February 21, 2009 Archive

Books

• Book Review: Sucker Punch by Ray Banks

  Ex-boxer Cal Innes returns in his second outing to babysit a prizefighter in an unfamiliar country: Los Angeles.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Feb 21, 2009

• Book Review: Real World Adobe Photoshop CS4 by Conrad Chavez And David Blatner

  I don't think that there is anything else that comes close to providing this much detail in a book on Photoshop.

  Review in Books — by T. Michael Testi — on Feb 21, 2009

• Book Review: Blood And Bone by William Lashner

  This novel delivers a bittersweet, full throttle thrill run through hostile forces and unpleasant secrets.

  Review in Books — by Mel Odom — on Feb 21, 2009

• Book Review: iBrain - Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind by Gary Small

  What we once wrote in a dayplanner now oozes to phone, email, and the thousand faces we call our friends.

  Review in Books — by Helen Gallagher — on Feb 21, 2009

• Book Review: Fool by Christopher Moore

  Genuinely funny, and wonderfully irreverent, it will appeal to any reader, whether or not they are familiar with Shakespeare's Lear.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Feb 21, 2009

• Book Review: China Underground by Zachary Mexico

  This is not the Communist China we grew up with!

  Review in Books — by Lynda Lippin — on Feb 21, 2009

• Book Review: The Beverly Lewis Amish Heritage Cookbook by Beverly Lewis

  Renowned "Amish author" Beverly Lewis brings us tasty treats from modern Amish cooks - though there's not much entirely "from scratch" here.

  Review in Books — by Jennifer Bogart — on Feb 21, 2009

• Book Review: Size 2 For Life by Ashley Marriott and Marc L. Paulsen, MD

  When will diet and fitness books stop saying anywhere on the cover that they are simple, new, and different from anything else on the market?

  Review in Books — by Lynda Lippin — on Feb 21, 2009

Politics

• First Bad Bank of the United States

  The nation's largest banks are carrying half a trillion dollars in bad debt. First Bad Bank to the rescue.

  Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Feb 21, 2009

• Satire: New Rules for Monopoly

  The rules for the board game Monopoly need to be updated in light of the dramatic changes in the economy.

  Satire in Politics — by Ted Gioia — on Feb 21, 2009

Culture

• Theater Review (NYC): 33 Variations

  Beethoven's music (and the maestro himself) come to life in the characters of Moises Kaufman's new play.

  Review in Culture — by Art Ravels — on Feb 21, 2009

• Men and Women Having Opposite Sex Friends

  What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

  Opinion in Culture — by Zane Marie — on Feb 21, 2009

• Globalizing Americana: Part 10 - The Myth of Freedom

  This series of articles will analyze how American culture is transmitted through the process of globalization.

  Opinion in Culture — by Jason J. Campbell — on Feb 21, 2009

• An Optimum Time for Earnest Racial Dialogue

  Attorney General Eric Holder has issued a challenge, and here we go.

  Opinion in Culture — by Robert Magill — on Feb 21, 2009

Video

• DVD Review: The Beverly Hillbillies Season 3

  The Clampett family returns quickly on DVD.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Feb 21, 2009

• Disney Channel's Dadnapped Not That Bad

  Disney's newest original movie was mildly entertaining.

  Review in Video — by Maddy Pumilia — on Feb 21, 2009

• Movie Review: Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946)

  Another look at Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 classic romantic thriller.

  Review in Video — by Bags — on Feb 21, 2009

• Movie Review: Three Days of the Condor

  Theory becomes practice in the paranoia prison.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Fleming — on Feb 21, 2009

• Movie Review: Notorious

  A standard, run-of-the-mill rise and fall affair that comes off as distinctly average.

  Review in Video — by Ross Miller — on Feb 21, 2009

Music

• Music Review: Miranda Lee Richards – Light of X

  After playing a backup role in the lives of others, the singer behind these songs is worth getting to know

  Review in Music — by Michael Bialas — on Feb 21, 2009

• The Latest Taylor Swift Highlights

  All the latest Taylor Swift news.

  News in Music — by Maddy Pumilia — on Feb 21, 2009

• Music Review: Ume - Sunshower (EP)

  One of the best rock records of 2008 you never heard.

  Review in Music — by Luke Johnson — on Feb 21, 2009

• Music Review: Mark Geary - Opium

  Mark Geary steps over 'some skeletons and bones and into the daylight'.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Feb 21, 2009

• Interview: Missy Higgins, Australian singer/songwriter

  We talk about her songwriting, getting by in the music business, and her current U.S. tour.

  Interview in Music — by Anna Creech — on Feb 21, 2009

• Every Scratch, Every Click, Every Heartbeat: Bruce Springsteen - "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" and "This Life"

  A balanced sense of melancholy and inspiration is imparted to Bruce Springsteen’s recent Brian Wilson-inspired tracks.

  Opinion in Music — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Feb 21, 2009

• The Rockologist: Sympathy For The Opening Band

  Would you please put your hands together for...who, again?...

  Opinion in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Feb 21, 2009