July 8, 2003 Archive

Books

• The Dante Club - Matthew Pearl

  in Books — by Deano — on Jul 08, 2003

• An Obsession With Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair With a Singular Insect - Sharman Apt Russell

  in Books — by Temple Stark — on Jul 08, 2003

• What to make of Harry Potter

  My two cents on the latest Harry Potter.

  in Books — by Kevin Holtsberry — on Jul 08, 2003

Music

• Slow Coming Day - Farewell to the Familiar

  in Music — by M Frost — on Jul 08, 2003

• Acceptance - Black Lines to Battlefields EP

  in Music — by M Frost — on Jul 08, 2003

• Sixteen Horsepower- Olden

  This is not a band for the weak at heart.

  in Music — by The Theory — on Jul 08, 2003

• Risin' Outlaw by Hank Williams III

  The biggest display of skill in these songs is lawyerly, making something that sounds as close as possible to classic Hank Sr without being legally actionable plagiarism.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Jul 08, 2003

• Jim Black - AlaSNoAXiS

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Jul 08, 2003

• This Just In: Pope Catholic

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 08, 2003

• Stereophonics, You Gotta Go There To Come Back

  in Music — by Chris Cotner — on Jul 08, 2003

• Kraftwerk are back.

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 08, 2003

• Willie gets into 2004

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 08, 2003

• Seductive Barry: A Little Tribute to Barry White

  The late, great bedroom-voiced Maestro was much more than just kitsch.

  in Music — by Sean T. Collins — on Jul 08, 2003

• Mottola Lands at UMG

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 08, 2003

• Disturbed - "Liberate"

  Metal's future?

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Jul 08, 2003

Gaming

• Not Just Fun

  Are video games a waste of time? Not according to a real live professor. Once the word gets out, will they be as fun?

  in Gaming — by Kevin Murphy — on Jul 08, 2003

• Pew Report on College Gamers

  in Gaming — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 08, 2003

Video

• Autofocus

  ... a sexually overdosed biopic based on the story of Bob Crane’s life and scandalous death ...

  in Video — by Tama — on Jul 08, 2003

• Now THIS is homophobia

  There's all the difference in the world between not being comfortable sending your young son out camping with a gay scoutmaster versus spitefulness and hatred.

  in Video — by Al Barger — on Jul 08, 2003

• Michael Savage Fired

  "You should only get AIDS and die, you pig."

  in Video — by Mark Saleski — on Jul 08, 2003

• Charlies Angels: Full Throttle

  in Video — by Tama — on Jul 08, 2003

• Gamma Gamma Hey: More Thoughts on The Hulk

  Like Ol' Green Eyes himself, this movie grows on you.

  in Video — by Sean T. Collins — on Jul 08, 2003

• Spirited Away

  A look into Miyazaki's Spirited Away.

  in Video — by The Theory — on Jul 08, 2003

• We-e-ell Doggie, What Sad News

  Buddy Ebsen -- actor, dancer, "crimesolver" supreme -- died July 6 at the age of 95. And we're devastated.

  in Video — by Natalie Davis — on Jul 08, 2003

• Gangs of New York

  in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Jul 08, 2003

Culture

• An interview with Rick Hiebert

  in Culture — by RJ Elliott — on Jul 08, 2003

• 4th of july nostalgia

  in Culture — by Murphy — on Jul 08, 2003

• Journalistic fraud?

  Now perhaps this writer could have been a little more careful to make absolutely crystal clear he was making a joke, but who could mistake "take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus-belt" for a real news quote?

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Jul 08, 2003

Politics

• Now THIS is homophobia

  There's all the difference in the world between not being comfortable sending your young son out camping with a gay scoutmaster versus spitefulness and hatred.

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Jul 08, 2003

• Willie gets into 2004

  in Politics — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 08, 2003

• No blood for rubber!!!

  Jesse Jackson should get a special Ignorant-Assed Argument award for his appearance on Chris Matthews' Hardball show Monday night

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Jul 08, 2003

Sci/Tech

• Fanning "Reformed"?

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 08, 2003

• N.A.G. - Postmodernism Marches On

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 08, 2003

• More Master Debating

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 08, 2003

• Not Sure You Can Pin This One on the RIAA

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 08, 2003