- Friday, February 23, 2007 — 73 Articles Published
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An Interview with E.A. Saraby, Author of The Light of Pensieri— "The book was a safe way for me to confront a few of my demons in a creative, hidden sort
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Book Review: Drift by Steven Paul Mark— One small white lie becomes a freight train rolling downhill with no brakes.
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The Democrats' Insurance Policy— The real reasons behind the non-binding resolution.
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Gumshoes and Sleuths: A Hard Bargain by Jane Tesh— Probably not the best choice for that inclement afternoon, but it won't disappoint either.
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If Only Le Pen Had Been In Dresden— Le Pen asserts that the bombing of Dresden was as bad as 9/11. But was it really a war crime?
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Toward a More Savage Nation— Talk show host Michael Savage may run for president. How would he affect the election process?
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Music Review: JJ Grey and Mofro - Country Ghetto— It's all there in a plain image and a single insistent riff.
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Love or Jealousy: Rebuilding Trust— Is he really over his ex-girlfriend? How do I know for sure?
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Xbox 360 Review: Crackdown— Finally, a video game that makes kicking your friend in the crotch a more memorable experience.
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Forgotten Series: Bill Evans - The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings— Evans found, with his bassist Scott LaFaro, an improbable relationship, one based on simultaneous composition and improvisation.
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Why Art Really Is Priceless— If a priceless painting is locked away behind six inches of steel, can we still say it has value?
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Music Review: Paolo Nutini - These Streets— Confident 19-year-old Scottish singer-songwriter harkens back to the days when "Van the Man" was a wee feisty lad.
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Dita Von Teese: Return of the Bombshell!— In this fashionable wasteland of skin and bone is there a place for the femme fatale with her dangerous curves,
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PC Game Review Dream Day Wedding— Dream Day Wedding combines I Spy-style puzzles with Choose-A-Story and the match card game.
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Uncle Seth Podcast #27: Pop Music Beefs— Wanna start a feud?
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Concert Review: Girls Against Boys, La Maroquinerie Paris, February 21, 2007— Girls Against Boys Concert at La Maroquinerie club, Paris France showed the band still doing what they do best, even
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Why You Lose Customers— One thing offers distinction between businesses: the level of customer service - or more notably, the level of customer disservice.
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To Patch or Not to Patch?— Are games that need to be fixed actually finished?
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The Friday Morning Listen: Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town— It's such a simple concept, and yet I'm often amazed at the lack of respect and dignity missing from human
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A Test of Friendship: My Best Friend is a Swinger— Whew! This is a very emotional topic because your underlying beliefs are being questioned.
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Banjo Eyes Rap— How Eddie Cantor inadvertently seeded the dubious garden, while Tallulah Bankhead held his coat.
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Still Just a Wie Girl— How can a golfer be the "Next Big Thing" when she hasn't won anything yet? When her name is Michelle.
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How to Be Comfortable at a Business Trip Meeting— Business trip meetings can be intimidating, but most people can get through them with a little confidence, a little know-how,
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My Brightest Diamond Gets Remixed— Frontwoman Shara Worden unleashed some of the most chilling and ominous vocals since the Portishead albums in the mid-90s.
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Movie Review: Music and Lyrics - Grant and Barrymore Romance— Marc Lawrence's romantic comedy is by the numbers, but still very funny and very entertaining.
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Theater Review: Jeffrey Hatcher's A Picasso at the Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles— Of genius and genocide in Jeffrey Hatcher’s genial cat-meets-mouse, cat-loses-mouse, mouse-paints-cat into a corner drama.
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Music Review: Smoke Or Fire - This Sinking Ship— Brainy punks Smoke or Fire return with a sophomore album.
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Movie Review: The Astronaut Farmer— A well-acted and warmhearted story about a man pursuing his life-long dream.
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PBS Primetime Programming for The Week of 2/25— Who wants some PBS?
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Small Companies: Surviving When Someone Quits— When someone quits a small company, a large percentage of the work force is lost. What to do when that
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Movie Review: Arabian Nights— A 1942 “Western with camels”, newly restored and available on DVD.
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Sports On XM And Sirius: When Satellites Collide— How sports impacted their possible merger.
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Q: What’s Isaac Newton’s Greatest Household Invention?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Why You Should Keep Three Lines of Credit Open and Active— Three open and active credit lines is a requirement many mortgage lenders use as a basic qualifying guideline.
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Misguided Consumers— Shopping orders are a window into America's intellect.
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Goodbye D.J.: Celtic guard Dennis Johnson Dead, 52— there was this extraordinary group of players, way back then, who worked parquet chemistry that has rarely been replicated since
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DVD Review: For Your Consideration— Christopher Guest fans, rejoice! For Your Consideration is a new classic from the veteran improv troupe, only this time with
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TV's Beauty and the Geek Proves Looks Are Deceiving— Until Beauty and the Geek season three is released on DVD, here's something to curl up with at night.
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Must See TV Still Exists!— It may not have the same audience it once did, but it's still funny.
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Movie Review: Ghost Rider— Can the director of Daredevil and Elektra get a second chance? You be the judge.
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Farewell, Football: What’s a Tailgater to Do?— Gainfully occupy yourself until August rolls around.
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Is the Concert Tour T-Shirt Era Over?— Where's the love for concert tour shirts? Like My Darlin' Clementine, one writer thinks those halcyon days may be lost
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TV Review: Boston Legal - "The Good Lawyer"— Denny 'shoots' a rabbi while Denise and Brad are in counseling. Too bad Alan has to handle two cases at
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Movie Review: Idiocracy— Did 20th Century Fox do the right thing by burying Mike Judge's Idiocracy?
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Dwyane Wade Might Not Be Fouled For Rest Of The Season— One of the league's brightest young stars and toughest players has a difficult decision in front of him.
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One Track Mind: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole "Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World"— Hawaiian legend Iz Kamakawiwo'ole turns two, well-worn classic American tunes into one sublime Hawaiian lullaby.
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Dave's 2007 Oscar Preview, Part Four: Scorsese Rising— Think Crash'll win again?
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New Movies and Box Office Predictions: The Astronaut Farmer, The Number 23, Reno 911!: Miami— Thrillers, dramas, and comedies, oh my!
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Fidel Castro and Cigar Culture: A Brief History— Castro's influence is not limited to Cuban cigars; it transcends cigar types.
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Ace Frehley Not Dead, Unlike Generalissimo Francisco Franco— Ex-KISS guitarist suicide rumors denied.
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2007 Oscar Predictions In Three Sentences Or Less
— In addition to Oscar predictions, my goal is to limit my comments on each category to three sentences or less.
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TV Review: Survivor 14: Fiji - Episode 3— One tribe has it all, the other has none. When will the tides change?
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Questions and Answers with Torill Kove, Director of The Danish Poet— The Danish Poet is one of the Canadian films to receive a nomination for the 79th Academy Awards.
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79th Academy Awards: Predictions— Here they are, my humble guesses.
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Book Review: Lightning In A Bottle by David Minter and Michael Reid— Focus groups and brainstorming completely demolished as tools for innovation. Check what takes their place.
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Music Review: Testament: The Spitfire Collection— Another pointless collection of already available material that begs the question why.
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Mars Volta to Tour and The Daily Music and Tech News— The Mars Volta, Trojan Attack Warning, and anti-piracy tools for Google in today's update.
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Periodically Speaking: Fiery Foods & BBQ— The magazine for lovers of barbecue, grilling and spicy foods.
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The Other Listening Room: Alvin Lucier - "I Am Sitting in a Room"— “I am sitting in a room different from the one you are in now."
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Canadian Politics: Prime Minister Steven Harper - He Stoops to Conquer?— How low will the Canadian prime minister go - to stay in office?
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Graphic Novel Review: Marvel Zombies— Having patiently consumed recycled plots in the mainstream Marvel series, fans will likely delight in this diversion.
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TV Review: American Idol 6, Episode 12 - Results— The dream ended for four unlucky people last night as they were voted off American Idol.
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BC Magazine Editors' Picks: February 12 through February 18— The best of the week, Valentine's edition.
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Movie Review: School for Scoundrels— ... better described as Bad Santa meets Hitch.
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An Interview With Steven Paul Mark, Author Of Drift
— A lawyer, author, and dinosaur expert sits down to talk about his first novel.
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TV Review: The Black Donnellys - Pilot— A rough start won't hinder this ambitious crime drama.
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Flash Games: Virus 2, Seconds of Madness, The Gaffer, Escaladeby, Ellipsis, N, Free Rider— Be a virus, or a ninja, or a gaffer, or a surfing skeleton. It's up to you with seven flash
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How China is Starting to Turn Green— "If there is no pressure from the US on greenhouse gases, China is not going to put pressure on itself."
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DVD Review: Going My Way— The movie that established Bing Crosby as a bona fide actor comes to DVD.
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"If You Ain't a Manc..."— Get that joke? Great. Didn't get it? Then you care as little about MLS as I do...
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Movie Review: F**k— Steven Anderson proves that the F-bomb is more than just a four-letter word.
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Don't French me In: Indie Style Among the French— An indie encounter with French fashion norms and a meditation on their relation to power and identity--what's in a pair
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Neugenic Nation— What does it actually mean to oppose eugenics?
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