June 25, 2012 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Can - The Lost Tapes

  Nearly three hours of previously unreleased Can music.

  Review in Music — by Greg Barbrick — on Jun 25, 2012

• Music DVD Review: John Lee Hooker - Cook With The Hook: Live 1974

  Cook With The Hook is John Lee Hooker coasting with the blues.

  Review in Music — by Wesley Britton — on Jun 25, 2012

• Music Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybody's Talkin'

  Tedeschi Trucks Band - the live album's a revelation, too

  Review in Music — by James A. Gardner — on Jun 25, 2012

• Music Review: Paul Simon - Graceland: 25th Anniversary Edition

  Paul Simon's Graceland reaches it's silver anniversary.

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Jun 25, 2012

Books

• Book Review: Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust by Ken Scott

  The autobiography of one of the great record producers of the past 40 years.

  Review in Books — by Greg Barbrick — on Jun 25, 2012

• Book Review: This Book Is From The Future: A Journey Through Portals, Relativity, Worm Holes by Marie D. Jones and Larry Flaxman

  This Book Is From The Future is a primer on time travel, explaining its history and science, as well as exploring wormholes, parallel universes, and time warps.

  Review in Books — by Dr Joseph S Maresca — on Jun 25, 2012

• Book Review: The Sum of Our Parts: My Tooth is Loose by Bill Kirk

  The Sum of Our Parts is a delightful story about a boy's loose tooth that will bring you back to your childhood.

  Review in Books — by Nicole Weaver — on Jun 25, 2012

• Book Review: Togetherness: Creating and Deepening Sustainable Love by Cyndi Dale and Andrew Wald, LCSW-C

  A user manual for love?

  Review in Books — by Carolyn Rodi — on Jun 25, 2012

• Meet Debut Children's Author Viji K. Chary

  Debut picture book Porcupine’s Seeds is about how Porcupine longs to grow beautiful sunflowers in his garden.

  Interview in Books — by VS Grenier — on Jun 25, 2012

• Book Review: Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent

  Death is not the end for a young banshee as she struggles to maintain her humanity and rid the world of a Netherworld threat.

  Review in Books — by Mandy Southgate — on Jun 25, 2012

• Book Review: God’s Middle Finger by Richard Grant

  A book filled with wonderful detail and dark humor which brings forward this uncharted country.

  Review in Books — by ManOfLaBook.com — on Jun 25, 2012

Video

• Blu-ray Review: Fanny and Alexander - The Criterion Collection

  Criterion makes the Blu-ray well worth the investment of time and money.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Jun 25, 2012

• DVD Review: Doctor Who Resurrection of the Daleks Special Edition

  Doctor Who once more encounters his more iconic foes in a story of revenge and mind control.

  Review in Video — by JeromeWetzelTV — on Jun 25, 2012

• DVD Review: Doctor Who - The Seeds of Death Special Edition

  Doctor Who "The Seeds of Death," a story of a Martin invasion by fungus, gets the Special Edition DVD treatment.

  Review in Video — by JeromeWetzelTV — on Jun 25, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Hiding (2012)

  This whole thing should remain hidden.

  Review in Video — by Luigi Bastardo — on Jun 25, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Thin Ice (2011)

  The Blu-ray includes the superior director's cut, originally titled The Convincer, a twist-filled comedy-drama.

  Review in Video — by The Other Chad — on Jun 25, 2012

Culture

• The Challenge of Getting Food to Afghan Schoolchildren

  What's at stake is the future of every Afghan child as well as their country.

  News in Culture — by William Lambers — on Jun 25, 2012

• Comedy CD Review: Ernie Kovacs - Percy Dovetonsils…..Thpeaks

  Ernie Kovacs's long-lost Percy Dovetonsils album is gentle humor built on weird images, bad rhymes, and unusual points of view.

  Review in Culture — by Wesley Britton — on Jun 25, 2012

• Doctor, Will You Pray with Me?

  Doctors need to be prepared for prayer requests from their patients as prayer and integrative medicine are more frequently used.

  Opinion in Culture — by Don Ingwerson — on Jun 25, 2012

• Theater Review (NYC): More of Our Parts: 6 New Plays About Disabilities in 70 Minutes

  Short works by Neil LaBute, A.R. Gurney, Bekah Brunstetter, and others hit home with humor and pathos.

  Review in Culture — by Jon Sobel — on Jun 25, 2012

• The War on Error: NY State's Misguided Attempt To Publicize Teacher Evaluations

  While there is no question that we need to improve instruction, public humiliation of teachers should not be part of the equation.

  Opinion in Culture — by Victor Lana — on Jun 25, 2012

Sports

• Sounders Get Chopped By Portland Timbers, 2-1

  The Sounders winless streak grows to a team record seven with the loss.

  Opinion in Sports — by Russ Evenhuis — on Jun 25, 2012

Tastes

• Book Review: Dehydrated Food - A Beginner's Guide by Jay Bills

  Teaching the basic methods for drying meats, vegetables and fruits.

  Review in Tastes — by Dr Joseph S Maresca — on Jun 25, 2012