- Monday, May 05, 2008 — 51 Articles Published
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Music Review: Lonely Drifter Karen - Grass Is Singing— An intriguing debut from a worldly trio.
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Music Review: Lykke Li - Little Bit EP— Lykke Li's "Little Bit" EP feels both complete and unfinished at the same time, leaving behind an anxiety for the
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Music Review: The Wood Brothers - Loaded— What do you get when you mix a down-home instrumental sound with an indie mindset? The Wood Brothers.
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Newport Beach Film Festival 2008: An Evening of Disney Animation Rarities with Roy E. Disney and Don Hahn— The Newport Beach Film Festival presented Disney Animation Rarities.
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Movie Review: A Plumm Summer— Okay, forget about the silly plot. Chris Kelly and Morgan Flynn are magically convincing together.
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Book Review: Penin Guide to Spanish Wine— Discover the new values of Spanish wine.
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Comic Book Review: Graphic Classics Free Comic Book Day Sampler— A solid sampling of graphic literary adaptations gets released for Free Comic Book Day.
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Interview: Author Kate Jacobs of Comfort Food, The Friday Night Knitting Club— The author uses metaphor to examine female friendships and family dynamics.
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Interview: Fall of Troy's Andrew Forsman— Fall of Troy gives drummer spends a few minutes with Blogcritic's Brandon Daviet.
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Interview: Anthony David, Singer and Songwriter— R&B sensation Anthony David will be the first artist to release an album under SoulBird Music, India.Arie's new banner.
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DVD Review: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Special Edition— No longer the last film in the series, but still a classic.
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Music Review: Beach Boys - Sunflower— The 1970s dawn and change is in the air for the Beach Boys.
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Retro Redux: Discovering Jimmy Giuffre — Remembering one of the jazz world's true innovators.
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Concert Review: The Swell Season, 4/30/08 at Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA— Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova light up the night with song.
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TV Review: Survivor: Micronesia - The Beginning of the End— Someone actually used the idol correctly.
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Gallo Celebrates Gold Medal Winners— Crave the finest food from small producers?
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Miley's in Trouble Now — Two pictures, one girl. A look into the Miley Cyrus photo incident.
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Five Times August - "Giving It All To You"— Five Times August talks about his guitar influences and performs the song "Giving It All To You."
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Discovering the Delights of Hall Wines— Want perfection in a glass? Discover one of California's new quality wineries.
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Game du Jour Deals: May 5-11, 2008— Check out this week's deals on casual games!
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Ugliness Is Skin Deep— Ugliness is a learned concept, said my writing teacher Khambatta.
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Damn It All!— It's odd what people damn. It depends on who is doing the damning.
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In Defense of the NBA Suspending Darius Songaila— The NBA had every right to suspend him for his hit on LeBron James.
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Music Review: Mudcrutch— Mudcrutch isn't likely to resurface, but I won't be sorry if they do.
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Interview with Children's Book Author Donna J. Shepherd— "If you want to be a writer, write! Don't just talk about it," says Shepherd.
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The Indians Can't Hit and Derek Shelton's in Trouble— If the hitting coach can't figure out why the Indians can't hit, he'll join Eddie Murray on the unemployment line.
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Theater Review (NYC): Cherry Docs— A Jewish attorney defends a skinhead in this snappy little play that won't bust your billfold.
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Ben-ding A Few Rules— Sometimes kids hide those tiny horns effectively behind shining halos... ah well, that's why we love them anyway!
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Blu-ray Review: National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets— Equally dumb but energetic sequel that offers grand, globe-trotting entertainment.
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WiMAX: The Future of Wireless Broadband?— WiMAX, the next generation in the evolution of wireless Internet connectivity, has really taken the idea to brand new heights.
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Tom Waits Announces Tour— Clap hands: Waits will hit the road this summer.
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Book Review: Pasta Fazool for the Wiseguy's Soul by Brian M. Thomsen— A great read, with a laugh on every page. But the Godfather may not be amused!
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Speed Racer World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival— Coverage from the red carpet and a review of the film.
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Nintendo DS Review: Insecticide— Probably the most fun you'll have with a game full of bugs.
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Is GTA IV Really That Perfect?— Decent, but not as revolutionary as the critics might have you think.
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DVD Review: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Special Edition— Not quite as good as Raiders, but still one heck of an adventure.
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Wii Virtual Console News and Releases for 5/5/2008— Wait, there's actually news this week?
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The Gas Tax and Governing from the Center— What Barack Obama can really learn from Hillary Clinton's gas tax holiday proposal
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Book Review: Dancing with Wonder - Self-Discovery through Stories by Nancy King— King enriched my ability to tell stories and to use those tales to assist with the healing process in others.
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DVD Review: I'm Not There— An interesting experiment in how to change the traditional biopic; however, it's a tough nut to crack for the non-Dylanophile.
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Movie Review: Treasure Island Kids - The Pirates of Treasure Island and Treasure Island Kids 2 - The Monster of Treasure Island— These two movies are exaggerated comedy adventures that are fun for the whole family.
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Music Review: Clay Aiken - On My Way Here— The beloved American Idol alum's fourth album is no different from the first.
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DVD Review: The British Empire in Color— Two hundred years of history encapsulated in 2½ hours.
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Book Review: Founding Faith by Steven Waldman— Where did the American idea of religious tolerance come from? An unexpected source.
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Interview with Karen Harrington, Author of Janeology— Harrington's novel explores a controversial issue: what prompts a mother to kill her own child?
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DVD Review: I'm Not There
— A review of a movie based on a guy I know a little about, but have heard a whole lot
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Book News: Musician Jimmy Buffett Hams It Up In New Book Swine Not?— This is one of the summer reads I'm really looking forward to. Jimmy Buffett is a great all-around enterainer.
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Blu-ray Review: Alien vs. Predator 2 - Requiem— A disaster of a movie lands on a better Blu-ray.
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Music Review: Paquito D'Rivera - The Lost Sessions— This is a hard album to sit still through.
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Interview: Ville Hising and Hans Åkerman Of Run Level Zero— Ville Hising and Hans Åkerman talk about the new album, Arctic Noise
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Concert Review: Jukebox The Ghost with Travis Morrison Hellfighters and The XYZ Affair, 5/3/08 at The Black Cat, Washington, DC— Local band makes triumphant return home.
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