January 31, 2004 Archive

Video

• The Golden Age of Television

  It's now.

  in Video — by Steven Rubio — on Jan 31, 2004

• The Razzie Nominees are announced

  Oh Yes! The Razzies are here! For those of you who may not know, the Razzies are the Anti-Oscars. Here is the list of the nominees for worst of the worst for 2003!

  in Video — by John Campea — on Jan 31, 2004

• 'The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit'

  in Video — by bookofjoe — on Jan 31, 2004

• Televsion: there's always something on.

  in Video — by H. Wayne Nix — on Jan 31, 2004

• Not Quite Sylvia

  As others have commented, a script dealing with poets, giving them words to speak, needs to be beautiful and poetic in its own right. The script for Sylvia is not.

  in Video — by Tama — on Jan 31, 2004

• "thirteen"

  There is no happy ending, the character is never enlightened--rather, she descends into darkness. Is this what most teenage girls go through?

  in Video — by Dirtgrain — on Jan 31, 2004

• The state of television

  The airways haven't always been crowded with mediocre crap. A quick guide to tv over the last 50 years, the current status of programming and prospects for the future.

  in Video — by Amber Grapestain — on Jan 31, 2004

• Why Are You Such a Loser, Dennis Kucinich?

  That's what CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked the candidate after the votes from New Hampshire were in. How would you answer it?

  in Video — by Jay Rosen — on Jan 31, 2004

• The Shield "Carnivores" - A Korean Fargo

  The whole series has no more gruesome scene than the pre-credit scene of the Korean home invasion. Besides a dead old woman, her surviving husband has had his feet nailed to the floor.

  in Video — by Al Barger — on Jan 31, 2004

Music

• What I learned from "Bands Reunited"

  ...And it's a good idea to play your instrument occasionally so that at the twenty year reunion, you don't have to look at the camera and say "I haven't played the drums in nineteen years. Jeez, I hope this works..."

  in Music — by Casper — on Jan 31, 2004

• Legendary Black Flag Rocker Henry Rollins has a new gig

  in Music — by bookofjoe — on Jan 31, 2004

• Squeezed Out

  VH1's "Bands Reunited" gives it the old Squeeze play

  in Music — by Michele Catalano — on Jan 31, 2004

Politics

• HUMANITY WIPED OUT BY 24 HOUR THING

  Scientists are saying we’re just a sneeze away from a pandemic that could wipe us out in a day or two. No call to panic.

  in Politics — by CW Fisher — on Jan 31, 2004

• Why Are You Such a Loser, Dennis Kucinich?

  That's what CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked the candidate after the votes from New Hampshire were in. How would you answer it?

  in Politics — by Jay Rosen — on Jan 31, 2004

Sci/Tech

• Telemarketers Must Identify Themselves

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 31, 2004

• Don't Forget Tel-Aviv...

  in Sci/Tech — by Corinna Hasofferett — on Jan 31, 2004

• MusicRebellion.com

  in Sci/Tech — by Ken Edwards — on Jan 31, 2004

Culture

• Jackson Camp Responds

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 31, 2004

• The Power of Collective Positive Thinking

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 31, 2004

• 'Zombie Drones'

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Jan 31, 2004

Books

• "Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things" - by Donald A. Norman

  in Books — by bookofjoe — on Jan 31, 2004

• Murder Must Advertise

  Muder, life in an ad agency, and twenty pages of incomprehensible cricket.

  in Books — by Chad Orzel — on Jan 31, 2004

• The Dark Is Rising

  Susan Cooper's classic series, some of the best children's fantasy books ever written.

  in Books — by Chad Orzel — on Jan 31, 2004