December 31, 2004 Archive

Culture

• Wash Post's Top 10 Art Shows of 2004

  in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Dec 31, 2004

• Farewell to 2004

  in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Dec 31, 2004

• Anna Nicole Smith Just Lost $88,000,000.00

  A tough way to end the year...

  in Culture — by RJ Elliott — on Dec 31, 2004

• Day By Day for December 31, 2004

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for December 31, 2004

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Dec 31, 2004

• EPITAPH

  in Culture — by Kable — on Dec 31, 2004

• Virtual-Bubblewrap.com

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Dec 31, 2004

• Review of 2004 DC Time Out Guide

  in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Dec 31, 2004

• "The Year the Earth Fought Back"

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Dec 31, 2004

• More art galleries to open in 2005

  in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Dec 31, 2004

• The Power of the Web

  How a post about art got to the Governor's office

  in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Dec 31, 2004

Music

• Artie Shaw

  Dead At 94

  in Music — by RJ Elliott — on Dec 31, 2004

• Violin Master Class.com

  in Music — by bookofjoe — on Dec 31, 2004

• Interview With Frank Marino

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Dec 31, 2004

• Fields of Crimson - Symphonic Gettysburg

  I anticipate that we will see some great things from him in the future. Unfortunately, “Fields of Crimson” will not be counted among them.

  in Music — by Bryce Eddings — on Dec 31, 2004

• Nightclub fire kills 175

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Dec 31, 2004

• First Impressions: "Like You Like an Arsonist"

  Thank God for iTunes. It's how I discovered a real treat in the new album Like You Like an Arsonist.

  in Music — by Sean Hackbarth — on Dec 31, 2004

Politics

• Sadness or Euphoria

  A House staffer once told me that the tv series "The West Wing" is like crack cocaine for liberals.

  in Politics — by OnBackground — on Dec 31, 2004

• Charities see an increase in number of aid applicants

  Despite reports of an improving economy, charities are experiencing an increase in the number of people asking for help to pay the rent or feed their children.

  in Politics — by Igor Volsky — on Dec 31, 2004

• Disaster Relief

  What you can do to help with relief for the greatest disaster of the twenty-first century

  in Politics — by Aaman Lamba — on Dec 31, 2004

• New Torture Opinion Issued

  The Bush administration has issued a new directive retreating from its previously permissive view of torture.

  in Politics — by Igor Volsky — on Dec 31, 2004

• AF&O's The Year that Was: Top News of 2004

  All Facts and Opinions' take on news in the year that was.

  in Politics — by Natalie Davis — on Dec 31, 2004

• Blogging the Presidents Last, Great Press Conference of 2004

  "Thank you all very much. For those of you coming to Crawford, I look forward to not seeing you."

  in Politics — by Sandra Novak — on Dec 31, 2004

• Dumpster Bust Keeping It Real Politik: Hey FCC, Who’s Really Complaining?

  in Politics — by Eric Berlin — on Dec 31, 2004

Sports

• This Year's Bowl Games

  Scores and predictions...

  Opinion in Sports — by RJ Elliott — on Dec 31, 2004

Books

• Straight Talk From the Heartland by Ed Schultz

  Neocons will hate this book. Moderates will feel enlightened and emboldened. Liberals will enjoy the occasional pot-shots at Neocons and want more.

  in Books — by Anna Creech — on Dec 31, 2004

• It's Not About the Bra

  The subtitle gives us Chastain’s mission in the book: “How to Play Hard, Play Fair and Put the Fun Back into Competitive Sports.” Her target audience is young soccer players and their parents and, for what it is, this is a good book.

  in Books — by Bryce Eddings — on Dec 31, 2004

• Creativity & Enterprise: Being a Round Peg in a Cubical World

  Gordon MacKenzie details his experience as "Creative Paradox" at Hallmark in Orbiting the Giant Hairball, a book that defies description.

  in Books — by DrPat — on Dec 31, 2004

Sci/Tech

• Not the How of Speaking, But the Why

  The challenge in understanding how we acquire language is in its boundless power. Steven Pinker's "Words and Rules" is a good start.

  in Sci/Tech — by DrPat — on Dec 31, 2004

Video

• "Fortresses of the American Independent Cinema"

  in Video — by bookofjoe — on Dec 31, 2004

• Decoding the Da Vinci Code

  The basic message of this DVD is that Dan Brown's book is interesting enough, but you haven’t heard the half of it.

  in Video — by Bryce Eddings — on Dec 31, 2004

• Dumpster Bust Film Squad: Tenacious D movie in the works?

  The greatest and funniest band in the history of the world teaming back up for a movie? One word: Wow...

  in Video — by Eric Berlin — on Dec 31, 2004