April 29, 2004 Archive

Music

• 16 Horsepower Live at The Grog

  Cleveland, OH. 04/08/04.

  in Music — by The Theory — on Apr 29, 2004

• Pretty Things - Come See Me

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

• 837 Hasil Adkins Fans Can't Be Wrong

  "This is what Rockabilly might've been if Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis were siamese twins separated at birth by Dr. Mabuse..."

  in Music — by HW Saxton — on Apr 29, 2004

• A Freshman at Synth University

  "They're gods," he said. "Every techno, electronica, beep-beep song you've ever heard is influenced by what they've done." He was referring, of course, to Kraftwerk.

  in Music — by ert — on Apr 29, 2004

• Motown 1's

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

• Virus writers burn in hell

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

• The Barry Stoller Jukebox

  NOT a 'top 10 list' - a random set of cool tunes

  in Music — by DAyTripper — on Apr 29, 2004

• The Cure Inducted Into Rockwalk

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

• Satanic murder in Toledo?

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

• Franz Ferdinand

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

• Rapper's posse help police

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

• Elton bleats about American Idol

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

• Jamie whinges...

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

• Louden Swain - Overachiever EP

  in Music — by Craig Lyndall — on Apr 29, 2004

• Graham Parker disappoints at The Patio in Indianapolis, 4-27-2004

  The main problem was his selection of songs. He played hardly any of his good songs, seemingly perversely determined to play only his crappiest songs.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Apr 29, 2004

Culture

• Questions and Answers About PressThink

  Hi. If you're the kind of person who loves to complain about "meta" posts and make fun of blogging about blogging for being too self-referential... please. Don't read this post.

  in Culture — by Jay Rosen — on Apr 29, 2004

• Memo to corporate: if you ain't online, you ain't shit

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Apr 29, 2004

• Google Files IPO

  Google's long-awaited IPO has created more buzz than the dot-coms that went belly-up four years ago. See why inside.

  in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Apr 29, 2004

• Cat Stuck In a Tree

  How can you tell the difference between a cat stuck in a tree, and a cat just IN a tree?

  in Culture — by in10sity — on Apr 29, 2004

• Media Moguls Meet, Mumble, Merge, Metabolize

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Apr 29, 2004

• Saddam Hussein's (last?) birthday

  In honor of the last birthday, I have recorded a special slightly customized version of the birthday song my junior high math teacher taught us lo those many years ago.

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Apr 29, 2004

Video

• Race With the Devil

  The greatest drive-in flick ever made.....

  in Video — by Chris Kent — on Apr 29, 2004

• Bush and Jesus on PBS tonight

  in Video — by Hal Pawluk — on Apr 29, 2004

• MTV's "Made"

  The thing that I always thought was strange about this show, is the thing that they are trying to become Made at.

  in Video — by in10sity — on Apr 29, 2004

• American Idol Devours Another Victim (Chapter 13)

  in Video — by The Raging Critic — on Apr 29, 2004

• American Idol Tries To Turn The Beat Around (Chapter 12)

  in Video — by The Raging Critic — on Apr 29, 2004

• Truly a world gone mad

  in Video — by Casper — on Apr 29, 2004

Books

• Book Review: Spies by Michael Frayn

  An intelligent, thought-provoking, and suspenseful novel about youth and the nature of memory.

  Review in Books — by Kevin Holtsberry — on Apr 29, 2004

• 'Effendi': justice in the balance

  Jon Courtenay Grimwood's second Arabesk goes into the SF and Crime categories only by default. It should really be in the scalpel drawer along with other extremely penetrating instruments.

  in Books — by Nick Barrett — on Apr 29, 2004

• Johnny Dynamite: Underworld

  Max Allan Collins & Terry Beatty's psychotronic hard-boiled graphic novel. . .

  in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Apr 29, 2004