January 20, 2003 Archive

Culture

• Fair fighting and stupid tactics

  Who will pay the bucks to buy a commercial product that is ACTIVELY INFERIOR to what they can download on the net for free?

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Jan 20, 2003

• iPod

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 20, 2003

• Al Hirschfeld: 1903 to 2003

  Hirschfeld found his passion, which is probably a big reason he spent nearly 100 years walking among mortals.

  in Culture — by Howard Owens — on Jan 20, 2003

• MLK Day

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 20, 2003

• Guardian-Observer on the War

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 20, 2003

• Monster Xbox

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 20, 2003

• Protein Source (Code) Of The Future... Now

  Use the spare cycles on your computer to help understand protein folding and disease.

  in Culture — by Dave Gutowski — on Jan 20, 2003

• MP3's And Hearing Loss

  One researcher has found that digital audio may harm our hearing over an extended period.

  in Culture — by Dave Gutowski — on Jan 20, 2003

• Pet Sounds (Of Dancing)

  Dance with your dog or cat, here's how!

  in Culture — by Dave Gutowski — on Jan 20, 2003

• Lord Of The Browser

  Free Java roleplaying game for fans of fantasy.

  in Culture — by Dave Gutowski — on Jan 20, 2003

• To a Young Poet I Once Knew

  I now forget the initial inspiration for the poem, but its not hard to imagine that I had recently read some morose poem and thought it a bit overwrought. The whole goth thing is not very interesting to me. Reading it now, I can't help but think of Kurt Cobain.

  in Culture — by Howard Owens — on Jan 20, 2003

Video

• Second Look: Human Nature (DVD).

  To the extent critics noticed Charlie Kaufman's Human Nature when it was released last spring, it was mostly to pan it. For their part, movie-goers stayed away in droves. We put it on our Netflix list anyway ... and were pleasantly surprised.

  in Video — by BJ Johnson — on Jan 20, 2003

• There's a reason it's called Jackass, jackass

  in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on Jan 20, 2003

• Golden Globes

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 20, 2003

• Brother Outsider

  in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Jan 20, 2003

• The Murder of Emmett Till

  in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Jan 20, 2003

Books

• Courtney Crumrin And The Night Things

  in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Jan 20, 2003

• Reel Around The Fountain Pen

  Interview with Simon Goddard, who wrote The Smiths, Songs That Changed Your Life.

  in Books — by Dave Gutowski — on Jan 20, 2003

• Vonnegut At 80

  Asked how he's doing, Kurt Vonnegut says, "I'm mad about being old and I'm mad about being American. Apart from that, OK."

  in Books — by Dave Gutowski — on Jan 20, 2003

• Henry Gould

  in Books — by Howard Owens — on Jan 20, 2003

Music

• We Shall Not Be Overcome

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 20, 2003

• SnoCore 2003

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 20, 2003

• Not so commercial recordings

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Jan 20, 2003

• With Friends Like Blackie Lawless ...

  Blackie Lawless of WASP offers an email "defense" of Pete Townshend...

  Opinion in Music — by Howard Owens — on Jan 20, 2003

• Nick Cave - Nocturama

  After years of being better in theory than in execution, Nick Cave executes.

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 20, 2003

• Is a Commercial Any More Commercial Than Any Other Recording?

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 20, 2003

• "Hot Air"

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 20, 2003

• Another 31 Songs

  To coincide with Nick Hornby's release of essays on the same topic, The Observer asked 31 people (novelists, journalists, cashiers, etc.) to name a song that changed their life (and why)

  in Music — by Dave Gutowski — on Jan 20, 2003

• Throwing Muses Redux

  New album and tour coming from the Throwing Muses.

  in Music — by Dave Gutowski — on Jan 20, 2003

• And Jesus Wept

  Wonder what Sebastian Bach is doing these days? He's playing the Messiah, of course...

  in Music — by Dave Gutowski — on Jan 20, 2003

• Paean To The 7"

  Record label releases a tribute to the 7" single.

  in Music — by Dave Gutowski — on Jan 20, 2003

• New Blood & Ink Records Site

  in Music — by Amber Nussbaum — on Jan 20, 2003