March 22, 2005 Archive

Music

• Retro Top Ten List: Solo Artists

  in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 22, 2005

• Subdivisions of Rush

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Mar 22, 2005

• 36th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, April 22 – May 1

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 22, 2005

• Hip Hop Advertising: Pepsi & DJS, Reebok & 50 Cent

  in Music — by Clyde Smith — on Mar 22, 2005

• Review: Mama Scuba - You're A Long Time Dead So What's The Hurry?

  About halfway through my listen I told a friend of mine that Mama Scuba might be what Clinic would sound like if Clinic didn't suck, then thought better of repeating that to anyone else.

  in Music — by Mikey McClenathan — on Mar 22, 2005

• Another Mass Shooting: Must Be the Music

  in Music — by Jason Meltzer Patterson — on Mar 22, 2005

• WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF FUN

  This compilation features 23 consecutive Madness hits in chronological order that reveal the depth and diversity of their musical reach...

  Review in Music — by Christopher Rose — on Mar 22, 2005

• Opiate for The Masses Rock Live.

  in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Mar 22, 2005

• CD Review: Willis "Gator" Jackson - After Hours

  in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Mar 22, 2005

• Daily Music and Tech News

  Minnesota school shooting, the next jibjab, China blocks non-student BBSers, SEC and Time Warner settle, Dark Forces, voyeur caught

  in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Mar 22, 2005

• CD Review: BBQ - Tie Your Noose

  Fire up the grill.

  in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Mar 22, 2005

• ASIA ‘Archiva I & II’ Snapper Music

  in Music — by JasonR — on Mar 22, 2005

• Name Of the Game: The Badfinger Story

  You'd have to look long and hard for a rock 'n' roll story more tragic and heartbreaking than that of Badfinger. One of the most determined and hardworking bands of the early 1970's, they were foiled at nearly every turn. One of the first signings by the Beatles to their new Apple label, Badfinger also remained on the label the longest. At first they were overshadowed by their mentors. Then, abandoned by them. They were ripped off by record

  in Music — by uao — on Mar 22, 2005

• Queens of the Stone Age, Lullabies to Paralyze

  in Music — by Zombyboy — on Mar 22, 2005

• New album releases, week of 3-22-2005

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Mar 22, 2005

Sci/Tech

• "Light, or Salvation"...The Redlake School Massacre

  in Sci/Tech — by Steve Huff — on Mar 22, 2005

• What BattleStar Galactica Can Teach Doctor Who About Television In The Digital Age

  ... something else seems to be setting Battlestar Galactica apart from other SF TV series, which is the fantastic online presence of the show's braintrust and their innovative and creative use of digital technology...

  in Sci/Tech — by Tama — on Mar 22, 2005

• Bloggers Beware

  Blogging can be good for your mental health and your cyber social life, but a few bloggers have found blogging detrimental to their working lives when they got fired because of their blog content.

  in Sci/Tech — by Purple Tigress — on Mar 22, 2005

• Schindlers: Terri is Telepathic

  In a shocking revelation, Bob and Mary Schindler announced today that they have been communicating with their daughter for years via mental telepathy.

  Satire in Sci/Tech — by a-[e] — on Mar 22, 2005

Politics

• Boy-King Crowned at FCC

  With Martin at the helm, expect more indecency claims to be upheld and a huge spike in fines.

  in Politics — by Pete Blackwell — on Mar 22, 2005

• You are about to enter...

  When BTK was arrested, usually sedate town of Wichita was thrown into frenzy. This article examines the local media's reaction.

  in Politics — by Leoniceno — on Mar 22, 2005

• Sistani for Saint; Rummy blames the Turks

  You feel it all around you. It begins slowly and almost insidiously. You stop wearing slacks or jeans or skirts that show any leg because you don’t want to be stopped in the street and lectured by someone who doesn’t approve.

  in Politics — by Weldon Berger — on Mar 22, 2005

• Zero Tolerance For Crimes Against Children

  in Politics — by Dawn Olsen — on Mar 22, 2005

• Schindler re: Schiavo: Decision Summary

  A simplified summary of the court's decision to deny a TRO to have Terri Schiavo's feeding tube re-inserted.

  in Politics — by DrPat — on Mar 22, 2005

• The bleeding obvious

  in Politics — by Natalie Bennett — on Mar 22, 2005

• Dog Whistle issues and other political matters

  As the UK Tories propose ‘dog whistle’ issues to bring voters to heel, Queenie examines the mysteries of issue classification.

  in Politics — by Queenie — on Mar 22, 2005

• Terri Schiavo - The corruption of the legal system

  (UPDATED) Political grandstanding, like this weekend's terrible Capitol Hill circus, is soulless and done without true conviction.

  in Politics — by Temple Stark — on Mar 22, 2005

• Summers visit brings down the curtain on Harvard theatrical group

  After a shocking 157 year history of discrimination against women

  in Politics — by Harry Forbes — on Mar 22, 2005

• Outrageous exec payoffs--performance be damned

  in Politics — by Barbara Payne — on Mar 22, 2005

Video

• American Idol - Episode 419 - #1 Billboard Hits

  in Video — by Scott Pepper — on Mar 22, 2005

• You cut WHAT?

  in Video — by Barbara Payne — on Mar 22, 2005

• 1900 House

  in Video — by Jane Peppler — on Mar 22, 2005

• Just a little bit of Pixel dust

  Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Mickey?

  in Video — by Alonzo Mosley (FBI) — on Mar 22, 2005

• Mario who? Or, Another Case of Reality TV-Induced- Grandiosity Syndrome

  in Video — by Sticker — on Mar 22, 2005

• It’s all about the Children.

  in Video — by Tony Figueroa — on Mar 22, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week: 3/22/05

  in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 22, 2005

Sports

• Bonds Can't Stand The Heat.

  How many more “smoking guns” do people want to see before they realize that something very fishy is going on with Barry Bonds?

  in Sports — by Sal Marinello — on Mar 22, 2005

Tastes

• No One Wants to Find a Tobacco Beetle in Your Cigar Because of a Neglected Humidor

  in Tastes — by Matthew Rosen — on Mar 22, 2005

Culture

• Who Will Make Your Medical Decisions?

  in Culture — by Lisa McKay — on Mar 22, 2005

• California's Classical Theatre Company Presents a Timely "Julius Caesar"

  What do you expect when the leader is suddenly and brutally taken down? Are noble purposes guide a country after a coup d'etat? Or will the country fall into political chaos and bloody civil wars? In Shakespeare's "Tragedy of Julius Caesar" the assassination of the titular character lead to the fall of a republic and yet current wars make this play a timely reminder that noble intentions aren't always enough.

  in Culture — by Purple Tigress — on Mar 22, 2005

• Yoga is the new Jazzercise

  in Culture — by Junichi Semitsu — on Mar 22, 2005

• And then there's the whole Minnesota school shooting

  in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Mar 22, 2005

• ASCAP and the Girl Scouts, concluded

  in Culture — by Jane Peppler — on Mar 22, 2005

• Day By Day for March 22, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for March 22, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Mar 22, 2005

• Mother kills self so sons can see

  You'd do anything? But would you do this for your kids?

  in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Mar 22, 2005

• The Healing Power of Ritual: Gifts from Indigenous Africa

  in Culture — by mpho — on Mar 22, 2005

• Pat Robertson turns 75

  in Culture — by Al Barger — on Mar 22, 2005

Books

• How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland

  in Books — by Vikk Simmons — on Mar 22, 2005

• Field Notes on the Compassionate Life

  A gem of modern psychology

  in Books — by NancyGail — on Mar 22, 2005

• Cisco Routers for the Desperate

  If only “Cisco Routers for the Desperate” had been on my bookshelf a few years ago!

  in Books — by Michael Schuermann — on Mar 22, 2005

• Drury: Decision—Supreme Court Activism and the Power of Life and Death

  Pulitzer-winner Allen Drury wrote this novel about balance, emotion and adjudicating death in the mid-80s.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Mar 22, 2005

• "Life is So Good" by George Dawson

  in Books — by Jane Peppler — on Mar 22, 2005