May 21, 2009 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing

  Manchester Orchestra has grown leaps and bounds through the years, all the while helping to make rock cool and relevant again.

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on May 21, 2009

• Music Review: Sleepy John Estes with Hammie Nixon – On 80 Highway

  The Tennessee Blues Poet crying the blues

  Review in Music — by Lou Novacheck — on May 21, 2009

• Music Review: Billy Joel - River Of Dreams

  Billy Joel: Chapter 15.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on May 21, 2009

• Music Review: Ziggy Marley - Family Time

  Ziggy Marley's children's music album charms kids and parents alike.

  Review in Music — by Kit O'Toole — on May 21, 2009

• Radio Free MP3: Black Joe Lewis, Gretchen Phillips, Jenny Owen Youngs, Kicksville, Rufus Wainwright

  I'm digging through the virtual stacks of music pulsing through the tubes and highlighting a few I find interesting.

  Review in Music — by Mat Brewster — on May 21, 2009

• Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground: Coldplay Deliver in Birmingham, AL (May 18, 2009)

  Gravity release me...

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on May 21, 2009

• Music Review: Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker - Work To Do

  A jazz group led by the rhythm section makes perfect sense when it's these guys.

  Review in Music — by Big Geez — on May 21, 2009

• Music Review: Cassandra Wilson - Closer to You: The Pop Side

  Wilson's amazing voice is lost on some of these pop classics.

  Review in Music — by Lisa Solod — on May 21, 2009

• Music Review: The Devil Makes Three - Do Wrong Right

  Save your bullet and mind the got-damn rattlesnake.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on May 21, 2009

Culture

• Glee, Rock of Ages, and the Show-Tunification of Classic Rock and Pop

  Songs by Journey, Whitesnake, and even Amy Winehouse are becoming show tunes.

  Opinion in Culture — by Jon Sobel — on May 21, 2009

• 25 Things About Other People

  25 things I've learned about other people over the years.

  Opinion in Culture — by Sovereign Syre — on May 21, 2009

• The Voice of Mickey Mouse, Wayne Allwine, Passes Away

  You may never have heard his name, you may never have seen his face, but you have unquestionably heard his voice.

  News in Culture — by Josh Lasser — on May 21, 2009

• Theatre Review (LA): Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn at The Covina Center for the Performing Arts

  A musical based on the music of William Finn, composer of Falsettoland, plays the 'burbs.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on May 21, 2009

• Satire: The News in Pictures IX

  I don’t want to go in there. I like my torso!

  Satire in Culture — by Diana Hartman — on May 21, 2009

• Satire: Gossip Guy

  The latest news in entertainment, weather, dining, and the economy.

  Satire in Culture — by The Crow — on May 21, 2009

Video

• DVD Review: Plague Town

  These kids are just your typical Irish young 'uns, folks.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on May 21, 2009

• Don’t Cheat Kris Allen

  Be a good sport.

  Opinion in Video — by Maddy Pumilia — on May 21, 2009

• Reality TV Casting Call Weekly Wrap-Up: VH1's Tough Love, America's Best Dance Crew, Inventors, MTV, and More

  Drag queens, gearheads, and inventors -- is your big opportunity among this week's offerings?

  News in Video — by RealityWanted — on May 21, 2009

• TV News: Updates on Lie To Me's Schedule in Fall, 2009

  Get out your calendars, as a tentative date for the fall premiere of Lie To Me is already rumoured.

  News in Video — by Gerry Weaver — on May 21, 2009

• DVD Review: Dark City (Director's Cut)

  A film that, over a decade on, still does not get its due.

  Review in Video — by Dan Schneider — on May 21, 2009

• Movie Review: Terminator Salvation

  Big, dumb action fun.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Peck — on May 21, 2009

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Terminator: Salvation, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Dance Flick

  Week four is here. Endo-skeletons of dinosaur skeletons.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on May 21, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: Changing Lanes

  Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Affleck at their best.

  Review in Video — by Sherry Lipp — on May 21, 2009

• DVD Review: Dynasty - The Fourth Season, Volume One

  The first half of Dynasty comes in on fire and leaves on an insane whimper.

  Review in Video — by Jet Gardner — on May 21, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: Taken

  Ah! It’s good to get back to the basics, with Liam Neeson’s new thriller Taken.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Peck — on May 21, 2009

• The 2009 Network Upfronts: Smallville to Fridays and Comedy Completely Gone

  No more Sunday programming and no more comedy, but there is a new version of Melrose coming!

  News in Video — by Josh Lasser — on May 21, 2009

• DVD Review: Disney Animation Collection: Volumes One thru Six

  Disney opens its vaults to release some older animated fare.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on May 21, 2009

Sci/Tech

• Software Review: Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2: FrameMaker 9 From Adobe Systems

  FrameMaker continues to improve upon what it does best.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by T. Michael Testi — on May 21, 2009

Sports

• Red Sox Quarter-Season Barometer

  How are the Sox looking at the midway's midway point?

  Opinion in Sports — by Ethan Booker — on May 21, 2009

• Baseball Card Collecting: A Miracle in a Box

  That's right, $19.99 got him $10,300 return on his investment. So you see, kids, baseball cards are a good investment.

  News in Sports — by Torrey Martin — on May 21, 2009

• All-Time NFL Sacker Meets His Match

  NFL all-time Sacks leader, Bruce Smith, comes face to face with a formidable foe - himself.

  Opinion in Sports — by Larry Estes — on May 21, 2009

• San Jose Sharks: Biggest Bay-Area Choke Artists?

  Are they worse than the futile Giants, the World Series-losing A's or the hapless Warriors?

  Opinion in Sports — by Torrey Martin — on May 21, 2009

• In the Last Year of His Contract, Damon is Playing to be a Yankee

  In the twilight of his career, he is fighting for a place on the Yankee roster in 2010.

  Opinion in Sports — by Anthony Tobis — on May 21, 2009

Politics

• The Blinders of Dick Cheney's Patriotism

  Dick Cheney -- the Executive Officer of the Chickenhawk Squadron -- is doing his best to avoid an appointment at The Hague.

  Opinion in Politics — by Glenn Contrarian — on May 21, 2009

Books

• Book Review: I Romanced the Stone: Memoirs of a Recovering Hippie by Marvin D. Wilson

  Now a vibrant, love-filled man, Marvin D. Wilson was once a crack-head on the road to self-destruction.

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

• Book Review: The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer.

  When president became king.

  Review in Books — by A. Jurek — on May 21, 2009

• The Passing of Mario Benedetti

  One of the greatest South American writers of the last half-century.

  Opinion in Books — by Terence Clarke — on May 21, 2009

• Manga Review: Dogs: Prelude by Shirow Miwa

  Miwa's "mature" readers manga series follows four fringe characters in their ultra-violent criminal world.

  Review in Books — by Bill Sherman — on May 21, 2009

• Conceptual Fiction: The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells

  H.G. Wells's science may be faulty in The First Men in the Moon, but his storytelling is first rate.

  Review in Books — by Ted Gioia — on May 21, 2009

Gaming

• Nintendo Wii Review: Facebreaker: K.O. Party

  An eye-popping game filled with bawdy characters, fast-paced action, and innovative boxing.

  Review in Gaming — by Scott Deitche — on May 21, 2009