October 31, 2002 Archive

Culture

• The Daily Funny #2

  It's a list of the funniest stuff that folks have seen on the Blogosphere and sent to me.

  in Culture — by Laurence Simon — on Oct 31, 2002

• Halloween Treats

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2002

• This One Will Be Hard to Shut Down

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2002

• Wellstone and the Wrath of Kahn

  in Culture — by Dawn Olsen — on Oct 31, 2002

• Time For the Public to Get Involved

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2002

• World Series - The Agony and the Ecstasy

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2002

• Boo!

  On this day in 1938, Orson Welles broadcast his now famous radio drama "War of the Worlds." A simple Halloween radio drama cast as a series of news reports of an invasion of Martians set the nation into panic.

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Oct 31, 2002

• The Antidote to Amtrak: The Napa Valley Wine Train

  If your idea of great railroad dining is sitting in a generic Amtrak car and being served a styrofoam hamburger and a warm Diet Coke, you haven't ridden on this train!

  in Culture — by Ed Driscoll — on Oct 31, 2002

Video

• Top Ten Scariest Movies of All Time

  Dawn Olsen gives us the lowdown on her personal scariest movies

  Opinion in Video — by Dawn Olsen — on Oct 31, 2002

• The Islamists Should Like This One

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2002

• The Risk Is Real

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2002

• Potentially Classic Austin City Limits

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2002

• Topdog Diaries

  in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Oct 31, 2002

• Frontline/World

  in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Oct 31, 2002

• Oscar Talk II

  Bony Ass Beats Out D-Day for Best Picture

  in Video — by Jay Caruso — on Oct 31, 2002

Music

• A taste of the future of music

  Shannon Campbell and Scott Andrew LePera make beautiful music togther, although they've never met.

  in Music — by Kevin Marks — on Oct 31, 2002

• More On Jay

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2002

• Dysrhythmia joins Relapse

  Instrumental madness joins the mighty Relapse Records.

  in Music — by Seth Werkheiser — on Oct 31, 2002

• Jam Master Jay Murdered

  in Music — by Jay Caruso — on Oct 31, 2002

• A birthday for the Texas Jewboy

  Kinky Friedman, musician and novelist, was born October 31, 1944. The Texan and the Hebrew parts of his background make a fine combination. Note that this makes him double bred for kickin' ass.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Oct 31, 2002

• Rapper "Jam Master Jay", Member of Run DMC Killed In Shooting

  AP reports that the rapper "was shot in the head at a recording studio in the New York City borough of Queens."

  in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on Oct 31, 2002