December 19, 2009 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Roger Salloom - Last Call

  America's best unknown songwriter returns with a new album of original material.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Dec 19, 2009

• Music Review: Al Jarreau — The Very Best Of: An Excellent Adventure

  This set brings the breadth of Jarreau's catalogue suitably—if not definitively—into focus.

  Review in Music — by Donald Gibson — on Dec 19, 2009

• Music Review: Glee: The Music, Volume 2 (Soundtrack)

  Glee: The Music, Volume 2 delivers plenty of great covers of classic and contemporary songs, as well as a few duds.

  Review in Music — by writnkitten — on Dec 19, 2009

• Music Review: Medeski Martin & Wood - Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set

  An extraordinarily comprehensive look at a single body of work.

  Review in Music — by Dusty Somers — on Dec 19, 2009

• Music Review: Ben Moody - All For This

  Ex Evanescence guitarist proves he can carry his own album.

  Review in Music — by ColinM — on Dec 19, 2009

• Crafting The Well-Tempered Pianist: Introducing the Taubman Approach

  Too good to be true? Introducing the Taubman approach.

  Opinion in Music — by Ilona Oltuski — on Dec 19, 2009

• Music/DVD Reviews: Blues at Montreux 2004, Marilyn Manson, Jorn, Silent Rage, Praying Mantis, Menegarm

  What to get those blues/hard rock/Viking metal fans on your holiday shopping list...

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Dec 19, 2009

• Music Review: Mother Black Cap - The English Way

  The very essence of The English Way.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Dec 19, 2009

• Music Review: Chris Brown - Graffiti

  Chris Brown re-emerges with an ambitious but ultimately disappointing third album.

  Review in Music — by TYRONE S REID — on Dec 19, 2009

• Time to Rage Against the Corporate Pop Machine

  Will Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" rescue popular music and give it some originality again?

  Opinion in Music — by Mark Edward Manning — on Dec 19, 2009

• Music DVD Review: Diana Krall - Live in Rio Special Edition

  While it could use some more energy from Krall, Live in Rio is an excellent DVD for any jazz fan.

  Review in Music — by Scott Deitche — on Dec 19, 2009

• Verse Chorus Verse: Leigh Nash - "My Idea Of Heaven"

  Welcome to the world, baby Drew...

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Dec 19, 2009

Books

• Book Review: Small Poisons by Catherine Edmunds

  Straddles a fine line between perception, the fantastic, and the mundane workings of a daily grind.

  Review in Books — by Maggie Ball — on Dec 19, 2009

• Book Review: Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur

  Don't want to settle for preachy teaching fiction? Better pass on Wisdom Hunter.

  Review in Books — by Jennifer Bogart — on Dec 19, 2009

• Book Review: A Questionable Life by Luke Lively

  A story that will make you stop and take stock.

  Review in Books — by Violet Nesdoly — on Dec 19, 2009

• Manga Review: The Lizard Prince Volume One by Asuka Izumi

  An amusing all-ages about a girl’s love for her (sometime) lizard.

  Review in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Dec 19, 2009

• Book Review: Thames: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd

  The Thames: Its history as a highway, frontier, and both a public river and a scene of deep private contentment.

  Review in Books — by Helen Gallagher — on Dec 19, 2009

Politics

• America Needs More John Wanamakers

  Why this philanthropist and public servant should serve as a role model.

  Opinion in Politics — by TheRefoundingFather — on Dec 19, 2009

• Is God Really Against Health Reform?

  Opponents pray to defeat reform, claiming God is against higher taxes and government takeover.

  Opinion in Politics — by Scott Nance — on Dec 19, 2009

• Satire: The New Treasonous Saboteurs on the Block: Harvard and Princeton!

  Be warned! The intellectual academia is pretending to know more than Exxon about the world climate!

  Opinion in Politics — by Glenn Contrarian — on Dec 19, 2009

• Haggling at the Climate Change Talks

  Climate change talks never do seem to get anywhere.

  Opinion in Politics — by Priyank Chandra — on Dec 19, 2009

Sports

• The MMA Decade, Naturally

  In 2000, at the age of 36, Randy Couture's career seemed almost over. Turns out it was just getting started.

  Opinion in Sports — by Matt DeTura — on Dec 19, 2009

Tastes

• Make Mine Vanilla, Please

  Homemade ice cream is good any time of year.

  Opinion in Tastes — by FCEtier — on Dec 19, 2009

• The Fish House Punch: A Relative Elixir

  Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good punch.

  Review in Tastes — by Kate Shea Kennon — on Dec 19, 2009

• Craft Brewing Surprises in 2009: A Beer-Hater's Revelation

  Colonel Hector Bravado spends time at some Colorado breweries, takes back all the crappy stuff he said about beer

  Opinion in Tastes — by Colonel Hector Bravado — on Dec 19, 2009

Video

• TV Review: CSI: NY - "Second Chances"

  Mac and the gang must figure out who someone would overdose when the victim has far to much to live for.

  Review in Video — by NancyGail — on Dec 19, 2009

• Blu-ray Review: A Perfect Getaway

  Thrills! Chills! Ridiculous Twists! David Twohy crafts solid suspense in the midst of some dodgy plotting.

  Review in Video — by Jake Thomas — on Dec 19, 2009

• TV Review: Steven Seagal Lawman - "The Student Becomes the Master"

  The student never really was a student!

  Review in Video — by Bob Patterson — on Dec 19, 2009

• DVD Review: Veggie Tales - Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving

  A great Christmas story about the life and adventures of Saint Nicholas and the true meaning of giving.

  Review in Video — by MommyBKnowsBest — on Dec 19, 2009

• TV Review: Steven Seagal: Lawman - "Firearms of Fury"

  Exploding the psychology of crime.

  Review in Video — by Aaron Fleming — on Dec 19, 2009

• New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Avatar, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Up in the Air

  This will be December's biggest weekend.

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 19, 2009

Culture

• Atheists Don't Know What Love Is

  An atheist finally accepts defeat.

  Satire in Culture — by Priyank Chandra — on Dec 19, 2009

• Ayesha and the Man

  Child abuse and its sad repercussions.

  Opinion in Culture — by ismailjabaar — on Dec 19, 2009

Sci/Tech

• New UK Campaign Against Homeopathy

  The 1023 Campaign will highlight the nonsense behind homeopathy. The US needs such a campaign too.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bob Lloyd — on Dec 19, 2009

Gaming

• In Loving Memory of the Sega Dreamcast

  A look back at the greatest console in the history of human kind.

  Opinion in Gaming — by Jonathan Sullivan — on Dec 19, 2009