May 2, 2005 Archive

Video

• Man-Thing

  Sci-Fi Channel's Direct-to-Cable showing of a Marvel Comics monster tale. . .

  Review in Video — by Bill Sherman — on May 02, 2005

• Follow Up: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  Opinion in Video — by Film Cynic — on May 02, 2005

• Bogart and Bacall in The Big Sleep

  This is really classic noir at its best. It's got Bogart and Bacall. It was directed by Howard Hawks, written by William Faulkner from a novel by Raymond Chandler. What more could a lover of classic cinema want?

  Review in Video — by Mat Brewster — on May 02, 2005

• Blogcritics On The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

  Review in Video — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2005

• A Quick Reaction to Hitchhiker's

  A competent retelling, but something's missing and I have no idea what it is.

  Review in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on May 02, 2005

• American Idol: Does Primetime Live Have the Goods on Abdul?

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2005

• Star Wars: Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith - Premiere Activities

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on May 02, 2005

• Cruise Milks The Tabloids (Again)

  Having deja vu? Tom Cruise makes the mission of using the tabloids to his advantage seem not so impossible.

  Opinion in Video — by Mark Sahm — on May 02, 2005

• American Idol and Drudge and Scandal, Oh My!

  Opinion in Video — by Steve Huff — on May 02, 2005

• American Idol: the Post-Constantine Era Sequel

  Opinion in Video — by Sticker — on May 02, 2005

• April Poll Results: Favorite new TV Drama?

  Opinion in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on May 02, 2005

• Grey's Anatomy: If Tomorrow Never Comes

  A cross between Scrubs and ER....

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on May 02, 2005

Culture

• The Mass Murder Movie Experience

  How many humans can we can kill in a single movie?

  Opinion in Culture — by David Flanagan — on May 02, 2005

• How Many Licks Does It Take To Get To the Center of a Human?

  Opinion in Culture — by Sobriquet — on May 02, 2005

• Newspaper Circulation Declines

  Opinion in Culture — by Cara de Pescado — on May 02, 2005

• Stand By Your Bride

  Satire in Culture — by Loretta Dillon — on May 02, 2005

• Miss Jumbo: Fat is Beautiful

  Miss Jumbo brings attention to elephants.

  News in Culture — by Cara de Pescado — on May 02, 2005

• Study: Fat Wallet, Fat Belly

  A fatter wallet may mean a fatter waistline.

  News in Culture — by Cara de Pescado — on May 02, 2005

• We Know Where Jennifer Wilbanks Is; How About The Missing Who Still Matter?

  Opinion in Culture — by Steve Huff — on May 02, 2005

• Sculptor Robert Graham's Nude Gift to Venice

  A handful of Venice residents have filed appeals with the city of Los Angeles to block the gift of a nude sculpture by Robert Graham.

  Opinion in Culture — by Gregg Chadwick — on May 02, 2005

• Jennifer Wilbanks: They're snatching up our pretty, white women! Film at eleven.

  The saga of runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks is more than a hoax, it's the perfect representation of how the misdirection of priorities in the media is as dangerous as the misrepresentation of facts.

  Opinion in Culture — by Christopher J Falvey — on May 02, 2005

• Child Magnets and Sewer Rats

  Opinion in Culture — by Parker Owens — on May 02, 2005

• The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies Comic Page

  The comics for May 2, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Annie — on May 02, 2005

• Jennifer Wilbanks: My Official Opinion On The Runaway Bride Story

  I don't give a flying fig.

  Opinion in Culture — by Alonzo Mosley (FBI) — on May 02, 2005

• Day By Day for May 02, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for May 02, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on May 02, 2005

• Jennifer Wilbanks: Good news, sir... we found your bride!

  Opinion in Culture — by Lono — on May 02, 2005

• Al Qaeda and Al Green

  They say that you are what you eat, but just as much you are what you think about.

  Opinion in Culture — by Al Barger — on May 02, 2005

Politics

• Crux of the Debate!

  To understand the present debate over the social security reform, it begins with understanding the 1960 Supreme Court case Flemming v. Nestor. The Supreme Court simply ruled that America had no right to the money they paid into Social Security.

  in Politics — by Tom Donelson — on May 02, 2005

• Mayday - What Happened To The Student Left?

  Late-night political rambling from The Duke

  in Politics — by Duke De Mondo — on May 02, 2005

• "Truth in Broadcasting" Bill

  in Politics — by Leoniceno — on May 02, 2005

• Building a Consensus : The non Profileration Treaty for nuclear Arms

  in Politics — by Floris Vermeir — on May 02, 2005

• May Day Remembered by Political Dinosaurs

  Are you joyously dancing around a Maypole or are you raising a fist and shouting a slogan?

  in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on May 02, 2005

• What's Up, North Korea?

  in Politics — by Sapere Aude — on May 02, 2005

Music

• New album releases, week of 5-3-2005

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on May 02, 2005

• Cream Reunion Last Night At The Albert Hall

  Review in Music — by The Proprietor — on May 02, 2005

• The Mighty Rearranger-Robert Plant Is Back

  This is Robert Plant's first solo album since 2002. There was not a long wait this time and I thank him for that.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on May 02, 2005

• Celine Dion's, "Miracle" - The Perfect Mother's Day Gift

  Review in Music — by Annie — on May 02, 2005

• Trent Reznor's Uneasy Virtue: Looking Back on The Downward Spiral

  Opinion in Music — by Jaime Nichols — on May 02, 2005

• Bamboozle - or - podcasts from the wasteland home.

  Before there ever was a Dashboard Confessional, there was Further Seems Forever, and it was good.

  News in Music — by Mikey McClenathan — on May 02, 2005

• Weezer - Beverly Hills

  Review in Music — by Greg Smyth — on May 02, 2005

• Doyle's Brunch

  The sophmore effort from eclectic jazz duo O'2L offers a seemless fusion of jazz, funk, and electronica.

  Review in Music — by Bill Wallo — on May 02, 2005

• Verizon's MCI Bid and the Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on May 02, 2005

• Another Disturbing Trend

  It's funny how a Norah Jones or Wilco CD seems somehow more authentic than a remake of an old movie.

  Opinion in Music — by Vaylor Trucks — on May 02, 2005

• So Jealous

  Lesbian Twin Pop Music

  Opinion in Music — by No Milk — on May 02, 2005

• Transcendence Release Nothing Is Cohesive

  Indeed, Nothing Is Cohesive, but that is what makes it special.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on May 02, 2005

• Mercury Rev - The Secret Migration

  There is much healing in nature, but you have to meet it halfway.

  Review in Music — by bmarkey — on May 02, 2005

Books

• Quantum Evolution

  A molecular geneticist presents a radical theory of evolution and consciousness

  Review in Books — by Rick Heller — on May 02, 2005

• Making Social Science Matter

  Opinion in Books — by Spincycle — on May 02, 2005

• Fifty Handfuls

  What a strange trip this has been..

  Review in Books — by NancyGail — on May 02, 2005

• Book Review: Looking for Alaska by John Green

  Review in Books — by ablog — on May 02, 2005

• Book Review: Our Napoleon in Rags

  An ambitious, if uneven, attempt to capture lower middle class urban life.

  Review in Books — by Kevin Holtsberry — on May 02, 2005

• QBQ!

  Review in Books — by Meryl — on May 02, 2005

• REVIEW - 'Invisible Ink' - Carl Veno, one man's journey through the newspaper industry

  "These writing minds at this insignificant newspaper amazed me; their fate saddened me."

  Review in Books — by Temple Stark — on May 02, 2005

Sci/Tech

• MSNBC Name Change Rumors and Drudge Report: Where is our news coming from?

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Eric Berlin — on May 02, 2005

• Obesity: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

  With the CDC still wiping egg off their collective faces and the "size-acceptance" caucus shouting huzzahs to every media outlet that will listen, it is clearly time for something to change in our proselytizing about the risks (or, lack thereof) of being overweight. You know that an issue is unclear when even the plaintiff bar cannot seem to pick a side in the ever-growing controversy. One group of lawyers are salivating over the prospects of making the food industry the next tobacco class-action suit; the others have proclaimed the only thing to fear about obesity is obesity treatment and are still counting their booty from the “Fen-Phen” fiasco.

  in Sci/Tech — by dietdoc — on May 02, 2005

• Bug of the Month, May 2005

  Microsoft "wins" again in May.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on May 02, 2005

• Another Look at The Weblog Handbook

  As one of the first books ever published on weblogs (blogs), Rebecca Blood's The Weblog Handbook is considered a classic reference on blogging.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Shai Coggins — on May 02, 2005