- Friday, October 20, 2006 — 51 Articles Published
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The Rocky 5, Week 7: A Putrid Miasma Featuring Temple, Duke, Illinois, Buffalo, and Eastern Michigan— The 5 worst programs in the nation all lived down to expectations this week.
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PS2 Review: Bully— It's like Columbine, only without the blood, guns and death... Ok it's nothing like Columbine.
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Music News: Two New Neil Young Releases Expected In Stores Before Christmas— Will Neil Young actually finally release the long-sought after Archives this time around? Cross your fingers, but it looks good.
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Music Review: Fats Waller & His Rhythm - If You Got To Ask, You Ain’t Got It!— Every song is guaranteed to get your joint jumpin’.
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Book Review: The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13) by Lemony Snicket— This left me unsatisfied, like eating a tuna fish sandwich when what you really wanted was a cheeseburger.
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TV Review: Meerkat Manor - A Guilty Pleasure On Animal Planet— Animal Planet has a winner in this soap opera/adventure/nature show well deserving of a look-see.
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Day By Day for October 20, 2006— Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for October 20, 2006
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Portrait of Abuse— I started my research by looking at how abusers operate and why they are so seemingly successful at what they
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Music Review: Indie Round-Up for Oct. 19 2006 - Special Happy Music Edition— No shoegazers need apply - only happy music reviewed this week.
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Recovering From Sexual Abuse - Scorpio Rising, 8th House Mars: Astrology-Based Advice— Hi Elsa! My boyfriend and I have been together for a long time now, and things have been great.
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Rants, Raves, and Idle Curiosity— From red and blue states to culture and fashion to gas prices and Karl Rove.
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Wal-Mart Wishlist Site Kicks Santa to the Curb— It's still October, but Wal-Mart has already ruined the Holidays for North America's poor, poor parents.
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Movie Review: The Queen— Review of new Stephen Frears film reveals author's embarassing amount of superfluous knowledge about the British Royal Family.
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TV Review: Survivor 13: Cook Islands - Episode 6— When good voodoo goes bad, someone gets cast off of the island.
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Music Review: The Who - Endless Wire— Townshend and Daltrey are back with enough good tunes for at least another couple of C.S.I. spin-offs.
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Q: Can You Gain Weight By Running Super Fast?— mental_floss question of the day.
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New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Flags of Our Fathers, Flicka, Marie Antoinette, The Prestige— It's all about the drama.
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Iraq And Vietnam: Lessons Of The Past Lost On The Pentagon— Public support depends on producing results as promised. That's the real lesson they've failed to learn from the Vietnam War.
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Recalling Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons"— Graveyards, outhouses, and musical memories.
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One Track Mind: Papa Mali and the Instagators - "Man Of Many Words"— If you're not at least swaying to this, have the doctor check you out for a lost sense of rhythm.
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Satire: The Reaganification of Dick Cheney— One has to wonder what world Dick Cheney sees when he looks out his window. Why has it no
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NLCS: Solid Fox Drama Thanks to the Cardinals and Mets— After a frustrating season, game seven of the NLCS was just what this baseball fan needed.
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Music Review: Spider Rockets - Ever After— Flawed potential to be found on this disappointing release.
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Concert Review: Switchfoot at the Roxy - October 18, 2006— The best bands are better live than in the studio and Switchfoot is in that category.
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Movie Review: The Prestige
— Christopher Nolan's mystical tale of dueling magicians is a film that urges its audience to "watch closely" - and for
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Movie Review: Solo Con Tu Pareja— While the broad term “sex comedy” implies mindless jiggle, obscene gags, and stereotypical characters, Cuaron’s film has significant substance and
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Movie Review: Marie Antoinette— The line between eccentric genius and delusional is often a thin one when it comes to filmmakers.
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An Interview with Cartoonist Randy Glasbergen— Cartoonist Randy Glasbergen talks about the impact of the digital age on his profession and offers advice for aspiring cartoonists.
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An Open Letter to Mark Foley— A gay man responds to Mark Foley's "coming out"...
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The Friday Morning Listen: Dwight Yoakam - "Two Doors Down"— Playing a CD on this thing is a new adventure in hi-fi. Make that "lo-fi."
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GOP Ad Features Visions of Terrorists— Comparisons to 1964's "Daisy" miss key differences, although both focus on fear.
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When the Sentries Become the Trespassers— The constant drumbeat of attacks against those that defend our country and laws will come back to haunt us.
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Book Review: Rogue Angel - The Spider Stone by Alex Archer— A fantastic new adventure with Annja Creed and her sword of destiny.
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Madonna Takes In David, Who Will Take In Africa?— How could Yohane Banda give up his son for adoption? "My interest is in the child's best chance for health
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Music DVD Review: Susan Tedeschi Live From Austin, TX— Tedeschi’s depth and personality are in her voice...
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Graphic Novel Review: Naruto— Okay, I succumb; this is unabashedly fun stuff.
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Book Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy— One of the core themes of this novel of a post-apocalyptic world renders genre classification meaningless.
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Interview: Angel's Blade Actor Jeb Toms— Indie horror film actor Jeb Toms talks about himself and his role in Angel's Blade.
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Blogcritics Goodie Bag: Pharoahe Monch, The Majestic Twelve, Peasant, The Harry Smith Project and the Submarines— Digital media music and video downloads and streams.
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The OK Corral Supporting Cast of Good Guys— There were some remarkable personalities who somehow manage to get lost in all the gunplay and fanfare of the Shootout
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Tech Review: Archos Av500 Digital Video Recorder— I waved goodbye to the best video recorder I've ever used today.
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Study Warns of Internet Addiction and The Daily Music and Tech News— A Stanford Study, new 2pac and the Womad festival make today's music and tech news update.
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Theater Review: Lynn Redgrave's Nightingale— Lynn Redgrave bases her one-woman show on a forgotten family member.
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Wine Openers: And the Cork Comes Off— Opening a bottle of wine can be frustrating for those who are new to the process.
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Football Threats Said To Be Hoax— Two days after international headlines spoke of a terror plot against NFL stadiums, authorities caught their man and immediately declared
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Friday Flash: Blocks, Balls, and Gravity— Two games that count as one, plus HoverBall and Gravity, all gravity-themed to some extent.
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Movie Review: Infamous— Desperation for attention, and regret for the lives lived were what really connected Truman Capote and killer Perry Smith.
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Wine Cork Recycling— Just as wine should never go to waste, neither should wine corks.
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Music Review: Ella Rouge— For me, it all boils down to that fact that if you love music, the labels just don't matter.
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TV Review: The Office - "Initiation"— I really am amazed at the quality of each episode.
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What To Do With Leftover Wine— Leftover wine can be one of the hardest to deal with: it’s a high maintenance leftover.
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