NEWS

Blogcritics Editors' Picks: July 12 through July 18

Written by Lisa McKay
Published July 19, 2006

We've got your celebrity gossip and your live concert reviews. We've got all the political viewpoints covered during this most unsettled week. We've got plenty of sports news and we take a look at some aspects of the Internet that are worth pondering. In short, it's all here, every week.  

Let me remind those of you who are chosen that you are invited to submit your own pick for next week (due to space considerations, please limit it to one). Please feel free to email me your picks (including the URL) by next Tuesday.

MUSIC

From Music Editor Connie Phillips:

Indie rock god and guitar hero are just two of the labels Mark Saleski examines in his signature style in CD Review: Built To Spill - You In Reverse. Do they apply? You'll have to read to find out. Zach Hoskins of Modern Pea Pod talks about the "is DJing a legitimate art form" debate in his CD Review: Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening.  He also puts the disk under a microscope in his unique and entertaining way.

Thank you to Mary K. Williams for sharing her concert experience with us in Concert Review: Bonnie Raitt - Boston, MA (July 2, 2006).  Read to find out why she describes the singer as fearless.

From Asst. Music Editor A.L. Harper:

Dawn Olsen makes short work of a bad marriage and reminds us that even punkers have hearts (and not just for breakfast).


Do you count how many years it's been since you last saw a has-been rock group?  Well so does DJRadiohead, and it's been quite a few loops since he last saw Def Leppard in concert.

From Editor Gordon Hauptfleisch:

Joanne Cohen-Schenker says "Jacket Full of Danger is neither armed nor loaded with anything too memorable.  [Adam] Green is on a tightrope that teeters between a lounge act and a rhinestone cowboy." Which is all part and parcel of a highly entertaining and amusing CD review, but then Joanne goes on to add insult to injury when she conjures up an intriguing image of Glen Campbell as the Lizard King. That's the perverse clincher for me, though I don't know how I'll ever get rid of that unsettling image seared — probably into perpetuity — into my mind.

BOOKS

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Lisa McKay is BC Magazine's Executive Editor. She can usually be found hanging out in the Film section. In her spare time, she watches movies, writes, makes art, listens to music, reads, and caters to the every whim of two spoiled cats. She is now in the “experience is better than things” stage of her life and almost never passes up the opportunity to go to a good concert.
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Blogcritics Editors' Picks: July 12 through July 18
Published: July 19, 2006
Type: News
Section: Culture
Filed Under: Culture: Administrative, Culture: Arts, Culture: Media, Sci/Tech: Blogging
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#1 — July 19, 2006 @ 15:47PM — DJRadiohead [URL]

Thank you, A.L. I think. =D

#2 — July 19, 2006 @ 18:55PM — Mary K. Williams [URL]

Thanks Editors - do we typically get notified of this?

#3 — July 19, 2006 @ 19:09PM — Jet in Columbus [URL]

Thank you, I'm honored that my little piece on Isreal touched so many, I just wish it weren't necessary. I'd like to dedicate the honor to Ruvy in Jerusalem and my prayers for his and his family's continued safety...

Jet

#4 — July 19, 2006 @ 19:32PM — Ruvy in Jerusalem

Thank you Howard. I feel humbled. It's one thing to write - it's another to set a standard...

Thank you Jet, and all the rest of you who have offered your good wishes and prayers. Bear in mind that there are those in Lebanon who also read Blog Critics. While I feel no sympathy for HizbAllah, I feel very badly for innocent Lebanese who are seeing 15 hard years of rebuilding going down into the rubble of war - again.

#5 — July 19, 2006 @ 19:55PM — Jet in Columbus [URL]

You're welcome Ruvy, continued good health and safety...b'ezrát haShém

#6 — July 19, 2006 @ 20:33PM — Iloz Zoc [URL]

IL sends his thanks from the 8th Dimension. Amazingly, his cell phone works perfectly.

#7 — July 20, 2006 @ 03:02AM — Matthew T. Sussman [URL]

Justene, I hereby question your taste in good journalism.

#8 — July 25, 2006 @ 17:14PM — Scott Butki

Congrats to those picked.

#9 — July 25, 2006 @ 17:31PM — Jet in Columbus [URL]

Thanks for the mention Scott
Jet

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