- Wednesday, April 19, 2006 — 60 Articles Published
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Reds Put A Hurtin' On The Youthful Marlins— Sandwasher was back at the beautiful GABP. When the Sandwasher shows up, the Redlegs are almost guaranteed a victory.
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Michelle Malkin: When Pundits Attack— Ann Coulter's understudy has no moral core or moral code.
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Book Review: Business As Usual by David Mazzotta, A Corporate Farce— Most of the characters by the end realize that despite their clever clothes and smart smirks, they're really just fiercely
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DVD Review: Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy— The film finds its charm in broad slapstick, stunts, and contrived situations. Oh, and butt-kicking singing nuns.
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Book Review: When The War Came Home: The Inside Story Of Reservists and the Families They Leave Behind by Stacy Bannerman— A peace activist married to a soldier in Iraq, Stacy Bannerman offers a look at America in conflict over war
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CD Review: James Blood Ulmer - Birthright— Blues Award Nominee offers up his heart and soul; it's an offer you can't refuse.
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DVD Review: Derailed— Derailed (Insert Joke Here): Twists and turns its way into utter oblivion.
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DVD Review: House of the Dead— The image was properly exposed, in focus, and, failing that, the audio was intelligible. Otherwise: bland awfulness.
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Inclusive Language And Intimate Family Relationships— What are some gender-neutral terms of endearment that help redefine and reshape family life?
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Time Slipping Through The Hour Glass— This evening we ate at a restaurant that has been serving New England clam chowder at the presidential inaugurations since
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Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 104— Is this cause for alarm?
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TV Review: American Idol Watch: Top 7— Greatest quote ever: "I butchered it."
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Podcast: Interview with The Language of the Blues Author Debra DeSalvo— Listen to an interview with musician and author Debra DeSalvo on her new book of blues lingo ranging from "alcorub"
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Astrology In Real Life - Collective Trends: Pluto Transit Through Sagittarius:— Just blathering about pedophile priests, Barry Bonds, OJ Simpson, Drudge and Page Six...
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CD Review: Drive-By Truckers - A Blessing and A Curse— They have their moments, yet as a whole there is not much that stands out about this band.
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CD Review: Bob Marley and the Wailers - One Love At Studio One: 1964-1966— This two-disc set goes back to the early days when they were fresh and raw.
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Book Reviews: 33 1/3 Takes on The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique and The Pixies' Doolittle— Two classic albums by the Pixies and the Beastie Boys go under analysis in new books in the 33 1/3
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Book Review: Rekindled by Tamera Alexander— Larson Jennings’ unexplained departure begins Tamera Alexander’s debut novel. The story is fast-paced, with a Hardy-esque feel.
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TV Review: House - "Sleeping Dogs Lie"— "Don't worry, it's treatable. Being a bitch, though, there's nothing we can do about that."
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Website Review: Librarything— Book cataloging has never been this much ... fun?
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Tool's New Album 10,000 Days Leaked to Internet— Tool fans go insane, burn down message boards.
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Concert Review - Wilco, April 17, 2006— This should make up for the time I walked out on the band.
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TV Review: 24, 12 am - 1 am— The nerve-wracking thrills continue to stack up and the body count spirals out of control.
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TV Online: Bert and Ernie Next?— PBS is considering joining the Internet television market. Their new CEO is pushing for some manner of download or streaming.
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SOAPnet To Replay Daytime Emmys— SOAPnet has announced it will replay the 33rd annual Daytime Emmys awards on April 29 at 9 a.m.EST.
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CD Review: Gracer - Voices Travel, A Bitter Coffee Experience— This album is remarkably free of cynicism, jism and nihilism.
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TV Review: American Idol - And Then There Were Seven
— It should an interesting week for voting with one bad performance.
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Satire: Attack of the Killer Immigrants— They're coming! Protect your family from the swarms before it's too late!
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Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs, Poetry on Record, Thank You For Smoking Soundtrack— New album releases for the week of 4-18-2006.
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WCBS-TV (NYC) Early Morning News Changes— WCBS-TV, darn you! My early morning routine has gone awry with newscast changes.
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The Ramble: The NFL Draft, NBA Embarrassments, The Mets, and Tiger Woods— The sports world is full of great stuff to talk about, and I’m just full of it. And you
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Audiobook Review: Poetry On Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work 1888-2006
— Any lover of poetry will regret not owning this treasure.
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Movie Review: Slither— Slither plays to a very small niche of movie fans.
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Movie Review: Tsotsi— To say that Tsotsi is an emotional film would be a gross understatement.
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Movie Review: Thank You for Smoking— A hilariously devious romp through the world of spin, Thank You for Smoking is an absolute guilty pleasure like no
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NBC News Is a Gas Gas Gas— NBC offers three-minute video news at the pump.
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Blogcritics Editors' Picks: April 12 through April 18— From immigration to MySpace, through art censorship and beyond.
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Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise "Joyously Welcome" Baby Girl Scientologist— The baby's human, but no word yet on the parents.
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ClipBlast Video Clips For Wednesday April 19th— Celebrity babies, fast vehicles, and politics as...unusual.
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CD Review: Tool - 10,000 Days
— Tool return, fans still burning down message boards - grab a coffee for this one.
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Book Review: Falling Through the Earth by Danielle Trussoni— A memoir by the daughter of a Vietnam veteran gives a different perspective on the concept of bringing the war
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Von Bondies Search for Cover Art and The Daily Music and Tech News— The Von Bondies, Jack White and Coca-Cola, and Google round out today's music and tech news update.
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The NHL Playoffs: My Picks— Playoff picks for the first round. See if you can do better!
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Bennett Calls for Imperial Presidency— The day journalists are beholden to the "wishes of the president" is the day we no longer have a free
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TV Review: 24 - Hour 18, Truth or Consequences— Patton on the ground, Maverick, Goose and Iceman will approach by air and we’ll let Private Ryan handle the beach
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Movie Review: Lucky Number Slevin— The movie is clever, probably too clever for its own good.
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Side-By-Side CD Review: Herb Alpert and the TJB - Whipped vs. Re-Whipped— Whipped Cream and Other Delights gets the remix treatment. So, how does it stack up to the original album?
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DVD Review: On the Waterfront— Can it be possible to both love and hate the same film? Honestly, I don't yet know.
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Nine Days Observing the Sick Old Man of Europe— There’s paralysis in Western Europe. France, Germany, and Italy's economies are stalled and politicians seem helpless.
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Katie Births Suri While Tom Has Everything Under Control— A psychological look at the man who probably wouldn't appreciate it.
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All The News You Need To Turn Your Stomach— The news is so overwhelming that you can only ask, "What in the hell are we doing?"
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Xbox 360 Review: Tomb Raider - Legend— Isn't it wonderful how all of these ruins fell just right so Lara can always reach where she needs to
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Nvidia Makes Gaming On The Go Better— Nvidia’s new line of mobile graphics processors promise to deliver extreme high definition gaming on laptops.
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DVD Review: Touch of Evil— This Orson Welles film is a triumph of style over substance.
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Book Reviews: Money Tutoring from The Wall Street Journal— How to save, spend, and invest your money wisely, from a publication that should know.
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Smaller, Faster Video Downloads Possible With New Compression Technology— A video compression system originally created for video conferencing could completely alter the Internet television and movie download market.
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CD Review: Superbeautifulmonster by Bif Naked— She is a beautiful, punk rock princess no doubt, but she is also a really cool person.
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DVD Review: Derailed— The Everyman hero is only sympathetic when he falls into a hole, not when he digs the hole himself.
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Spams and Scams: Five Guru Marketing Techniques to Avoid— The same techniques for building a business offline also work online.
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Day By Day for April 19, 2006— Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for April 19, 2006
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