January 23, 2010 Archive

Video

• DVD Review: Kingdom Of The Spiders - Special Edition

  An unabashedly entertaining fun example of a filmmaking sensibility that has sadly gone by.

  Review in Video — by Cinema Sentries — on Jan 23, 2010

• TV Review: Fringe – "What Lies Below"

  Fringe Division is put to the ultimate test when two of their own are put in a life or death situation.

  Review in Video — by Sahar — on Jan 23, 2010

• TV Review: Steven Seagal: Lawman - "A Parish Under Siege"

  The coexistence of Seagal and his many wars.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Fleming — on Jan 23, 2010

• Festival Review: NOIR CITY Film Festival — It's That Noir Time of Year

  San Francisco NOIR CITY Film Festival Opens at Castro Theater

  Review in Video — by Alexandra Jones — on Jan 23, 2010

• DVD Review: Edge of Darkness - The Original BBC Miniseries

  Palpably paranoid and politically ambitious

  Review in Video — by Dusty Somers — on Jan 23, 2010

Politics

• The Back Room: The Brutality of US Immigration Officers

  A first-hand encounter with the American border immigration watchdog.

  Opinion in Politics — by Patricia Pawlak — on Jan 23, 2010

• Betting Against the House

  Recall the complaint about Republicans and blind allegiance to leaders? Is this how Democrats should rule?

  Opinion in Politics — by Realist — on Jan 23, 2010

Music

• Music Review: Phil Ochs, James Taylor & Joni Mitchell - Amchitka: The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace

  Three legendary artists unite as one voice against nuclear testing.

  Review in Music — by Donald Gibson — on Jan 23, 2010

• Dex Romweber Duo Play Devil's Music In New Music Video

  While we can’t verify he’s Jack White’s godfather, check out this rockabilly fiend before he breaks loose from his amplifier.

  News in Music — by Kevin Gustafson — on Jan 23, 2010

• Music Review: Crosby, Stills & Nash - Daylight Again

  Stephen Stills: Chapter 18.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Jan 23, 2010

• Verse Chorus Verse: The Rounders - "God Knows I'm Trying"

  All about understatement...

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jan 23, 2010

• International Blues Challenge Finalists Announced

  The next great blues champions are about to be crowned...

  News in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jan 23, 2010

• Music Review: The Book of Eli - Scored by Atticus Ross

  Very good score, not what I would have expected and better for it.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 23, 2010

• Music Review: Danny Bryants RedEye Band - Just As I Am

  Danny Bryant just as we want him to be.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Jan 23, 2010

• The Rockologist: The Case For Latter Day Bowie On A Reality Tour

  Don't count Bowie out just yet.

  Opinion in Music — by Glen Boyd — on Jan 23, 2010

• Music DVD Review: Cliff And The Shadows - The Final Reunion

  Who needs Elvis when you have Cliff?

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Jan 23, 2010

Culture

• Sixty: Blessed, Depressed, and Obsessed

  Have you ever woken up and wondered, what did I do right?

  Opinion in Culture — by Miss Bob Etier — on Jan 23, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Project Wonderland by Robert Prior at the Bootleg Theatre

  A retelling of Lewis Carroll's classic features Alice as a man in drag, puppets, and many of LA's more adventurous artists.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Jan 23, 2010

• Tips for a Greener New Year

  Easy ways to green your life this year.

  News in Culture — by PureNaturalDiva — on Jan 23, 2010

Books

• Book Review: I Think, Therefore Who Am I?: Memoir of a Psychedelic Year by Peter Weissman

  A memoir of a single year by a youthful observer.

  Review in Books — by Karl Wolff — on Jan 23, 2010

• Book Review: The Choice by Suzanne Woods Fisher

  One little choice can change the course of a life. Even in an Amish community.

  Review in Books — by Violet Nesdoly — on Jan 23, 2010

• Book Review: How to Survive the End of the World As We Know It by James Wesley, Rawles

  A dogmatic yet comprehensive guide to a prepared lifestyle.

  Review in Books — by Christy Corp-Minamiji — on Jan 23, 2010

• Book Review: The Hidden Flame (Acts of the Faith Series Book Two) by Davis Bunn and Janette Oke

  The more I read of this New Testament historical fiction series, the more I like it.

  Review in Books — by Jennifer Bogart — on Jan 23, 2010

• Book Review: A Writer's Notebook by W. Somerset Maugham

  Maugham's observations, philosophies, and literary sketches of the ideas, people and places he encountered.

  Review in Books — by A. Jurek — on Jan 23, 2010