July 26, 2003 Archive

Music

• Air·Baricco City Reading

  City Reading is one of those cds that will not let you grasp it the first time you listen to it. Then, if you ever end up grasping it, you will wish you had not. It chews you up and spits you out with contempt. In fact, this could be the cd from Hell.

  in Music — by The Theory — on Jul 26, 2003

• Mick Jagger turns 60

  Mick Jagger turns 60 today, and still gathers no moss. Happy #60! Insert your own old man rock singer/wheelchair joke here.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Jul 26, 2003

Books

• Hugging Trees: The Trees in My Forest by Bernd Heinrich

  in Books — by Fran Mason — on Jul 26, 2003

• Carl Jung's birthday

  His ideas about archetypes and collective unconscious seem more relevant and widespread year after year.

  in Books — by Al Barger — on Jul 26, 2003

• Aldous Huxley's birthday

  Brave New World may be the best dystopian novel not written by George Orwell.

  in Books — by Al Barger — on Jul 26, 2003

• William Jennings Bryan's One Worthwhile Achievement

  William Jennings Bryan died 78 years ago today, July 26, 1925 and inspired one of the most caustic obituaries ever written.

  Opinion in Books — by Al Barger — on Jul 26, 2003

Video

• Go Seabiscuit, go

  in Video — by Walter Enderby — on Jul 26, 2003

• Heavenly Creatures: A Flawed Picture of Paradise

  in Video — by Unfashionable Observations — on Jul 26, 2003

• Stanley Kubrick's birthday

  The precise chess-player's logic of Dr. Strangelove impresses me as much as the brutal humor.

  in Video — by Al Barger — on Jul 26, 2003

• Three Scenes to Rule Them All: Great Moments from The Fellowship of the Ring

  Thoughts on a few shots and scenes that made Peter Jackson's film of J.R.R. Tolkien's book so bloody brilliant.

  in Video — by Sean T. Collins — on Jul 26, 2003

• Gracie Allen's birthday

  Most of us know George Burns' name much better than his wife's, but that's mostly just because he lived a lot longer.

  in Video — by Al Barger — on Jul 26, 2003

Sci/Tech

• Joint Committee

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 26, 2003

• Balm for the Anxious File Sharer

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 26, 2003

• Internet Now THE Media of the Young

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 26, 2003

• New Bill Singles Out P2P for Porno

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 26, 2003

Politics

• Clear Channel and Antitrust

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 26, 2003

• Are we thuggish enough?

  I fear that we are not being violent enough in Iraq and the Middle East generally.

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Jul 26, 2003

Sports

• Matt Millen

  Opinion in Sports — by RJ Elliott — on Jul 26, 2003

Culture

• Mary Jo Kopechne's birthday

  Mary Jo Kopechne would be 63 today if she hadn't gone driving with Ted Kennedy.

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Jul 26, 2003

• The vote for ex-cons

  By what right can we expect someone to obey laws and pay taxes where they haven't had even a lousy stinking vote in picking those who make the laws?

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Jul 26, 2003

• Jesus is dead

  If you in fact try to follow the pacifist model, you'll just end up getting killed- like Jesus.

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Jul 26, 2003