March 29, 2004 Archive

Video

• Alias: Season One (DVD)

  In as succinct a fashion as I can explain it, here is Alias: Season One.

  in Video — by Phillip Winn — on Mar 29, 2004

• Alias Jumps The Shark

  in Video — by Scott Pepper — on Mar 29, 2004

• The Practice leaves us wanting more

  The Practice's first life focused on Bobby Donnell (Dylan McDermott), a working-class striver who achieved his ideal -- partnership in a professional, profitable law firm.

  in Video — by Mac Diva — on Mar 29, 2004

• Actual effects of The Passion

  They say that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. On that basis, seems like two points here for Jesus (and Mel).

  in Video — by Al Barger — on Mar 29, 2004

• This Just In

  Spike TV's new cartoon "satire" series . . .

  in Video — by Bill Sherman — on Mar 29, 2004

• Peter Ustinov Expires

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 29, 2004

• Conservative Idol?

  Do American Idol's clean-cut winners represent middle America's rejection of an increasingly bawdy and lurid music industry?

  in Video — by Scott Pepper — on Mar 29, 2004

• William Shatner Joins "The Practice" Spin Off

  in Video — by Ms. Tek — on Mar 29, 2004

Music

• "Live in Aught-Three" - James McMurtry

  A Texas original puts out his first live album. A must-have for long-time fans and a good introduction for people who are curious about this guy with the famous novelist's last name.

  in Music — by Bryan S. — on Mar 29, 2004

• Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults

  Rhino Handmade's new series of proto-psychedelic 60's goodness debuts . . .

  in Music — by Bill Sherman — on Mar 29, 2004

• "There are Three Kinds of Pianists - Jewish Pianists, Homosexual Pianists and Bad Pianists." - Vladimir Horowitz (Himself Two out of Three)

  On classical pianist Glenn Gould

  Opinion in Music — by bookofjoe — on Mar 29, 2004

• Australian Record Industry Has Best Year Ever

  The industry has argued that file-sharing and CD burning is having a negative impact on sales. But, unfortunately, their own sales figures don't back up their arguments.

  in Music — by Hazy Dave — on Mar 29, 2004

• Soundtrack: Scooby-Doo 2. Monsters Unleashed

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Mar 29, 2004

• LidRock Taking Off

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 29, 2004

• Axel Rudi Pell excells once again

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 29, 2004

• Zakian as good on record as live

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 29, 2004

• Cult AOR that ages well

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 29, 2004

• A pleasant sort of Saga

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 29, 2004

• Top Ten Rock Bands and Songs EVER

  Opinion in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 29, 2004

• Bobby out again...

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 29, 2004

• More on Great White GH album

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 29, 2004

Culture

• Fanning the Flames of Anti-Semitism

  in Culture — by Scott Pepper — on Mar 29, 2004

• MEMO from Rove to Coulter

  We thought it would be time to drop our Secret Political Weapons of Mass Distraction (although we had hoped to save them until shortly before the election).

  in Culture — by Shark — on Mar 29, 2004

• Cheney annihilates Kerry

  John Kerry, in a stunning betrayal of class, admitted privately that he plans to "stick it" to "the rich," who he defines as a taxpayer making more than $200,000 per year! You try raising children on that!

  in Culture — by CW Fisher — on Mar 29, 2004

• FHM Magazine Proves That Most Of Its Readers Have No Taste

  in Culture — by Ms. Tek — on Mar 29, 2004

• 'Dannequin' the Cop-Mannequin Stolen

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Mar 29, 2004

• Corporate Whore

  in Culture — by Tom Norris — on Mar 29, 2004

• Nano is a concept by which we measure our pain

  Nanotechnology is such a young discipline that any issue for which the nano name is invoked is largely a reflection of a personal world view or political agenda rather than any overwhelming body of evidence.

  in Culture — by Howard Lovy — on Mar 29, 2004

• Self-Mutilation

  WTF?

  in Culture — by RJ Elliott — on Mar 29, 2004

Sci/Tech

• I'll Have RFID on that Sushi

  in Sci/Tech — by Anita Campbell — on Mar 29, 2004

• TV Singing the Young Man Blues

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 29, 2004

• Whose Entertainment Is It?

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 29, 2004

Politics

• The Most Underreported Story of the Year

  The gist of the scandal (called Kofigate) points to a ring of U.N., French and Russian contractors responsible for doling out food and medical aid for the Iraqi's. Prices for diluted medicine and rotten food were inflated 10% netting $5 billion in kickbacks to French and Russian companies. This, according to Safire, is why the French and Russians were the only prewar defenders of Saddam Hussein.

  in Politics — by Allan Karl — on Mar 29, 2004

• FRIED RICE: 'Condi' Lies Again

  National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes; Rice refused to admit responsibility for her role in the worst national security failure in American history

  in Politics — by Shark — on Mar 29, 2004

• The No Sense Zone No. 1

  in Politics — by Martin Blank — on Mar 29, 2004

Books

• The Noonday Demon - by Andrew Solomon

  in Books — by bookofjoe — on Mar 29, 2004

• Amateur reviewers get kudos

  in Books — by Susanna Cornett — on Mar 29, 2004