March 24, 2005 Archive

Gaming

• PSP Review: Ridge Racer

  The series is given new life on a new portable.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 24, 2005

Culture

• Rada - The Best Knives in the World

  Made in America, virtually indestructable, holds a remarkable edge - Rada Knives are the real thing.

  in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on Mar 24, 2005

• The East sets the standard again

  in Culture — by Barbara Payne — on Mar 24, 2005

• I Fear for Our Future

  in Culture — by T-Square — on Mar 24, 2005

• Images of Women in Hip-Hop— Panel Discussion Wrap Up

  Essence Magazine takes on the daunting mission of ending the sexually denigrating images of women and offensive lyrics featured in some of today's music.

  in Culture — by Jeff Gamble — on Mar 24, 2005

• Why We Go Retro

  Going retro allows for admiration of an old fad while at the same time laughing about it. You will probably see the same fad come back two or three times in your lifetime, or by watching VH1 consistently.

  in Culture — by Chip Ross — on Mar 24, 2005

• Factsheet 5 Is Making Comeback

  in Culture — by Niraj — on Mar 24, 2005

• Three Friends Lay Down Comfortably In Video Store

  Spending their holiday time together, Robbie , Barry and Roddy decided to take a trip to the video store Sunday afternoon.

  in Culture — by Crushkill — on Mar 24, 2005

• In the beginning and at the end.

  in Culture — by Leoniceno — on Mar 24, 2005

• Sam's Club Guns for its Own Angle on Costco's Wine Monopoly

  in Culture — by Tynan Szvetecz — on Mar 24, 2005

• Day By Day for March 24, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for March 24, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Mar 24, 2005

Music

• Review : New Order - Waiting For the Sirens' Call

  Through the band’s eyes, it seems life oughta be a warm place with hooks that instantly engage the mind

  in Music — by Bill Lamb — on Mar 24, 2005

• Pepper's Ghost-A Prog-Rock Classic Waiting To Happen

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Mar 24, 2005

• INDIE ROUND-UP for March 24 2005

  in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Mar 24, 2005

• SINGLE REVIEW - Garbage's "Why Do You Love Me?"

  "Why Do You Love Me" is easily more catchy than most of "Beautifulgarbage" and bodes well for the new album (to be released in April).

  in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Mar 24, 2005

• Album: Rufus Wainwright - Want Two

  in Music — by Greg Smyth — on Mar 24, 2005

• Daily Music and Tech News

  watch what you eat, American Idol's phone number conspiracy, free speech, the internet and politics, run!, online concerts

  in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Mar 24, 2005

• DVD Review - AC/DC: Family Jewels

  Rock and roll concert shirts are a great marketing tool.

  in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Mar 24, 2005

• Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams

  This is the CD you want playing at a late Sunday afternoon cookout when you're kicking back and sipping drinks. All you need is Jake and his guitar, and I swear you can almost feel a light breeze blow through. Gather 'round kids, because you're in for a treat.

  in Music — by Patrick Vu — on Mar 24, 2005

• Greatest R&R Songwriters Part 2:
  Waters/Gilmour

  in Music — by Michele Catalano — on Mar 24, 2005

• Rod Price, Foghat founder. R.I.P

  ...a purely freak accident

  in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Mar 24, 2005

• BC Podcast - The Mondo Radio Thing Episode Four

  The Pogues, Bright Eyes, Jello Biafra... what MORE do you want?

  in Music — by Duke De Mondo — on Mar 24, 2005

• Music DVD Review: David Bowie - A Reality Tour

  in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Mar 24, 2005

• CD review: Phonofiction sampler

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 24, 2005

• Emok's Shove Your Head into the Ground and Feed it to the Earth

  in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Mar 24, 2005

Video

• Film Review: Alfie

  Surprisingly, Alfie's annoying asides and the predictable storyline only mildly detract from this immensely enjoyable film.

  Review in Video — by Mark Runyon — on Mar 24, 2005

• American Idol - Episode 419a - Mikalah Gets Booted

  in Video — by Scott Pepper — on Mar 24, 2005

• The Apprentice - Episode 309 - "Pandora's Box"

  in Video — by Scott Pepper — on Mar 24, 2005

• Region 1 DVD Releases For 22-03-05

  Star Wars and Peter Pan go head-to-head. Or shoulder-to-shoulder, depending on the mood.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Mar 24, 2005

• American Idol: If I Were King

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Mar 24, 2005

• The Life Aquatic Review

  There is an action sequence towards the middle that is straight out of a Charlie’s Angels or A-Team episode. The much discussed animated fish seem to be copied from the Incredible Mr. Limpett

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Mar 24, 2005

• Giving the Devil His Due

  On how The Ring 2 fails where The Ring succeeded.

  in Video — by Jake Young — on Mar 24, 2005

• DB on TV: The Office Anew, as Good as the Olde?

  in Video — by Eric Berlin — on Mar 24, 2005

• The “CHILD OF TELEVISION” turns 40.

  in Video — by Tony Figueroa — on Mar 24, 2005

• Author Sues Matrix Writers over Copyright Infringement

  Is Sophia Stewart the “Mother of the Matrix?”

  in Video — by Stone — on Mar 24, 2005

• Whiz, Bang, Pow, And Other Loud Noises

  Robots makes the case for the installation of mute buttons in movie theatres.

  in Video — by Leoniceno — on Mar 24, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Friday femmes fatales No 2

  in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Mar 24, 2005

• Sony's PSP: A Review

  In all honesty, one word will do: Wow.

  in Sci/Tech — by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 24, 2005

• Autocasting

  Want to jump on the podcasting bandwagon but don't have the tech tools needed to do it?

  in Sci/Tech — by Anna Creech — on Mar 24, 2005

• Good Advice re: Identity Theft

  Good advice on what to do FIRST if your wallet is stolen.

  in Sci/Tech — by DrPat — on Mar 24, 2005

• Live and Let Die

  We are sadists to keep people trapped here, whether or not there's an afterlife.

  in Sci/Tech — by mpho — on Mar 24, 2005

• DeLay the Despicable

  in Sci/Tech — by theco — on Mar 24, 2005

Books

• Gibson: Pattern Recognition—Post-Modern Paranoia and New-Media Apophenia

  "Pattern Recognition" has been reviewed on BlogCritics almost as often as Hunter S. Thompson! Here's my take...

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Mar 24, 2005

• The Greenstone Grail

  Alternate worlds, a twelve year old dreamer, ancient powers, and a dog named Hoover populate this new fantasy tale.

  in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Mar 24, 2005

• Make Magazine

  O'Reilly's latest magazine is all about making cool stuff with gadgets. What's not to love?

  in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Mar 24, 2005

• Bargain Bin Book Review of “Saucerful of Secrets- The Pink Floyd Odyssey” by Nicholas Shaffner

  in Books — by Mark Boudreau — on Mar 24, 2005

• Blankets

  A review, and more evidence of the graphic novel as literature...

  in Books — by Michele Catalano — on Mar 24, 2005

Politics

• Not Every War is Vietnam

  The War in Vietnam was a bad idea. Does that mean that all wars are a bad idea?

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Mar 24, 2005

• The Schiavo Solution? Enemy Combatant status...

  in Politics — by Big Time Patriot — on Mar 24, 2005

• DeLay Off the Deep End

  When you think of the Terri Schiavo case, what comes to mind? Tom DeLay's ethics violations probe, right?

  in Politics — by Pete Blackwell — on Mar 24, 2005

• Asking Life and Death Questions

  Do we understand any of the consequences of our actions in the Terry Schiavo case?

  in Politics — by Josh Hathaway — on Mar 24, 2005

• Those nice Germans

  in Politics — by Marty Dodge — on Mar 24, 2005

• More On the Coming Draft

  It is not just me feeling that great big ol' draft. More links showing we need to get ready now.

  in Politics — by Growpeace — on Mar 24, 2005