February 27, 2011 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Various Artists - Disney Jazz Volume 1: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat

  An excellent contemporary collection of Disney songs done in the jazz format.

  Review in Music — by Greg Barbrick — on Feb 27, 2011

• Music Review: Lee MacDougall - If Walls Could Talk

  Lee MacDougall continues the British Invasion of acoustic artists...

  Review in Music — by Fitz — on Feb 27, 2011

• Music Review: Mayday Parade - Valdosta EP

  Two brand new songs and four reworkings of older ones, all done acoustically.

  Review in Music — by The Other Chad — on Feb 27, 2011

• Music Review: Adele - 21

  Highlights from the two-time Grammy winner’s sophomore effort include, “Someone Like You,” “Turning Tables,” and "He Won't Go."

  Review in Music — by Kirsten Coachman — on Feb 27, 2011

• Music Review: Band Of Heathens - Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son

  A tip of the hat to a band of heathens.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Feb 27, 2011

Books

• Book Review: The Digital Sea by Thomas Carpenter

  A view from the digital sea - is it the answer for the future or just another product to be manipulated?

  Review in Books — by Leslie Wright — on Feb 27, 2011

• Book Review: Portraits of a Marriage by Sandor Marai

  Sandor Marai reminds me of the closest literary equivalent to Ingmar Bergman, and that can only be a good thing.

  Review in Books — by Jessica Schneider — on Feb 27, 2011

• Book Review: Web Operations: Keeping the Data On Time by John Allspaw and Jesse Robbins

  Web Operations is a resourceful anthology for web operations professionals as well as amateurs considering this challenging field as a career.

  Review in Books — by Ganadeva Bandyopadhyay — on Feb 27, 2011

• Book Review: Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

  Against the backdrop of the Vel' d'Hiv roundups in Paris in 1942, Tatiana de Rosnay weaves a powerful story about the choices we make in the name of love.

  Review in Books — by Emm — on Feb 27, 2011

• Book Review: Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss

  Lauren Redniss's wonderful new book about Marie and Pierre Curie defies classification.

  Review in Books — by nycdlq — on Feb 27, 2011

Video

• DVD Review: A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop

  Hey, if Kurosawa can re-imagine Shakespeare, I suppose Yimou Zhang can remake a Coen Bros. film.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Feb 27, 2011

• The Amazing Race: Jet and Cord Fight to Survive

  Jet and Cord started off way behind tonight. Did they stay there?

  Opinion in Video — by Josh Lasser — on Feb 27, 2011

• Blu-ray Review: Les Miserables: The 25th Anniversary Concert

  Les Miserables: The 25th Anniversary Concert is amazing; simple amazing.

  Review in Video — by JeromeWetzelTV — on Feb 27, 2011

• Blu-ray Review: Senso — The Criterion Collection

  A lush film, painted with bold strokes and possessing operatic force.

  Review in Video — by Dusty Somers — on Feb 27, 2011

• 2011 Independent Spirit Awards: Black Swan, Winter's Bone Take Top Honours

  On the eve of the 83rd Academy Awards, Black Swan and Winter's Bone win big at 2011 Spirit Awards

  News in Video — by TYRONE S REID — on Feb 27, 2011

Politics

• Fallacious Attacks on Obama for His Stance on DOMA

  Political attacks should at least be based on fact, not fiction.

  Opinion in Politics — by Michael Broder — on Feb 27, 2011

• China Supports Sanctions Against Libya; Removes Chinese Workers by Frigate

  China voted in favor of sanctions against Libya in the United Nations Security Council. China is removing her citizens, until now in harms way, from Libya.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Lake — on Feb 27, 2011

• The Delaware Way: Facing the Anti-Republican Right

  A new war is developing in American politics, but not between right and left.

  Opinion in Politics — by Joseph F. Cotto — on Feb 27, 2011

• Sanctions on Libya? Yes!

  There are sanctions and sanctions.

  Opinion in Politics — by Claude Nougat — on Feb 27, 2011

Sports

• A Runner’s Diary: Cross Training in the Mountains

  There are lots of ways to cross-train including skiing!

  Opinion in Sports — by Hilary Topper — on Feb 27, 2011