January 17, 2005 Archive

Music

• West Indian Girl - West Indian Girl

  Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream. Hey, did the water just get warmer?

  in Music — by bmarkey — on Jan 17, 2005

• New album releases, week of 1-18-2004

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Jan 17, 2005

• Old Country Music

  Steve Newman & Friends give you a taste of the Old Country on their new CD.

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Jan 17, 2005

• Dear Heather - This Is Leonard

  in Music — by Aaman Lamba — on Jan 17, 2005

• New System Of a Down Track Rails Against Power Run Amok

  The lyrics are nearly pornographic but completely appropriate as the song deals with the obscenity of political and military power...

  in Music — by Bill Lamb — on Jan 17, 2005

• Dumpster Bust Reviews: Voodoo Glow Skulls - Addiccion, Tradicion, Revolucion

  in Music — by Eric Berlin — on Jan 17, 2005

• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

  This double DVD has some of the best live footage around today

  in Music — by Jon Downs — on Jan 17, 2005

• Best of 2004

  The best - and worst - rock had to offer in 2004.

  in Music — by Tom Johnson — on Jan 17, 2005

• Donewaiting.com Disposable Radio Show Podcast #4

  in Music — by Robert Duffy — on Jan 17, 2005

• Charlie pulls it off...

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jan 17, 2005

Video

• The Village - Lesser Than The Sum Of Its Parts

  in Video — by Aaman Lamba — on Jan 17, 2005

• Movie Review: Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

  in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jan 17, 2005

• To Catch a Thief Review

  Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 film To Catch a Thief is a big, gooey picture that differs in content over much of the suspense master's other pictures. Cary Grant stars as a former thief, and patriot of the French Resistence, who is currently suspected of a new series of crimes. Grace Kelly plays the beautiful daughter of a rich American woman who is high on the list of possible victims of the new cat burglar.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• Saw Review

  I knew very little about Saw before I watched it yesterday. It came out during the time I was too busy moving out of my house and preparing to leave for France to pay much attention to upcoming movies. In France I heard a little buzz on the internet about it being a very captivating and scary thriller. I tried not to pay much more attention than that because there is nothing worse than learning too much about a scary movie before you go see it.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• The Poseidon Adventure Review

  There are a few movies I remember being surprised at as a child. These were movies that I saw on television or Beta/VHS that were made before my time and not meant as children's stories. Some of them were genuine classics like To Kill a Mockingbird that instilled in me a sense that beauty and art can be found in a film. Others were like the Poseidon Adventure that while not particularly masterful films still showed me that there were many other films out there besides the "family" films being churned out at the local cineplex. These films eventually opened up to me the world of cinema.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a pretty by the books MGM musical. It is based on a book entitled The Sobbin' Women which is in turn based on a Roman story titled The Rape of the Sabine Women. Which, like the title implies is about the kidnapping and rape of several young women who eventually come to 'love' their captors. How someone decided to make a musical out of this one wonders.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• Frida Review

  When Frida was released into theatres I had absolutely no desire to see it. I'm neither a fan of Salma Hayek, biopics in general, and biopics about artists especially. Add to that my zero knowledge about the artist Frida herself and the movies fate was sealed into never being seen by the likes of me.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  This movie is pure joy to me. This makes it rather difficult for me to actually review the movie and not just give it praise.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• Mystery Woman Mystery Weekend

  Can you figure out whodunit?

  in Video — by NancyGail — on Jan 17, 2005

• Blue Velvet Review

  Blue Velvet is dark, scary, freaky, and really good. Which is how you could describe most of David Lynch's films.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• About Schmidt Review

  Alexander Payne's 2002 film, About Schmidt, is just as much the transformation of it's star Jack Nicholson as it is the transformation of the character Jack plays "Warren Schmidt."

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• The Abyss Review

  James Cameron as a director is a bit of a mixed bag.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• 2010

  I watched 2001 for the first time in college. I had no intention of seeing the sequel because I knew it was not made by Kubrick and felt it would probably be very inferior. However, my roommate, decided to rent it and I watched it. Even though my parents gave it to me a couple of years ago, I have had no desire to actually watch it. But since I have vowed to review all the movies in my collection I did my duty this evening. I was mildly surprised, but not at all impressed.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• 2001 Review

  2001 is one of the few films I find absolutely amazing, and that I dread to watch. Like Citizen Kane I find this movie to be technically brilliant, but mostly boring.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• Army of Darkess - Review

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

Culture

• mlk mlk what did you do in the fight today?

  I stood up and .... Excuse me, let me answer that young man. (POEM)

  in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Jan 17, 2005

• BikeXpo Allentown -- "Hog Heaven" (the spirit of Indian Larry will be in attendance)

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Jan 17, 2005

• The Calling | it's your Father on the line

  in Culture — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jan 17, 2005

• Day By Day for January 17, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for January 17, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jan 17, 2005

Books

• The Mediator: Twilight

  in Books — by Vikk Simmons — on Jan 17, 2005

• Book Review: I, Fatty

  in Books — by Michael Benning — on Jan 17, 2005

• At Risk

  A new thriller by the former head of England's MI-5 offers a front-row seat to the "war on terror."

  in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Jan 17, 2005

• A Masonic Primer And Reading List For After Seeing "National Treasure"

  With all this media attention lately about Freemasons, in books and movies, I thought it would be interesting to briefly mention several interesting books that may shed some light on Freemasonry, Masons, and our beliefs.

  Opinion in Books — by Tom Bux — on Jan 17, 2005

Politics

• Commentary Magazine: Americanism and Its Enemies

  "Anti-Americanism has blossomed frantically in recent years. Nearly the whole world seems to be pock-marked with lesions of hate."

  in Politics — by Barry Campbell — on Jan 17, 2005

• Harvard President Exercises Free Inquiry

  Lawrence Summers exercises the spirit of free inquiry in some speculative remarks, and thus incurs wrath from some academics.

  in Politics — by Harry Forbes — on Jan 17, 2005

• Voting Machines Distributed Equally

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 17, 2005

• Hersh Strikes a Nerve

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Jan 17, 2005

• Stating the bleedin' obvious

  UK teenagers don't know much about politics, and have little interest in it. So why the surprise?

  in Politics — by Jon Downs — on Jan 17, 2005

• Not Guns, Nor Lead, But Men's Vices

  Philosophy from 1550: not guns that kill, not explosives that carry evil, not the knife in the chef's hand that stabs a man.

  in Politics — by DrPat — on Jan 17, 2005

• Lowering expectations for democracy... aka we have no idea what we're doing

  in Politics — by spiderleaf — on Jan 17, 2005

• What exactly SHOULD Sharon do?

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Jan 17, 2005

Tastes

• A Sense of Contentment

  I am listening to Seal serenade me on his Best of 1991-2004. I really like the acoustic version! I am feeling relatively at peace.

  in Tastes — by Damaa — on Jan 17, 2005

Gaming

• Review: Pikmin 2

  in Gaming — by Paul De Angelis — on Jan 17, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Can Cellphones Damage a Growing Child's Brain?

  in Sci/Tech — by bookofjoe — on Jan 17, 2005

• The Duke Plays "Thief: Deadly Shadows"

  I see you, you taffer!

  in Sci/Tech — by Duke De Mondo — on Jan 17, 2005

• Computer Bug and Security News 1/17/05

  in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Jan 17, 2005

• McDonald's CEO: The New Drummer

  Being the CEO of the world's most fattening company might be bad for your health.

  in Sci/Tech — by bhw — on Jan 17, 2005