December 17, 2004 Archive

Music

• Dumpster Bust Up in Your Ear: Best Punk Albums of All Time?

  PunkBands.com and Kerrang! magazine recently published the results of a reader’s poll listing the 50 greatest punk albums of all time... but does something smell?

  in Music — by Eric Berlin — on Dec 17, 2004

• Grammy Nominees 2004

  The Nominees (and predictions)

  in Music — by Aaman Lamba — on Dec 17, 2004

• What You're Missing

  While every one else is playing music over 30 years old there's a new world you have not even heard about yet.

  in Music — by Jim Knapp — on Dec 17, 2004

• Jack Irons - Attention Dimension

  in Music — by El Bicho — on Dec 17, 2004

• REVIEW: Manahattan Transfer - The Christmas Album

  in Music — by Temple Stark — on Dec 17, 2004

• 2004: Best in Music

  A look back at the music of 2004: U2, Lanegan, Elliott Smith and more

  in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Dec 17, 2004

• Red, White and Crue

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 17, 2004

• The Friday Morning Listen

  Hang On Little Tomato.

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Dec 17, 2004

• Wicker Park Soundtrack Album

  Review of the soundtrack to the film Wicker Park.

  in Music — by Jim Schwab — on Dec 17, 2004

• Vince in trouble again

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Dec 17, 2004

Sci/Tech

• Ultimate Fan Contest from Interscope A&M

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 17, 2004

• Library in Cyberspace

  Google's plan to digitize library books will allow literature to be freely available and it will enrich our lives.

  in Sci/Tech — by Ken Lyen — on Dec 17, 2004

• Bug in the Windows XP SP2 Firewall

  There's always a new bug

  in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Dec 17, 2004

Video

• film: Flight of the Phoenix

  in Video — by Triniman — on Dec 17, 2004

• New Theatrical Releases 12/17/04

  in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 17, 2004

• Poncho Sanchez- Poncho at Montreux

  A new live concert DVD proves that Latin Jazz giant Poncho Sanchez is a uniter, not a divider.

  in Video — by John Owen — on Dec 17, 2004

• Collateral

  Mann's latest thriller, released on DVD this Tuesday, seems more of a recollection of his past successes, rather than anything new.

  in Video — by Travis Marshall — on Dec 17, 2004

• Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea: His Bad

  The world needs more antiheroes, not more tinselly pop stars.

  in Video — by Alan Dale — on Dec 17, 2004

• Dumpster Bust on TV: The Apprentice II Finals

  More human drama from your favorite hair helmeted head honcho than you can shake a comb at!

  in Video — by Eric Berlin — on Dec 17, 2004

• Movies Awards Update - More Winners and Nominations Accounced

  in Video — by Randy Reichardt — on Dec 17, 2004

Culture

• Stark Raving Elvis 4 Sale!

  in Culture — by Jim Carruthers — on Dec 17, 2004

• Duke Power Deals Out Death?

  in Culture — by Neal Gardner — on Dec 17, 2004

• On noticing racial differences

  Not just fairness but truth and accuracy demand readily replacing the actual and particular in the place of the general or stereotypical.

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Dec 17, 2004

• Need a Mind Body Tone-Up?

  in Culture — by Marty Dodge — on Dec 17, 2004

• The Mystery of Kwanzaa

  News in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Dec 17, 2004

• Day By Day for December 17, 2004

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for December 17, 2004

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Dec 17, 2004

• We The People

  The new Americans

  in Culture — by Aaman Lamba — on Dec 17, 2004

Books

• Psst! Santa (A Christmas Wish List)

  My wish list for books to find under my Christmas tree includes how-to and how-not-to volumes, with some history and science fiction...

  in Books — by DrPat — on Dec 17, 2004

Sports

• Hoop Dreams' Dad Murdered

  Arthur "Bo" Agee Sr., 52, who was featured in the documentary "Hoop Dreams" was murdered in a Chicago suburb

  in Sports — by Josh Hathaway — on Dec 17, 2004

Politics

• Economy: Cautious Optimism for '05

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 17, 2004

• Rough Going For Rummie

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 17, 2004

• Don't Put Quotes Around My Faith!

  Why do so many Democratic Party leaders struggle with "the values thing?"

  in Politics — by David Flanagan — on Dec 17, 2004