- Monday, June 11, 2007 — 53 Articles Published
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Music Review: Uncle Monk— Call it bluegrass by way of the Bronx.
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PS2 Preview: Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s— We take a preview build of Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s for a spin and realize our spandex doesn't
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Movie Review: Ocean's Thirteen— Better than 12, but still room for improvement.
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Book Review: Alias Olympia - A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model & Her Own Desire by Eunice Lipton— Victorine Meurent, more than Manet's model, more than odalisque. Artist, creator, a woman trapped not by her failings, but
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Book Review: Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky — Genius and poignancy come together in a half-finished book that feels perfect.
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Must Keep Pressure On Senate Against Amnesty— If the Congress of the US wants us to buy in to these things they are going to have to
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What's the Matter with Massachusetts?— Defending one of America's most enlightened states.
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Book Review: The School for Husbands by Wendy Holden— Frothy and just plain fun, this is the perfect book for summer.
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DVD Review: The Ape (1940)— Revisiting a not-so-classic forties era gorilla suit picture starring Boris Karloff.
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Nintendo Wii Redefines Family Game Night— Wii puts the "we" back in family console video games. Buy one and the whole family plays. Together.
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Music Review: Various Artists - We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song— We All Love Ella is a mixed bag filled with mostly earthly, but sometimes sublime delights.
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Xbox Live Arcade Review: Mad Tracks— Well, at least there's downloadable content coming for this game in the future.
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TV Review: The Sopranos - "Made in America"— One of the most important contemporary works of art concludes with a powerful comment about the world we live in
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The Healthy Skeptic: Warning, Diet Soda May Seriously Harm the Health of Yeast— The facts behind this diet soda doom story.
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Retro Redux: Waaay Off Broadway With Cabaret— Tony awards lead to thoughts of off-Broadway show...waaay off Broadway.
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Music Review: Kate Havnevik - Melankton— Ambient, moody music from a talented, but not exactly unique, singer.
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Music Review: R.E.M. - "Everybody Hurts"— R.E.M's "Everybody Hurts" is one of the best singles ever released.
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Concert Review: Doro w/ Chris Caffery, Purgatory Injustice, Lost Legacy, Left in Ruins (June 8,2007)— The Metal Queen is alive and well.
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DVD Review: The Burmese Harp— Kon Ichikawa's World War II masterpiece is finally available to the masses on superior DVD quality thanks to the people
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The Early Word: New Books for the Week of June 10, 2007— Brown on Di, Dillard, Bachman RIP, BTK, Archer, Aaron, Maupin, Catherine Coulter, Johanna Lindsey, Martin Cruz Smith, Lincoln, Great Depression,
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Music Review: The Vores - Moment Of Uncertainty— Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a hole in my living room wall to patch.
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Movie Review: Hostel Part II— Road trips in Europe, not advisable when you are in a movie.
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Jazz Workshop: In Defense of Fusion, Part 1 - The Case for John McLaughlin— John McLaughlin might be THE key figure in the first era of jazz fusion. Here's why.
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PS3 Review: MotorStorm— This has got to be one of the best mud simulators ever produced.
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Eleanor Roosevelt Didn’t Change Her Last Name When She Got Married— mental_floss fact of the day.
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LX.TV Restaurant Review: The Foundry, and Seven Grand Whiskey Bar, Los Angeles— Discover the best of what's new in LA this week at The Foundry Restaurant and Seven Grand whiskey bar.
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RealMeals.TV Recipe: Spicy Mexican Potato Soup— ...
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Interview: Outside the Ring With Boxer Maureen Shea— She’s a poet, a musician, a girly-girl, and a vegetarian.
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The The Sopranos Finale: It’s All About the Journey— Okay, Mr. David Chase, we get it: It’s all about process, moving forward, the journey is literally more important than
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Immigration Bill Fails as Polls Show Americans Rejecting Nativism— Polls show that Americans support 'amnesty' and overwhelmingly support guest workers.
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Astrology, Violence and the Collective's Defense Against Reality: Predicting Pluto In Capricorn— Does the collective defend itself against harsh reality? Pluto's transit through Capricorn starting in 2008 will put an end to
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Steve Carell Giveaway!— Blogcritics and DotComedy are pleased to host a host a prize pack giveaway of Steve Carell stuff in celebration of
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Sci-Fi Channel Original Review: Ice Spiders— Frozen upon entry.
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7 Reasons You Might Want to Get Out of Internet Marketing— Maybe it is time for you to get out of internet marketing.
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Interview with Donald Westlake, Author of What's So Funny — "For me, the characters are part of the story, and come out of its development" - Donald Westlake
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Music Review: Aeroplane Pageant - Wave to the Moon— A collection of alt rock songs that are destined to be as classic as the style the album emulates.
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Wii Virtual Console Releases For June 11, 2007
— Gold nuggets, gold rings, golden axes. Do I sense a pattern here?
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More Live Earth Headliners Confirmed and The Daily Music and Tech News— Live Earth Headliners, new New Pornographers and iTunes video rentals? in today's music and tech news update.
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DVD News: The Monster Squad Is Coming To DVD on July 24!— After twenty years, cult classic The Monster Squad is breaking loose and coming to DVD!
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Movie Review: Surf's Up— Surprisingly good.
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DVD Review: The War at Home - The Complete First Season — The show is an absolute wreck.
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Book Review: Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell— A lyrical story of Dark Age Britain told entirely in free verse.
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Book Review: Programming Flex 2 by Chafic Kazoun and Joey Lott— If Adobe would just stop releasing new products every other month, maybe the world will have a chance to jump
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Thinking About The Writing Life and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard— I sometimes wanted to scream: “Can’t you just get back to the plot and move on with it?”
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Book Review: The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner— The third in the popular Thief of Eddis series, a fantastic fantasy adventure.
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Apple's WWDC Keynote: Hell Freezes Over... AGAIN!— The latest news from the WWDC keynote.
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An End To Learning: How Canadian Universities Became Vocational Colleges— Fewer people are experiencing the joy of learning for the sake of learning.
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Movie Review: Hostel: Part II: Hard Horror Finds a New Home
— This Hard Horror excursion into torture and depravity is not for everyone. You are warned.
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Making the Rounds at General Hospital - Luke Escapes With Laura— Luke snatches Laura from Scott's clutches, Robin sets off alarms with Patrick when she hears the ticking of her biological
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Some Get Away With Liveblogging Baseball— Others — like a Louisville Courier-Journal reporter, get ejected by the NCAA for posting live Internet updates.
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Movie Review: Knocked Up— Is watching a movie about an unwanted pregnancy funny? Mostly.
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Veronica Mars Is Dead. Long Live Veronica Mars. An Interview with Creator Rob Thomas— Stop the Mars Bars. The TV show is not returning, but the character might live on.
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Nintendo DS Review: Tomb Raider Legend— A little 2-D does Lara some good.
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