January 18, 2005 Archive

Books

• Ghost World

  in Books — by Paul De Angelis — on Jan 18, 2005

• The King's Midwife: great book, great woman

  in Books — by Natalie Bennett — on Jan 18, 2005

• To Die For

  A romantic thriller about a blonde fitness instructor and the cop who can't keep his hands off of her.

  in Books — by W.E. Wallo — on Jan 18, 2005

• BOOK REVIEW: Revolution in the valley - The insanely great story about how the Mac was made

  in Books — by Christopher Auman — on Jan 18, 2005

• America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction--by Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show

  The huge heaping of sex-related jokes throughout will have the self-righteous bible beaters outraged. The ones who won't even read the book but will be extremely perturbed by its presence and popularity and will see it as another opportunity to try and dictate to others.

  in Books — by Finkleman — on Jan 18, 2005

• Dancing with a Fictional Nureyev

  Colum McCann's "Dancer" is a grouping of snapshots arranged to illuminate the tempestuous life of the dancer Nureyev.

  in Books — by DrPat — on Jan 18, 2005

Music

• American Idol: Raw dreams

  I'm halfway through watching American Idol and I've shed tears - good tears. I watched about half of the first season of American Idol. I thought Ryan Starr was hot

  in Music — by Temple Stark — on Jan 18, 2005

• The World Of Nat King Cole

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Jan 18, 2005

• Leon Ware - A Kiss in the Sand

  in Music — by Bryce Eddings — on Jan 18, 2005

• CD Review: Pearl Jam - Lost Dogs

  Pearl Jam's rarities album Lost Dogs rates among the band's best work...

  in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jan 18, 2005

• The Grammy's are Killing Music

  A (not-so-timely) preview of the 46th Annual Grammy Awards.

  in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jan 18, 2005

• Witnesses to Damageplan Shooting Speak

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 18, 2005

• More sadness for Oliva family...

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jan 18, 2005

• CD Review: Mike Doughty - Skittish/Rockity Roll

  in Music — by Dash Riprock — on Jan 18, 2005

• Seasons of Mist sign Arcturus

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jan 18, 2005

• CD Review: Benny Carter - Jazz Giant

  Benny Carter – Jazz Giant now available in Super Audio Hybrid

  in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Jan 18, 2005

• A Love Supreme, Branford Marsalis (CD/DVD)

  At first, Branford Marsalis' new recording of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme (2004) seems foolhardy. Coltrane's work is embedded in a specific moment both of jazz history, the point where bebop gave way to the avant-garde, and in the life of Coltrane as he overcame his addiction and his demons.

  in Music — by Todd A. Price — on Jan 18, 2005

• Is "The Game" the Savior of West Coast Rap?

  My initial reaction to this CD was lukewarm...but sometimes you need to take a second listen, in a different atmosphere to really hear something. For me it was in my car...I turned the volume up and just drove and listened. I listened to the music, I listened to the words, I listened to the story.

  in Music — by T-Square — on Jan 18, 2005

• A MLK Day Reminiscence

  in Music — by Dave Nalle — on Jan 18, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Marc Greilsamer's Favorite CDs Part 2

  Amazon's long-time music editor leaves a parting gift - his recommendations for the most essential CDs. (Part 2)

  in Sci/Tech — by Aaman Lamba — on Jan 18, 2005

• Marc Greilsamer's Favorite CDs Part 1

  Amazon's long-time music editor leaves a parting gift - his recommendations for the most essential CDs.

  in Sci/Tech — by Aaman Lamba — on Jan 18, 2005

• Sounds from Titan

  in Sci/Tech — by Jim Carruthers — on Jan 18, 2005

• Beware Neighbor Girls and Nail Guns

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 18, 2005

• "Frank Must Die"

  in Sci/Tech — by bookofjoe — on Jan 18, 2005

• "Blogs and RSS Boot Camp: Profiting From the New Personal Publishing Tools"

  I will speaking at this seminar tomorrow morning in Cleveland -- should be great!

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 18, 2005

• "What is the best moment of the day?"

  in Sci/Tech — by bookofjoe — on Jan 18, 2005

• Voter's Brains: "I am drawn to the wrong candidate so I must hate him"

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 18, 2005

• Valentine's Day Guide for Fetishists (And O'Reilly's Desktop)

  Bill O'Reilly's desktop mocked up, and some unusual fetishes -- I don't see a connection, do you?

  in Sci/Tech — by Aaman Lamba — on Jan 18, 2005

• Trojans Attack Al Jazeera

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 18, 2005

Politics

• Hannity's Insanity: Losing His Edge or Overcommited?

  Why is Hannity spending so much time trying to shout down and insult liberal guests?

  in Politics — by David Flanagan — on Jan 18, 2005

• Did Rice lie about Iraq?

  in Politics — by Igor Volsky — on Jan 18, 2005

• Proud to be an American

  in Politics — by Sapere Aude — on Jan 18, 2005

• Social Security for 20-year-olds

  in Politics — by Hal Pawluk — on Jan 18, 2005

• Charity is a fashion statement

  Maybe the U.N. should make its own "world aid bracelet." And then once Paris Hilton gets one, all of our world aid obligations will be met.

  in Politics — by Igor Volsky — on Jan 18, 2005

• Culture Warriors Taken in by Empty Promises -- Again

  in Politics — by Margaret Romao Toigo — on Jan 18, 2005

• Jesse Ventura for Homeland Security

  in Politics — by Lono — on Jan 18, 2005

Culture

• "When they scream like a schoolgirl, that's the beginning of family fun"

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Jan 18, 2005

• Blogcritics On Awards Season: Oscars, Grammys, Junos, Rock Hall, et al

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 18, 2005

• American Brandstand

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Jan 18, 2005

• Ancient Babylon a Victim of War

  in Culture — by Sapere Aude — on Jan 18, 2005

• Day By Day for January 18, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for January 18, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jan 18, 2005

Video

• The Duke's 14 Favourite Flicks Of 2004

  Exhaustive and exhausting, is what.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Jan 18, 2005

• Hayao Miyazaki - "The Auteur of Anime"

  in Video — by bookofjoe — on Jan 18, 2005

• Academy Awards Axes Original Musical Category

  In a blow to independent filmmaking, according to a Hollywood Reporter article by Martin A. Grove, the Academy's Board of Governors voted to eliminate the Original Musical category

  in Video — by Thrasher — on Jan 18, 2005

• The Duke Watches "White Noise"

  Creepy tomfoolery and the return of Michael Keaton. Welcome back, Michael Keaton. You rule, is what.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Jan 18, 2005

• Add one more to the list: The ten best films of 2004

  I've been been ignoring doing this year-end thing in hopes that somehow I'll get to the likes of Moolaadé, Notre Musique, Goodbye, Dragon Inn, Vera Drake and Bad Education - but alas, it looks like that won't happen until next month, or until some of them are released on DVD.

  in Video — by John Lars Ericson — on Jan 18, 2005

• Mcbride:The Chameleon Murder

  Oh, what a tangled web we weave..

  in Video — by NancyGail — on Jan 18, 2005

• A Hole in the Head Review

  The film is the second to last picture ever made by Capra and was the beginning of an attempted comeback from a few years break from making Hollywood pictures. But instead of a comeback this film serves only to remind us of what Capra used to be.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 18, 2005

• Correct, Not So Much - Golden Globes Post Game

  So, I batted .385. That’s not really good. But I’m always better at the Oscars (I was 2 for 3 last year), so I’ll always have that, I guess.

  in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Jan 18, 2005

• Review: "Iron Chef America"

  The series version of America's answer to Japan's "Iron Chef" is on the air. Japan wins.

  in Video — by Natalie Davis — on Jan 18, 2005

Sports

• RJ's NFL Picks: 4 Teams Left!

  Disclaimer: I kinda suck at this....

  Opinion in Sports — by RJ Elliott — on Jan 18, 2005