- Tuesday, April 17, 2007 — 54 Articles Published
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Identity and Sports: Montreal Canadiens and Athletic Bilbao— Are Quebecers willing to accept mediocrity in the name of identity? The answer is probably no.
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Music Review: The Infamous Stringdusters - Fork In The Road— A great debut from this Nashville bluegrass sextet.
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God and Gratitude— When the victorious thank Jesus, what are they thanking Him for?
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The Don Imus/Rutgers University Blog Round Up: Part Two— Someone is still claiming it's the fault of the horrible left-wing and that the right-wing needs to take over.
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Theater Review: Greater Tuna in La Mirada, California— With the originals at the wheel, there's still life and laughs in this quarter-century old vehicle from the third smallest
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Tax Day: The Bureaucrat in the Bedroom— Today I felt the intimidating presence of a faceless bureaucrat with grasping fingers behind me as I filed my tax
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Satire: How to Win the 2016 Olympic Bid— Chicago can bring the Olympics back to the States — with the proper hats.
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Bad Words, Rap Music and the Almighty Dollar— It doesn't matter who we offend as long as we are getting paid for it. Is that so wrong?
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The Listening Room April 16, 2007: Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Billy Bragg, HellYeah, and Neil Young— No Springsteen this week, but plenty of songs to keep your iPod happy...
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Music Review: The Fratellis - Costello Music— The Fratellis have crafted a widely entertaining album with their debut CD Costello Music.
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Music Review: Trick Daddy - Book of Thugs: Chapter AK, Verse 47— A rewarding experience if given enough time.
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Music Review: The Hold Steady - Live At Fingerprints EP— Solid live acoustic EP from acclaimed group
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Sculpted Heel Shoes and a Woman Who Loves Them— Ruminations on shoes with sculpted heels as I look at a pair from my own collection.
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Music Review: Watermelon Slim & The Workers - The Wheel Man
— Watermelon Slim has made a record that demands serious consideration for the best blues record of this year.
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The Point is Living an Extraordinary Existence— As Jeunet’s extraordinary film Amelie states well, every life, no matter how ordinary, can become something extraordinary if you choose
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Sudoku: Numerical Puzzles To Thrill Your Mind— Sudoku is still alive, but are its derivatives taking over?
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Book Review - Release It!: Design And Deploy Production-Ready Software By Michael T. Nygard— If you are looking for a better way to deliver your product, Release It! is a good place to begin.
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The State of Connecticut vs. Dr. Charles Ray Jones - A Hangin’ In Hartford— When health insurers can't get what they want, they turn doctor against doctor.
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Wii Virtual Console Releases for April 16, 2007— This week's theme? Hitting stuff with your legs, fists or head, apparently.
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The Riches Go Poor— The slide continues, but on the upside, and it's a big upside, I told you so.
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TV Review: Boston Legal - "Brotherly Love"— Alan handles an obstruction case while Brad fights a battle on two fronts.
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Movie Review: The Lookout— "I wake up... I take a shower... with soap."
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Q: Who’s The Greatest Female Pirate Of All Time?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Movie Review: Notes on a Scandal - You Were Temptation— Dench turns a parched, repressed crone into a confiding, self-defeating monster — Richard III in squalid middle-class miniature.
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Casting Call: Wives, Get Ready for a Swap!— ...
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Video Tour: 1st/Look Los Angeles, Table 8, Ames Ingham and V-Moda— Discover what's new in Los Angeles: Table 8, Ames Ingham, and V-Moda
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Video Restaurant Review: Table 8 in West Hollywood— Come experience what's new in Los Angeles this week at Table 8.
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Video Interview: Stephen Dubner, Journalist and Co-Author of Freakonomics— SuChin Pak sits down with journalist and co-author of Freakonomics Stephen Dubner
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Video Interview: Jonathan Coulton, Former Software Engineer Turned Singer-Songwriter— George Oliphant interviews singer songwriter Jonathan Coulton at Pianos in the Lower East Side
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Box Office Update 4/13 - 4/15: Disturbia Settles at the Top— Shia Lebeouf takes his first top slot of the year — will he repeat with Transformers in July?
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TV Review: The Henry Rollins Show— Henry Rollins takes the talk show format on an intense and intensely satisfying journey.
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DVD Review: Full House - The Complete Sixth Season— It is what it is: a hokey, child-friendly sitcom from the makers of Family Matters and The Hogan Family.
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DVD Pick of the Week: Notes on a Scandal— Judi Dench outdoes Spider-Man and Idi Amin for this week's pick.
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DVD Review: The Doris Day Collection, Volume 2— Beautiful new DVD transfers are a highlight of these classics.
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Don Imus: Race Problem? What Race Problem?— No one wants to admit that everybody is uncomfortable and doesn't know how to act around each other.
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Victory to Release Collectible Vinyl and the Daily Music and Tech News— Victory to release some vinyl, Fall Out Boy's new competition and Netvibes personal portals in today's update.
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Ten Ways to be More Attractive— Why are some people more attactive?
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DVD Review: Payback: Straight Up - The Director’s Cut— Mel Gibson's looking for another Payback.
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Virginia Tech And Iraq: Symptoms Of The Same Illness— As long as we continue to accept the need for violence to solve our problems, these types of mass murders
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TV Review: S6:18 of 24 - Jack Goes Rogue— Jack Bauer is never better than when he must work against all odds, and now it seems they are all
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DVD Review: Pterodactyl— A wildly fun and gory low budget piece of schlock.
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Movie Review: Alone with Her— Doug the social nebbish, the electronic felon, the camera creep who needs to fabricate his whole life around a fictitious
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The Healthy Skeptic: Don’t Fall Prey to Hydroxycut’s Marketing Tactics— If Hydroxycut really works, why are their advertisements so sketchy?
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Activism— On the road with a Vermont environmentalist who truly practices what she preaches.
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Cormac McCarthy Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Road— Shhhh, don’t tell anyone, but a science fiction novel just won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
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Movie Review: Perfect Stranger - Nothing Perfect About It— Halle Berry and Bruce Willis fail to provide thrills, tension, or much else in this flick.
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When Words Go Unheeded— Every school shooter did in some way telegraph or flat out announce their problems and intentions.
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Canada Wines: Ice, Ice Baby— The true wine belonging to Canada is ice wine. They have the best ice wines in the world.
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Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Sore Separations— Patrick lashes out and Robin, and Scott and Luke confront Nikolas.
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Movie Review: Annabelle Gurwitch's Fired!— A diverting doc about losing your job from an actress who was once canned by Woody Allen.
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TV Review: New Series Drive Puts the Pedal to the Metal— Firefly's Nathan Fillion and Tim Minear are together again with Drive.
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Video Interview with Restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow— Sorted NYC founder Heather Tierney sits down with restaurateur and China Grill Management founder Jeffrey Chodorow.
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Video Review: Onsen Spa in California— Spend some downtime at MontBleu Resort's Onsen Spa.
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Movie Review: Black Christmas— Stabbed with a candy cane? That's just trying too hard.
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