August 3, 2004 Archive

Books

• Unfit For Command

  Kerry's "Band Of Brothers" Hates Him...

  in Books — by RJ Elliott — on Aug 03, 2004

• For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani

  in Books — by DuctapeFatwa — on Aug 03, 2004

• Fear and Other Uninvited Guests: Tackling the Anxiety, Fear, and Shame That Keep Us from Optimal Living and Loving by Harriet Lerner, 2004.

  in Books — by Hilary Caws-Elwitt — on Aug 03, 2004

• Ugly Americans

  in Books — by Casper — on Aug 03, 2004

• Recommended Genre Novels

  in Books — by Paul De Angelis — on Aug 03, 2004

• Semiautomatic - by Robert Reuland

  in Books — by bookofjoe — on Aug 03, 2004

• The Self-Destruction Handbook

  This little book cleverly satirizes America's obsessions with sex, health and various vices. Filled with bizarro-world table turning, plain absurdity, and acute observations of familiar social phenomena that no one likes to talk about, it would make a great gift for anyone who can take a joke.

  in Books — by Jon Sobel — on Aug 03, 2004

Sci/Tech

• The Communist Party of The United States of America Supports Kerry For President

  Is anyone really surprised by this?

  in Sci/Tech — by RJ Elliott — on Aug 03, 2004

• Adobe Acrobat PDFMaker Toolbar in Office

  Ken Edwards gets passionate about PDFs and his Mac...

  News in Sci/Tech — by Ken Edwards — on Aug 03, 2004

• Bilbao. James Rosenquist. Rings a bell?

  in Sci/Tech — by Corinna Hasofferett — on Aug 03, 2004

• A White Elephant - World's First Confirmed Sighting

  A presumably sober bookofjoe has seen a white elephant...

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by bookofjoe — on Aug 03, 2004

Music

• Paul Rader Releases Stripped Down Classic Rock Tribute

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Aug 03, 2004

• Mindcrime Redux

  Queensryche will be following up their 1998 Mindcrime album with a sequel.

  in Music — by Casper — on Aug 03, 2004

• New album releases, week of 8-3-2004

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Aug 03, 2004

• Aerosmith - purveyors of Corporate Rock

  in Music — by Lono — on Aug 03, 2004

• The Origin of Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"

  A very fascinating article in today's washingtonpost.com on the origins of the haunting shortwave radio effects used on Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album.

  in Music — by Thrasher — on Aug 03, 2004

• Lovedrug: Pretend You're Alive

  Although Lovedrug sound great (especially if you really, really like Coldplay) they play like a Saturday Night Live movie of the rock world -- a really good three-minute sketch stretched thin and tiresome.

  in Music — by John Owen — on Aug 03, 2004

• Kenny Garrett at Catalina Bar and Grill

  in Music — by LeRoy Downs — on Aug 03, 2004

• Andrew Hill at the Jazz Bakery

  in Music — by LeRoy Downs — on Aug 03, 2004

• Dale Fielder CD Release Party

  in Music — by LeRoy Downs — on Aug 03, 2004

• Patti Scialfa - 23rd Street Lullaby

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Aug 03, 2004

• Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want to Be

  in Music — by Craig Lyndall — on Aug 03, 2004

• Patrick Yandall Rises From The Ashes

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Aug 03, 2004

Video

• Them! DVD Review

  in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 03, 2004

• The Black Scorpion DVD Review

  in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 03, 2004

• 20 Million Miles To Earth DVD Review

  in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 03, 2004

• The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms DVD Review

  in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 03, 2004

• Mexican as perfect Spanish?

  Telemundo, home to overly melodramatic soap operas and dubbed films from the 80's (along with other things, to be fair), is expending great effort to get their on screen personalities to change their accents.

  in Video — by Casper — on Aug 03, 2004

• That's right Halle, it's all about you

  in Video — by Screen Rant — on Aug 03, 2004

• Do we really need another 9/11 movie?

  in Video — by Screen Rant — on Aug 03, 2004

• American Graffiti

  in Video — by Paul De Angelis — on Aug 03, 2004

• DVD Review: Batman:TAS

  in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 03, 2004

• Review: Timeline

  in Video — by Screen Rant — on Aug 03, 2004

• TV Review: Justice League Unlimited

  in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 03, 2004

• Review: The Village

  in Video — by Screen Rant — on Aug 03, 2004

• Franken Returns to Tube

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 03, 2004

• DVD Releases For Week Beginning 02-08-2004

  And what, pray-tell, might be awaiting amongst the schedules this week, friends? Not a damn lot, is the disgusting truth of the matter.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 03, 2004

Gaming

• "Manhunt" kills 14-year old

  in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 03, 2004

• Video Games and Rapid Sequels

  in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 03, 2004

Politics

• Lifting seating ban

  in Politics — by Casper — on Aug 03, 2004

• Franken Returns to Tube

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 03, 2004

• Life In Hell

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 03, 2004

• Credit Where Credit Is Due

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 03, 2004

Culture

• Missing Pentagon Art?

  in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Aug 03, 2004

• Hollywood Discovers the Picts

  in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Aug 03, 2004

• "I am just happy to have got my sword back so I can continue with my duties as sword-bearer"

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 03, 2004

• Soldier says Americans abused Iraqis for 'fun'

  The assaults on Iraqi prisoners, some of them of a sexual nature, had been known to American military and political leaders months before they were leaked to the media.

  in Culture — by Mac Diva — on Aug 03, 2004

• Jérôme Delgado reports from Trois-Rivières

  in Culture — by Zeke's Gallery, Montreal — on Aug 03, 2004

• Kick-Ass Post Alert, two!

  in Culture — by Zeke's Gallery, Montreal — on Aug 03, 2004

• Kick-Ass Post Alert

  in Culture — by Zeke's Gallery, Montreal — on Aug 03, 2004

• The Sloganator lives

  in Culture — by Hal Pawluk — on Aug 03, 2004

• Nightmare of the Donut Man

  The purpose of the terror alert system is to promote public preparedness by encouraging widespread panic among voters.

  in Culture — by CW Fisher — on Aug 03, 2004

• Now you can be a vampire without the hassle...

  So effectively, the blood products do not actually taste of blood. Perhaps more interestingly though, they are up to five times cheaper to manufacture than their dairy counterparts, not to mention that they contain almost no fat and are a rich source of iron

  in Culture — by Jon Downs — on Aug 03, 2004

• Art of Adrian Welch

  in Culture — by Auke Veenstra — on Aug 03, 2004

• Jadakiss is right to ask "Why"

  NEW YORK (AP) -- Over the years, the rapper Jadakiss has depicted a world of drug dealing, murder and other assorted mayhem without raising many eyebrows.

  -- Associated Press

  in Culture — by Mac Diva — on Aug 03, 2004

• Oil: The Black Gold...errr....Death

  in Culture — by Jeremy Chrysler — on Aug 03, 2004

• William Mitchell - inventor of Pop Rocks - is dead at 92

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Aug 03, 2004

• Bush flopped on terrorism and security, Kerry didn't flip

  in Culture — by Hal Pawluk — on Aug 03, 2004