May 22, 2003 Archive

Music

• "Hurry Down Doomsday" - Elvis Costello's sci-fi country groovefest

  The surrealistic twangy throb of this song somehow puts me in mind of country music of some old order, but damned if I can find anything specific to really pin it on. Extremely overeducated rockabilly, perhaps.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on May 22, 2003

• Bernie Taupin's birthday

  As the lyricist for all of Elton John's best material, he's one of the most successful pop songwriters of all time. For that high level of success, he gets very little credit.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on May 22, 2003

• Live - Birds Of Pray

  in Music — by Tom Johnson — on May 22, 2003

• The Bad Plus and Lizz Wright Live on the Radio Tonight

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on May 22, 2003

• Just for Al Barger...

  in Music — by Amblongus — on May 22, 2003

• "Big Boy" - Yet Another Jacko Controversy

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on May 22, 2003

• Blur, Think Tank

  The boys in Blur are back - sort of. . .

  in Music — by Bill Sherman — on May 22, 2003

• The Agony Scene e-Card

  A mini-video of still images of the band interspersed with photoshopped tricks and low-bitrate streaming metalcore MP3's.

  in Music — by Seth Werkheiser — on May 22, 2003

• Boulder Radio

  in Music — by Chris Cotner — on May 22, 2003

• The Nexx big thing?

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on May 22, 2003

• Poetic Justice?

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on May 22, 2003

• Rain isn't always bad

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on May 22, 2003

Politics

• Elvis Costello gets stupid

  "We all live in fairly dangerous times in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of expression." Bullshit, Elvis. What danger is this? Has Sean Penn even been given a traffic ticket for trafficking in stupid ass useful idiocy?

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on May 22, 2003

• "Hey Bill, maybe this explains a few things"

  New studies show FCC travel was paid for by the industry they're supposed to be regulating.

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on May 22, 2003

• "Let's debate this out in the open, take polls, get the president on the record and turn up the heat"

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on May 22, 2003

Sci/Tech

• Musicians: Speak

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on May 22, 2003

• Computers Now Seen as Happy Happy Joy Joy

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on May 22, 2003

• Czech CD party - Woo Hoo

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on May 22, 2003

Video

• High Noon

  The suspense and moral elements of this tale have long overshadowed Gary Cooper's portrayal of a just man abandoned by cowards.

  in Video — by Frank Giovinazzi — on May 22, 2003

• American Idol 2 - The Finals

  The Raging Critic tackles the AI2 Finals extravaganza.

  in Video — by The Raging Critic — on May 22, 2003

Culture

• Caveat Emptor

  But let's give the fine people at No-Contact Jackets a break. After all, they're in the business of selling electric shock jackets to protect women from the numberless hordes, not statistics, even if one of them does go to MIT.

  in Culture — by Bigwig — on May 22, 2003

Gaming

• An assault on the senses

  in Gaming — by Marty Dodge — on May 22, 2003

Books

• A metal guide for all

  in Books — by Marty Dodge — on May 22, 2003