March 25, 2003 Archive

Sci/Tech

• Music Industry Stumbles into Combat with File-Swapping Applications

  "But watching the record companies as they try to find a formula for a successful paid alternative is like watching five people play blindman's bluff on stilts." ~ D. Pogue

  in Sci/Tech — by Steve Sabo — on Mar 25, 2003

• Lies and Name Calling Are "Un-American"

  in Sci/Tech — by Ms. Tek — on Mar 25, 2003

• SonicBlue Litigated Into Bankruptcy

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 25, 2003

• "Sojo's" Covering the War Alone

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 25, 2003

• No Such Thing As "Free"

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 25, 2003

Music

• Sonic Protest

  in Music — by Steve Rhodes — on Mar 25, 2003

• Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon- Clone

  in Music — by The Theory — on Mar 25, 2003

• 3d5spd "Fever in the Ice Age"

  in Music — by Jeff Petermann — on Mar 25, 2003

• Dead Letter Office "The Crime Scene EP"

  in Music — by Jeff Petermann — on Mar 25, 2003

• Clint Black's groovy warmongering

  Clint Black has a new pro-military song available for free download from his website.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Mar 25, 2003

• Television- Live at the 930 Club

  in Music — by Jen Rajkowski — on Mar 25, 2003

• Pig Lib

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Mar 25, 2003

• To Sting: Thanks for all the women

  When the first New Wave class was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it sparked a bit of 30-year-old male reminiscence. Like how the Police and Sting made the girls notice me.

  in Music — by Timothy Jarrett — on Mar 25, 2003

• My Weekend in Rock Part 1

  It would be nearly impossible for me to remember the entire length of their 2 hour and 15 minute set in order, but Godspeed expounded and lamented on every album in the discography.

  in Music — by Adam Penly — on Mar 25, 2003

• TRAVELING MUSIC, PLEASE

  in Music — by Murphy — on Mar 25, 2003

• Not all UK musicians anti-war

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 25, 2003

• The F-Word

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Mar 25, 2003

• Lil Markie, "Diary Of An Unborn Child"

  The third in an occasional series (not for the weak of heart, I may add).

  in Music — by James Russell — on Mar 25, 2003

• A quick round-up of some current protest songs

  in Music — by James Russell — on Mar 25, 2003

Politics

• Pretzel Logic

  Pretzels for Peace??????????? Now that's just mean.

  in Politics — by Kate Sherrod — on Mar 25, 2003

• Clint Black's groovy warmongering

  Clint Black has a new pro-military song available for free download from his website.

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Mar 25, 2003

• Me and the Republicans

  I want to love pro-war conservatives. Why do they make it so hard?

  in Politics — by Brian Flemming — on Mar 25, 2003

• Criticism of the President

  in Politics — by Mark Saleski — on Mar 25, 2003

• (Excerpt from) Texas Diaries

  Plane 'Hijinks' & my visit to George Bush Presidential Library. Yes, Gonzo Journalism is alive & well on the Internet...

  in Politics — by Pete Petrisko — on Mar 25, 2003

• Notes on the War

  Thoughts on the first week of Operation Iraqi Freedom

  in Politics — by Stephen Silver — on Mar 25, 2003

• Michael Moore-on

  in Politics — by Jeff Petermann — on Mar 25, 2003

• When Iraq gets free speech, can we get ours back?

  in Politics — by Martin Blank — on Mar 25, 2003

• Lil Markie, "Diary Of An Unborn Child"

  The third in an occasional series (not for the weak of heart, I may add).

  in Politics — by James Russell — on Mar 25, 2003

• High-Level Defection?

  Has Ashcroft gone over to the French?

  in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Mar 25, 2003

Culture

• The 50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers

  in Culture — by Moira — on Mar 25, 2003

• Watching the News - in Spanish

  in Culture — by Moira — on Mar 25, 2003

• Book-Film-TV-Video Critiquees

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 25, 2003

Video

• The Good The Bad The Ugly

  in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on Mar 25, 2003

• New Black Hawk Down Deluxe DVD Coming in June

  Three disc set helps to restore some sense of the history and geopolitics of the events portrayed in the action-dominated movie.

  in Video — by Ed Driscoll — on Mar 25, 2003

• Buffy and real life

  in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on Mar 25, 2003

• What is in a Name?

  I hereby declare a totally unofficial but no less necessary open call to all and sundry to come up with a new name for the channel formerly known as SCI FI.

  in Video — by Kate Sherrod — on Mar 25, 2003

• ADAPTATION

  in Video — by Kate Tallent — on Mar 25, 2003

• Russian Ark

  in Video — by Kate Tallent — on Mar 25, 2003

• Notes on the Oscars

  Musings on the 75th Annual Academy Awards

  in Video — by Stephen Silver — on Mar 25, 2003

• Cheap Movies - Decent Results

  Just because they're cheap, doesn't mean they aren't any good.

  in Video — by Jay Caruso — on Mar 25, 2003

• View from the Top: Camping It Up, Up, and Away

  Dramatic movies have improved since the counterculture--at the cost of unintentional camp. But intentional camp has pitfalls of its own.

  in Video — by Alan Dale — on Mar 25, 2003

• Becoming American: The Chinese Experience

  in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Mar 25, 2003

• Best documentary

  in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Mar 25, 2003

Books

• Mistress of Paraguay

  in Books — by Mick Fealty — on Mar 25, 2003