August 14, 2012 Archive

Music

• Music Review: Jimmy Griffin - Summer Holiday

  Before becoming a member of Bread, James "Jimmy" Griffin was a pop idol (almost).

  Review in Music — by David Bowling — on Aug 14, 2012

• Music Review: Rush - Clockwork Angels

  Clockwork Angels proves that although Rush may be old dogs, their new tricks add up to a superb creative achievement.

  Review in Music — by Wesley Britton — on Aug 14, 2012

• Interview: Your New Favorite Rumer

  UK singer-songwriter Rumer discusses her latest album, Boys Don't Cry.

  Interview in Music — by Kirsten Coachman — on Aug 14, 2012

• Music Review: Show of Strength by Michael Burks

  Michael "Iron Man" Burks shines like a blues diamond on this posthumous release. It is his best work, period.

  Review in Music — by Michael Jones — on Aug 14, 2012

• Music Review: The Bill Evans Trio - The Very Best of the Bill Evans Trio

  The Very Best of the Bill Evans Trio collects some of the pianist's best early work.

  Review in Music — by Jack Goodstein — on Aug 14, 2012

Video

• DVD Review: Lisztomania

  The vivid and sometimes unwatchable tale of the classical composer as pop star.

  Review in Video — by Pat Padua — on Aug 14, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Into The Abyss

  A penetrating look into the darkness of human nature. A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life.

  Review in Video — by Eric R Schiller — on Aug 14, 2012

• DVD Review: Mia and the Migoo

  What it lacks in bells and whistles it makes up for in heart, will win over even the most cynical audiences.

  Review in Video — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 14, 2012

• Blu-ray Review: Jaws

  Great storytelling, great characters, great acting, and the greatest villain of all time—a giant, man-eating shark.

  Review in Video — by Sherry Lipp — on Aug 14, 2012

• Movie Review: Cosmopolis (2012)

  David Cronenberg casts Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis as an attempt to win big on Twitter.

  Review in Video — by Sviatlana Piatakova — on Aug 14, 2012

Books

• Book Review: Venice: The Golden Centuries, Edited by Giandomenico Romanelli

  A big, sumptuous book featuring over 500 illustrations of Venetian art and architecture.

  Review in Books — by Rhetta Akamatsu — on Aug 14, 2012

• Book Review: Sex Politics Religion: How Delusional Thinking is Destroying America by Steve Siebold

  Sex Politics Religion is a superficial look at many important issues, offering little more than the opinions of the author.

  Review in Books — by Rhetta Akamatsu — on Aug 14, 2012

Politics

• Paul Ryan, the Establishment's Idea of a Radical

  Paul Ryan is like the pair of used socks your senile granny gave you at Christmas...

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Aug 14, 2012

• Iowa State Fair; Hecklers Greet Ryan, Obama has a Beer and a Pork Chop

  Ryan dealt with hecklers at the Iowa State Fair. Better for the president, who enjoyed a beer.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Lake — on Aug 14, 2012

• Beacon Bust Tied to Obama Bundler and VP Hunter, the Infamous Washington Fixture, James A. Johnson

  At least three green stimulus sweetheart deals went to companies of Jim Johnson’s private banking firm Perseus.

  Opinion in Politics — by Christine Lakatos — on Aug 14, 2012