February 23, 2005 Archive

Video

• "American Idol" - The First Four Eliminations

  in Video — by Scott Pepper — on Feb 23, 2005

• Oscar Preview Part Three: Pixar’s Revenge (and a bunch of other stuff happens)

  Part three of four...

  in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Feb 23, 2005

• American Jobs

  in Video — by El Bicho — on Feb 23, 2005

• Saw DVD Review

  One room, two men, and a dead body, all in digital quality.

  in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Feb 23, 2005

• Simple, Elegant, Erotic - New Order's Video For "Krafty"

  One secret in creating the world we want is to "look at life the way it oughta be."

  in Video — by Bill Lamb — on Feb 23, 2005

• Seducing Doctor Lewis

  in Video — by Barry — on Feb 23, 2005

• Dumpster Busting TV: Buffy’s Lost Connection

  in Video — by Eric Berlin — on Feb 23, 2005

Books

• Book Review: In The Way That Elephants Do - David Kilpatrick

  Review in Books — by Joan Hunt — on Feb 23, 2005

• Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life - Ray Harryhausen, Tony Dalton

  in Books — by Deano — on Feb 23, 2005

• Michener: The Covenant—A History of Cultural Conflict

  Michener gives us a richly nuanced look at South African history, with its conflicted cultures and its multi-cultural promise.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Feb 23, 2005

• Book Review: Hello To All That: A Memoir of War, Zoloft, and Peace

  Review in Books — by Jon Sobel — on Feb 23, 2005

• Gonzo Obits

  in Books — by Aaman Lamba — on Feb 23, 2005

• James M Cain's Serenade, A Review

  Interestingly, it is usually his women who are tough, manipulative, and full of lust for crime. The men tend to be suckered in by their seductive charms.

  in Books — by Mat Brewster — on Feb 23, 2005

Music

• A Soul Jazz Thing

  Soul jazz is ecstatic music, borne of down-home blues shacks and church revivals. Jimmy Smith was deep in its mix.

  in Music — by Koranteng — on Feb 23, 2005

• Daily Music and Tech News

  FBI warns about virus, U.S. losing its edge, mice get hungry, its still illegal to sell sex toys in Alabama.

  in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Feb 23, 2005

• CD Review: Griffin House, Lost & Found

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Feb 23, 2005

• CD review: Soul Sirkus' stunning debut

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 23, 2005

• M83 Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

  Review of French techno duo M83's second album, released in the US this past summer.

  in Music — by Jim Schwab — on Feb 23, 2005

• Elvin Jones - The Truth

  With such a large horn section this band sounds huge. Elvin, as usual, is right on.

  in Music — by Jim Knapp — on Feb 23, 2005

• Gig review: Suffrajets the new Girlschool?

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 23, 2005

• Music Playlist: Album Covers With Nudity

  What more could you want with your music than pictures of naked people?

  in Music — by Robert Burke — on Feb 23, 2005

• Korn Guitarist Finds God and Quits Band

  Apparently the lure of God is stronger than Korn

  News in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 23, 2005

• The Sadies - Favourite Colours

  Twang meets fuzzbox; just as it was in the famous chocolate/peanut butter controversy, they’re two great tastes that taste great together.

  in Music — by bmarkey — on Feb 23, 2005

Culture

• The end comes for Dummer Academy

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Feb 23, 2005

• The "CSI Effect"

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Feb 23, 2005

• Bram Cohen's Blog

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Feb 23, 2005

• Ward Churchill confesses

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Feb 23, 2005

• Where freedom of speech and common sense & decency part company…

  in Culture — by Richard Porter — on Feb 23, 2005

• Celebrating Blue Teeth, John Wayne Style

  in Culture — by Tynan Szvetecz — on Feb 23, 2005

• Tuesdays with the Colonel

  in Culture — by majikwah — on Feb 23, 2005

• High Noon in Cambridge

  D-Day for Larry Summers; his meeting with the faculty in a session described as an “emergency”. Who knew?

  in Culture — by Harry Forbes — on Feb 23, 2005

• Day By Day for February 23, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for February 23, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Feb 23, 2005

• Taking a stab at Sexism?

  Presenting my hands-down pick for the quote of the week.

  in Culture — by CJ Baker — on Feb 23, 2005

Politics

• The "L" Word and the "D" Word

  The words, "legalization" and "decrminalization" should be struck from the vocabularies of all people who support the basic ideas which they represent.

  in Politics — by Margaret Romao Toigo — on Feb 23, 2005

• The Economy: The Boom Is A Bust For Most

  in Politics — by Hal Pawluk — on Feb 23, 2005

• A Real Crisis

  in Politics — by SteelR — on Feb 23, 2005

• DOES RACIAL SENSITIVITY ONLY APPLY TO THE RIGHT?

  in Politics — by awinters — on Feb 23, 2005

• Who do YOU believe, Scott Ritter or George Bush?

  in Politics — by Big Time Patriot — on Feb 23, 2005

• Drs Insurance premiums increase because of market cycles, not malpractice claims

  in Politics — by Igor Volsky — on Feb 23, 2005

• What am I?

  in Politics — by Andy Marsh — on Feb 23, 2005

• Congress' Paid Vacations

  Washington winters can be so bleak. What better time for a Congressman to blow town for some sunny clime or a ski vacation -- and take a few lobbyists with them.

  in Politics — by Terry Turner — on Feb 23, 2005

• Holy Father, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

  Pope John Paul II's new book compares abortion to the Holocaust and charges that gay marriage is part of a new idealogy of evil...

  in Politics — by Silas Kain — on Feb 23, 2005

• Ship's Ahoy

  Far-fetched, I know, but I would love it if Dean, Hilary, and Barack bin Obama defected to the Greens...

  in Politics — by mpho — on Feb 23, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Spyware: First, infect all the lawyers....

  in Sci/Tech — by The Proprietor — on Feb 23, 2005

Sports

• Colorado University - a study in how not to run a school

  in Sports — by Lono — on Feb 23, 2005