September 20, 2002 Archive

Music

• New Bert Berns Collection

  What do the Drifters, Isleys, Solomon Burke, Garnet Mims, and Van Morrison have in common? Bert Berns.

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 20, 2002

• Idols Reconvene in Vegas: Where Else?

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 20, 2002

• Zombies Semi-Reunion

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 20, 2002

• Two Thirty Eight - You Should Be Living

  in Music — by Seth Werkheiser — on Sep 20, 2002

• Midpoint Music Festival

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 20, 2002

• Gramophone

  Gramophone is the band you want to have playing the very first time you have sex with the person who you already know is going to break your heart.

  Review in Music — by John Scalzi — on Sep 20, 2002

Books

• How Much Information Is Too Much?

  Nicholas Kristof decried the publication of information of possible aid to terrorists in a NY Times column this week.

  in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 20, 2002

• NEAL POLLACK - Interview

  Neal Pollack talks about himself - what else?

  in Books — by Dawn Olsen — on Sep 20, 2002

• Fifth "Harry Potter" On Its Way

  in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 20, 2002

• Vic Hanson: Soul of Battle

  A must read for anyone wanting to evaluate America's chances in the current conflict.

  in Books — by Glenn M. Frazier — on Sep 20, 2002

• Thomas Struth at the MOCA

  in Books — by Murphy — on Sep 20, 2002

Culture

• Wonderland

  Ever wonder why musicians are so popular with the ladies?

  in Culture — by Martin Devon — on Sep 20, 2002

• A Wartime Love Story, Part I

  CPO Sparkey begins his tale of two kids falling in love during the War... It was 1942. A tall lanky Signalman 3C from Beaumont, TX received a bundle of letters from the Home Front while on convoy duty in the Caribbean. Before Pearl Harbor, the signalman had been attending North Texas Teachers College, the first in his family to attend college- the first to graduate High School for that matter.

  in Culture — by Paul Palubicki — on Sep 20, 2002

• A Wartime Love Story, Part II

  CPO Sparkey continues... She was born a child of privilege. Her father was rich oilman, her mother a product of the San Antonio social scene. They owned a big house in the posh Highland Park neighborhood of Dallas; their car had Leopard-skin seat coverings.

  in Culture — by Paul Palubicki — on Sep 20, 2002

• A Wartime Love Story, Part III

  CPO Sparkey picks up from Part II... The sailor was a writer; he loved the written word. In high school, he was editor of the school’s literary magazine and the yearbook. Of the ten letters his aunt had gotten written for him, he answered only one.

  in Culture — by Paul Palubicki — on Sep 20, 2002

• A Wartime Love Story, Part IV

  CPO Sparkey continues.. Her marriage turned abusive, and she divorced the man. Eventually some friends helped her find a new job in Houston. So she moved back to Houston and Gulf Oil.

  in Culture — by Paul Palubicki — on Sep 20, 2002

• A Wartime Love Story, Epilogue.

  CPO Sparkey concludes his tale of love and marriage in wartime America.

  in Culture — by Paul Palubicki — on Sep 20, 2002

• Kabbala Water? No, Really

  in Culture — by sashinka — on Sep 20, 2002

Video

• "Secretary" Review

  in Video — by wRyan — on Sep 20, 2002

• Survivor 5 Premiere Rundown

  in Video — by Chari Daignault — on Sep 20, 2002