April 12, 2004 Archive

Video

• Spring Round-Up: Writing as Opposed to Recommending

  A season of movie-going at a backwards glance.

  in Video — by Alan Dale — on Apr 12, 2004

• Twilight Samurai

  in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Apr 12, 2004

• Emma Goldman

  in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Apr 12, 2004

• Ingmar Bergman: "I despise my own work."

  in Video — by bookofjoe — on Apr 12, 2004

• "What's in the basket? Easter eggs?"

  Frank Henenlotter's low-rent classic, Basket Case

  in Video — by Bill Sherman — on Apr 12, 2004

• TSN (Canada) - Dumbing Down Its Viewers

  in Video — by Randy Reichardt — on Apr 12, 2004

• The Duke De Mondo On "Haute Tension" AKA Switchblade Romance

  The Duke catches this French slasher-flick what has got everyone all in a tizzy, and is released in the UK at the end of April.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Apr 12, 2004

• Saturday Night Live with Janet Jackson, 4-10-04

  Saturday Night Live was well above average this week, though host and musical guest Janet Jackson was really the least of it.

  in Video — by Al Barger — on Apr 12, 2004

Books

• Mongrels All

  in Books — by Gautam Patel — on Apr 12, 2004

• Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

  A fascinating portrait of Russia and a touching meditation on generational conflicts; eminently readable and still quite relevant today.

  in Books — by Kevin Holtsberry — on Apr 12, 2004

• Stumbling upon Conan

  Lost in West Texas, I discovered the home of author Robert E. Howard.....

  in Books — by Chris Kent — on Apr 12, 2004

• Archangel: Sharon Shinn makes us a world

  The Harmonic Christers left their previous world because it was about to self-destruct as a result of human hatred and advanced technology.

  in Books — by Mac Diva — on Apr 12, 2004

Music

• 50 years of "Rock Around the Clock"

  Bill Haley recorded "Rock Around the Clock" 50 years ago today, on April 12, 1954.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Apr 12, 2004

• New album releases, week of 4-13-2004

  Among this week's new album releases, cool people are especially anxious to hear the Kill Bill 2 soundtrack, particularly a rendition from somewhere of Johnny Cash singing "A Satisfied Mind."

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Apr 12, 2004

• Paul Atkinson, guitarist for the Zombies, is dead at 58

  in Music — by bookofjoe — on Apr 12, 2004

• "Ponderosa Stomp" Reminder

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 12, 2004

• Slade - Get Yer Boots On: The Best of Slade

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 12, 2004

• Squarepusher at The Metro, Chicago, IL

  Review of the Sqarepusher show at the Metro in Chicago on Friday April 9th, 2004.

  in Music — by Byron Schaller — on Apr 12, 2004

Culture

• Bush's Idea of Transparency and "Cooperation"

  You'd think that an investigation into the greatest tragedy in recent American history would warrant a full and honest testimony from all parties involved in the security of Americans. You'd be wrong.

  in Culture — by Shark — on Apr 12, 2004

• BUSH vs the "OUT OF CONTROL Press Corps"

  "...And we look forward to hearing recommendations. We're thinking about that, ourselves and we look forward to working with the commission."

  in Culture — by Shark — on Apr 12, 2004

• The Case of Andrew Jackson's Exploding Eyeball

  Or "Money to Burn" -- another radio frequency identification urban legend debunked!

  in Culture — by Anita Campbell — on Apr 12, 2004

• Jeffrey Skilling Taken To Hospital By Police

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Apr 12, 2004

Sci/Tech

• Felten's Unified Theory

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 12, 2004

Politics

• Revisited: Conservatives for Kerry

  So, I may end up temporarily sharing a cause with people I would not otherwise give the time of day.

  in Politics — by Mac Diva — on Apr 12, 2004

• What would U.S. Grant Say About Iraq Today?

  in Politics — by David Fiore — on Apr 12, 2004

Sports

• Sports City: Detroit!

  Hockeytown? Nope: Sportstown!

  Opinion in Sports — by RJ Elliott — on Apr 12, 2004