August 12, 2004 Archive

Sci/Tech

• The Big "O"

  The best advertisement, ever...

  in Sci/Tech — by RJ Elliott — on Aug 12, 2004

• I Could Be Dead By This Time Tomorrow...

  Or, more likely, just without power and therefore unable to post. But ya'll won't know which!

  in Sci/Tech — by RJ Elliott — on Aug 12, 2004

Music

• Buck Owens turns 75

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

• Sarah McLachlan @ Merriweather Post

  in Music — by Casper — on Aug 12, 2004

• A music survey

  A survey from All-Music Guide has been making the rounds....

  in Music — by Casper — on Aug 12, 2004

• Easily the best Usher review ever

  in Music — by Casper — on Aug 12, 2004

• The good, the bad and the ugly of cover tunes

  in Music — by Casper — on Aug 12, 2004

• A list of hidden tracks on CDs

  in Music — by Casper — on Aug 12, 2004

• The Duke Listens To Your No Good Buddies

  A bunch of the "good-fun" from these three New England country-music types.

  in Music — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 12, 2004

• Song of the day: Bruce Cockburn - Pacing The Cage

  in Music — by Tom Johnson — on Aug 12, 2004

• Karnataka Split

  in Music — by Tim Hall — on Aug 12, 2004

• 10 Worst Guitar Solos

  We've had Pitchfork Media's 50 Worst Guitar Solos, mostlry are standard-issue fashionable music press sneerage. Here's my list of worst solos, representing *my* biases and prejudices.

  in Music — by Tim Hall — on Aug 12, 2004

• Mini-Listen #22

  Warning: heavy nostalgia content.

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Aug 12, 2004

• Tony Bennett Cloud 7

  Tony Bennett's newest is actually his oldest.

  in Music — by Bruce Kratofil — on Aug 12, 2004

• David Byrne at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival - 8 August 2004

  On Sunday night, August 8th, David Byrne and the Tosca Strings closed out the 25th annual EFMF in grand style. Byrne is in the midst of his My Backwards Life Tour, in support of his new album, Grown Backwards.

  in Music — by Randy Reichardt — on Aug 12, 2004

• American Idiot?

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 12, 2004

• NY Dolls continue to tour

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 12, 2004

• BEP lose equipment in fire

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 12, 2004

• The Return of Charles Thompson

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

• Richard "Groove" Holmes: Super Soul

  in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Aug 12, 2004

• StarPolish Interview with Sonic Youth

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

• Herb Eimerman, & I You

  A subdued power pop gem. . .

  in Music — by Bill Sherman — on Aug 12, 2004

• Concert Review: Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson

  in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 12, 2004

Culture

• Red Adair, greatest oil well firefighter in history, is dead

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Aug 12, 2004

• Mousetrap, for real

  in Culture — by Casper — on Aug 12, 2004

• The Duke Needs Your Help, Is What!

  Like MC Hammer's voice, opinions must never be silent. Let your opinion roar, and help The Duke out in the process!

  in Culture — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 12, 2004

• Into the Empty: explorations recentes by Shelley Freeman - Review

  in Culture — by Zeke's Gallery, Montreal — on Aug 12, 2004

• R&B Radio Pioneer Hunter Hancock Dies

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 12, 2004

• Nigerian scamsters at it again...

  if you are one of the lucky souls who hasn't yet received one of these scam e-mails promising a share of millions in return for helping an unscrupulous foreign governmental type finish off some big ripoff, and you ever wondered how these e-mails read, look no further!

  in Culture — by Jon Downs — on Aug 12, 2004

• A Gotton Goat

  Deep night with a drunken optimist on failing legs.

  in Culture — by CW Fisher — on Aug 12, 2004

• Confused about Stem Cell Research? It's no wonder.

  in Culture — by Jeremy Chrysler — on Aug 12, 2004

Politics

• Campaigning begins at home

  Getting back to basics is generally a good idea, and explaining the federal government to ten year olds makes a good opportunity to do just that. So I tried to give them a basic five minute version of what the US government is supposed to be.

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Aug 12, 2004

Video

• Manchurian Candidate: From Two Generations

  in Video — by Tom Donelson — on Aug 12, 2004

• Teevee Writers, who knew?

  in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on Aug 12, 2004

• House of Sand and Fog

  When I sat down to watch The House of Sand and Fog, I was leery of this “drama” and expected a sleeper. I was pleasantly surprised by a riveting tale with two protagonists, who are also one in the same as the two antagonists. The difficulty seems to have no clear cut “good guy” and “bad guy” so one continues watching trying to figure out who to root for.

  in Video — by Russell Mann — on Aug 12, 2004

• Eric's Quick Picks - 50 First Dates

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 12, 2004

• Rock 'N' Roll High School

  Revisiting one of the last great American drive-in classics. . .

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

• The Duke Watches "Open Water"

  Shot-on-digital flick about two folks bitching in the sea, and then some sharks appear.

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

Books

• Murder of A Small-Town Honey

  Chokeberry Days + Murder Most Foul

  in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Aug 12, 2004

• Anti-Americanism by Jean-Francois Revel

  in Books — by Damian Penny — on Aug 12, 2004