December 19, 2004 Archive

Sci/Tech

• Best of the Best

  Are we thrusting too much greatness onto too many blogs? And how do we rank the rankers?

  in Sci/Tech — by Ken Lyen — on Dec 19, 2004

Music

• The Best Songs of 2004 [Biased in favor of the electronica genre]

  in Music — by Salvia Divinwhorum — on Dec 19, 2004

• Rockin' Fuzz Guitar For The Holidays

  The king of instrumental fuzz guitar is back again. Legendary instrumental rockers Davie Allan & The Arrows have arrived this holiday season

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Dec 19, 2004

• Best High Performance Recordings of 2004...according to surroundablog..

  in Music — by Ron Wheeler — on Dec 19, 2004

• You Don't Know Me by Adam Marsland

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Dec 19, 2004

• Cream Reunion - It's Official

  in Music — by The Proprietor — on Dec 19, 2004

• Little Jimmy Dickens turns 84

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Dec 19, 2004

Books

• Hidden Treasures: Cryptonomicon

  This is science fiction in the mold of the early James Bond novels...

  in Books — by DrPat — on Dec 19, 2004

• The Voice of RAH: Heinlein's First Novel

  Thanks to Robert James of the Heinlein Society (who is erroneously listed as author on Amazon.com), we can now read Robert A. Heinlein's first novel.

  in Books — by DrPat — on Dec 19, 2004

• Book Ends

  in Books — by Sydney Smith — on Dec 19, 2004

• Scar Tissue - by Anthony Kiedis

  in Books — by bookofjoe — on Dec 19, 2004

• Bugatti Queen: In Search of a French Racing Legend

  Miranda Seymour's biography of racy French racing legend Helene Delangle goes by all too fast.

  in Books — by Carlo Wolff — on Dec 19, 2004

Video

• Anniversary of A Clockwork Orange

  in Video — by Al Barger — on Dec 19, 2004

• Eric Clapton - Crossroads Guitar Festival DVD Review

  in Video — by Paul Roy — on Dec 19, 2004

• Bad Santa

  Bad Santa doesn’t hide, push aside or ignore all the pain and misery that can surround a holiday...

  in Video — by Sombrero Grande — on Dec 19, 2004

Culture

• Hardcore Country

  in Culture — by Prometheus 6 — on Dec 19, 2004

• Day By Day for December 19, 2004

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for December 19, 2004

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Dec 19, 2004

• Agnes Martin is dead

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Dec 19, 2004

• Bujold and the Essence of Engineering Evil

  Disasters arising from poor engineering inspection and quality control are the essence of evil in Lois McMaster Bujold's Falling Free.

  in Culture — by DrPat — on Dec 19, 2004

• "Tis the season to attack Wal-Mart

  in Culture — by Reporterette — on Dec 19, 2004

• Code Pink? "Purple is the new red"

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Dec 19, 2004

• Cannibus Candy

  in Culture — by Christopher Auman — on Dec 19, 2004

• Universality and Greatness

  Opinion in Culture — by Daryl Sng — on Dec 19, 2004

Gaming

• Half-Life 2

  in Gaming — by Paul De Angelis — on Dec 19, 2004

Politics

• Taxes and Self-Ownership

  You own yourself. This means that you own the fruits of your body's labor and your mind's ingenuity.

  in Politics — by Mike Kole — on Dec 19, 2004

• Dumpster Bust Keeping It Real Politik: No, they didn’t… Time magazine names George W. Bush 2004 Person of the Year

  Not like this... No, not like this...

  in Politics — by Eric Berlin — on Dec 19, 2004

• Dumpster Bust Keeping It Real Politik: Dean for DNC

  It's time to bang the gong for new leadership in the Democratic Party.

  in Politics — by Eric Berlin — on Dec 19, 2004

Tastes

• Decadence...new & very much improved

  in Tastes — by Marty Dodge — on Dec 19, 2004