August 13, 2003 Archive

Books

• The Only Time I'm Happy's When I Play My Guitar

  For every guitarist plugging his Korean Stratocaster knockoff into a brittle-sounding transistorized amp in a Guitar Center store, there's probably two dozen more who would love to play, but have no idea of where to start. These books can help.

  in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 13, 2003

• The Soul of Mr. Soul

  In Shakey, Jimmy McDonough writes the only Neil Young book you ever need to read -- and maybe one of the best rock bios ever.

  in Books — by Rodney Welch — on Aug 13, 2003

Culture

• Be Tolerant?

  in Culture — by The Theory — on Aug 13, 2003

• Playing God with Monsters

  Horrified by "There Be Monsters Here" tales, some members of Congress called for a ban on DNA research in the mid '70s. Because those calls were rejected, millions of people around the world can now hope for DNA-based vaccines against AIDS, malaria and other deadly diseases that have destroyed lives, communities and nations.

  in Culture — by Howard Lovy — on Aug 13, 2003

Music

• Terry Lee Brown Jr. - Chocolate Chords

  in Music — by Geoff Goodfellow — on Aug 13, 2003

• Warren Zevon The Wind

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Aug 13, 2003

• Damien Rice: O

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 13, 2003

• From Mountain to Molehill

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 13, 2003

• Pre-Slaughter

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 13, 2003

• Deftones: Deftones

  in Music — by The Theory — on Aug 13, 2003

• This will do wonder for hip-hop's image...

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 13, 2003

• Holland denies molesting a teenage boy

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 13, 2003

• Goodbye, Matt Davis...

  Matt Davis, lead singer and guitarist of Southern recording artists, Ten Grand, died yesterday at the age of 26 after suffering a fatal seizure in Iowa City, Iowa.

  in Music — by Steve Sabo — on Aug 13, 2003

Sports

• Go Baby Go...Seabiscuit's New Purpose

  in Sports — by Jolene Loudon — on Aug 13, 2003

Politics

• Another Schwarzenegger racist connection

  "As whites see their power and control over their lives declining, will they simply go quietly into the night?"

  in Politics — by Brian Flemming — on Aug 13, 2003

Video

• New Superman movie moving forward. Unfortunately.

  When I first heard they were going to remake Superman about 2 years ago, I was thrilled. Now, I'm hoping this film NEVER gets made for 3 very important reasons

  in Video — by John Campea — on Aug 13, 2003

• Men In Black II

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 13, 2003

• Thinking about starting a boycott

  Why after paying $14 to get into a movie do I have to sit through 12 minutes of commercials?

  in Video — by John Campea — on Aug 13, 2003

• The Life of David Gale

  in Video — by Craig Lyndall — on Aug 13, 2003

• Discovering Affleck

  in Video — by Craig Lyndall — on Aug 13, 2003

Sci/Tech

• Are blog entries "first drafts"?

  in Sci/Tech — by John Fogde — on Aug 13, 2003