- Wednesday, April 18, 2007 — 61 Articles Published
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Book Review: The Wizardology Handbook - A Course for Apprentices by Dugald Steer— The companion to Wizardology, this practical handbook will make a perfect gift for little wizards in training.
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Graphic Novel Review: The Astonishing X-Men Vol. 2 - Dangerous by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday— TV scriptwriter and creator Joss Whedon creates an astonishing piece of graphic work. Astonishing X-Men Vol. 2: Dangerous (Paperback) by Joss
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Imus Got Fired - Why Not George?— The Iranians should build a monument in honor of Bush. But what would they call such a monument? American Idyll?
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Guernica: Seventy Years Later And Nothing Has Changed— Guernica - the entire arms industry salutes the Spanish and Germans for opening up a whole new target group –
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International Community: Divide and Function— Part I: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, and the War on Terror
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New Album Releases, 4-17-2007: Avril Lavigne, Nine Inch Nails, Bucky Covington— Trent Reznor or no, SOMETHING in the water is corrupting the purity of our precious bodily fluids.
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Part Two of an Interview With Larry Gonick, Author of The Cartoon History of the Modern World— "I wouldn’t mind hoisting a few with the first Emperor of the Han Dynasty"
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Video Fashion: Andre's Box— This is fashion stylist Andre J.’s latest obsession.
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Book Review: Xochitl and the Flowers/Xochitl, La Niña de Las Flores by Jorge Argueta— A beautifully illustrated bilingual book about pursuing your dreams and making them happen.
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Death, Grief, and Hate— Death puts things in perspective.
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Bloodbath in Virginia: Blame, Panic and Unreasoning Fear— Don't let the media hype over the VaTech murders suck you into the culture of irrational fear. The odds are
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In Defense of the Loner— Just because this loner did a bad thing does not mean all loners are ticking time bombs.
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PS2 Review: SingStar Pop— Europeans love this karaoke series. Will you?
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TV Review: The Sopranos: "Stage 5"— Christopher's film premieres and others try to leave the fold.
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TV Review: House - "Act Your Age"— Who knew "wanna see a play" was code for sex?
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Video Tour: To Eat and Shop in LA - E3rd Steakhouse, Celebrity Gift Bags, and Milk— Discover the newest in where to eat and where to shop in Los Angeles.
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TV Review: Drive Season Premiere— Are you ready for the race?
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Retro Redux: Outdoor Concerts - From Early Americana To Streisand— Folks rural America liked being entertained too, but haven't always had the same opportunities to enjoy it.
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Music Review: Stacy Clark - Unusual— This is a solid collection of modern pop tunes that are worth giving a chance.
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Music Review: Sly and the Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On, Remastered— A dark and brooding piece of early seventies disillusionment funk gets its day in the sun again.
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TV Review: 24 Season Six, Hour 18 - Another Bauer Scheme, "It's So Crazy, It Just Might Work!"— Cheng goes into a long explanation of his nefarious plan... eventually he resorts to a whole power point presentation.
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TV Review: American Idol 6 - Martina McBride Week— The remaining 7 contestants try their hand at a little country music.
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Sony PSP Review: ProStroke Golf - World Tour 2007— Finally, a solid course designer on a portable. But does it match Tiger in the other categories?
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TV Review: The Shield: Season 6 – Episode 3— I hate to say it...but the third episode of the season lagged. Could my favorite series be losing momentum?
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Random Shuffle - Bright Eyes, Mellowdramatic Wallflowers, and Jewel— I'm putting my music collection on shuffle and talking about Bright Eyes, Mellowdramatic Wallflowers, and Jewel.
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Q: Can You Make Money Playing SCRABBLE?— mental_floss question of the day.
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Video Restaurant Review: The Prime Grill in Beverly Hills— Discover the newest place to eat in LA this week at the Prime Grill.
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Video Tour: 1st/Look New York, Nish, Apple Seeds, Hampton’s Restaurant Week— Discover the newest places to dine and relax in New York.
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DVD Review: Notes on a Scandal— Looking for a tight, intense thriller? Look no further.
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DVD Review: Matango - Attack of the Mushroom People— Have an insatiable appetite for radiation-laced mushrooms and 1960s Japanese horror-fantasy?
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TV Review: Painkiller Jane - Relief For Friday Nights— If first impressions are correct Jane Vasco (aka Painkiller Jane) has superhero characteristics, though why has not been revealed yet.
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Oldies But Goodies Can Be Found Among Amazon's Top 100 DVDs— In Amazon's list of the top 100 DVDs, old and new sit side by side.
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TV Review: CSI:NY - "What Schemes May Come"— Stella and Mac must use everything they've got to solve the case of the multiple deaths and deal with personal
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Philly Film Fest Day Twelve: The Age of The Office— Is it worth it to see a whole movie just for one scene? Sometimes.
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Music Review: Brandi Carlile - The Story— T Bone Burnett production channels the newcomer's magic and makes it all sound effortless. An early Album of the Year
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One Track Mind: Anders Osborne - "Boxes, Bills and Pain"— Anders Osbourne didn't come from the Mississippi Delta or New Orleans; he just sounds like he does.
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Bang! You're Dead— An orgy of guns, power and death.
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Songs That Touch My Soul - Five— Intense physical gratification is just a naked lap-dance away. And I know just the song to inspire you!
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The Day After Death— The Virginia Tech shootings raise more questions for us.
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A Video Conversation with New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly— A Conversation with New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly
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How Do You Spell Boring? American Idol— When will LaKisha live up to the expectations she created on the first real week of the show?
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Movie Review: Death of a President - Where's the Beef?— Finch and Range made a very authentic looking documentary that takes advantage of none of the genre's potential.
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Philly Film Fest Day Thirteen: Men on the Moon— Believe it or not, there's never been a better time to think about the moon landing.
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DVD Review: Jorge Cervantes' Ultimate Grow DVD— Jorge Cervantes is to marijuana cultivation what Martha Stewart is to home decorating.
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Dear Black Woman, You Are Not a Victim— After watching the April 17 episode of Oprah, I am convinced that we must stop playing the "victim" card and
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Movie Review: Civic Duty— The post-9/11 thriller starring Peter Krause fails to thrill this viewer.
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Suicide Solution to Murder Inc., Outrage With An Agenda— People have been pissed at certain elements of "Satan's influence" in music since people had the ability to be pissed.
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Graphic Novel Review: To Dance - A Ballerina's Graphic Novel by Siena Cherson Siegel— A gorgeously illustrated graphic novel for girls showing the life of a ballerina.
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Bootleg Country: Ryan Adams - 06/03/05— Damn Sam, I love a bootleg that rocks.
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Grading the American Idol Top 7 On The Tivo Multi-Bloop Scale— A recap of how much I wanted to, or did, TiVo-bloop through the performances of the American Idol Top 7.
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Music Review: The Doors by The Doors— What can you say, it's The Doors, only better!
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Book Review: Saffron and Brimstone - Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand— Elizabeth Hand's is a voice beyond the wall of words.
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Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Difficult Decisions— Carly gets what she wants, but was it really what she wanted?
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B-Movie of the Week: The Punisher— Mark Goldblatt's 1989 adaptation of the source material still seems smarter and tougher than the recent 2004 retread.
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Comics Review: DC Comics' 52, Week 33— This week's 52, a weekly DC Comics series, stars the lost space heroes Nightwing, Batwoman, and the Black Marvel family.
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DVD Review: Rank— The first ever extreme sport?
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Book Review: Religious Literacy - What Every American Needs to Know - and Doesn’t by Stephen Prothero— Having established God’s sense of humor, we can extrapolate a line of thought to consider God’s sense of irony.
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Microsoft, Adobe, and Apple - The BugBlog Report 4/18/07— Here are some of the most significant bugs from the past week in the BugBlog.
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Video Restaurant Review: New LA Restaurant E3rd Steakhouse
— Discover the newest place to eat in LA this week at E3rd Steakhouse.
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Understanding the Pro-Gun Position— Pro-gun people deserve credit exercising responsible use of their firearms.
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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Partial Birth Abortion— The Supreme Court upheld a nationwide ban on partial birth abortions today in a 5-4 vote.
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