May 2, 2003 Archive

Books

• The Crow Road

  "It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach."

  in Books — by Chad Orzel — on May 02, 2003

• Timely Reading: "The Book of Virtues"

  in Books — by Brian Flemming — on May 02, 2003

• Harry Potter at Royal Albert Hall

  in Books — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2003

• OED Snags the "Bling Bling"

  in Books — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2003

• Look to Windward

  An extended meditation on death and loss, set in Banks's Culture universe, and arguably the best thing he's written there.

  in Books — by Chad Orzel — on May 02, 2003

• Arab democracy -- not an oxymoron

  Zakaria: "The consummate politician, former Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, once said that all politics is local. So is the politics of rage. The frustrations of ordinary Arabs are not about the clash of civilizations or the rise of McDonald's or the imperial foreign policy of the United States. They are responses to repressive political regimes with no political voice. And they blame America for supporting these regimes."

  in Books — by Walter Enderby — on May 02, 2003

Music

• Excalibur 2.5.1

  It's as if the Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in purest glittering samite, reached up out of the water and lobbed me a bug-fix, signifying that I, Arthur, was to rule Britain somewhat more efficiently, without the rare bug that caused saves to fail under system 6 while running over an AplleTalk network.

  in Music — by Chad Orzel — on May 02, 2003

• Anberlin- Blueprints for the Black Market

  A one act play for 3 people exposing the evils of Anberlin.

  in Music — by The Theory — on May 02, 2003

• "The Problem With Music"

  Steve Albini, the producer of Nirva's hit album, "In Utero", looks at the recording industry, and does not like what he sees

  in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on May 02, 2003

• Of Pete Seeger and Jean Bethke Elshtain

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2003

• Courtney Publicly Fills Band Hole

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2003

• Public enemy diss Bush

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on May 02, 2003

• Fog Lifts: Dixie Chicks Play to Cheers

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2003

• Audience Stories

  Broadway, and its vicinity, sees some of the most unusual audience-cast interaction. My first gig out of college was playing bass in an off-Broadway musical ("Salvation", starring such unknowns as Bette Midler, Barry Bostwick, and Joe Morton).

  in Music — by woodylewis — on May 02, 2003

• The Friday Morning Listen

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on May 02, 2003

• Yellowcard in full throttle

  in Music — by Bat Boy — on May 02, 2003

• Marshall, Marshall, Marshall!

  In 1965, Pete Townshend strolled into Jim Marshall's London music store looking for shock and awe--and found it.

  in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on May 02, 2003

Politics

• Timely Reading: "The Book of Virtues"

  in Politics — by Brian Flemming — on May 02, 2003

• More info on the Hilary Rosen/Iraq IP story

  The Register says Greg Palast's source for the Rosen/Iraq story is the WSJ. "Hilary Rosen was talking to Grover Nordquist [President of Americans for Tax Reform] at a social discussion, and she says 'I'm writing the copyright law', and Nordquist says 'And I'm writing the tax law'".

  in Politics — by Michael Croft — on May 02, 2003

• Fog Lifts: Dixie Chicks Play to Cheers

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2003

• Aargh, Ukraine Top Pirate

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2003

Video

• X2: X-Men United

  in Video — by Matt Moore — on May 02, 2003

• T2 Coming Out on High-Def DVD

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2003

Sci/Tech

• RIAA Caves in Collegiate Four Case

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2003