August 18, 2004 Archive

Books

• A walking, talking, crime-fighting sock monkey... sorta

  Penn Jillette, the speaking half of Penn & Teller, takes us on a wild ride courtesy of a sock monkey named Dickie.

  in Books — by Ryan Eanes — on Aug 18, 2004

• Omega

  in Books — by Casper — on Aug 18, 2004

• Camille Paglia: Sex, Art and Society

  in Books — by Tom Donelson — on Aug 18, 2004

• American Perversity

  William Bradford Borden takes on the three subjects which must not be spoken - sex, politics, and religion - in American Perversity, a book of stream of consciousness essays about the meaning of it all. [Book review]

  in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Aug 18, 2004

Politics

• "Social Security," the ultimate ripoff pyramid scheme

  By rights, every damned member of Congress -Republican and Democrat- should be doing a perp walk in front of the cameras on their way to penitentiaries for the financial fraud of Social Security - let alone anything else they're doing.

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Aug 18, 2004

Culture

• Smear campaigner backs down

  My hope is that reasonable people will see right through it without having to be convinced that the swift boaters lack credibility.

  in Culture — by Mac Diva — on Aug 18, 2004

• Omaha. It's Icky. A Lot.

  Cale Corbett remembers Omaha. Fondly? Not really.

  Opinion in Culture — by Cale Corbett — on Aug 18, 2004

• Surly In A Hurry

  in Culture — by Cale Corbett — on Aug 18, 2004

• Al's Campaign Notebook: Ready for Correction in Northeast Indy, August 8

  It's always nice when people write me notes telling me how right I am. But heck, I already knew that. I don't learn anything that way. Show me something where I'm wrong, or I've missed an important fact or consideration. You might actually learn me something.

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Aug 18, 2004

• One Stop Shopping - From Cradle-To-Grave

  in Culture — by Toby Bloomberg — on Aug 18, 2004

• What Would Jesus Shoot?

  Religion and guns make for strange bedfellows; so just what would Jesus shoot?

  Opinion in Culture — by copygodd — on Aug 18, 2004

• Louise Leduc talks to Guy Cogeval

  in Culture — by Zeke's Gallery, Montreal — on Aug 18, 2004

• Le Devoir covers Under Pressure

  in Culture — by Zeke's Gallery, Montreal — on Aug 18, 2004

• Michel Hellman on Juan Geuer

  in Culture — by Zeke's Gallery, Montreal — on Aug 18, 2004

• First Place - a Bible-based diet

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Aug 18, 2004

• Windows XP SP 2 News

  What's the latest on the Windows XP update?

  in Culture — by Bruce Kratofil — on Aug 18, 2004

• Real reduces price, ups ante against Apple

  The effort is an attempt to attract Windows users from Apple's iTunes Music Store.

  in Culture — by Mac Diva — on Aug 18, 2004

• Beheading faker is a candidate

  Does it matter that Vanderford is coming from the Left of the political spectrum?

  in Culture — by Mac Diva — on Aug 18, 2004

Music

• Album of the day: Isis - Oceanic

  in Music — by Tom Johnson — on Aug 18, 2004

• Music Review: Jimmy Buffett - License To Chill

  in Music — by Scott Pepper — on Aug 18, 2004

• Inside Genesis-A Critical Review

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Aug 18, 2004

• The Dare Ya Blues Band Takes A Walk Down Lonely Street

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Aug 18, 2004

• Music Review: Phoenix, Alphabetical

  in Music — by Jeremy Chrysler — on Aug 18, 2004

• Steve Earle, start the revolution with him

  Steve Earle is back with "The Revolution Starts ... Now", and if you didn't like what he had to say before, this'll really piss you off, and he's okay with that.

  in Music — by Jim Carruthers — on Aug 18, 2004

• The Duke Listens To "The Color Purple" By Saigon

  Intelligent, provokotive, couragous hip-hop, with the beats as inspired as the lyrics.

  in Music — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 18, 2004

• Jimmy Neutron, Girl Singer

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 18, 2004

• Shelby Lynne Turns Thespian

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 18, 2004

• The Duke's European Metal Odyssey

  Acid Drinkers, Green Carnation and Carnal Forge all line up for to assault The Duke via this trio of DVD releases.

  in Music — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 18, 2004

• Darkest Hour Hidden Hands Of A Sadist Nation

  Review of death metal band Darkest Hour's newest offering. While it's not nearly as accessible or radio-friendly as many of the so-called "metal" bands that have sprung up in the last few years, this is a very good band playing the style they are good at and doing it extremely well. rating: 8 of 10

  in Music — by Jim Schwab — on Aug 18, 2004

• Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous

  It's weird...the connections the music, words and memories can spin up. Like this...

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Aug 18, 2004

• Manics like Nixon

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 18, 2004

• Shyne gets in trouble in jail

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 18, 2004

• Beenie Man fight goes to label

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 18, 2004

• Mortiis release time-limited single

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 18, 2004

• First Impressions: "Creamfields"

  This is the first in what I hope will be an on-going series where I listen to an album for the first time and jot down my first impressions--hence the name.

  in Music — by Sean Hackbarth — on Aug 18, 2004

• CD Review - DRIV3R

  First Gear As the boom-crash electric drums play, eyes open wide. It means you've stopped tapping your fingers on the steering wheel to your own beat.

  in Music — by Temple Stark — on Aug 18, 2004

• "Wake Up Everybody" is a a timely tune

  Wake up everybody, no more sleepin in bed
  No more backward thinkin,'
  Time for thinkin' ahead.
  -- Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

  in Music — by Mac Diva — on Aug 18, 2004

• Album of the day: Talking Heads - The Name of this Band Is . . .

  in Music — by Tom Johnson — on Aug 18, 2004

Sci/Tech

• A comparison between Real/Apple in 2004 and MS/Apple in 1984

  in Sci/Tech — by Casper — on Aug 18, 2004

• Hybrid CD/DVD launch in jeopardy

  in Sci/Tech — by Casper — on Aug 18, 2004

• Outlook Bandwidth Dial Plug-in

  in Sci/Tech — by Half Baked — on Aug 18, 2004

• SHA-1 cracked?

  in Sci/Tech — by Casper — on Aug 18, 2004

• iTunes and Jazz history

  in Sci/Tech — by Casper — on Aug 18, 2004

Video

• The Duke On "Suicide Club"

  The youth are killing themselves to death, and we need to know why, and stuff.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 18, 2004

• Julia! America's Favorite Chef

  in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Aug 18, 2004

• The Duke Sees Aliens Versus Predator

  ...And then kind of wishes he hadn't. What a gargantuan heap of putrid spit.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 18, 2004

• DVD Review: Freaks (1932)

  in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 18, 2004

• Time to give Star Trek: Enterprise a chance

  I try to save people from watching junk on TV or at the movies, but I also like to alert you to stuff you might not want to miss. If you're a long suffering Star Trek fan (like I am)

  in Video — by Screen Rant — on Aug 18, 2004

• Shark's Daily Olympic Update

  The Flying Munchkins With Hormone Problems (aka USA Little Girls' Gymnastics Team) got a Silver Medal

  in Video — by Shark — on Aug 18, 2004