May 30, 2005 Archive

Culture

• Ink, Sweat & Tears

  Eric Drooker's, Jon Longhi's, and Keith Knight's Ink, Sweat & Tears tour--three Bay Area artists strut their stuff.

  Review in Culture — by mpho — on May 30, 2005

• What if you owned the world?

  Opinion in Culture — by Lennie — on May 30, 2005

• Heterosexual Haters Vandalize My Car...Again

  Opinion in Culture — by Stacy L Harp — on May 30, 2005

• The Men Who Wear the Tights

  Parents are a quiet kind of hero, an unsung species who are the building contractors of society. They are the build-it-and-they-will-come dreamers who with a funny sort of blind faith cast their souls into the fray to help make tomorrow come true.

  Opinion in Culture — by garrie keyman — on May 30, 2005

• Culture Wars: Ends vs Means

  Opinion in Culture — by gonzo marx — on May 30, 2005

• Editors' Picks 5.21.05 to 5.27.05

  The best of Blogcritics highlighted by the site's editors. Enjoy.

  Opinion in Culture — by Temple Stark — on May 30, 2005

• In Their Own Voices

  Memorial day is a time to remember the dead, but also remember the living in our country's service.

  Opinion in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on May 30, 2005

• Dog Park Paparazzi?

  Opinion in Culture — by Cerulean — on May 30, 2005

• Hunter S. Thompson: News and Updates

  News in Culture — by Lono — on May 30, 2005

• Episode III - No not Star Wars - Queer as Folk!

  Review in Culture — by Regina Avalos — on May 30, 2005

• Where's Bill Goldberg?

  Review in Culture — by Jeremy H. Bol — on May 30, 2005

• Things to Be Proud of On This Memorial Day

  Opinion in Culture — by Mark Schannon — on May 30, 2005

Books

• The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House

  Drudge has excerpts...

  News in Books — by RJ Elliott — on May 30, 2005

• Pope John Paul's Last Book: A Review by a Non-Catholic

  I'm not a Catholic, and unlikely to ever be one, but I enjoyed some of the reflections in Memory and Identity...

  Review in Books — by Simon Young — on May 30, 2005

• Degunking Your Personal Finances

  Review in Books — by Michael Benning — on May 30, 2005

• Blow Fly: Dr. Scarpetta on the Case

  Another Cornwell novel of Dr. Kate Scarpetta does what they have done before: entertains and engrosses.

  Review in Books — by Howard Dratch — on May 30, 2005

• Finding Alice

  Gripping tale of a young woman's struggle to find herself in the midst of her battle with schizophrenia.

  Review in Books — by Linda Wakefield Kelley — on May 30, 2005

• Alien Perspective: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

  A writer must see the world through his characters' eyes (even alien ones) to reveal them to readers.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on May 30, 2005

Music

• CD Review: Martha Wainwright--Martha Wainwright

  Can Martha do the family proud? The answer--Absolutely.

  Review in Music — by Matt Freelove — on May 30, 2005

• Neil Sedaka - Love Songs Review

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on May 30, 2005

• Surveys via your Wireless toys and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on May 30, 2005

• Fischerspooner Odyssey

  In leaving behind their electroclash ways for the Odyssey, Fischerspooner have transcended.

  Review in Music — by Crystal Erickson — on May 30, 2005

• Gorillaz Demon Days

  Demon Days is the ultimate comeback.

  Review in Music — by Crystal Erickson — on May 30, 2005

• Donewaiting .com Disposable Radio Show Podcast #7

  Opinion in Music — by Robert Duffy — on May 30, 2005

• CD Review: Be by Common

  Be, the new album by Common, is that rare beast...an album that will delight the music critic and the fan without alienating either.

  Review in Music — by Sterfish — on May 30, 2005

• The Academy Is ... Almost Here

  The Academy is...brilliant. from Chicago. almost never was. I need a nap.

  Review in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on May 30, 2005

Video

• Fear of Loss: What Anakin teaches us about ourselves

  Review in Video — by Simon Young — on May 30, 2005

• Short Film Review: Broken

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on May 30, 2005

• American Idol: Winning, Losing and Cher-ing

  Review in Video — by Sticker — on May 30, 2005

• Review: Cinderella Man

  Audiences get the expected with Ron Howard’s Cinderella Man, a crowd-pleasing by-the-books tale of the American Dream.

  Review in Video — by Film Cynic — on May 30, 2005

Politics

• The New World Order and Mulitlateral Approach

  What is at debate is not about unilateralism vs. multilaterialism but the nature of the future multilateral approach.

  Opinion in Politics — by Tom Donelson — on May 30, 2005

• Donald Trump hosts fundraiser for Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate

  Donald Trump hosts a fundraiser for Florida's GOP gubernatorial frontrunner.

  News in Politics — by Mr. Real Estate — on May 30, 2005

• Recruiting Killers

  This Memorial Day, help cut the number of people who die "in service to their country."

  Opinion in Politics — by Natalie Davis — on May 30, 2005

• A Few Thoughts on China

  In China, the revolution from below is continuing; many of the economic reforms of the past decade are being expanded and Chinese Society is rife with crosscurrents.

  Opinion in Politics — by Tom Donelson — on May 30, 2005

• Having an Empire Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

  From George W. Bush's Friday graduation speech at the Naval Academy:

  We're using all elements of national power to deny terrorists the chemical, biological and nuclear weapons they seek. We will not allow mass murderers to gain access to the tools of mass destruction. And we're stopping terrorists from achieving their ideological victories they seek, by working to spread the hope of freedom and reform across the broader Middle East. We understand that free nations do not support terrorists or inv

  Opinion in Politics — by davenoon — on May 30, 2005

• Red & Blue Deja Vu

  France's electoral map from Sunday's vote resembles another recent political map.

  News in Politics — by Michael Roy Hollihan — on May 30, 2005

• Heartfelt thanks to our misled, unprotected warriors

  Opinion in Politics — by Adam Ash — on May 30, 2005

• Helping Iraqi Children

  Opinion in Politics — by Scott Stiegemeyer — on May 30, 2005

• European Constitution Defeated

  The French have voted down the new Constitution of the European Union. What's next?

  News in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on May 30, 2005

• Bloggers weigh in on EU Constitution

  It should be a few days until the teeth come out. Chirac hinted at changes in his cabinet. Could one of those changes be who's sitting at the head of it?

  Opinion in Politics — by Leoniceno — on May 30, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Firefox Falls Short of Hype

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Thomas M. Sipos — on May 30, 2005

• RSS Round-up: What's Happening with Simple Syndication? (Part 2)

  Hey all you web cowboys and cowgirls, this is the second in a series covering the latest developments with RSS -- Really Simple Syndication. In this overview, we take a look at what Microsoft is doing, a new advertising initiative, and provide some free and low cost resources for reading and creating RSS feeds.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Scott Frangos — on May 30, 2005

• How To Protect Your PC Against...

  One of those necessary evils of the modern world. But as far as I'm aware, never anywhere near so prolific

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Jon Downs — on May 30, 2005