January 3, 2004 Archive

Video

• 'Master and Commander': great acting and perfect helmsmanship

  Peter Weir's maritime adventure finally sweeps across the Atlantic, where the intense drama of clashes both onboard and in the chase round the Horn fills both French cinemas and very high expectations.

  in Video — by Nick Barrett — on Jan 03, 2004

• That 'Ring' and Jackson: reflections on mastery

  What struck me most, now we've seen it all, was the depth and breadth of vision and commitment that makes Jackson's personal view of the whole trilogy a masterpiece. Love it or hate it! While we should be cautious how much we "read" into it all.

  in Video — by Nick Barrett — on Jan 03, 2004

• I Dig Pat Caddell

  Al Barger is practically sleeping with the enemy. Who knew Pat Caddell had such charisma?

  Opinion in Video — by Al Barger — on Jan 03, 2004

• Cheaper By The Dozen

  in Video — by Michelle Mauriere — on Jan 03, 2004

Books

• Love in the Time of Crichton

  Apparently, Mr. Crichton has been following nanotech nonfiction, as well.

  in Books — by Howard Lovy — on Jan 03, 2004

• Anna Karenina By Leo Tolstoy

  in Books — by Murphy — on Jan 03, 2004

• The Blind Man of Seville

  Robert Wilson serves up a crushing disappointment

  in Books — by Gautam Patel — on Jan 03, 2004

• The King In The Tree

  Three extraordinary novellas about love and deception by Stephen Millhauser

  in Books — by Gautam Patel — on Jan 03, 2004

Politics

• Love in the Time of Crichton

  Apparently, Mr. Crichton has been following nanotech nonfiction, as well.

  in Politics — by Howard Lovy — on Jan 03, 2004

• Found: WMD

  All possessed by terrorists: "...detonation cord, trip wire, and binary explosives; machine guns and other illegal weapons; some 500,000 rounds of ammunition; a stockpile of chemical agents, including a large quantity of sodium cyanide and acids such as hydrochloric, nitric and acetic acids..."

  in Politics — by Brian Flemming — on Jan 03, 2004

Culture

• Understanding Michael Jackson

  If a young man who worked at McDonalds had wandered into the same doctors' offices and sought a new nose or a cleft in his chin, he would have been told the doctor wasn't in, if not escorted out by security.

  in Culture — by Mac Diva — on Jan 03, 2004

• Virtual Exhibitionists Please Explain

  in Culture — by Zudfunck — on Jan 03, 2004

• Nation of Michael

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 03, 2004

• "EAT MOR WALE"

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Jan 03, 2004

• Horse Race Now! Horse Race Tomorrow! Horse Race Forever!

  The origins of the term "inside baseball" are in one writer's view of sports reporting during the 1980s. He's Bill James, now a famous scholar of baseball. The arguments he made then explain why the term migrated easily to politics.

  in Culture — by Jay Rosen — on Jan 03, 2004

Music

• Tooth & Nail Records 10th Anniversary Box Set

  Aside from those two issues (major though they may be) the song selection and flow is pretty good.

  in Music — by The Theory — on Jan 03, 2004

• Jimi Hendrix: The Most Influential Guitarist Of All Time?

  in Music — by HW Saxton — on Jan 03, 2004

• Alex Lifeson post-arrest video

  in Music — by Tom Johnson — on Jan 03, 2004