May 21, 2004 Archive

Video

• Joan of Arcadia

  in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on May 21, 2004

• The Beacon Project

  in Video — by Blog Bloke — on May 21, 2004

• Top Ways the NBC Remake of the BBC's "The Office" Will Get It Wrong

  1. The office staff is racially balanced...

  in Video — by David Weinberger — on May 21, 2004

• The Best Bad Movie Ever!

  in Video — by Lono — on May 21, 2004

Books

• French Press

  in Books — by Jim Carruthers — on May 21, 2004

• The Mayor of Casterbridge - by Thomas Hardy

  A powerful description of the weaknesses and foibles of the human character but also an inspiring, if melancholy, portrait of determination and dignity in difficult times.

  in Books — by Kevin Holtsberry — on May 21, 2004

• Oh, That Aching Back

  in Books — by Sydney Smith — on May 21, 2004

Sci/Tech

• Apple patches vulnerability in Safari

  Apple patches the Safari snafu in little time.

  in Sci/Tech — by Ken Edwards — on May 21, 2004

Music

• Fats Waller's 100th Birthday

  Surely we would be remiss not to note the 100th birthday of the great Fats Waller, who was born May 21, 1904.

  in Music — by Al Barger — on May 21, 2004

• Using Technology Creatively For Better Vocals

  in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on May 21, 2004

• Madonna's boring shock tactics

  If Madonna simply came out on a stage with musicians and instruments- no dancers, hookers, or costumes, dressed in t-shirts and jeans- and just actually played her new album, would anyone be able to sit through it?

  in Music — by Al Barger — on May 21, 2004

• Full Reunion After All

  in Music — by Jim Schwab — on May 21, 2004

• James McMurtry and the Heartless Bastards - Live in O3

  Imagine Ernest Hemingway with a guitar, a beer, and a backup band.

  in Music — by Shark — on May 21, 2004

• The Friday Morning Listen

  ...just needed a little "Dig".

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on May 21, 2004

• NIN man sues former manager

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on May 21, 2004

• Hasselhoff and Ice-T?

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on May 21, 2004

• Hawkins on his surgery

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on May 21, 2004

• Libertines singer to head to Thai monastery

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on May 21, 2004

Culture

• Philip Bottenberg's "October 15, 2003"

  in Culture — by Zeke's Gallery, Montreal — on May 21, 2004

• Metal detectors and full-body searches now de rigeuer at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on May 21, 2004

• Bush Medicare Ad Ruled Illegal

  ...the Bush administration violated federal law by producing and disseminating television news segments that portray the new Medicare law as a boon to the elderly. Federal law prohibits the use of federal money for "publicity or propaganda purposes" not authorized by Congress.

  in Culture — by Shark — on May 21, 2004

• Bush: Protecting America From Bedouin Weddings

  In another display of pinpoint military might, the United States continued to "shock and awe" the world in an attack on an Iraqi wedding party on Thursday.

  in Culture — by Shark — on May 21, 2004

• Neil Goldschmidt betrayed all

  The woman's life went down the drain after the three-year period of molestation and a subsequent rape. She is permanently mentally disabled. Meanwhile, Goldschmidt prospered, becoming an extremely wealthy lobbyist for big business.

  in Culture — by Mac Diva — on May 21, 2004

• Anesthesia failure hurts

  Roger Litwiller, a Roanoke anesthesiologist and president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, said it's important to keep the issue in perspective - that awareness during surgery occurs only in about one or two of every 1,000 procedures.

  in Culture — by Mac Diva — on May 21, 2004

• Bush in 2038

  in Culture — by H. Wayne Nix — on May 21, 2004

Politics

• Bill Cosby

  Shocks the NAACP

  in Politics — by RJ Elliott — on May 21, 2004