December 21, 2009 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Bob Seger - Early Seger Vol. 1

  Rock and Roll Never Forgets!

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

• Music Review: Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song

  Nat King Cole's timeless Christmas album perfectly captures the joyful holiday spirit.

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

• My Favorite Releases of 2009

  The records I spent the most time with this year.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Dec 21, 2009

• New Album Releases December 22, 2009: Eminem, Mary J. Blige

  One last chance to stuff those stockings...

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Dec 21, 2009

• Music Musings: Top 10 Albums of 2009

  Best music of 2009

  Review in Music — by Stephen Foster — on Dec 21, 2009

• Blu-Ray Review: Billy Idol In Super Overdrive Live

  Twenty years later-Billy Idol still rocks the house.

  Review in Music — by laurabetterly — on Dec 21, 2009

• Radio Free MP3, Christmas Edition: The Very Most, Standard Fare, Blue Skies For Black Hearts, Neil Diamond, & Bob Dylan

  A very merry mp3 Christmas

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

Books

• Book Review: The Glass Room by Simon Mawer

  With luminous clarity, The Glass Room leads the reader through the intricate dances of love, betrayal and redemption in Holocaust era Czechoslovakia.

  Review in Books — by Christy Corp-Minamiji — on Dec 21, 2009

• Book Review: Chicago Folk: Images of the Sixties Music Scene – The Photographs of Raeburn Flerlage edited by Ronald D. Cohen and Bob Riesman

  Documenting Chicago’s folk music scene in the 1960s.

  Review in Books — by Helen Gallagher — on Dec 21, 2009

• Graphic Audio Review: The DemonWars Saga: The Demon Apostle – Part I By R.A. Salvatore

  For a Movie In Your Mind check out The DemonWars Saga: The Demon Apostle – Part I.

  Review in Books — by T. Michael Testi — on Dec 21, 2009

• Book Review: Going Rouge: Sarah Palin - An American Nightmare edited by Richard Kim and Betsy Reed

  Liberals pounce on Sarah Palin, good fun is had by all.

  Review in Books — by Greg Barbrick — on Dec 21, 2009

• Book Review: The Edge of Forever by Jeff S. Chimenti

  It's the end of the world as we know it... And Chimenti is in command!

  Review in Books — by Fitz — on Dec 21, 2009

• Sony Reader Adventure: Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi

  Forget taking them to your leader — these aliens want you to take them to your publicity agent.

  Review in Books — by Anna Creech — on Dec 21, 2009

• Book Review: Sams Teach Yourself LinkedIn in 10 Minutes by Patrice-Anne Rutledge

  Simple, Powerful, Effective. This book guides the user through LinkedIn showing you how to use it for maximum effectiveness.

  Review in Books — by Marc Berry — on Dec 21, 2009

Sports

• It's A Wonderful Lifetime Contract

  A heart-warming Christmas production, followed by the idiots and those who love him.

  News in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Dec 21, 2009

Video

• DVD Review: Gabriel Iglesias - I’m Not Fat… I’m Fluffy, Live From El Paso

  More family-friendly laughs from our favorite fluffy friend, Gabriel Iglesias.

  Review in Video — by Sahar — on Dec 21, 2009

• DVD Review: All About Steve

  Even Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper can't make All About Steve worth watching.

  Review in Video — by writnkitten — on Dec 21, 2009

• Movie Review: Coco Before Chanel

  A somewhat opaque rendering of an intriguing character.

  Review in Video — by Todd Ford — on Dec 21, 2009

• Box Office Update 12/18-12/20: Avatar Takes the Top

  James Cameron rises back to the top.

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

• A House United: Celebrating the End of Jesse Spencer’s Underemployment

  New season proves just as addictive, if not more so, than seasons past, thanks to writers highlighting Jesse Spencer.

  Review in Video — by Shannon Howard — on Dec 21, 2009

• DVD Review: G-FORCE

  Who knew CGI guinea pigs wouldn't be quite as bad as expected?

  Review in Video — by Fitz — on Dec 21, 2009

• Movie Review: The Princess and the Frog

  Disney returns to its bread and butter.

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 21, 2009

Gaming

• Prototype vs. InFamous

  A face-off between the open-world super men.

  Opinion in Gaming — by Mark Buckingham — on Dec 21, 2009

• Roboni-i: "The First Robotic Gaming Platform"

  Robotic gaming takes another step with the interactive Roboni-i.

  News in Gaming — by Tall Writer — on Dec 21, 2009

• Nintendo Wii Review: Karaoke Revolution

  Sing your heart out, but don't necessarily expect your avatar to sing along too.

  Review in Gaming — by Josh Lasser — on Dec 21, 2009

• Xbox 360 Review: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

  Nightclubbing has never been so much fun.

  Review in Gaming — by Shinmigami — on Dec 21, 2009

Politics

• In Defense of Faith

  Believing is a natural human condition that is shared by a theist and an atheist alike; and since no belief can disprove the other, we should learn to coexist.

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Dec 21, 2009

• Know Senate Health Reform By Its Opponents

  Those on the left could learn to hate the Senate health reform bill a little less by who else abhors it

  Opinion in Politics — by Scott Nance — on Dec 21, 2009

• All Barack Obama's Roads Lead to Iran

  Iran elections are just the beginning

  News in Politics — by Clifford Bryan — on Dec 21, 2009

• The Apolitical Inactivist

  Does writing this make me an activist?

  Opinion in Politics — by FCEtier — on Dec 21, 2009

• Gonna Party Like It's 2012 Tonight!

  They have seen to it that there isn't much we can do about this dirty deal.

  Opinion in Politics — by Realist — on Dec 21, 2009

Culture

• There Is No Such Thing As Too Much Talking…

  Does your partner say you talk too much, or get frustrated that you don't communicate enough?

  Opinion in Culture — by Dr. Coach Love — on Dec 21, 2009