February 8, 2005 Archive

Books

• Stevermer: College of Magics—The Enchantment of Realpolitik

  Juvenile fantasy with an interesting premise: a school teaching magic to those who attend. Not Hogwarts, Greenlaw College.

  in Books — by DrPat — on Feb 08, 2005

• Biggle: The Light That Never Was—Illuminating Unintended Consequences

  Lloyd Biggle, Jr.'s The Light That Never Was is a complex story of art, tolerance and philanthropy, simply told by a master.

  in Books — by DrPat — on Feb 08, 2005

Video

• "American Idol" - Episode 408 - Hollywood Solo Auditions

  in Video — by Scott Pepper — on Feb 08, 2005

• Battlestar Galactica, the best show you're probably not watching

  Laugh not, the new Battlestar Galactica is probably one of the best shows on television

  in Video — by Eric James — on Feb 08, 2005

• Pick of the Week. 2/8/05

  in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 08, 2005

Culture

• The origin of the word "blog"

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Feb 08, 2005

• Ubiquitous Ashlee Simpson

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 08, 2005

• LostLovers.com

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Feb 08, 2005

• in the looking glass | the real you

  in Culture — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Feb 08, 2005

• How Bullies Are Made

  in Culture — by Dawn Olsen — on Feb 08, 2005

• The Beauty of the "Ugliest Car"

  in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 08, 2005

• Day By Day for February 08, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for February 08, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Feb 08, 2005

• The AlCan Highway

  in Culture — by Murphy — on Feb 08, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Patch Tuesday

  Microsoft releases twelve security bulletins.

  in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Feb 08, 2005

• Oscar Ceremony Changes, and a Bit of Profundity

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 08, 2005

Music

• Two Siberians Arrive Out of Nowhere

  Artyom Yakushenko (electric violin) and Yuri Matveyez (electric guitar) are literally the Two Siberians.

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Feb 08, 2005

• Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst

  So who is this "voice of his generation"? The "next Dylan"? "Indie heart-throb"?

  in Music — by Thrasher — on Feb 08, 2005

• More Grammy Performances Announced

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 08, 2005

• Another Tsunami-Aid Bash

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 08, 2005

• S. Sturgis In A Haze

  in Music — by Jim Schwab — on Feb 08, 2005

• Homogenic Bjork

  in Music — by Aaman Lamba — on Feb 08, 2005

• CD review: Arcturus is not a Sham

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 08, 2005

• Swill & the Swaggerband

  in Music — by JasonR — on Feb 08, 2005

• Vinyl Archeology #12

  Two sunny and warm Saturday's, two armloads 'o vinyl.

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Feb 08, 2005

• R&B singer gouges his eye out?

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 08, 2005

• Daily News Digest

  This Morning's News Stories

  in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Feb 08, 2005

• MOTORHEAD ‘Ace Of Spades – Classic Album’ (DVD)

  in Music — by JasonR — on Feb 08, 2005

• Robyn Hitchcock - Spooked

  Robyn Hitchcock has made a minor delight. I have made a major mess.

  in Music — by bmarkey — on Feb 08, 2005

• Mirah - C'mon Miracle

  During those thirty-five or so minutes, I did about three minutes of real, actual work.

  in Music — by Particleman — on Feb 08, 2005

Politics

• Chrétien kept my balls!

  in Politics — by Jim Carruthers — on Feb 08, 2005

• Dr. Dean and the Democratic Machine

  in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 08, 2005

• The Minuteman Project

  "Our objective will be to spot these intruders with the aid of binoculars - telescopes - night vision scopes, and inform the U.S. Border Patrol of the location of the trespassers so that border patrol agents can intercept and detain them.

  in Politics — by dietdoc — on Feb 08, 2005

• Dumpster Bust Keeping It Real Politik: Five Minutes After the Speech

  in Politics — by Eric Berlin — on Feb 08, 2005