June 5, 2009 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Procol Harum - In Concert with The Danish National Concert Orchestra & Choir

  Procol Harum returns with a live and majestic performance.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Jun 05, 2009

• Queen of the Blues – Koko Taylor Passes Away

  Blues legend Koko Taylor passes away on June 3, 2009.

  News in Music — by Robert Benson — on Jun 05, 2009

• Music Review: Pollyanna - On Concrete

  Pollyanna, the perfectly formed duo from Paris.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Jun 05, 2009

• Music Review: Julian Marley - Awake

  Julian Marley successfully blends reggae and rootsy dancehall with soul and R&B on his impressive third album

  Review in Music — by TYRONE S REID — on Jun 05, 2009

• The Friday Morning Listen: Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

  It's so great to rediscover a band, especially when they've just rediscovered themselves.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Jun 05, 2009

Sci/Tech

• FTC Shuts Down Internet Provider Specializing in Kiddie Porn, Fraud & Spam

  The FTC has shut down a provider that caters to providers of kiddie porn, larceny and spam. The crooks are running fast to other providers.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Ed Dickson — on Jun 05, 2009

Video

• Movie Review: Religulous

  If doubt is humble, and Bill Maher is the king of doubt, why is he so arrogant?

  Review in Video — by Christine Lakatos — on Jun 05, 2009

• DVD Review: Cannon - Season Two, Volume One

  Before Steven Seagal, the heroic fat guy was William Conrad. Go, Cannon, go!

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Jun 05, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: Dexter: Season Two

  As good as, if not better than, the first season.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Cozart — on Jun 05, 2009

• Avatar, James Cameron, and Myth

  Cameron talks up the long-awaited Avatar at E3, but provides little insight as fans anticipate his first film in 12 years.

  Opinion in Video — by Travis Johnson — on Jun 05, 2009

• DVD Review: The Best Of Star Trek: The Next Generation

  A good sampler from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

  Review in Video — by T. Michael Testi — on Jun 05, 2009

• DVD Review: City of the Living Dead

  Fulci's gore will ruin a good night's sleep.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 05, 2009

• DVD Review: Defiance (2008)

  Would make a better History Channel program than a movie.

  Review in Video — by Cinema Sentries — on Jun 05, 2009

• PBS Primetime Programming for the Week of June 7

  More Hitchhiker's! We're aboard our ship with our paranoid android, and the one and only Zaphod Beeblebrox... aren't we lucky?

  News in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Jun 05, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: Air Force One

  "You know who I am? I am the President of the United States."

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Jun 05, 2009

• Movie Review: Land of the Lost (2009)

  Will Ferrell is back to his old tricks again.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Peck — on Jun 05, 2009

Culture

• Hotel Review: The New Bardessono Hotel in the Napa Valley

  Our room is large and airy, with a gorgeous floor-to-ceiling view.

  Opinion in Culture — by Marisa DVari — on Jun 05, 2009

• Opera Review (LA): La Traviata by Verdi at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

  The old warhorse finds a new star in the mesmerizing Marina Poplavskaya.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Jun 05, 2009

Politics

• Playboy Article Causes Heads to Explode

  As heads explode, websites are taken offline and articles are expunged, we wonder where America's appreciation of satire has gone.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jun 05, 2009

• The Republicans and Islamic Terrorists: Mortal Enemies Facing a Common Threat

  Who knew that a sincere message of peace could elicit such hatred?

  Opinion in Politics — by Glenn Contrarian — on Jun 05, 2009

Books

• Writer's Tool Review: How to Find Your Story and Character Creation for the Plot-First Novelist by Jeff Gerke

  Gerke's tools offer a simple solution to one-sided writing.

  Review in Books — by Aurel Montgomery — on Jun 05, 2009

• Book Review: Simple Style by Ann Budd and Simple Stitches by Eva Wiechmann

  We compare two "simple knitting" pattern books.

  Review in Books — by Alyse Wax — on Jun 05, 2009