August 11, 2009 Archive

Video

• Leverage Makes Cable News Fun

  The team takes on an easy target this week, but it's still fun to watch.

  Opinion in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Aug 11, 2009

• Reminisce About College with BC's Road Trip: Beer Pong Giveaway

  Get your pong on with this giveaway.

  News in Video — by Robert M. Barga — on Aug 11, 2009

• DVD Review: The Last House on the Left (2009)

  The Last House on the Left remake is an entertaining revenge-thriller that follows a similar plot as the original.

  Review in Video — by writnkitten — on Aug 11, 2009

• Hugh Dancy Talks About His Role in Adam

  Hugh Dancy on portraying a man with Asperger's Syndrome in the new film, Adam.

  Interview in Video — by Diana Saenger — on Aug 11, 2009

• DVD Review: Mutant Chronicles

  Good bloody escapism. Perfect for grandma and the kids.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Aug 11, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: 17 Again

  Zac Efron tries to make not just teenage hearts swoon but older ones skip a beat as swell.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Aug 11, 2009

Music

• Music Review: Claire Lynch – Watcha Gonna Do

  An unabashedly optimistic collection infused with sunny warmth

  Review in Music — by John Taylor — on Aug 11, 2009

• Concert Review: Bob Dylan with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp, QuikTrip Park, Grand Prairie, Texas, 8/7/09

  Dylan may not be in his prime anymore, but he still knows how to put on a good show.

  Review in Music — by Dusty Somers — on Aug 11, 2009

• Ten (Or So) Questions for Madeleine Peyroux

  Once an American in Paris who interpreted jazz and blues greats, this singer-songwriter brings her folk sensibilities to Colorado.

  Interview in Music — by Michael Bialas — on Aug 11, 2009

• Interview: Sam & Ruby - Folk R&B Duo

  The once-unlikely pairing of Sam and Ruby smacks of divine intervention on behalf of the music universe.

  Interview in Music — by Clayton Perry — on Aug 11, 2009

• New Album Releases Aug. 11 2009: Jimi Hendrix, George Strait, Cobra Starship, Jessie James, and More Woodstock

  It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Aug 11, 2009

• Music Review: Houston Person – The Art And Soul Of Houston Person

  A master of elegant understatement, Person delivers the standards with warmth and exquisite taste

  Review in Music — by John Taylor — on Aug 11, 2009

• Verse Chorus Verse: Radiohead - "15 Step"

  Oh, good grief.

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Aug 11, 2009

• Train Releases New Single Through iTunes, New Album Oct. 27

  The Grammy-winners reunite for a new single, album, and tour...

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Aug 11, 2009

• Music Review: Robert Cray – This Time

  'This Time' sounds a lot like last time – and that’s a good thing!

  Review in Music — by John Taylor — on Aug 11, 2009

• Music Review: Janis Joplin - Janis Joplin: The Woodstock Experience

  This package is a reminder of what a truly unique and amazing performer she was.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 11, 2009

• Music Review: Howling Bells - Radio Wars

  Howling Bells have snared themselves another fan here...

  Review in Music — by Fitz — on Aug 11, 2009

• Music Review: Kate Wolf - Back Roads

  A timely reminder of a talent sadly lost.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Aug 11, 2009

• Concert Review: Rock The Bells 2009, San Bernardino, CA

  I only saw a small fraction of the artists that were on the bill, and it was still a incredible night of music!

  Review in Music — by Laron Cue — on Aug 11, 2009

• Psymun Says

  "He's swaggerific."

  Opinion in Music — by Estime — on Aug 11, 2009

• Music Review: VNV Nation - Of Faith, Power and Glory

  You can't help but dance to VNV Nation's latest anthems...

  Review in Music — by Fitz — on Aug 11, 2009

• Music Review: Ava Inferi - Blood of Bacchus

  Dark, gloomy, just right for a stormy night.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 11, 2009

Sci/Tech

• Will Our Scientific Nation Perish from the Earth?

  Our Fathers chose law created by Nature’s God. Will this “more perfect union” wilt into the sod?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Regis Schilken — on Aug 11, 2009

Books

• Book Review: The Devil's Queen by Jeanne Kalogridis

  When, by a twist of fate, Catherine de Medici becomes Queen of France, she will do anything to protect her children and the crown... anything.

  Review in Books — by Amanda — on Aug 11, 2009

• Book Review: Rick Rubin: In The Studio by Jake Brown

  He becomes "the fifth Beatle."

  Review in Books — by Glen Boyd — on Aug 11, 2009

• Interview: Brett Battles, Author of Shadow of Betrayal

  Exclusive interview with Brett Battles, author of Shadow of Betrayal.

  Interview in Books — by Dorothy Thompson — on Aug 11, 2009

• Book Review: You Don’t Have to Learn the Hard Way by J. R. Parrish

  You have to have a dream to make a dream come true.

  Review in Books — by Helen Gallagher — on Aug 11, 2009

• Book Review: The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith

  The Autograph Man presents a potpourri of contemporay life, where everything has a price, but nothing may be of value.

  Review in Books — by Philip Spires — on Aug 11, 2009

Sports

• So Who Won? Porcello Or Youkilis?

  A bench-clearing brawl in the second inning of the Tigers-Red Sox needs a winner.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Aug 11, 2009

Gaming

• PC Game Review: Bookworm Adentures Volume 2

  A quirky, challenging, and fun word game from the wizards at PopCap.

  Review in Gaming — by Michael Prince — on Aug 11, 2009

Culture

• Reunioning

  Sometimes you have to look to the past to see where your future leads.

  Opinion in Culture — by Joanne Huspek — on Aug 11, 2009

• Sinners Go to Church, Saints Go to the Beach

  My goddaughters will choose what religion they want to follow.

  Opinion in Culture — by Melinda Zerkula — on Aug 11, 2009

• Theatre Review (Ventura, CA): The Best is Yet To Come: The Music of Cy Coleman

  David Zippel's revue of Cy Coleman's songs lacked a story, but with a wonderful cast and great creative team it was terrific nonetheless.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Aug 11, 2009

Politics

• Is Obamacare Really Going to Kill Old People?

  Are Death Panels of eugenicists really going to decide who lives and dies under national health care?

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Aug 11, 2009