October 31, 2003 Archive

Books

• Scary books for Halloween

  in Books — by Chris Puzak — on Oct 31, 2003

• Lenore: Everyone's Favorite Little Dead Girl

  Continuing the Halloween theme, comics-style!

  Opinion in Books — by Shannon Okey — on Oct 31, 2003

• NaNoWriMo Starts Tomorrow

  You can do it! You've got nothing to lose, and you might find that you really enjoy writing and have something to say.

  News in Books — by Phillip Winn — on Oct 31, 2003

• Creature Feature: David Skal's The Monster Show

  Is this "Cultural History of Horror" something to scream about?

  in Books — by Sean T. Collins — on Oct 31, 2003

• A book to die for

  in Books — by Susanna Cornett — on Oct 31, 2003

• Tarek Heggy: Women & Progress

  Cairo correspondent Tarek Heggy's guest column notes: "It is tragic that in this day and age, when the advanced world is concerned with knowledge, development, civil liberties and human rights, we should still be asking the shameful question: Are women equal to men?"

  in Books — by Joe Katzman — on Oct 31, 2003

• Carnacki the Ghost Finder

  in Books — by Dave Trowbridge — on Oct 31, 2003

Video

• Ed Wood: King of Kitsch

  Edward D. Wood Jr. was famous for directing what is considered the worst film ever made: “Plan Nine from Outer Space.”

  in Video — by Jane Ripley — on Oct 31, 2003

• "Help!": Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez's The Blair Witch Project

  The scariest horror movie I've ever seen. Part 13 in a 13-part series.

  in Video — by Sean T. Collins — on Oct 31, 2003

• "You've had your whole f*cking life to think things over": Stanely Kubrick's The Shining

  Part 12 in a 13-part series on the scariest horror movies I've ever seen.

  in Video — by Sean T. Collins — on Oct 31, 2003

• "There is only one": William Friedkin's The Exorcist

  Part 11 in a 13-part series on the scariest horror movies I've ever seen.

  in Video — by Sean T. Collins — on Oct 31, 2003

• "There's some things you just have to do": Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

  Part 10 in a 13-part series on the scariest horror movies I've ever seen.

  in Video — by Sean T. Collins — on Oct 31, 2003

• "Don't you understand, Rachel?": Gore Verbinski's The Ring

  Part 9 in a 13-part series on the scariest horror movies I've ever seen.

  in Video — by Sean T. Collins — on Oct 31, 2003

• "they were screaming": Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs

  Part 8 in a 13-part series on the scariest horror movies I've ever seen.

  in Video — by Sean T. Collins — on Oct 31, 2003

• Tru Calling

  Eliza Dushku talks to dead people. . .

  in Video — by Bill Sherman — on Oct 31, 2003

• "People die every day": Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures

  A final supplement to the 13-part series on the scariest horror movies I've ever seen, featuring another film that just missed the cut.

  in Video — by Sean T. Collins — on Oct 31, 2003

• "We've met before, haven't we?": David Lynch's Lost Highway

  Part 7 in a 13-part series on the scariest horror movies I've ever seen.

  in Video — by Sean T. Collins — on Oct 31, 2003

• Retrocrush gets scary

  Ruminations on Retrocrush's top 100 scary film moments list.

  in Video — by James Russell — on Oct 31, 2003

• Guess the OSCARS nominees

  in Video — by Michelle Mauriere — on Oct 31, 2003

Politics

• Halloween: every Fall it Rises!

  in Politics — by Eric Scheie — on Oct 31, 2003

• Tarek Heggy: Women & Progress

  Cairo correspondent Tarek Heggy's guest column notes: "It is tragic that in this day and age, when the advanced world is concerned with knowledge, development, civil liberties and human rights, we should still be asking the shameful question: Are women equal to men?"

  in Politics — by Joe Katzman — on Oct 31, 2003

Culture

• Canine Halloween

  Is your dog a pimp? Or does he or she just want to dress like one?

  in Culture — by Shannon Okey — on Oct 31, 2003

• OU hosts unmatched Halloween bash '03

  in Culture — by Ken Edwards — on Oct 31, 2003

• Police Poo-poo Pumpkin Roll

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2003

• Online Writers' Groups Suck!

  in Culture — by Martin Blank — on Oct 31, 2003

• Dangerous Secrets

  in Culture — by Hal Pawluk — on Oct 31, 2003

• Cool Halloween Links

  in Culture — by Robbie Port — on Oct 31, 2003

• Halloween - A night of real horrors

  in Culture — by Dawn Olsen — on Oct 31, 2003

• Not Halloween, Reformation Day!

  Churches who have events for which kids dress in costumes and collect candy ought to be forced at gunpoint to call their Halloween parties "Halloween Parties."

  Opinion in Culture — by Phillip Winn — on Oct 31, 2003

• The Eyes Have It

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2003

• My Mom and Darth Vader

  My mom was part of the rebel alliance and a traitor -- NOT!

  in Culture — by Chris Arabia — on Oct 31, 2003

• Happy Halloween

  in Culture — by Murphy — on Oct 31, 2003

• Blessed Samhain

  For all our Pagan and Wiccan friends, wishes for a wondrous Samhain. For the rest, a look into the inspiration for Halloween.

  in Culture — by Natalie Davis — on Oct 31, 2003

Music

• Rockin' Jack O' Lantern

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Oct 31, 2003

• Pontus rocks...

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 31, 2003

• Kreating a rukus!

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 31, 2003

• The Friday Morning Listen - Halloween Edition

  Happy Halloween Kiddies!

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Oct 31, 2003

• Halloween: Drama In Real Life

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2003

• Stones piss off Canadian record shops

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 31, 2003

• Floyd manager dies

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 31, 2003

• Weiland in trouble...again

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 31, 2003

Sci/Tech

• Disembodied Halloween

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 31, 2003

• Halloween in blogdom

  in Sci/Tech — by Marty Dodge — on Oct 31, 2003