December 12, 2003 Archive

Music

• Come On Baby, Cover Me

  Scattered thoughts on cover tunes, good, bad, and ugly.

  in Music — by Chad Orzel — on Dec 12, 2003

• The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow

  "Have I left my home just to whine in this microphone?"

  in Music — by Bill Sherman — on Dec 12, 2003

• Theremineuse

  in Music — by Murphy — on Dec 12, 2003

• Top Ten Albums of 2003

  in Music — by Craig Lyndall — on Dec 12, 2003

• Holiday songs: Boston Camerata, Sing We Noël

  Holiday albums that don’t suck, Number 5: eight centuries of ringing, vibrant carols. And you thought Middle English was just for freshman lit.

  in Music — by Timothy Jarrett — on Dec 12, 2003

• The Friday Morning Listen

  Blues For Allah

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Dec 12, 2003

• Suge gets sued

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Dec 12, 2003

• Anti-war groups whinge about Pop Idol single

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Dec 12, 2003

• Ozzy nearly died

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Dec 12, 2003

• Diane Schuur - Midnight

  Midnight is the right time for love and good music. On her third release for Concord Records, Midnight, Diane Schuur sets the mood for romance.

  in Music — by James Knox — on Dec 12, 2003

Culture

• The Wonder and the Woe

  in Culture — by Ms. Tek — on Dec 12, 2003

• Campaign Speech "Reform

  in Culture — by bhw — on Dec 12, 2003

• It's A Boy!

  Alexander Kirk Olsen was born at 7:05am this morning.

  in Culture — by Phillip Winn — on Dec 12, 2003

• Arnold Schwarzenegger dies from own campaign lies

  Blogger Mark Kleiman manages to find some humor in California's dismal situation.

  in Culture — by Brian Flemming — on Dec 12, 2003

• Stop the Insanity at the Patent Office

  The Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is stepping down. This news was greeted with sarcastic glee in some quarters....

  in Culture — by Anita Campbell — on Dec 12, 2003

• Holiday Traditions

  in Culture — by Murphy — on Dec 12, 2003

Sci/Tech

• Pro-warriors reveal true colors

  Self proclaimed "anti-idiotarians" threaten the life of a war protester and post his home address and a detailed map on the Web. The protester's crime: Creating a Flash animation honoring those killed in Iraq.

  in Sci/Tech — by Brian Flemming — on Dec 12, 2003

• Bug and Security News 12/12

  in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Dec 12, 2003

• God-Blog Research

  The latest research into 'god-blogs' is interesting reading.

  in Sci/Tech — by Darren Rowse — on Dec 12, 2003

• InstaPundit Glenn Reynolds: Communist

  It's always fun to see right-wing hypocrites held to their own standards.

  in Sci/Tech — by Brian Flemming — on Dec 12, 2003

Books

• Blue Road To Atlantis by Jay Nussbaum

  An inspirational guide to life or just an interesting story with a literary tie in?

  in Books — by Kevin Holtsberry — on Dec 12, 2003

• The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

  Sure it is about a orphaned teenage magician in England but it is more than just another Harry Potter wannabe.

  in Books — by Kevin Holtsberry — on Dec 12, 2003

Politics

• IRS harassing comic book store owner

  in Politics — by Chris Puzak — on Dec 12, 2003

• Feds need McCain-Feingold in their ass

  McCain-Feingold rates as a FAR worse encroachment of our civil liberties than anything in the Patriot Act- and with far less justification.

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Dec 12, 2003