September 9, 2009 Archive

Sports

• Two Yankee Captains Meet As Jeter Ties Gehrig

  With his third hit of the night, Derek Jeter tied Lou Gehrig for the most hits in New York Yankees history.

  Opinion in Sports — by Anthony Tobis — on Sep 09, 2009

• Patriots. Bills. Foxboro. Be There.

  The New England Patriots open up the season against Terrell Owens and the lowly Bills..

  Opinion in Sports — by Ethan Booker — on Sep 09, 2009

• 2009 NFL Season Predictions - The NFC

  There doesn't seem to be anybody better than the Cowboys.

  Opinion in Sports — by Mark Kalriess — on Sep 09, 2009

Music

• Beatles Box of Vision Provides the Ultimate Collector's Experience

  Store your Beatles remastered CDs in style while learning about the cover artwork and entire discography.

  Review in Music — by Kit O'Toole — on Sep 09, 2009

• Retro Redux: Walter Murphy - Bringing Beethoven To Disco

  Everybody remembers Travolta in his white suit, dancing to the Bee Gees — but that wasn't the only music around.

  Opinion in Music — by Big Geez — on Sep 09, 2009

• Music DVD Review: Ted Nugent - Motor City Mayhem

  Ted Nugent stays true to himself and his fans on new concert DVD.

  Review in Music — by Sarah Bailey — on Sep 09, 2009

• Music Review: Gong - 2032

  40 years after their debut, Gong return to their classic lineup, and the Radio Gnome Trilogy.

  Review in Music — by Greg Barbrick — on Sep 09, 2009

• Enter to Win: Radius Atomic Bass Earphones

  Blogcritics and Radius are giving one lucky reader a chance to win a pair of earphones.

  News in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Sep 09, 2009

• Verse Chorus Verse: The Beatles - "Here Comes The Sun"

  Through the past, darkly...

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Sep 09, 2009

• Concert Review: Street Scene - San Diego, CA - 8/28 and 29/2009

  Street Scene celebrates its 25th anniversary

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on Sep 09, 2009

• Music Review: Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger

  The Glass Passenger rides a wave of musical brilliance you cannot afford to miss.

  Review in Music — by Jennifer Stuart — on Sep 09, 2009

• Music Review: Machines of Grace

  They are not throwbacks to a better 80s sound, they are a modern interpretation of what that music was.

  Review in Music — by Gray Hunter — on Sep 09, 2009

• Music Review: Regina Spektor - Far

  Spektor releases beautiful tunes again, with thoughts of religion and color.

  Review in Music — by Courtney Murphy — on Sep 09, 2009

• Music Review: Jon Foreman - Spring and Summer EPs

  Jon Foreman's latest "seasonal" installments in his solo career are a sweet mixture of indie, folk, and rock.

  Review in Music — by Trevor Clark — on Sep 09, 2009

• Music Review: Caspian - Tertia

  A dense work of post-rock with purpose.

  Review in Music — by Jordan Richardson — on Sep 09, 2009

Video

• DVD Review: Fringe - The Complete First Season

  Explore the weirdness of Fringe Season 1!

  Review in Video — by Fitz — on Sep 09, 2009

• Vote Now: Universal Studios Hollywood and Chiller's Film Contest

  Your vote can give a filmmaker the ultimate prize.

  News in Video — by Maddy Pumilia — on Sep 09, 2009

• TV Preview: Supernatural Season Five Premiere

  It's apocalypse now. Luckily, everyone's maintaining a sense of humor.

  News in Video — by Alice Jester — on Sep 09, 2009

• TV Review: Warehouse 13 - "Breakdown"

  Problems at the Warehouse aren't the only things that give Artie a headache.

  Review in Video — by NancyGail — on Sep 09, 2009

• The Vampire Diaries Premieres Thursday, September 10 on The CW

  Why do we need another vampire show? Because when it comes to the blood-sucking creatures, the stories are endless.

  News in Video — by Alice Jester — on Sep 09, 2009

• DVD Review: Little Einsteins - Fire Truck Rocket's Blastoff

  The Little Einsteins and Rocket travel the world helping others!

  Review in Video — by Fitz — on Sep 09, 2009

• Movie Review: (500) Days of Summer

  A stylish and insightful wisp of a movie.

  Review in Video — by Todd Ford — on Sep 09, 2009

• Movie Review: 9

  A wondrously beautiful epic of an animated film.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Peck — on Sep 09, 2009

• Movie Review: Gamer

  Wild ride from start to finish.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 09, 2009

• DVD Review: Criminal Minds -The Complete Fourth Season

  Criminal Minds: The Complete Fourth Season follows the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit as they profile serial killers and bring them to justice.

  News in Video — by Blake Matthews — on Sep 09, 2009

• Movie Review: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

  An early highlight in Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's distinguished career.

  Review in Video — by Sam C. Mac — on Sep 09, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: The Quick and the Dead (1995)

  The film may have great visuals, but it lacks a story and compelling characters.

  Review in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Sep 09, 2009

• DVD Review: Nature's Grave

  I had low expectations and Nature's Grave couldn't even satisfy those.

  Review in Video — by Derek Fleek — on Sep 09, 2009

• DVD Review: Women's Extreme Wresting - The Best of WEW, Vol. 1

  If this is the best, I don’t want to know the worst.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Sep 09, 2009

• Box Office Update 9/4-9/6: The Final Destination Remains on Top

  A depressed box office is led by a holdover.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 09, 2009

Books

• Conceptual Fiction: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott

  Edwin Abbott's strange cult novel from 1884 is set in two dimensional space populated by squares, circles, triangles and lines.

  Review in Books — by Ted Gioia — on Sep 09, 2009

• Book Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman

  A magic book for adults, set in America.

  Review in Books — by Nancy Fontaine — on Sep 09, 2009

• Book Review: New New Media by Paul Levinson

  Paul Levinson's New New Media is a guidebook for understanding computer and internet based communications

  Review in Books — by Robert K. Blechman — on Sep 09, 2009

• Book Review: The Audacity of Help: Obama’s Economic Plan and the Remaking of America by John F. Wasik

  A study guide worthy of national attention, debate, and intelligent dinner conversation on the state of our nation.

  Review in Books — by Helen Gallagher — on Sep 09, 2009

• Book Review: Sunlight at Midnight, Darkness at Noon by Christopher Cunningham and Hosho McCreesh

  The danger of publishing letters.

  Review in Books — by Paul Robinson — on Sep 09, 2009

• Book Review: DFF: Dead Friends Forever By J.R. Turner

  An excellent and believable ghost story that will have the reader in its clutches!

  Review in Books — by April Pohren — on Sep 09, 2009

Gaming

• PAX 2009 Impressions: Scrap Metal

  Slick Entertainment takes you on a ride that makes you feel like you're in the old-school days.

  News in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on Sep 09, 2009

• PAX 2009 Impressions: Pokemon Rumble, Bit. Trip Void, Contra: ReBirth and Cave Story

  A fearsome foursome of WiiWare titles emerge, but are they worth your Nintendo Bucks?

  News in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on Sep 09, 2009

• PAX 2009 Impressions: Dante's Inferno

  Dante's journey through Hell is not exactly an original work of art.

  News in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on Sep 09, 2009

• PAX 2009 Impressions: The Beatles: Rock Band

  Harmonix's latest Rock Band title, and the Höfner Bass controller, were at PAX, but did they rock?

  News in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on Sep 09, 2009

Sci/Tech

• The Social Blogger

  Social media is changing the way we blog. The big question is, how are we going to change with it?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Marc Berry — on Sep 09, 2009

• Product Review: V-Studio 100 From Cakewalk

  Are you are looking for a studio you can carry in one hand?

  Review in Sci/Tech — by T. Michael Testi — on Sep 09, 2009

Culture

• Obama’s Back to School Message: “A” for Effort

  All the critics who were against this speech must have, I can only hope, thought differently after hearing it.

  Opinion in Culture — by Victor Lana — on Sep 09, 2009

• Twitter: The New Customer Service

  Customer service via Twitter hits home.

  Opinion in Culture — by Oren Hope — on Sep 09, 2009

• Under the Blue Tarps

  Horses as an economic indicator: what happens to the unwanted horses?

  Opinion in Culture — by Christy Corp-Minamiji — on Sep 09, 2009