September 12, 2002 Archive

Music

• Are Snakes good company?

  Whitesnake without Coverdale have finally come of age and produced an extremely good hard-blues rock album.

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Sep 12, 2002

• Cult of the Apocalyptica

  The heavy metal cellists are back with another great album. For the first time, Cult is made if all but 3 original tracks.

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Sep 12, 2002

• Messiahs Kissing?

  Germans with a Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Accept fixation is not exactly a shock. It is rare, however, that anyone does it as well as this lot.

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Sep 12, 2002

• Daylight Sheik

  I cannot get these lines out of my mind. They have struck a chord and allow me to laugh off frustrations. Duncan Sheik sings them in Good Morning "who needs to join the circus/come on, just look around/we are surrounded/by a bunch of f**king clowns"

  in Music — by Robert M. Centor — on Sep 12, 2002

• The Smell of a Troll is quite good.

  The prosthetic eared and nosed Norwegian troll is back with his latest collection of doomy electronica, It is bloody brilliant as well.

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Sep 12, 2002

• A Fine Day to Exit the indie scene.

  Anathema have made the jump to the majors with their latest release. The band have chosen to mark this transition with one of the best rock albums to be released in years.

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Sep 12, 2002

• Fortune Latest to Call MP3s Music Biz Savior

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

• Warren Zevon - The Excitable Boy

  I am just the kind of person all celebrities should avoid and fear.

  in Music — by Dawn Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

• Warren Zevon Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

• Rock Hall Nominations Announced

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

• Kelly Clarkson, American Idol Judges and Hosts to Appear on Mad TV

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

• Late Drowning Pool Singer On 9/11

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

• Global Requiem

  Mozart's Requiem circled the globe as 8:46am struck around the world.

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

Culture

• New Yorker Festival Returns at the End of September

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

• Zadie Smith feels the entertainment media's teeth

  A flurry of UK coverage of the author of White Teeth and The Autograph Man

  in Culture — by Prentiss Riddle — on Sep 12, 2002

• Group Blog For GIs

  GIs have a site to place their personal writing, thoughts, schedules, etc.

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

• 9/11 Dominates the Internet Once Again

  "Sept. 11 was the first fully digital event in world history"

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

Video

• THE ASSASSINATION OF KING TUT - Discovery Channel

  With nothing better to do, a pair of investigators try to solve the "murder of King Tut."

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

• Endgame: Ethics And Values In America

  Interactive Special Premieres Live On PBS And PBS.org September 18

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002

Books

• Free, Free, Set Them Free

  If you're not going to use it again, why hang on to a book?

  in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 12, 2002