June 11, 2005 Archive

Music

• Dead Can Dance reunite

  Extraordinary gothic-Medieval-ethereal group Dead Can Dance reunite!

  News in Music — by Triniman — on Jun 11, 2005

• Weekend Reissue Roundup

  Pat Benatar; John Denver; Kiss; The Beautiful South

  Review in Music — by uao — on Jun 11, 2005

• Van Morrison at Red Rocks

  Review in Music — by Lono — on Jun 11, 2005

Video

• film - Mr. and Mrs. Smith

  Really dumb, cartoonish film with no redeeming qualities. It's a poor cousin to both War of the Roses and True Lies.

  Review in Video — by Triniman — on Jun 11, 2005

• Movie/DVD Review: Stevie

  Review in Video — by Richard J. Radcliffe — on Jun 11, 2005

• High Tension, oddly like Intensity

  I saw this movie because I thought Dean Koontz was behind it, High Tension appears to be somewhat illegal ripoff

  Review in Video — by Eric James — on Jun 11, 2005

• Review: Mr. & Mrs. Smith

  The story was simple. It was supposed to be, but it was the action that moved the movie along.

  Review in Video — by Nicholas Roussos — on Jun 11, 2005

• DVD Review: Wrong Turn

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 11, 2005

• Review: "Oil Storm"

  was very interested in the teasers shown on Fx for this original production. The catchphrase was “America’s Lifeline Has Been Severed!” After all, I have Fx to thank (blame?_ for some of the best television (and lost sleep) this side of "Deadwood" over the past couple of years.

  Review in Video — by dietdoc — on Jun 11, 2005

Books

• God in a Fungus: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick

  This drug war is fought with fashion marketing, class-action lawsuits, and alternative religions.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Jun 11, 2005

• The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson

  Review in Books — by David Mazzotta — on Jun 11, 2005

• A Quiet Mind | Kay Redfield Jamison

  Review in Books — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jun 11, 2005

• Hunter S. Thompson: An Iconoclast for the Ages

  If by the end his writing grew more frenetic and his screeds wilder who's to blame him given the current crop of slime that work in politics. Going from the hope of Bobby Kennedy to the cynicism of George W. Bush would be enough to warp anyone's brain.

  Opinion in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 11, 2005

• Everything Bad is Good for You

  You're smarter, and it's all thanks to video games. Well, partly anyway.

  Review in Books — by Matt Paprocki — on Jun 11, 2005

• Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

  Review in Books — by Tim — on Jun 11, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Laughing makes you lose weight

  News in Sci/Tech — by Miriam — on Jun 11, 2005

• Unbelievable: a mouse that takes fingerprints

  News in Sci/Tech — by Barbara Payne — on Jun 11, 2005

Gaming

• Nintendo DS Review: Need for Speed Underground 2

  Ridiculous mini-games that use the touch screen are NOT fun.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jun 11, 2005

Culture

• Questions About Porn

  Opinion in Culture — by Randy Kirk — on Jun 11, 2005

• Politics is Boring, Let's Pick on Something Else

  Satire in Culture — by Mark Schannon — on Jun 11, 2005

• The Paris Hilton Factor

  A mathmatical computation of the prospects of universal celebrity.

  Satire in Culture — by Gregg Guetschow — on Jun 11, 2005

• Is Your Car Gay?

  While you may have a problem getting a gay marriage licence, getting your gay drivers licence should be much easier.

  Opinion in Culture — by Justin Cole — on Jun 11, 2005

• Disney Wonder World

  ...the Epcot centre is a symbol of increased American isolationism because, get this, he says "it prepackages culture into bite size pieces of stereotypical servings." I don't know what the hell that is supposed to mean, maybe he's talking about the food.

  Satire in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 11, 2005

Politics

• Pope condemns gay marriages as fake and anarchic : An analysis

  Opinion in Politics — by Floris Vermeir — on Jun 11, 2005

• US Hypocrisy - Lecturing On Syrian Interference In Lebanon

  Opinion in Politics — by Voice 1 — on Jun 11, 2005

• Rice Shot Down at OAS

  Opinion in Politics — by Michael D. Bryan — on Jun 11, 2005

Sports

• Futon Report: How 'bout them Nationals?

  They're not your daddy's Expos. And they won't play any home games in Puerto Rico. That'll help.

  Opinion in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jun 11, 2005