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Blogcritics Section: Music - Jul 31, 2007
There are a ton of reissues out this week, but a handful of gems have made themselves known. A little jazz, a little rock, and one crapshoot. C'mon, let's spend some money... Steve Coleman - Invisible Paths: First …
Tagged: music
Blogcritics Category: Video: Animation - Jul 31, 2007
Rather unlike today, during World War II most people in the American entertainment industry were actually pro-American patriots -- even a lot of hardcore left-wingers like Theodor Geisel. Perhaps that wasn't always …
Tagged: culture
Blogcritics Category: Video: Comedy - Jul 31, 2007
The Darwin Awards first appeared around 22 years ago, or somewhere thereabouts. Their purpose was to recognize those souls with such a rare, or not so rare, intelligence that fate saw fit for them to be removed from …
Tagged: video
Blogcritics Category: Video: Comedy - Jul 31, 2007
When I started seeing ads for The Simpsons Movie, I recalled the episode in season four where Bart and Lisa see a commercial for the upcoming Itchy and Scratchy movie, which promises something like "63% new material." …
Tagged: video
Blogcritics Category: Video: Drama - Jul 31, 2007
Sixty years after its conclusion, World War II continues to provide an inexhaustible flow of stories. While many follow traditional narratives of Good vs. Evil on the world stage, a set of quiet television dramas from …
Tagged: video
Blogcritics Section: Culture - Jul 31, 2007
Once more unto the breach, dear friends. King Henry, Henry V - Act III, Scene I Shakespeare After attending last year’s event, I was concerned about the growing success of Comic Con. They had sold out Saturday, and …
Tagged: culture
Blogcritics Books Reviews - Jul 31, 2007
Not so much hard-boiled as stuck, burned and blackened, to the pan, the late Derek Raymond's work attracts an obsessive dedication in his fans who should celebrate Serpent's Tail's long-overdue decision to reprint his …
Tagged: books
Blogcritics Category: Music: Roots Rock - Jul 31, 2007
Country music singer/songwriter Kenny Chesney is hot. His latest single, “Never Wanted Nothing More,” is at the Number One spot on Billboard’s Country Top 100 chart, getting there faster than any of his other songs …
Tagged: music
Blogcritics Sci/Tech Reviews - Jul 31, 2007
Have you ever wanted to extract something from a photo to either add to another photo or to change the background? Have you spent hours trying to use one of the lasso tools in Adobe Photoshop only to quit in …
Tagged: sci tech
Blogcritics Category: Politics: Law and Rights - Jul 31, 2007
As a nation we currently host 12 million residents whose very presence here is illegal, but whose departure would result in hardship and instability. While the remedy will be as complex as the problem, the solution is …
Tagged: politics