Name: Amanda Bittle
Dateline: Norman, OK
Weblog: blogcritics.org
Articles: 34
First Published: Saturday, September 1, 2007
Last Published: Monday, May 19, 2008
Amanda Bittle studies Professional Writing at the University of Oklahoma. She loves water slides, Indian food, and her pet cornsnake, Pandora.
Currently listing articles 34-1:
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DVD Review: Your Mommy Kills Animals!— The number-one domestic terror threat is … animal rights activists?
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Theatre Review (Norman, OK): Lend Me a Tenor— Just be glad your life is not this complicated.
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Music Review: Putumayo Presents - Euro Groove— A funky blend of jazz, Celtic, Middle Eastern, R&B, and electronica that'll make you cool just listening to it. No, really.
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Music DVD Review - Iron Maiden: Live After Death— Concert footage, backstage action, and retrospective musings from the spandexed metal masters.
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DVD Review: Bianca Beauchamp - All Access— Latex model Bianca Beauchamp hosts Montreal Fetish Weekend with a cameraman in tow.
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Book Review: Gasoline, Texas by Joseph Flynn — A fast-paced hybrid of mystery, Western, and soap opera scandal.
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Book Review - Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway: An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip— Belongs on the coffee tables of every paleonerd, art lover and general science enthusiast and in the home of anyone with children.
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Last-Minute Do-It-Yourself Gifts for the Crafting-Impaired— No one knew you were so creative - and no one ever has to know you waited until the last minute.
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Music Review: Ghostwheel - Newborn— An ambitious cover album featuring some of Depeche Mode's lesser-known gems.
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Music Review: The Killers - Sawdust— This collection showcases The Killers' musical versatility and makes you want to go "Where the White Boys Dance."
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DVD Review: Hearts of Darkness - A Filmmaker's Apocalypse— A candid and fascinating look at Francis Ford Coppola in wonderfully eccentric action.
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Music DVD/CD Review: A Celtic Christmas Sojourn - Live— Brian O'Donovan transforms your living room into an old-fashioned family fête. Break out the ghillies and the Christmas cake.
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DVD Review: Django Reinhardt - King of Jazz Guitar— It's full of biographical information and has a swingin' soundtrack, but (extremely) overused special effects make it difficult to watch.
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DVD Review: Spike Jones - The Legend— Madcap musicality with classic slapstick antics and suits in deliciously awful taste.
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Music Review: Akron/Family - Love is Simple— Akron/Family blends psychedelic rock with traditional music and just enough new-age flavor not to levitate you off the ground.
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Music Review: Various Artists - Downtown 81 Soundtrack— The soundtrack to the cult film Downtown 81 is jazzy, funky, new wavey, and generally fun and fabulous.
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Music Review: Various Artists - Tango Around the World— This collection explores the musical fusion of tango with other styles from around the globe.
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Music Review: Birds and Batteries - I'll Never Sleep Again— Birds and Batteries concoct a strange, appealing brew from borrowed bits of rock, country, and electronica.
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Music Review: Tiësto - In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza— Tiësto proves just why his trance music has become so popular.
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Music Review: Einstürzende Neubauten - Alles Wieder Offen— Einstürzende Neubauten rolls up multiple styles of music into a hypnotic, unconventional sensory experience.
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DVD Review: Pennsylvania Train Stations - Restored and Revitalized — Private buyers rescue and restore remnants of the romantic era of rail travel.
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DVD Review: Yusuf's Cafe— A glimpse into the past and current projects of musician Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens).
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Book Review: Roller Derby - The History and All-Girl Revival of the Greatest Sport on Wheels by Catherine Mabe— Rocky Mountain Rollergirl Catherine "Jayne Manslaughter" Mabe celebrates the past, present and future of the sport she loves.
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Music Review: The Donnas - Bitchin' — This CD is a celebration of traditional rock ‘n’ roll trappings from the other side of the chromosomal fence.
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Sharks Have Enough to Worry About— Six fishermen reeled in a record-breaking Mako shark in Florida. They should have left it swimming.
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Music Review: Oslo - The Rise and Fall of Love and Hate— Los Angeles-based rock band Oslo blends stoner rock with gothic moodiness and powerful, rolling instrumentation.
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TV Review: Carter Can— Host Carter Oosterhouse helps people remodel their homes
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Book Review: Isabella Moon by Laura Benedict— Just in time for the Halloween season, Laura Benedict has served up a spooky specter story in her debut novel.
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Music Review: The Angels of Light - We Are Him— The Angels of Light's newest album retains its musical muscle while offering more popular accessibility.
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Theater Review (Oklahoma City): Amadeus— Peter Shaffer's award-winning play about the rivalry between composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri comes to Oklahoma City.
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Fair Trade Coffee: A Growing Market Trend— In recent years, a different sort of novelty coffee has gained increasing popularity among American consumers.
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Book Review: The Museum of Dr. Moses by Joyce Carol Oates— Joyce Carol Oates, long-recognized for her ability to thrill and chill, explores the depths of depravity in this collection of short fiction.
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Relief From Nighttime Dust Mite Attacks— Why allergy symptoms are brought on by Dermatophagoides farinae Hughes and what you can do to improve your sleep.
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Movie Review: The Nanny Diaries— A fresh college grad learns lessons about life, love, and herself while caring for the child of a fabulously wealthy couple.
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