May 13, 2005 Archive

Sci/Tech

• After the Oops: Surviving PC Disasters, Mishaps and Blunders

  First the sinking feeling: *that's* not supposed to happen! Then the scramble for answers...

  Review in Sci/Tech — by DrPat — on May 13, 2005

• New NASA Shuttle On Fast Track

  Administrator Griffin Makes The Right Choices

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bennett Dawson — on May 13, 2005

• Arab Version of American Idol: Why There Is Hope For the World

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on May 13, 2005

Music

• Jose Conde and Ola Fresca

  Review in Music — by Sonja Valentine — on May 13, 2005

• CD Review: Stoneage Hearts - Guilty As Sin

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on May 13, 2005

• Interview: Phenomenal Fleeners

  Interview in Music — by Eric Berlin — on May 13, 2005

• Danny and Dusty - The Lost Weekend

  Another lost classic.

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on May 13, 2005

• Robbers on High Street - Tree City

  Comparisons to the Beatles or Rolling Stones are well-deserved; Tree City definitely puts Robbers on High Street within their caliber.

  Review in Music — by Crystal Erickson — on May 13, 2005

• RZA has 'soft' track on Unleashed soundtrack

  News in Music — by Temple Stark — on May 13, 2005

• Weezer - Make Believe

  Weezer stumbles on album #5.

  Review in Music — by Tom Johnson — on May 13, 2005

• The Friday Morning Listen

  Outsider music for a fallen outsider.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on May 13, 2005

• Bleed the Dream tour loss and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on May 13, 2005

Video

• Cathode Ray Fray: The Week in TV – 5-13-05

  Review in Video — by Eric Berlin — on May 13, 2005

• Project Greenlight and Its Feast of Delights Wraps Up Production

  Review in Video — by Eric Berlin — on May 13, 2005

• Interview: James Longley ('Gaza Strip')

  Interview in Video — by Akromatika — on May 13, 2005

• 24 Day 4, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

  Review in Video — by Jeff Kouba — on May 13, 2005

• Boldly going, going, gone.

  Opinion in Video — by Tony Figueroa — on May 13, 2005

• New Movie Releases. 5/13

  Opinion in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on May 13, 2005

• Layer Cake

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on May 13, 2005

• The Apprentice Issues Final Exam to Kendra and Tana

  Review in Video — by Eric Berlin — on May 13, 2005

• Follow Up: Crash

  Review in Video — by Film Cynic — on May 13, 2005

• The OC: My guilty pleasure

  Opinion in Video — by Regina Avalos — on May 13, 2005

Culture

• Michael Jackson Trial: Prosecution Motion Dangles

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on May 13, 2005

• Identity of Wendy's finger fraud fiasco fingered

  For those last few concerned citizens who were holding out hope that the "Wendy's finger woman" was wronged gravely by a finger in her chili, sad news.

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on May 13, 2005

• Weekly BlogScan: Fear and Loathing on Friday the 13th

  A Friday numbered 13 is doubly cursed, ominous of death, disaster, and doom of all kinds.

  Review in Culture — by DrPat — on May 13, 2005

• More about Kingdom of Heaven

  I have found a column that proves my point that people aren't interested in actual history

  Opinion in Culture — by Eric James — on May 13, 2005

• World Premiere: Echo's Hammer

  Review in Culture — by Purple Tigress — on May 13, 2005

• I Wake Up With a Massive Pee Boner

  Adam Ash addresses mature adult sexuality

  Opinion in Culture — by Adam Ash — on May 13, 2005

• Library situations

  Opinion in Culture — by Miriam — on May 13, 2005

• I Am Not Making This Up

  Opinion in Culture — by Cerulean — on May 13, 2005

• This Past WonderCon 2005 And Elisha Cuthbert

  Opinion in Culture — by Tan The Man — on May 13, 2005

• BILL'S DEAD

  --RING-- "Hello?" "Bill's dead." "What do you mean 'Bill's dead?'" "Like Ministry says, he's 'The Dead Guy.'"

  Satire in Culture — by Star — on May 13, 2005

Politics

• Crossing the Line: When Journalists Write PR

  When journalists start accepting government money to write promotional pieces without being clearly labeled as spokespersons for that agency, the integrity of journalists everywhere is threatened.

  Opinion in Politics — by Purple Tigress — on May 13, 2005

• A Modest Proposal on Senate Judicial Filibusters

  Opinion in Politics — by Al Barger — on May 13, 2005

• Bolton Nomination is About Direction of UN

  I'm tired of constantly being moralized at about all the high ideals and opportunities we're missing out on by not fully participating in the UN's bureaucratic black hole, and if Bolton can inject a dose of reality, then let's inject Bolton, despite the initial shock.

  Opinion in Politics — by Sam Jack — on May 13, 2005

Gaming

• Flourishing Black Market in Forza Motorsport exposed

  News in Gaming — by Aaman Lamba — on May 13, 2005

• Xbox 360 Unveiling Disaster

  Not a good start.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on May 13, 2005

Books

• The RZA, The Wu-Tang Manual - Bring tha ruckus in print

  A book that lays out the philosophy behind one of the most creative music groups of all time.

  Review in Books — by Temple Stark — on May 13, 2005