March 31, 2012 Archive

Books

• Manga Review: Gate 7 Volume One by CLAMP

  A young man named Chikahito Takamoto visits Kyoto and stumbles into a supernatural world that connects with Japanese history.

  Review in Books — by Lesley Aeschliman — on Mar 31, 2012

• Book Review: Sticks and Stones: A Cat DeLuca Mystery by K.J. Larsen

  Sticks & Stones is sexy, fun, and full of breezy one-liners wrapped up in a first class mystery

  Review in Books — by The Dirty Lowdown — on Mar 31, 2012

• Book Review: 152 of the World's Most Beautiful Songs by Alfred Music Publishing

  152 of the World's Most Beautiful Songs will provide beautiful music from many genres for any occasion or event.

  Review in Books — by Rhetta Akamatsu — on Mar 31, 2012

• Book Review: The Rolling Stones Sheet Music Anthology by Alfred Music Publishing

  Easily playable and yet authentic versions of a variety of Rolling Stones songs.

  Review in Books — by Rhetta Akamatsu — on Mar 31, 2012

• Book Review: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

  You may find it hard to put down this road trip tale of two assassin brothers in the 1850s West.

  Review in Books — by CurlyGeek04 — on Mar 31, 2012

Video

• Blu-ray Review: The Killing - The Complete First Season

  The Killing The Complete First Season is short on extras, but delivers a heck of a run of episodes.

  Review in Video — by JeromeWetzelTV — on Mar 31, 2012

• The Hunger Games Inspiring Food Drives Across Country

  The Hunger Games movie is rallying support for the fight against hunger in the U.S. and abroad.

  News in Video — by William Lambers — on Mar 31, 2012

• Why I'll Wait to See Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

  Johnny Depp's makeover of Barnabas Collins scares me for the wrong reasons.

  Opinion in Video — by Vyrdolak — on Mar 31, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks - Chipwrecked

  You'll be tempted to run over or poison every chipmunk in your neighborhood after this.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Mar 31, 2012

Culture

• Cabaret Review (LA): Reba Buhr at Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's

  Reba Buhr, star of Disney 365, makes her Sterling's Upstairs cabaret debut.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Mar 31, 2012

• Ice Age Revisited: Glacial Grooves at Kelleys Island

  See the largest and most famous Glacial Grooves in the world on Kelleys Island, Ohio.

  Opinion in Culture — by Dr. Jessie Voigts — on Mar 31, 2012

• Theatre Review (LA): Naked Before God by Leo Geter at Inside The Ford

  Naked Before God is a play about the porn industry but a lot more too.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Mar 31, 2012

• Surviving Fame: A Little Narrative of Alter Ego

  Alter egos function as a creative method to express multivocality, but also as a ticket to privacy-land for overexposed celebrities.

  Opinion in Culture — by Sviatlana Piatakova — on Mar 31, 2012

• Theatre Review (LA): Two Gentlemen From Chicago by Matt Walker and the Troubadour Theatre Company at the Falcon Theatre

  Musical comedy, with twists.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Mar 31, 2012

• Theatre Review (Pasadena): Lincoln:An American Story by Hersey Felder at the Pasadena Playhouse.

  Felder has once again created a gem in his telling of story of the Lincoln assassination as witnessed by a young doctor.

  Review in Culture — by Robert Machray — on Mar 31, 2012

Music

• Music Review: The Tubes - Young And Rich / Now

  The Tubes second and third albums have been reissued together by Real Gone Music.

  Review in Music — by Greg Barbrick — on Mar 31, 2012

• Music Review: Peggy Seeger - Peggy Seeger Live

  Peggy Seeger carries on the traditions of her family with a new live album.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Mar 31, 2012

Gaming

• PlayStation 3 Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13

  Tiger is back, and even if he isn't better than ever, he's better than last year.

  Review in Gaming — by Josh Lasser — on Mar 31, 2012

Politics

• Amerinomics, Part Three: The Golden Era of the American System

  From the days of Abraham Lincoln to William McKinley, the American system defined first-world nationhood.

  Opinion in Politics — by Joseph F. Cotto — on Mar 31, 2012

Sports

• As Gang Green Turns: Tebow and Sanchez - Ryan Knows You Can Take Only One Girl to the Prom

  If Rex Ryan really wants to get to that Super Bowl and dance the final dance, he is going to have to choose a partner.

  Opinion in Sports — by Victor Lana — on Mar 31, 2012