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Who's in? I haven't made it to 50 in the last two years so i'm going to say 25 is enough but 35 is better.

Movie #1 - Bones - Season 3 - Good season. I was starting to lose interest in this series and I actually stopped watching this season but only caught with season 3 via dvds (thank you, library and netflix) after noticing in season 4 that Dr. Brennan is now pregnant with Bones baby so i I had to go back to see how that happened. Well, ok, I can guess how it happened (I'm guessing sex?) but how they put it together,.. oh, you know what I mean

Movie #2 - Hugo - This was the first of three movies I saw as part of a mini marathon of probable Oscar nominees that included Descendants and the Artist. I left Hugo thinking, "ok, now THAT is going to get the best picture award" partly for reasons Roger Ebert spells out in his review of it but to put it in my own wrds, the movie is an homage to movies itself. What I didn't realize was the Artist was even more so. Hugo also has a great theme as expressed by the leading character "there are no extra parts," meaning everything has a purpose and meaning and we're all destined to do something - it's fascinating how the movie makes this work with all situations working out in some way. Very good performances.

Movie #3 - The Descendents - see above and below entry re:my movie marathon. I thought this movie was less spectacular than Hugo and the Artist but that's partly because it's not intended to be, while those are historical pieces this was a look at life today, with a dyfunctional family in Hawaii sorting their stuff out. The visuals are great with the Hawaii footage (bringing back fond memories of visiting that state when I was about 10). Clooney and the rest of the cast were also great.

Movie #4 - The Artist - This is my current pick for the best picture Oscar because it did something so amazing - a two hour movie without talking that is incredibly entertaining and with brilliaint acting (especially by the dog.) The movie showed both how far movies have come yet how they can still be so powerful without parts we take it for granted namely talking.

Movie #5 - The Hangover - finally saw this movie and ebert's review nails it - I'm not sure why I didn't see it earlier. I knew it'd be crude but hilarious and it was. Now I'll need to see the sequel even though I've heard it's not as funny.

#6 - My Week With Marilyn

#7 - Iron Lady Just watched back to back at the theater My Week With Marilyn and Iron Lady. I thought the former was excellent and Michelle Williams deserves all the praise she has been getting for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe. there were no moments where I said "This is an actress trying to portray someone." The movie (My Week) was much more fun and compelling than I anticipated.

Iron Lady, on the other hand, was a bit of a mess. I see why it received mixed and negative reviews. While Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher does a great job the story and script was quite odd moving in different directions. It's funny, perhaps, that I object to traditional biopics because I worry about what they facts they fudge or blur but this time I wish it was more of a traditional biopic than jumping around. And did anyone else think some scenes seem like they could be scenes from Absolutely Fabulous or was that just me?

So to sum up both Streep and Michelle Williams deserve their best actress nominees (as does Kenneth Branagh for playing Olivier in My Week) but Iron Lady was a weak movie especially compared to The Artist and The Descendents and Hugo (three I saw on a prior movie marathon) - I still think the Artist was the best picture of those I've seen.

I still want to see Extremely Loud though I've read that movie's a bit of a mess too and Dragon Tattoo (mostly out of curiousity on how it compares to the book and Swedish version of the movie)

# 8 - Inside Job - %url (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Job_%28film%29 wikipedia report of movie here) and %url (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101013/REVIEWS/101019990 Roger Ebert's review here.) This movie made me more angry than I already was about the largest banks of the world and the job they pulled on us. And I was already pretty steamed. What rankled the most wasn't that the White House decreased regulations of the banks as they made riskier and riskier moves that ultimately led to their bail out after their bankruptcies. That made me mad, sure, but that I knew. What I didn't realize was that it wasn't just under the Republication administrations that this was happening but under the Democratic ones too. Grr.

#9 - Moneyball - Good interesting movie. I think I would have found it more interesting had I been a baseball fan but the idea of focusing on statistics rather than accepted and conventional wisdom was intriguing. Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill deserve the praise they've received for their acting in this movie.

#10 - Hangover part 2 - The first movie, which I only saw recently, was crude and offensive as all get out but hilarious. The sequel, as reviews I saw at the time this came out warned, is again crude and offensive but nearly as funny or clever.

#11 - The Separation - The Separation is REALLLY good. Very intense and engrossing.Quite well done. I'll be thinking about this one for a while. For now Roger Ebert's movie review seems pretty spot on

#12 - The Help - review to come

The 2011 movie challenge was here

The 2012 reading challenge is here

OK, who is up for participating in this this year? If you are in indicate with a comment below

The 2010 reading challenge was here and the 2010 movie challenge was here. The last of my 2010 movie reviews are here, packaged together all tidy with a theme to boot.

The inspiration for this annual challenge came from livejournal where I temporarily blogged. They had challenges like these and I participated but gradually I reached the point where I was only posting there to participate in the challenge so I rarely post there anymore.

In 2007 I asked if there was interest in a challenge to Newsviners to read at least 50 books and/or watch 50 movies. I went ahead and set up topics to do exactly that.I've relaxed the rules since then

So if you like this idea and want to participate please indicate with a comment below.

There are at least three ways you can do this? I make a point - learned the hard way while student teaching - of modelling (no, not like Vanna White but like a teacher) so...
You can link below to your reviews... or post mini-reviews below... or you can do what I do which is a list - updated regularly - of all of the movies I've seen so far this year. S

The idea here is not "who can read the most?" or "who can see the most movies?" so much as motivating more of us to share what we are reading and watching. I LOVE reading reviews by other people and comparing their opinions of a work to my own. Or, better yet, reading about something and deciding to check it out.

here's how i did in 2011 (sadly i didn't make it to 50)
#1 – Anvil –Take a bit of the "this can't be real can it?" of This Is Spinal Tap (which is satire in that movie's case but real in this movie's case) and a bit of the Wilco story from its documentary about trouble with record label, add a heavy metal soundtrack and you're getting close to getting what this Anvil film is like.

As with Spinal Tap, Anvil get themselves in situations almost too weird to believe to be true, like traveling across the world but not getting paid.

But this is real and the guys are in their 50s and expecting their big break to happen any day now. And these are not nobody's – the movie and the dvd extras include members of Metallica, Slayer and other bands praising Anvil.

The movie begins showing a list of bands playing a festival together in Japan in 1984: Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, Scorpions and,yes, Anvil. So the film looks at why those bands it big and Anvil just never did... and will they ever get their due? The movie's worth watching even if you've never heard of them before (I hadn't) and/or aren't into metal.

It's easy to see why this documentary won audience awards at the 2008 Sydney Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival and Galway International Film Festival. The film won Best Documentary at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards in Los Angeles

Michael Moore, who i have issues with as I talk about here (about factual issues with Bowling for Columbine) and Sicko here, has called it the best documentary he has seen in years.

#2 – Drumline – I have relatives in drum and bugle corp groups and I was in marching band for a year so this film caught my interest. The scenes of the drumlines are quite good and entertaining, those in between not so much.

Roger Ebert nails it in his review of the movie when he writes, "Drumline," directed by Charles Stone, and written by Gordon Chism and Shawn Schepps, is entertaining for what it does, and admirable for what it doesn't do. It gets us involved in band politics and strategy, gives us a lot of entertaining halftime music, and provides a portrait of a gifted young man who slowly learns to discipline himself and think of others. That's what it does.

What it doesn't do is recycle all the tired old cliches in which the Harlem kid is somehow badder and blacker than the others, provoking confrontations."

James Berardinelli also makes accurate comments about the movie: "Just when I thought I had seen every conceivable twist on the Rocky storyline, along comes something like Drumline to surprise me. Despite being pure formula from start to finish, this movie works for two obvious reasons: a star-making turn by Nick Cannon and a stereotype-busting look at one of the most frequently derided of scholastic extracurricular activities: the marching band. Drumline offers little that's surprising or groundbreaking, but, because the script is smart enough not to insult us and to develop a group of interesting characters, the act of watching the film is an entertaining experience rather than a tedious exercise."

#3 – Secretariat – If you like horses, horse races or feel good movies, this one is for you. If not you may want to take a pass. The acting is interesting, especially from Diane Lane and John Malkovich. Parts of it seem too sugary and predictable, though, but that's not all the movie's fault since viewers may already have a passing knowledge about the horse which went on to win(?)

What makes the movie fascinating are the horse racing scenes. Pretty much any scene with horses is interesting, any without is more underwhelming.

Roger Ebert loved the movie but admitted he was biased and explains why and how in his review. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101006/REVIEWS/101009986/1023

#4 - Restrepo – This is an excellent documentary, likely to be nomimated this year for the best documentary category.
Sebastian Junger, who wrote The Perfect Storm and other great non-fiction books, and a war photogapher, Tim Hetherington, both got embedded and followed a unit around for one year. One of the soliders who was killed was named Restrepo and the others named their outpost in Afghanistan after him. Junger wrote a book, War, on what he saw and the filmmaker made this documentary.
As a result you can just watch this movie or, if you want more details, you can read the book.

The footage in this is real, with no talking heads, as opposed to staged war footage in, say, bands of brothers.
This movie will leave you with a new perspective on the war one that is not for or against the war but just appreciative of what the soldiers have to endure. Roger Ebert has a good review of it here

#5 - The Way We Get By - review here

#6 - The Fighter is an amazing movie. I'll resist the urge to write a full length review as many good pieces have already been written. Christian Bale is amazing as is Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams and, best of all and so deserving of the Golden Globe she picked up last weekend, Melissa Leo. I'm not a fan of boxing movies – heck I'm a pacifist – but I knew this movie would grab me by my throat and not let go and I was right. This movie meets its hype. My favorite part was the boxers seven sisters who practically stole every scene they were in.
Making the movie still more interesting is that it's based on a true story, that of "Irish" Micky Ward. Now I've gotten my boxers in a bunch before (including over here) about how I sometimes dread biopics because of the liberties they take with the facts. But this is a film where there was a friendship between the fighters' family and Wahlberg and by all reports it stayed pretty close to the basic facts.
According to Wikipedia:

"To mimic Ward's habits and mannerisms, Wahlberg had him "on set, watching me every single day."[7] During pre-production, the Ward brothers temporarily moved into Wahlberg's home.[1] To add to the film's realistic nature, Wahlberg refused a stunt double and took real punches during the fight scenes,[6] which resulted in him nearly getting his nose broken a couple of times.[5] Wahlberg underwent a strict bodybuilding exercise regimen, dedicating over four years of training to obtain the muscular physique to convincingly play Ward."

The movie was directed by David Russell, who previously worked with Wahlberg on the great Three Kings movie.

#7 - The King's Speech - Speaking of factual accuracy I came home from seeing this amazing movie, which I think will win the Oscar for best picture and best actor, curious about the facts on this one. And there were a few liberties taken – you can read about those at Wikipedia.
But the acting, oh, the acting is amazing, especially by Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, is amazing. You can feel like you are stuck, like King George VI, in the stammer, unable to finish his eloquent thoughts. Through working with Lionel Logue (played by Rush) he can't make the stammer go away completely but he can find techniques to make his speech sound more normal, something important especially when you're the king during wartime in England.

#8 - True Grit – While The Fighter and The King's Speech blew me away with the acting with The Coen brothers adaption of True Grit it was the dialogue that fascinated me. Heck even before I went to see people were telling me to pay attention to how the actors speak and how they even avoid using any contractions, a rare feat. And it's true, one yearns for the day when people would return to speaking with such wit and eloquence as is present in this film.
Some have called this movie a remake of the John Wayne version but I quibble with that since the directors have said – including in this NPR interview – that they never even saw the original movie. What it is is their take on the great novel Charles Portis.
Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges put in great performances but it is Hailee Steinfeld, the girl playing the narrator, Mattie, who steals the show.
I like how Roger Ebert puts it:

"In the Coen Brothers' "True Grit," Jeff Bridges is not playing the John Wayne role. He's playing the Jeff Bridges role — or, more properly, the role created in the enduring novel by Charles Portis, much of whose original dialogue can be heard in this film. Bridges doesn't have the archetypal stature of the Duke. Few ever have. But he has here, I believe, an equal screen presence. We always knew we were looking at John Wayne in the original "True Grit" (1969). When we see Rooster Cogburn in this version, we're not thinking about Jeff Bridges.

#9 - This film is Not yet rated - my review of it of it is here

#10 - Digital Nation - I watched this documentary as part of my prep work for this interview with author Douglas Ruskhoff who is in it. This is definitely worth viewing as it will make you rethink if you are really saving time - or just reducing quality- when you multitask... and how much you are sacrificing when choosing internet activities over social ones. Rushkoff raises related issues in the interview which is here.

#11 -17 Harry Potter movies #1 through seven - I've been watching about a movie every two weeks for two months to prepare for watching the "new" movie. I'd read all the books as they came out but, despite participating last summer in a Harry Potter camp (I taught wand etiquette skills among other things) had not seen all the movies. Having now caught up I plan to see the new movie within the next week. I think the first two movies were the weakest but then i'm not really a fan of that director (Chris Columbus who did the Home Alone movies) the later movies were darker and better.

18 - Social Nework Finally watched this. Just couldn't get up the interest for it before. It was good but not great. Was interesting watching it at work with people (residents and a coworker) who don't have or understand or care about facebook. t'd be like watching a chess documentary with people who have never played chess.

Trying to explain it probably affected my appreciation of it. Maybe I needed to see it in the theater. Still I think King's Speech definitely was the better movie and deserved Oscar winner for best picture.

The acting and writing were good but I think this is one of those times when I'd heard so much about the movie - both hype and criticism - that by the time I actually saw it it was a bit of "is that it?"
If i'd seen it right when it came out I would have probably been impressed by the writing esp. the dialogue courtesy of Aaron Sorkin of sports night/west wing fame (my satirical piece on the latter is here http://sbutki.newsvine.com /_news/2008/01/31/1269242- what-i-learned-from-the-we st-wing-its-actors-and-the -network ) but given that I saw Sorkin on several shows including Colbert report where he talked about not liking or ever even using facebook... that affected my appreciation of the movie and topic too.

19 - Harry Potter - deathly hallows part 2- great acting, great story, excellent resolution of all plot arcs. Very satifsying.

20 - We watched Fantastic Mr. Fox - most of us had seen it before but I'd forgotten just how original and brilliant it was. If you haven't seen it, do so.

21 - Project Nim - A fascinating documentary,as Roger Ebert talks about here, http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110706/REVIEWS/110709994 which shows once again that humans treat other animals like crap. Raises some fascinating ethical questions.

22 - I followed that with a movie, Rise of the Planet of the Aples in which apesget to kick some human ass and this movie did that and was quite a good story as well.

23 - For a story aimed at a younger audience this was pretty good, better than I expected

24 - Breaking Bad - season 3 - I'm loving this tv series. It's full of angst and I get stressed just watching it but that's because of how damn good it is.

25 - The Incredible Hulk starring Ed Norton I was underwhelmed by this. Ebert nailed some of the problems with the movie: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/REVIEWS/848151866

26-30 - Aliens 1, 2 , 3 and 4 - Roger Ebert's reviews are spot on regarding why Alien and Aliens are great as well as the reduced quality of 3 and 4. Watched this today as all four were shown back to back today on AMC.

This line sums it up best, why i think this movie is so great, its cerebral factor:"Variety noted a few years later that Weaver remained the only actress who could "open" an action movie, and it was a tribute to her versatility that she could play the hard, competent, ruthless Ripley and then double back for so many other kinds of roles. One of the reasons she works so well in the role is that she comes across as smart; the 1979 "Alien" is a much more cerebral movie than its sequels, with the characters (and the audience) genuinely engaged in curiosity about this weirdest of lifeforms."

this is quite true regarding its influence: ""Alien" has been called the most influential of modern action pictures, and so it is, although "Halloween" also belongs on the list. Unfortunately, the films it influenced studied its thrills but not its thinking. We have now descended into a bog of Gotcha! movies in which various horrible beings spring on a series of victims, usually teenagers. The ultimate extension of the genre is the Geek Movie, illustrated by the remake of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," which essentially sets the audience the same test as an old-time carnival geek show: Now that you've paid your money, can you keep your eyes open while we disgust you? A few more ambitious and serious sci-fi films have also followed in the footsteps of "Alien," notably the well-made "Aliens" (1986) and "Dark City" (1998). But the original still vibrates with a dark and frightening intensity."

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031026/REVIEWS08/310260301/1023

31 - Friday Night Lights - So I finally saw Friday Night Lights,the movie. Funny I've seen almost the entire series but never saw the original movie that started it all. And the weird part is I didn't like it as much as I liked
the series but it may not be really fair to compare the two since a series has time to develop more
characters provide them with more depth, etc, have other plots. And I kept looking at the football coach (Billy Bob Thornton in the film) and going "you're no Kyle Chandler!"
It would have been fair to have seen this movie before the series. What's more fair, I guess, is to compare this movie to other movies about high school football and it's indeed much better than those.

32 - Drive - Saw Drive. And I'm not sure yet what I think of it - usually i'm not a fan of action scenes but this is one of those movies where I think the action scenes - the driving ones - were probably the best part. I think ryan gosling - the lead actor - has amazing potential
but didn't seem to have enough to work with here. The dialogue (what there was of it) left me underwhelmed.
The best part was seeing albert brooks playing such a dark role. And the music was sooo cheesy

INDEX OF INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS

So I'm a bit of a prolific writer (yes that's a joke) so I decided a year or so ago that it might be a good idea to index some of my articles but then I was torn between it appearing too pompous and egotistical and then having no time to do it. I ended up deciding to do it at first with just an index of my writing advice pieces and seeing what the reaction was to that. It was here and people seemed to like it.

So I have spent some rare free time in recent months doing another index, this one: a collection of all of my reviews.I am also working on compiling indexes of my fiction and satire pieces and of my memoir pieces.

Oh and I also collected here (and just updated) most of my music rants via seeds and articles- http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/30/867343-my-music-writing-and-seeds-and-interviews

Author interviews - Fiction and non-fiction mixed together

Anderson,Patrick- http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/27/804338-interview-with-patrick-anderson-author-of-the-triumph-of-the-thriller-how-cops-crooks-and-cannibals-captured-popular-fiction

Auletta, Ken - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/06/3468880-my-interview-with-new-yorker-writer-ken-auletta-about-his-new-book-googled-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it

Baldacci, David - The Collectors - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/592147-interview-with-david-baldacci-author-of-the-collectors

Bauer, Belinda - Blacklands - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_m1/04/3713036-my-interview-with-author-belinda-bauer-about-her-fantastic-novel-blacklands

Bazell, Josh - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2301989-my-interview-with-josh-bazell-author-of-beat-the-reaper-the-funniest-weirdest-book-ive-read-in-five-years

Beaton, M.C. - Death of a Maid http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/01/675418-interview-with-author-mc-beaton

Blunt, Giles - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/21/910802-interview-with-giles-blunt-author-of-by-the-time-you-read-this

Brown, Sandra - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/06/1960182-my-interview-with-sandra-brown-about-her-new-novel-smoke-screen

Carr, David -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/20/1765724-scotts-interview-with-david-carr-author-of-the-night-of-the-gun-a-memoir-about-drugs-and-journalism

Bryan, Bill - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/11/1018339-interview-with-bill-bryan-author-of-keep-it-real-about-reality-shows

Burke, James Lee - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/29/808818-interview-with-mystery-writer-james-lee-burke-part-

Brown, Sandra - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/06/1960182-my-interview-with-sandra-brown-about-her-new-novel-smoke-screen

Carr, David -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/20/1765724-scotts-interview-with-david-carr-author-of-the-night-of-the-gun-a-memoir-about-drugs-and-journalism

Burke, Jan - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/22/2343725-my-interview-with-jan-burke-author-of-the-irene-kelly-series

Burnett, John - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/24/799491-interview-with-john-burnett-author-of-uncivilized-beasts-and-shameless-hellions-travels-with-an-npr-correspondent-part-1

Carey, Mike - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/28/925350-an-interview-with-mike-carey-author-of-the-devil-you-know-part-one-

Cartooncat - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/11/1219785-scoop-interviews-cartooncat-about-her-book-planet-germany

Chrome, Cheetah - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/05/5237489-an-interview-with-cheetah-chrome-author-of-a-dead-boys-tale-from-the-front-lines-of-punk-rock

Colbert, Stephen - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/06/1146610-stephen-colberts-book-will-help-you-get-through-the-writers-strike

Crais, Robert - The Watchmen http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/589417-interview-with-robert-crais-author-of-the-watchman

Crais, Robert - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/01/1629074-interview-with-thriller-author-robert-crais-about-his-new-book-chasing-the-darkness

Connelly, Michael - Scarecrow - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3377352-an-interview-with-michael-connelly-about-his-two-new-books-9-dragons-and-scarecrow

Connelly, Michael - Crime Beat http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/588427-interview-with-michael-connelly-author-of-crime-beat

Connelly, Michael - Overlook - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/21/732026-interview-with-michael-connelly-author-of-the-overlook

Crosley, Sloan - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/14/4675993-an-interview-with-sloane-crosley-author-of-how-did-you-get-this-number

Cummings, John Michael - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/12/1858335-scotts-interview-with-john-michael-cummings-author-of-the-night-i-freed-john-brown-

Dangle, Lloyd - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/31/869646-interview-with-lloyd-dangle-author-of-troubletown

Deaver, Jeffrey - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/17/2121263-my-interview-with-jeffrey-deaver-about-his-latest-novel-the-bodies-left-behind

Deaver, Jeffrey - Sleeping Doll - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/22/912203-an-interview-with-jeffrey-deaver-author-of-sleeping-doll

Deaver, Jeffrey - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/15/4511234-an-interview-with-jeffrey-deaver-about-his-new-book-the-burning-wire

Denby, David - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/29/2369134-an-interview-with-david-denby-about-his-book-snark-its-mean-its-personal-and-its-ruining-our-conversation

Earles, Andrew - Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/01/5561654-an-interview-with-andrew-earles-author-of-husker-du-the-story-of-the-noise-pop-pioneers-who-launched-modern-rock

Ebert, Roger - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/20/847277-interview-with-film-critic-roger-ebert-author-of-your-movie-sucks-part-2

Egan, Jennifer - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/09/5435236-an-interview-with-jennifer-egan-author-of-a-visit-from-the-goon-squad

Eisenhower, David - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/30/5552407-interview-david-eisenhower-author-of-going-home-to-glory-a-memoir-of-life-with-dwight-d-eisenhower-1961-1969

Eisler, Barry - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/15/784763-interview-with-barry-eisler-author-of-thriller-requiem-for-an-assassin-

Friedman, Kinky - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/14/1097006-part-2-a-newsvine-interview-with-writer-kinky-friedman-author-of-you-can-lead-a-politician-to-water-but-you-cant-make-him-think-ten-commandments-for-texas-politics

Frost, Sandy - Her Writings At Newsvine - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/20/1593970-an-interview-with-newsvine-journalist-sandy-frost-about-her-writings-about-the-shriners-and-them-coming-here-to-criticize-her

Fulghum - Robert - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/19/972669-an-interview-with-robert-fulghum-author-of-what-have-i-done

Getze, Jack - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/20/907014-interview-with-jack-getze-author-of-big-number

Gordon, David - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/08/4131273-an-interview-with-david-gordon-author-of-the-serialist

Green, Tim http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/18/726750-interview-with-tim-green-author-of-american-outrage-

Hall, M.R. - The Disappeared - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/14/3758005-an-interview-with-mr-hall-about-his-novel-the-disappeared

Harley, Bill - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/25/2351796-an-interview-with-authormusician-bill-harley-

Hanson, Karen - Today's Chicago Blues - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/18/844102-interview-with-karen-hanson-author-of-todays-chicagos-blues-part-2

Harding, John Wesley - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/18/1034431-an-interview-with-wesley-stace-aka-john-wesley-harding-about-his-novel-by-george

Herblock - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/23/3668782-good-news-theres-a-great-book-retrospective-of-herblocks-career-an-interview

Higgins, Jack - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/09/3874353-my-interview-with-author-jack-higgins-about-his-latest-novel-the-wolf-at-the-door

Horwitz, Tony - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/16/1580093-my-interview-with-tony-horwitz-author-of-confederates-in-the-attic-and-a-new-book-a-voyage-long-and-strange-rediscovering-the-new-world

Hunter, Stephen - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/29/3692525-a-newsvine-interview-with-stephen-hunter-about-his-new-book-i-sniper-and-his-career-as-a-novelist-and-film-critic

Huston, Charlie - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/14/1020365-interview-with-charles-huston-author-of-the-shotgun-rule-part-2

Huston, Charlie - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/05/3983570-a-conversation-with-charlie-huston-author-of-sleepless-and-the-mystic-arts-of-erasing-all-signs-of-death

Isaacson, Rupert - Horse Boy - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/28/2875490-an-interview-with-rupert-isaacson-author-of-the-horseboy-a-fathers-quest-to-heal-his-son

Isaacson, Kristin - Horse Boy - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/28/2875490-an-interview-with-rupert-isaacson-author-of-the-horseboy-a-fathers-quest-to-heal-his-son

Isaacson, Walter - Einstein - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/14/836679-interview-with-walter-isaacson-author-of-einstein-his-life-and-universe

Jacobs, A. J. - Guinea Pig Diaries - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/28/3434663-good-news-im-interviewing-aj-jacobs-about-his-latest-crazy-adventure-chronicled-in-the-guinea-pig-diaries-my-life-as-an-experiment-part-1-of-2

Jacobs, A.J. - The Know-It-All - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/22/675419-interview-with-aj-jacobs-author-of-the-know-it-all"

Jacobs, A.J. - Year of Living Biblically - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/14/1024652-newsvine-interview-with-aj-jacobs-author-of-the-year-of-living-biblically

Karp, Marshall - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/27/5191430-an-interview-with-marshall-karp-author-of-cut-paste-kill-a-lomax-biggs-mystery

Katovsky, Bill - Patriots Act - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/21/675420-interview-bill-katovsky-author-of-patriots-act

Keen, Andrew - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/18/844927-interview-with-andrew-keen-author-of-the-cult-of-the-amateur

Kephart, Beth - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/09/1152491-my-newsvine-interview-with-beth-kephart-author-of-zenobia-and-undercover

Kimes, Martha - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/10/709095-interview-with-martha-kimes-author-of-ivy-briefs-a-privileged-and-confidential-law-school-story

Knipfel, Jim - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/31/4444445-an-interview-with-jim-knipfel-author-of-these-children-who-come-at-you-with-knives-and-other-fairy-tales-stories

Kortya, Michael - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4680224-an-interview-with-michael-koryta-author-of-so-cold-the-river

Kurtz, Howard - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/27/1124582-an-interview-with-howard-kurtz-author-of-reality-show-inside-the-last-great-television-news-war-part-two

Lassica, J.D. - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/01/2986864-an-interview-with-author-jd-lasica-about-his-new-joint-web-venture-the-site-socialbriteorg

Leopold, Jason - News Junkie -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/28/637017-interview-with-jason-leopold-author-of-news-junkie

Leota, Alisson - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/02/5398878-an-interview-with-allison-leota-author-of-the-novel-law-of-attraction

Liang - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/25/1324133-my-newsvine-interview-with-chinese-mystery-writer-diane-wei-liang-part-2

Lippman, Laura - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/29/4994670-an-interview-with-laura-lippman-author-of-id-know-you-anywhere-a-novel

Lippman, Laura - No Good Deeds - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/28/590951-interview-with-laura-lippman-author-of-no-good-deeds

Lopate, Philip - American Movie Critics - An Anthology From the Silents Until Now - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/23/676763-interview-with-phillip-lopate-editor-of-american-movie-critics-an-anthology-from-the-silents-until-now

Lutz, Lisa - The Spellman Files - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/593409-interview-with-lisa-lutz-author-of-the-spellman-files

Lutz, Lisa - Revenge of the Spellmans - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/23/2856650-interview-with-lisa-lutz-hilariousbrilliant-author-of-revenge-of-the-spellmans

Lutz, Lisa - Curse of the Spellmans - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/21/1316350-my-newsvine-interview-with-lisa-lutz-author-of-curse-of-the-spellmans

Lutz, Lisa - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/27/4209317-an-interview-with-lisa-lutz-about-her-new-book-the-spellmans-strike-again-a-novel

McNamara, Mary - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4506785-an-interview-with-mary-mcnamara-author-of-the-starlett

Maraniss, David - Rome 1960 - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/27/1618209-a-newsvine-interview-with-author-david-maraniss-about-his-new-book-rome-1960-the-olympics-that-changed-the-world

Marks, Stephen - Confessions of a Political Hit man - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/13/1485848-a-newsvine-interview-with-stephen-marks-author-of-confessions-of-a-political-hitman-part-1-

Masannek, Joachim - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/19/4533997-an-interview-with-joachim-masannek-author-of-the-wild-soccer-bunch

McFarland, Nora - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/14/4888728-an-interview-with-nora-mcfarland-author-of-a-bad-days-work-a-novel

Meltzer, Brad - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/19/4531223-an-interview-with-brad-meltzer-author-of-new-issues-of-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-comic-books

Meltzer, Brad - Book of Fate - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/05/599486-interview-with-brad-meltzer-author-of-the-book-of-fate

Meltzer, Brad - Heroes for my Son - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/12/4271175-an-interview-with-brad-meltzer-about-his-new-book-heroes-for-my-son

Morris, Roy - Author of Lighting Out For The Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/20/4043388-an-interview-with-roy-morris-jr-author-of-lighting-out-for-the-territory-how-samuel-clemens-headed-west-and-became-mark-twain

Morrison, Boyd - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/23/4337172-an-interview-with-boyd-morrison-author-of-the-ark

O'Connell - Carol - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/08/1150473-book-review-find-me-by-carol-oconnell

O'Neil, Dennis: Helltown - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/20/624493-interview-with-dennis-oneil-author-of-helltown

Paretsky, Sara - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/01/5023914-an-interview-with-sara-paretsky-author-of-body-work

Parker, Robert - High Profile http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/15/721351-interview-with-mystery-writer-robert-parker

Parkhurst, Carolyn - Lost and Found - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/05/599475-interview-with-carolyn-parkhurst-author-of-lost-and-found

Pelecanos, George - The Night Gardener - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/588446-interview-with-mystery-writer-george-pelecanos

Pelecanos, George - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/22/1896462-my-interview-with-george-pelecanos-author-of-the-turn-around

Penzler, Otto - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514307-good-news-theres-a-new-collection-of-pieces-by-my-favorite-mystery-writers-an-interview-with-otto-penzler-editor-of-the-lineup

Phillips, Glasgow - The Royal Nonesuch - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/29/691206-an-interview-with-glasgow-phillips-author-of-the-royal-nonesuch-or-what-will-i-do-when-i-grow-up

Phillips, Lisa - Public Radio: Behind the Voices - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/28/590345-interview-with-lisa-phillips-author-of-public-radio-behind-the-voices

Plotz, David - The Best of Slate - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/07/602759-interview-with-david-plotz-deputy-editor-of-slate-on-the-best-of-slate

Poole, Eric - Wheres My Wand? - http://www.newsvine.com/_m1/edit/- http:/sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/12/4498271-an-interview-with-eric-poole-author-of-wheres-my-wand-one-boys-magical-triumph-over-alienation-and-shag-carpeting

Portman, Frank - King Dork - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/592137-interview-with-frank-portman-author-of-king-dork
Portman, Frank - Andromeda Klein - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3497842-an-interview-with-frank-portman-author-of-king-dork-about-his-new-book-andromeda-klein-part-1

Quinn, Spencer - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/09/2412777-an-interview-with-spencer-quinn-author-of-dog-on-it

Quinn, Spencer - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_m1/07/3725140-an-interview-with-spencer-quinn-about-his-new-novel-thereby-hangs-a-tail

Rachman, Tom - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/29/4419802-an-interview-with-tom-rachman-about-his-novel-the-imperfectionists

Rankin, Ian - Bleeding Hearts - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/588450-interview-with-mystery-writer-ian-rankin

Rankin, Ian - Naming of the Dead - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/31/641402-interview-with-ian-rankin-author-of-the-naming-of-the-dead

Richtel, Matt - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/13/834760-interview-with-matt-richtel-author-of-hooked-a-thriller-about-love-and-other-addictions

Rosenberg, Howard - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/31/2262177-my-interview-with-the-authors-of-no-time-to-think-the-menace-of-media-speed-and-the-24-hour-news-cycle

Rule, Ann - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/07/823233-interview-with-ann-rule-author-of-too-late-to-say-goodbye

Rushkoff, Douglas -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3740434-an-interview-with-douglas-rushkoff-about-his-fascinating-book-life-inc-how-the-world-became-a-corporation-and-how-to-take-it-back

Sanford, John - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/06/3468880-my-interview-with-new-yorker-writer-ken-auletta-about-his-new-book-googled-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it

Segura, Jonathan - Occupational Hazards - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/28/1701352-interview-with-author-jonathan-segura-about-his-debut-novel-occupational-hazards

Shrum, Robert - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/23/1688576-my-newsvine-interview-with-political-consultant-robert-shrum-over-his-memoir-no-excuses-concessions-of-a-serial-campaigner-part-1-

Shuman, George - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/25/1910351-an-interview-with-george-shuman-about-his-new-novel-lost-girls

Shuman, George - Second Sight - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/14/3265309-an-interview-with-author-george-shuman-about-his-novel-second-sight

Simon, Scott - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5216521-an-interview-with-npr-host-scott-simon-author-of-baby-we-were-meant-for-each-other

Slaughter, Karin - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/08/4844341-an-interview-with-karin-slaughter-author-of-broken

Soper, Kerry: Garry Trudeau and the Aesthetics of Satire http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3745873-an-interview-with-kerry-soper-about-his-book-garry-trudeau-doonesbury-and-the-aesthetics-of-satire-

Specter, Michael - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/09/3473326-an-interview-with-michael-specter-about-denialism-how-irrational-thinking-hinders-scientific-progress-harms-the-planet-and-threatens-our-lives-

Spencer, Scott - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/12/5281673-an-interview-with-scott-spencer-author-of-man-in-the-woods

Stone, David - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/08/4257716-interview-with-david-stone-author-of-the-skorpion-directive

Sullivan, Bob - Gotcha Capitalism - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/06/1282334-a-newsvine-interview-with-bob-sullivan-a-msnbc-blogger-author-of-gotcha-capitalism-how-hidden-fees-rip-you-off-every-day-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

Straw, Tom - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/23/980530-an-interview-with-tom-straw-author-of-the-trigger-episode-part-2

Symynkywicz, Jeffrey - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/19/1761870-interview-with-jeffrey-symynkywicz-author-of-the-gospel-according-to-bruce-springsteen-rock-and-redemption

Tillman, Barrett - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/02/3970316-an-interview-with-barrett-tillman-about-his-book-whirlwind-the-air-war-against-japan-1942-1945

Tinley, Scott - Things To Be Survived - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/27/635254-interview-with-scott-tinley-author-of-things-to-be-survived-

Vitzthum, Virginia - I Love You - Lets Meet - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/28/591319-interview-with-virginia-vitzthum-author-of-i-love-you-lets-meet

Voorhees, Sara - Lumiere Affair - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/24/679948-interview-with-sara-voorhees-author-of-the-lumiere-affair

Vowell, Sarah - l - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/14/1997360-my-interview-with-sarah-vowell-over-her-new-book-the-wordy-shipmates

Walsh, Jim - The Replacements: An Oral History - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/03/3849559-an-interview-with-jim-walsh-about-his-book-the-replacements-all-over-but-the-shouting-an-oral-history-

Wambaugh - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/25/1388871-my-newsvine-interview-with-joseph-wambaugh-about-his-new-novel-hollywood-crows

Westlake, Donald - What's So Funny - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/03/699899-interview-with-donald-westlake-author-of-whats-so-funny

Wilson, Charles - Chew on This - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/28/590388-interview-with-charles-wilson-co-author-of-chew-on-this

Young, Thomas - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5071282-an-interview-with-thomas-young-about-the-mullahs-storm

Young, Toby - No Hands Clapping - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/21/675856-interview-toby-young-author-of-the-sound-of-no-hands-clapping-a-memoir

Zooborns - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/02/5395638-an-interview-with-andrew-bleiman-co-author-of-zooborns-

Music interviews

Africa Dreamland - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/25/1511740-interview-with-putumayo-about-their-new-albums-african-dreamland-and-african-party

Asian Dreamland (Putumayo) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/24/678798-interview-with-dan-storper-executive-producer-of-all-putumayo-world-music-albums-on-asian-dreamland-cd

Barney Salzberg - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/13/717152-interview-with-barney-saltzberg-musiciansongwriter of-crazy-hair-day-

Beatles Tribute - All Together Now - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/21/675431-interview-with-kevin-salem-producer-of-beatles-tribute-all-together-now

Bottle Rockets - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/18/1171807-a-newsvine-interview-with-brian-henneman-singer-of-the-bottle-rockets

Brazil (Putumayo) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/22/1041018-interview-regarding-putumayo-kids-album-brazilian-playground-

Clem Snide band interview - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/06/2645400-an-interview-with-clem-snides-lead-singer-and-a-review-of-the-bands-austin-show-april-4-2009

Morgan Taylor - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/13/715750-interview-with-morgan-taylor-creator-of-gustafer-yellowgold

Sesame Street interview - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/21/2136195-a-newsvine-interview-with-a-sesame-street-executive-about-putumayos-sesame-street-cddvd

Vic Bondi - Report Suspicious Activity - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/04/2072812-scoops-interview-with-vic-bondi-singer-of-political-punk-band-report-suspicious-activity

Cafe Cubano (Putumayo) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/29/1801121-interview-with-putumayo-about-their-new-album-cafe-cubano

Quebec (Putumayo) http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/28/1702780-my-interview-with-the-producer-of-putumayos-album-quebec

Mosaic of Stories and Music from Around the World – World Tales Volume 2 - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/02/1198757-a-newsvine-interview-with-the-makers-of-a-mosaic-of-stories-and-music-from-around-the-world-world-tales-volume-2

Harmonica Pocket - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/24/1386939-my-newsvine-interview-with-the-harmonica-pocket-about-its-new-album-ladybug-one

Harding, John Wesley - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/18/1034431-an-interview-with-wesley-stace-aka-john-wesley-harding-about-his-novel-by-george

Justin Towne Earle - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/31/1401791-my-newsvine-interview-with-singer-justin-townes-earle-about-his-album-the-good-life

Peter Himmelman - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/05/676752-interview-with-peter-himmelman-singer-songwriter

Leaving, TX - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/29/993719-interview-chris-patterson-lead-singer-of-leaving-tx

Polyphonic Spree - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/06/600117-interview-with-tim-delaughter-of-the-polyphonic-spree

Putumao for Animal Playground - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/19/728111-interview-with-putumayo-kids-manager-mona-kayhan-about-animal-playground-cd

Hawaiian playground (Putumayo) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/11/1293060-a-newsvine-interview-for-the-putumayo-kids-album-hawaiian-playground

Reggae Playground (Putumayo) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/26/678733-interview-jacob-edgar-on-reggae-playground-family-cd

Robert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine aka Robert Schneider of Apples in Stereo - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/03/2770929-an-interview-with-robbert-bobbert-and-the-bubble-machine-aka-robert-schneider-of-apples-in-stere

Justin Townes Earle - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/31/1401791-my-newsvine-interview-with-singer-justin-townes-earle-about-his-album-the-good-life

Mae Robertson - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/28/927156-interview-singer-mae-robertson-talks-about-hew-new-album-dream

Bob Schneider - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/09/887065-interview-bob-schneider-musiciansongwriter-part-1

Sam Hinton - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/26/676744-an-interview-with-folk-singer-sam-hinton:

Beatles Tribute - All Together Now - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/21/675431-interview-with-kevin-salem-producer-of-beatles-tribute-all-together-now

Waco Brothers - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/03/1340401-a-newsvine-interview-with-the-waco-brothers-about-their-new-live-album

Jamshied-sharif - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/14/1429710-an-interview-with-jamshied-sharifi-about-his-album-one

Justin Roberts - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/07/1415939-an-interview-with-songwriter-justin-roberts-about-his-new-album-pop-fly

Movie interviews

911 Dust and Deceit - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/26/633452-interview-with-penny-little-director-of-911-dust-and-deceit

Along Comes Kinky (Friedman) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/18/2563742-interview-with-david-hartstein-director-of-the-documentary-along-came-kinky-friedman-that-is

Happiness Is - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/18/3163699-an-interview-with-andrew-shapter-director-of-the-documentary-happiness-is-

The Horse Boy (movie) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/28/2740325-a-conversation-with-the-director-of-the-documentary-the-horse-boy-chronicling-a-familys-trip-to-mongolia-with-their-son-who-has-autism

Maz Jobrani (comedian) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/25/3808038-an-interview-with-comedian-maz-jobrani-about-his-show-and-dvd-brown-and-friendly

Book Catch-Alls

Why I, Your Intrepid Reader, Love Airports and Airplanes
http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/01/812882-why-i-your-intrepid-reader-love-airports-and-airplanes

My Relationship With Bookcrossing (warning: this story has implied nudity) -
http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/23/1248576-my-relationship-with-bookcrossing-warning-this-story-has-implied-

Books You Should Hate But Love aka Guilty Pleasures - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/23/629316-books-you-should-hate-but-love-aka-guilty-pleasures

Books You Should Love But Hated - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/21/626052-books-you-should-love-but-hated

Is listening to an audiobook inferior to reading a book - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/02/594456-is-listening-to-an-audiobook-inferior-to-reading-a-book

Jump the Shark - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/11/2299617-reviewed-jump-the-shark-and-television-without-pity-and-752-things-we-love-to-hate-and-hate-to-love-about-tv

Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) About TV - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/11/2299617-reviewed-jump-the-shark-and-television-without-pity-and-752-things-we-love-to-hate-and-hate-to-love-about-tv

Book Reviews

Atkinson, Kate - When Will There Be Good News - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/26/2355557-reviewed-kate-atkinsons-novel-when-will-there-be-good-news

Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/22/3935468-forced-to-rethink-some-punk-memories-thoughts-prompted-by-the-book-radio-silence-a-selected-visual-history-of-american-hardcore-music

Bryson, Bill - A Short History - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/16/616689-book-review-a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-by-bill-bryson

Buckley, Christopher - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/25/738468-book-reviews-thank-you-for-smoking-and-boomsday-by-christopher-buckley

Connelly, Michael - Brass Verdict - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2312027-review-of-michael-connelly-and-ian-rankins-latest-books-exit-music-and-brass-verdict-respectively

Connelly, Michael - The Closers - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/13/659529-book-review-the-closers-by-michael-connelly

Connelly, Michael - The Lincoln Lawyer - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/11/657810-book-review-the-lincoln-lawyer-by-michael-connelly
(Interview with Connelly Over Crime Beat - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/588427-interview-with-michael-connelly-author-of-crime-beat
and Scarecrow and 9 Dragons - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3377352-an-interview-with-michael-connelly-about-his-two-new-books-9-dragons-and-scacecrow

Cornwell, Patricia - Unnatural Exposure - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/21/623819-book-review-unnatural-exposure-by-patricia-cornwell

Dunning, John - The Bookman's Promise - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/612132-book-review-the-bookmans-promise-by-john-dunnin

Eggers, Dave -Best American Non Required Reading 2006 http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/07/601778-review-best-american-nonrequired-reading-2006

Elleree, Linda - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/24/681740-book-review-girl-reporter-sinks-school-by-linda-ellerbee

Fisher, Carrie - Wishful Drinking - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/25/2246546-newsviners-will-you-take-the-2009-reading-challenge?commentId=6474149

Gantos, Jack - Joey Pigza Swallowed The Key - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/19/621996-book-review-joey-pigza-swallowed-the-key

Gleick, James - Faster http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/08/603569-book-review-faster-by-james-gleick

Groening, Matt- The Huge Book of - Hell http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/25/738411-book-review-the-huge-book-of-hell

Hiaasen, Carl - Sick Puppy- http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/22/626922-book-review-sick-puppy-by-carl-hiaasen

Hornby, Nick - A Long Way Down - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/14/569070-review-a-long-way-down-is-not-really-a-downer

Isaacson, Rupert - The Horse Boy - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/19/3170394-good-news-i-finally-finished-that-great-book-about-horse-boy

Katz, Jon - Geeks -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/612123-book-review-geeks-by-jon-katz

Keen, Andrew - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/04/876964-my-rantreview-of-andrew-keens-cult-of-the-amateur
Interview of him is here: http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/18/844927-interview-with-andrew-keen-author-of-the-cult-of-the-amateur

Martin, Steve - Born Standing Up - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/24/2591516-the-curious-case-of-steve-martins-comedy-career-reflecting-on-his-memoir-born-standing-up"

McCourt, Frank - Tis - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/26/633078-book-review-tis-by-frank-mccourt

O'Connell -Carrol - Shell Game - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/06/601260-book-review-shell-game-by-carol-oconnell

Parker, Robert - Blue Screen - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/13/661563-author-robert-parker-does-good-experimenting-in-blue-screen

Parker, Robert - High Profile - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/20/729500-book-review-high-profile-spare-change-and-edenville-owls-by-robert-parker

Parker, Robert - Hush Money - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/06/678808-book-review-hush-money-by-robert-parker

Parker, Robert - Cold Service - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/26/676753-book-review-cold-service-by-robert-parker
Parker, Robert - Small Vices - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/01/678005-review-small-vices-by-robert-parker
(Parker interviwe here -

Rankin, Ian - Exit Music - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2312027-review-of-michael-connelly-and-ian-rankins-latest-books-exit-music-and-brass-verdict-respectively
(My interviews with Rankin include this one - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/588450-interview-with-mystery-writer-ian-rankin

Sacks, Oliver - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/22/1246311-my-newsvine-review-musicophilia-tales-of-music-and-the-brain-by-oliver-sacks

Schlosser, Eric - Fast Food Nation - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/17/667637-book-review-fast-food-nation

Sedaris, David - Me Talk Pretty One Day - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/02/595006-book-review-me-talk-pretty-one-day-by-david-sedaris

Siegel, James - Deceit - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/07/600100-interview-with-james-siegel-author-of-deceit

Spiegelman, Art - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/612065-book-review-in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-by-art-spiegelman

Stephanopoulos, George - All too Human http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/07/603524-book-review-all-too-human

Stewart, Jon - The Daily Show's Book America: The Teacher's Edition - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/09/655286-book-review-america-the-book-teachers-edition-is-underwhelming

Swain, James - Loaded Dice - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/612137-book-review-loaded-dice

Turow, Scott - Personal Injuries - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/04/645179-book-review-personal-injuries-by-scott-turow

Vowell, Sarah - Take the Cannoli - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/24/681760-book-review-take-the-cannoli-stories-from-the-new-world-by-sarah-vowell
(My interview with Vowell on a later book is here - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/14/1997360-my-interview-with-sarah-vowell-over-her-new-book-the-wordy-shipmates

Wambaugh, Joseph - Hollywood Station - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/01/678724-review-hollywood-station-shows-wambaugh-is-still-master-of-crime-fiction
My Interview With Wambaugh - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/25/1388871-my-newsvine-interview-with-joseph-wambaugh-about-his-new-novel-hollywood-crows

Westlake, Donald - The Ax - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/10/656929-book-review-the-hook-by-donald-westlake

Westlake, Donald - Comeback - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/593522-book-review-comeback-by-richard-starkdonald-westlake

Westlake, Donald - Comeback - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/593522-book-review-comeback-by-richard-starkdonald-westlake
(My interview with Westlake is here - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/03/699899-interview-with-donald-westlake-author-of-whats-so-funny?threadId=100060

Wambaugh, Joseph - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/06/600113-book-review-hollywood-station-by-joseph-wambaugh

Wilson, Cintra - A Massive Swelling - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/14/569070-review-a-long-way-down-is-not-really-a-downer

Wolfe, Tom - A Man In Full - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/26/626931-book-review-a-man-in-full-by-tom-wolfe

Movie Catch-Alls
Favorite documentaries - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/05/701776-what-are-your-favorite-documentaries-and-why

Movie Reviews

Alice's Restaurant - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/17/669137-dvd-review-alices-restaurant-

American Hardcore - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/28/2253695-dvd-review-american-hardcore-the-history-of-american-punk-rock-1980-1986

Australia and Quantum Solace - A Writing Experience - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/01/2165137-what-do-the-movies-australia-and-quantum-of-solace-have-in-common-a-writing-experiment

Barbara & Tibby A Love Story in the Face Of Hate - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/593600-barbara-tibby-a-love-story-in-the-face-of-hate

Bill Hicks -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/23/4057383-thinking-about-comedian-bill-hicks-an-unorthodox-review-of-a-new-documentary-about-him-as-well-as-some-of-his-performances

Bowling For columbine - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/611414-movie-review-bowling-for-columbine

Bus 174 - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/17/669125-documentary-movie-review-bus-174

Butch Cassidy - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/28/1702283-thoughts-on-paper-moon-and-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid

Carter Family Documentary - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/22/1505970-carter-family-documentary-is-underwhelming

Control Room - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/23/583154-control-room-makes-you-think

Crash - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/29/691727-movie-review-crash

Devil's Playground - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/20/1242493-dvd-review-devils-playground-about-the-amish

Dixie Chicks - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/15/838368-movie-review-dixie-chicks-shut-up-sing

Down from the Mountain, Heart of Gold and Storefront Hitchcock - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/01/694105-music-dvd-reviews-down-from-the-mountain-heart-of-gold-storefront-hitchcock

Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/612559-documentary-reviews-enron-electric-cars-why-we-fight-and-road-to-911

The Horse Boy - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/28/2740325-a-conversation-with-the-director-of-the-documentary-the-horse-boy-chronicling-a-familys-trip-to-mongolia-with-their-son-who-has-autism

Five things The Last Indiana Jones Movie Did Wrong - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/28/1516458-five-things-the-indiana-jones-movie-did-wrong-warning-spoilers