From immigration to MySpace, through art censorship and beyond, seasoned liberally with music, book reviews, 24, and more — presenting the best of the week, for your reading pleasure.
Let me remind those of you who are chosen that you are invited to submit your own pick for next week (due to space considerations, please limit it to one). Please feel free to email me your picks (including the URL) by next Tuesday.
MUSIC
From Assistant Music Editor DJRadiohead:
Mat Brewster takes us with him to see Wilco. It's a great read and it seems like it was a hell of a show.
I'm no Neil Young fan, but Glen Boyd gives a fine preview of Young's upcoming album in Living With War: Neil Young's New "Folk Metal Protest" Record.
BOOKS
From Books Editor Natalie Bennett:
Book Review: LaPorte, Indiana by Jason Bitner by Chantal Stone
The book, by the editor of Found Magazine, sounds like something very unusual and different. Chantal gives an excellent clear and enticing description, summing it up neatly as "the glorious gift of time standing still."
Book Review: Madame Bovary's Ovaries: A Darwinian Look At Literature by David P. Barash and Nanelle R. Barash by Gordon Hauptfleisch
Reviewing a book with such a wonderful title certainly gave Gordon a head start in this week's picks, but his article lives up to the standard, explaining that despite the book's claims, Darwinists will not be "storming University English Department ivory towers...demanding the replacement of Derrida texts with DNA tests in their efforts to explore the nature of human nature."
TV/FILM
From TV Editor Joan Hunt:
Good Show, Bad News: An Interview with Sons & Daughters Creator Fred Goss by Diane Kristine
Goss' new TV show may not complete its run. Diane Kristine talks with Goss about the latest developments. I actually enjoy interviews that venture into the territory of the unknown.
Article comments
1 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
Thank you, and congrats to the other pickees.
2 - Jackie
Thank you, but it's NBC's fault I had to double up on The Apprentice last week. Two episodes in one night and none this week. Thankfully I have a new Amazing Race ep tonight! Congrats to all the picks and thanks, Joan!
3 - Mat Brewster
Thanks for the bid. Where do I pick up my golden blogger statue?
4 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
Thank you, Dave. You picked up on the big point I purposely did not mention in the article.
5 - Glen Boyd
Thanks for the pick you guys.
So, I've got a question...
I've been to some of the other writer's personal blogs who've been named Editors Picks in the past (this is the second time for me) and I noticed some of them have a little button thingie that says "Blogcritics Editors Pick" and it shows the date/week they we're picked.
Is there some code you guys send out for that, or exactly how does that work (again, assuming it's something they got from BC at all).
If this does exist, please send me the code or let me know how to get it so I can proudly display it on my blog.
Again Thanx! Definitely an honor...
Glen
6 - Mat Brewster
Glen, I believe Temple Stark used to create little buttons and included them with the Editor's Picks. He has since left Blog Critics for real life job type tyings. I don't believe anyone has picked up the slack and kept up the buttons.
Although Richard Marcus mentioned he has done some custom ones on the yahoo group thing...
7 - chantal stone
Thank-you, Natalie!
8 - Glen Boyd
Thanks Mat for clearing that up...
So in other words the "buttons" I've seen are not an official "BC" thing. If anyone out there (be it Richard or whoever) is still making them and want to send the code, I'd be happy to display it. But since it doesn't appear to be an official BC thing I probably won't bother to go looking for it.
But again, the pick is an honor.
And I believe I forgot to thank DJ Radiohead specifically (who as he said, isn't even a Neil Young Fan) for picking my story.
So thank ya Mr DJ...uhh, thankya very much...
Glen
9 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
Where are my manners?: Natalie--thank you specifically. And I swear this was my last 27,000 word review--it was supposed to be 600 words, and it kinda got away from me.
10 - Mary K. Williams
Glen -As far as I know, those buttons were as official as you could get at the time (the ones Temple made)
11 - Diane Kristine
Thanks Joan! I asked for the interview before finding out the show wasn't going to get its final episode aired any time soon, so it wasn't quite the article I meant to do. He did know when he agreed to it, though, which was pretty sporting of him.