June 8, 2009 Archive

Sports

• Memo: Need Hits

  And I have eaten the plums in the icebox.

  Opinion in Sports — by Brian_Kist — on Jun 08, 2009

Music

• Music Review: The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)

  The Eagles: Chapter 5

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Jun 08, 2009

• Music Review: Teena Marie - Congo Square

  R&B legend Teena Marie returns with a strong collection of soul tinged with hip hop and jazz.

  Review in Music — by Kit O'Toole — on Jun 08, 2009

• Music Review: Various Artists - Rough Guide to Tango, Vol. 2

  The rough guide to tango is an encompassing and emotionally charged. collection of tango and neo-tango songs.

  Review in Music — by Michael Pascua — on Jun 08, 2009

• Concert Review: Fleetwood Mac, MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB, 6/6/09

  Not quite the "Greatest Hits Tour" it's billed as, but mildly entertaining otherwise & generous in length.

  Review in Music — by Triniman — on Jun 08, 2009

Tastes

• Conn Creek Entertains at Auction Napa Valley

  Guests can taste and blend wines from many distinctive regions.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Marisa DVari — on Jun 08, 2009

Video

• DVD Review: The Best of Whose Line Is It Anyway?

  Why did they ever take Whose Line Is It Anyway? off the air?

  Review in Video — by Fitz — on Jun 08, 2009

• DVD Review: Return of the Blind Dead

  Has its moments, but pales in comparison to the original.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 08, 2009

• TV Movie Review: Mr. Troop Mom

  George Lopez stars in this Nickelodeon feel good comedy, premiering June 19 at 8 PM ET/PT.

  Review in Video — by Maddy Pumilia — on Jun 08, 2009

• DVD Review: The Universe - The Complete Season Three

  Explore the universe!

  Review in Video — by Fitz — on Jun 08, 2009

• Box Office Update 6/5-6/7: Hangover Slips Past Everyone

  The biggest box office surprise of the summer... so far.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 08, 2009

• DVD Review: Cities of the Underworld - The Complete Season Three

  Who says history has to be boring?

  Review in Video — by Fitz — on Jun 08, 2009

• Movie Review: The Hangover

  Vegas comedy hits the jackpot.

  Review in Video — by Rob Rector — on Jun 08, 2009

• DVD Review: Dallas - The Complete Eleventh Season

  This is how you really drive a great prime time soap into the ground, kids.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Jun 08, 2009

• DVD Review: Tombs of the Blind Dead

  Moody, atmospheric, Spanish horror from 1971.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 08, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: Fletch

  Often hailed as a classic comedy, the years haven't been kind.

  Review in Video — by The Other Chad — on Jun 08, 2009

• DVD Review: Friday The 13th - The Final Chapter (Deluxe Edition)

  “Oh, wow! The FINAL chapter!”

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Jun 08, 2009

• DVD Review: The Beyond

  Fulci's horror classic.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 08, 2009

• DVD Review: Depeche Mode - The Dark Progression

  “Fashion Dispatch -- Exposed!”

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Jun 08, 2009

Books

• Book Review: Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: Includes Silverlight 2 by Matthew MacDonald And Mario Szpuszta

  A great book for getting to that professional level of ASP.NET.

  Review in Books — by T. Michael Testi — on Jun 08, 2009

• Book Review: Smiley's People, by John Le Carré

  No fancy gadgets here. This is a spy novel steeped in reality.

  Review in Books — by Chris Bancells — on Jun 08, 2009

• Book Review: Off the Beaten Path: A Travel Guide to More Than 1,000 Scenic and Interesting Places...

  If you think there’s no place left that is unspoiled and worth a trip in the U.S., you haven’t read this book.

  Review in Books — by Helen Gallagher — on Jun 08, 2009

• Book Review: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Empty Nesters by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor, et al.

  Parents have newly found growth after nurturing children into adulthood.

  Review in Books — by NancyGail — on Jun 08, 2009

• Book Review: The Ark, the Reed, and the Fire Cloud (The Amazing Tales of Max and Liz, Book One) by Jenny L. Cote

  A light-hearted re-telling of Noah's ark for children which proves sadly inaccurate, despite claims to the contrary.

  Review in Books — by Jennifer Bogart — on Jun 08, 2009

• Book Review: Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga

  A remarkably well developed picture of life in a specific city and a number of the people who live in it.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 08, 2009

• The Early Word: New Books for the Week of June 8, 2009

  Dean Koontz, Jeffery Deaver, 'Gallagher Girls', 'Bourne'; Satchel, A Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings Defense, Fordlandia, Bridge - 'Devil's Tickets', A Memoir of 'Perfection'...

  News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Jun 08, 2009

Politics

• Social Values and the Republican Liberty Caucus

  A statement of principles from the Republican Liberty Caucus

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jun 08, 2009

• On Taxes and Public Ownership

  The benefits of taxation, and the importance of public ownership.

  Opinion in Politics — by Jonathan Scanlan — on Jun 08, 2009

Culture

• Opera Review (London): Lulu at The Royal Opera House

  Berg’s Lulu has an eventful career: three husbands, lesbian lover, menagerie of murderous admirers, death by Jack the Ripper...

  Review in Culture — by David Trennery — on Jun 08, 2009