August 9, 2010 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Chris Isaak - Live at the Fillmore

  Isaak brings his wicked game to the Fillmore West.

  Review in Music — by Donald Gibson — on Aug 09, 2010

• Music Review: Fingerprints - Dream Life

  Memphis-based Fingerprints blends smooth jazz with R&B and Latin rhythms to create a classy sound.

  Review in Music — by Kit O'Toole — on Aug 09, 2010

• Music Review: Duke Robillard – Passport To The Blues

  Robillard, a guitarist’s guitarist, tries his hand at composing an album with generally wonderful results

  Review in Music — by John Taylor — on Aug 09, 2010

• Music Review: JW Jones – Midnight Memphis Sun

  For a (relatively) young gun from Canada, Jones keeps pretty impressive company

  Review in Music — by John Taylor — on Aug 09, 2010

• BPR 6Pack: Albert Castiglia, Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames, Karen Lovely, Walter Trout, Les Copeland & Honeyboy Edwards, Magic Slim & The Teardrops

  6 songs from the hottest records at blues radio...

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Aug 09, 2010

• Interview: A Chat With Papa Roach Lead Singer Jacoby Shaddix

  Jacoby Shaddix talks about WhyHunger, the band's latest album, previous hits and sends a special message to his fans.

  Interview in Music — by A Geek Girl — on Aug 09, 2010

• Music Review: Lee "Scratch" Perry - Revelation

  Not the reggae you're used to hearing on your radios, but reggae that's definitely worth listening to.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 09, 2010

• Concert Review: Crystal Castles with Rusko, Proxy and Sinden - Fox Theater, Oakland, CA August 6, 2010

  Crystal Castles twist yards of microphone cables and leave no cymbal unhurled.

  Review in Music — by Kevin Gustafson — on Aug 09, 2010

• Music Review: The Chemistry Set - This Day Will Never Happen Again

  For anyone in love with life.

  Review in Music — by Jeff Perkins — on Aug 09, 2010

• Music Review: George Harrison - Dark Horse

  George Harrison: Chapter 6.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Aug 09, 2010

• Music Review: Arthur Nasson - Echo Garden

  “Echo Garden” concludes the CD with it’s most mellow incarnation (of three on the album) and becomes an uplifting inspiration.

  Review in Music — by FCEtier — on Aug 09, 2010

• Music Review: Kele – The Boxer

  Bloc Party's Kele Orekeye arrives on the scene with his first solo album The Boxer but it fails to impress.

  Review in Music — by Emm — on Aug 09, 2010

Video

• DVD Review: This Is Elvis

  A balanced picture of a brilliant performer who had flaws like anyone else.

  Review in Video — by Cinema Sentries — on Aug 09, 2010

• DVD Review: A Place Out of Time – The Bordentown School

  “You could listen to [many] dry lectures…and…not learn as much about race issues…as in 'A Place Out of Time’.”

  Review in Video — by Miss Bob Etier — on Aug 09, 2010

• DVD Review: The Trouble with Girls

  The role is different for Elvis and shows what might have been.

  Review in Video — by Cinema Sentries — on Aug 09, 2010

• TV Review: True Blood - "Night On the Sun"

  True Blood's "Night On The Sun" ratchets up the tension as love takes a dark turn on the vampire soap.

  Review in Video — by Gerry Weaver — on Aug 09, 2010

• Mad Men 1964: A Magnificent Year

  1965: A year of kinder, gentler Mad Men?

  Opinion in Video — by Hank Wasiak — on Aug 09, 2010

• DVD Review: Charro!

  Worth checking out for fans of spaghetti westerns.

  Review in Video — by Cinema Sentries — on Aug 09, 2010

• A Closer Look at Some TV Pilots

  Building on last week's article, this week we take a closer look at a few pilots.

  Opinion in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Aug 09, 2010

Tastes

• Wheat Berries: It's What's for Breakfast (and Dinner)!

  Looking to try something new in the kitchen? Meet the wheat berry!

  Opinion in Tastes — by Lisa McKay — on Aug 09, 2010

Books

• Book Review: Jesus and Gin: Evangelicalism, the Roaring Twenties and Today's Culture Wars by Barry Hankins

  The decade we can never forget - a new book describes the culture wars of the 1920s.

  Review in Books — by David Stokes — on Aug 09, 2010

• Hard Times for Hard Case Crime?

  The hard-boiled fiction line faces some potential tough times in the struggling book pubbing climate.

  News in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Aug 09, 2010

Sports

• Sounders Defeat Houston Dynamo 2-0

  The Sounders are hitting their stride at exactly the right time.

  Review in Sports — by Russ Evenhuis — on Aug 09, 2010

• Mets Should Bench Beltran

  It is absolutely necessary for the Mets to bench Carlos Beltran, and it needs to be done starting tomorrow in the game against the Colorado Rockies.

  Opinion in Sports — by Victor Lana — on Aug 09, 2010

Culture

• Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster Expecting Their Second Child, His Seventh

  Rod the Mod is simply too old to have more children - it's all about ego.

  Opinion in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 09, 2010

• Theatre Review (LA): Four Places by Joel Drake Johnson at Theatre Theatre

  This riveting and disturbing play from Chicago gets an extended run in Los Angeles after meeting with great praise.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Aug 09, 2010

• And You Are Still Eating Meat?

  America's meat safety system is broken.

  Opinion in Culture — by Doug Moore — on Aug 09, 2010

• Beyond the Inka Trail

  How to defragment your mind, the Andean way.

  Opinion in Culture — by Lynette Yetter — on Aug 09, 2010

• Boomer Marketing—Part 1

  Baby boomers don't want to see the sights from an air-conditioned bus. They want to see the mountain—and climb it.

  Opinion in Culture — by Randall Radic — on Aug 09, 2010

Gaming

• What's New on the Wii/DSi Shop Channel for August 9, 2010

  Want a massage simulator? Well, if you want to buy a WiiWare game this week ... you don't have many choices.

  News in Gaming — by Brian Szabelski — on Aug 09, 2010