The end of January and the most depressing week of the year, at least for our book reviewers. TV, interviews, and various topical columns were unaffected by the black ague of despair mantling the readers. If you were too busy rebalancing your checkbook to find a way to pay off Christmas or kicking off the official Mardi Gras season with the Krewe de Vieux parade to check in every day, have no fear! I’ve got your cheat sheet, my weekly run-down of our original content so that you can be sure you didn’t miss something awesome.
Events
BSC gets a breakdown of what’s in the debut issue of Crimefactory ezine from Brian Lindenmuth
Interviews
Keith Rawson gives us Part 2 of his video interview with Charlie Huston
The Week in Television
Eli continues to cover Jack Bauer’s last season, with 24‘s fifth episode 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Castle‘s “The Third Man”was a jarring return to the show’s normal style after 2 heavy weeks, but an otherwise solid episode
The Gerald So section starts with NCIS “Jetlag” and NCIS: Los Angeles “Missing”
Following that is the new Burn Notice, “Friendly Fire”
Finishing up his round of recaps is Bones‘s “The Dentist in the Ditch”
The Vampire Diaries keep getting better and better, and “Unpleasantville” also contained some choice reveals
Gaming
B.T. Robertson breaks down Darksiders for PS3 in his final review
He also looks forward as a preview to what Sony and Ps3 are doing in 2010
Music
Matt Cibula unwinds another 47 Miles of Barbed Wire as he offers up a Mixtape Rundown
Columns
Medora brings us Mangakissafor January, focusing on Azumanga Daioh
The Bodice Rippeth returns with a special Hot Destination Paradise Men at Work issue
Irregular Contributors
Very special thanks to our special guests this week who dropped by to add their chocolate chip cookies to the BSC potluck!
Erin Evans is back to talk about Being a Hack: Writing a Shared World Novel
Holly Black offers a short story out of her upcoming collection The Poison Eaters and other stories entitled “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”
