August 16, 2003 Archive

Music

• Steely Dan At The Gorge Amphitheater, 2 August 2003 - correction to previous review

  in Music — by Randy Reichardt — on Aug 16, 2003

• The Darkness

  in Music — by Ms. Tek — on Aug 16, 2003

• The Trouble With Macy Gray

  in Music — by Arjan Timmermans — on Aug 16, 2003

• Green Tamborine

  Is this flaky song from the 60's an ode to a lame percussion piece or something far more insidious?

  in Music — by Paul Palubicki — on Aug 16, 2003

Books

• Poland Joined Hitler in Dismembering Czechoslovakia

  Few people know that Poland and Hungary helped Nazi Germany dismember Czechoslovakia in 1939.

  Opinion in Books — by Thomas M. Sipos — on Aug 16, 2003

Video

• Action-Hungry Male DVD Fans Sway Hollywood

  in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Aug 16, 2003

• 'Pirates of the Caribbean': perfect nonsense

  The likes of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' have been rare indeed since the days...

  in Video — by Nick Barrett — on Aug 16, 2003

• Cypher

  Cypher is directed by Vincenzo Natali, whose amazing previous film Cube proved you could make good science fiction with very few effects and even smaller sets. Again, Natali has worked with minimal effects and has managed to create another visual masterpiece.

  in Video — by Tama — on Aug 16, 2003

• In the Company of Slashers

  in Video — by Cindy Collins Smith — on Aug 16, 2003

• School of Rock

  in Video — by Solonor Rasreth — on Aug 16, 2003

Culture

• Losing Her Religion

  That's her in the corner, that's her in the spotlight: Laura Schlessinger -- author and self-proclaimed talk-show "doctor," virulent anti-gay and anti-choice conservative, and her kid's mom -- has given up practicing Judaism.

  in Culture — by Natalie Davis — on Aug 16, 2003

• Fingers Point to Cleveburg

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 16, 2003

• Idi Amin Dada, Bye-Bye

  After a long illness in cozy exile in Saudi Arabia, the murderous dictator who ruled Uganda in the 1970s is dead. One must not speak ill of those who have passed on, but neither must the world must forget the extent of Amin's violence, hatred, and cruelty. We must speak of them if we want to keep this sort of terror from happening again.

  in Culture — by Natalie Davis — on Aug 16, 2003

Politics

• Honey, the electric's out- better call the President

  Call me crazy, but when the electric goes out down on the farm, we generally call the electric company, not our congressman.

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Aug 16, 2003