in the dirge of 1950s materialistic suburbia.

  Review in Video — by moviejohn — on Jan 06, 2009

• DVD Review: The Duchess (2008)

  An intriguing insight into what women of the time had to do to attain high stature, yet which afforded them no power.

  Review in Video — by Cinema Sentries — on Jan 06, 2009

• Marley & Me Should Be Required Viewing For Potential Pet Owners

  Maybe, someday, a copy of Marley and Me on DVD will be standard issue when taking a new pet home.

  Opinion in Video — by Todd Ford — on Jan 06, 2009

• DVD Review: Mysterious Skin

  A good film that could have been great had its director reined in his own worst tendencies.

  Review in Video — by Dan Schneider — on Jan 06, 2009

• Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire

  A vibrant, swiftly paced, full of life tale that's an utter joy to watch.

  Review in Video — by Ross Miller — on Jan 06, 2009

• Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  His tragedy is watching those he loves age normally, without him.

  Review in Video — by Todd Ford — on Jan 06, 2009

• Box Office Update 1/2-1/4: Marley & Me Stays on Top to Open 2009 Campaign

  This week, just like the last one.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 06, 2009

• DVD Review: Brideshead Revisited (2008)

  A remarkable achievement and a wonderful film.

  Review in Video — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 06, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: Ghost

  How does a classic romance stand up to the scrutiny of Blu-ray technology?

  Review in Video — by tink — on Jan 06, 2009

• Movie Review: Quantum of Solace

  I remember when James Bond movies were fun.

  Review in Video — by Todd Ford — on Jan 06, 2009

• House, MD: 20 Essential Episodes, Part 2

  Part two of this essential guide to House, MD.

  Opinion in Video — by Barbara Barnett — on Jan 06, 2009

• Supernatural: Top Ten Sam and Dean Moments

  My completely subjective take on the Top Ten Winchester Brother Moments.

  Opinion in Video — by Alice Jester — on Jan 06, 2009

• Movie Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

  Traveler's check...

  Opinion in Video — by Louis Boram — on Jan 06, 2009

• DVD Review: Burn After Reading

  The Coen Brothers comedy about espionage and physical fitness can’t pump enough humor to compensate for tiny DVD extras.

  Review in Video — by Kevin Gustafson — on Jan 06, 2009

• DVD Review: The Last Detective - The Complete Series

  He's not your typical television police officer and this is definitely not your typical television cop show.

  Review in Video — by Richard Marcus — on Jan 06, 2009

Sci/Tech

• 2008: A Bad Year for Vitamins

  Misconceptions about vitamin and nutritional supplements. Fact vs. fiction.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kaler M.D. — on Jan 06, 2009

• Twitter Users (Including Barack and Britney) Hacked and Phished

  Twitter has been the target of a phishing attack and Barack Obama's Twitter account was hacked over the weekend.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Ed Dickson — on Jan 06, 2009

• Product Review: ToughDrive Camo USB2.0 Flash Drive

  A flash drive that may not have reliable storage but can be lit on fire.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Janica Unruh — on Jan 06, 2009

• Software Review: Genuine Fractals 6.0 From onOne

  If you need to dramatically increase image size while maintaining quality, then you need Genuine Fractals 6.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by T. Michael Testi — on Jan 06, 2009

Culture

• Product Review: Vogelzang Boxwood Stove

  It may seem anachronistic, but a simple boxwood stove still has a place in many homes.

  Review in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on Jan 06, 2009

• Theater/Magic Review (LA): Millennium Magic IX at Theatre West

  Zabrecky presents a bizarre and funny magic show for the holidays.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Jan 06, 2009

• Tanking Economy? Bring Back the Nerds

  In order for us to be prosperous in these times, we will need their strength and conviction.

  Opinion in Culture — by Lee Zahn — on Jan 06, 2009

• Interview: Domingos Afonso Ndedica, World Food Programme, Angola

  The Government of Angola is now budgeting for a countrywide school feeding program.

  Interview in Culture — by William Lambers — on Jan 06, 2009

Books

• Book Review: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

  An imagined history of a real book comes to life in this beautifully written historical novel.

  Review in Books — by Jon Sobel — on Jan 06, 2009

• Manga Review: The Manga Guide to Statistics by Shin Takahashi

  Shin Takahashi makes Statistics cute and hip with this graphic tutorial.

  Review in Books — by Aspi — on Jan 06, 2009

• Aught-Eight Oughts: Favorite Books of the Year (and One Aught-Eight Naught)

  Featuring Machiavelli, Clarence Darrow, screechy monkeys, D.W. Griffith, a "very special" Golden Girls, Emperor Akbar's court, "man you shoulda seen them kickin' Edgar Allan Poe..."

  Opinion in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jan 06, 2009

• Book Review: Asylum by Patrick McGrath

  In Asylum Patrick McGrath examines obsession. He questions whether any of us ever acts outside of simple self interest.

  Review in Books — by Philip Spires — on Jan 06, 2009

• Book Review: Buyology - Truth and Lies About Why We Buy by Martin Lindstrom

  Lindstrom presents an interesting theory, one that definitely deserves some study, but I didn't quite buy it with this book.

  Review in Books — by Alyse Wax — on Jan 06, 2009

• Book Review: Algorithms in a Nutshell by George T. Heineman, Gary Pollice, and Stanley Selkow

  More Tools for the Software Developer.

  Review in Books — by Fitz — on Jan 06, 2009

Politics

• Smoking Government: A Tobacco Tale

  Smoking became a significant political issue beginning with a shocking event in 1964 -- First Surgeon General's Report: Smoking and Health.

  Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Jan 06, 2009

• Consumer Power Wasted

  Economic Recovery Will Come Faster From Us Than From the Government

  Opinion in Politics — by Joel S. Hirschhorn — on Jan 06, 2009

• Israel and Gaza

  It is time for the world to stop supporting Israel and to put them in their place, they have been allowed to get away with literally murder for far too long.

  Opinion in Politics — by Rollo Miles — on Jan 06, 2009