June 15, 2005 Archive

Music

• In Your Honor: A First Impression

  The approach seems both contrived and reasonable. Which is it?

  Review in Music — by Josh Hathaway — on Jun 15, 2005

• Coldplay: Music For Licensing

  Every song on Coldplay's new album sounds as if I've heard it before. At the movies perhaps?

  Opinion in Music — by Film Cynic — on Jun 15, 2005

• CD Review: Kahil El’zabar’s Ritual Trio

  Review in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Jun 15, 2005

• CD Review: Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell - Begonias

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Jun 15, 2005

• Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 At Motown: A Long Long Time Ago

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 15, 2005

• Napster and Ericsson Team Up and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jun 15, 2005

• Thoughts on Michael Jackson

  Would I push past it to remain in healthy contact with the real world?

  Opinion in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Jun 15, 2005

• New album releases, week of 6-14-2005

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Jun 15, 2005

• Get away from the radio and MTV. Discover New and Free music at Amazon.

  Download all of free music you can stand from Amazon!

  Review in Music — by Josh Andrews — on Jun 15, 2005

Politics

• Dick Durbin - Learn When to Shut Up

  Gulags and Killing Fields and Death Camps oh my! Another Democrat ruins a good speech with extremism.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jun 15, 2005

• Dick Durbin Equates US Soldiers to KGB, Nazis and Khmer Rouge

  Opinion in Politics — by Art Green — on Jun 15, 2005

• George W. Bush vs Bill Clinton in 2008?

  There's a bill before Congress to repeal the 22nd Amendment -- which limits Presidential terms.

  Opinion in Politics — by Terry Turner — on Jun 15, 2005

• Terri Schiavo Had 'Irreversible' Brain Injury

  Are those folks, including Terri's parents, really so selfish that they would rather she be lying in a hospital bed in a coma, than in paradise?

  Opinion in Politics — by Michael Davis — on Jun 15, 2005

• To Push For Renewal Of The Patriot Act, Bush Spins Patriot Act Convictions

  President Bush is implying the USA Patriot Act has led to 200 terrorism convictions. He's lying.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jun 15, 2005

• Matthews Offers Lame Defense for His Right-Tilting Panels: The Left "Don't Want To Get Out There And Debate"

  Chris Matthews' interview with Bill Moyers on June 10 was fascinating -- but for all the wrong reasons.

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jun 15, 2005

• The Revolving Door: From the White House to Exxon

  A White House aide who altered scientific reports to downplay the effects of global climate change is taking a job with Exxon-Mobil.

  News in Politics — by Terry Turner — on Jun 15, 2005

• Schiavo Autopsy Report Backs Husband

  The Terri Schiavo autopsy report has been released.

  News in Politics — by Terry Turner — on Jun 15, 2005

• Canada’s Military Has Its First Gay Wedding

  Opinion in Politics — by Cher Gruener — on Jun 15, 2005

• Are You In China? Don’t use “Democracy in a title of something you produce or write”

  China is still fighting the uphill battle against the growing World Wide Web. They now have technology that can specifically sensor on an article basis rather than blocking entire sites.

  News in Politics — by Josh Andrews — on Jun 15, 2005

Video

• My Summer of Love

  Friday, June 17th, is the U.S. opening of My Summer of Love, an "L" story filmed in the English Countryside during a 2003 heat wave.

  News in Video — by Mary K. Williams — on Jun 15, 2005

• Can Reality TV Derail?

  Opinion in Video — by Floris Vermeir — on Jun 15, 2005

• Batman Begins - Batman Reviewed

  Review in Video — by John Schroeder — on Jun 15, 2005

• 30 Days: Whose Reality Is It?

  Lisa Hoover is less than impressed with FX's latest Morgan Spurlock hosted reality TV show.

  Opinion in Video — by Lisa Hoover — on Jun 15, 2005

• You're not dreaming... You're in Puerto Rico.

  Opinion in Video — by Tony Figueroa — on Jun 15, 2005

• DVD Review: Night of the Demons

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 15, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Paris Hilton and Her Spicy Thickburger Go East

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 15, 2005

• California Court Rules That Borders must charge Internet Sales Tax

  News in Sci/Tech — by Aaman Lamba — on Jun 15, 2005

• Computer Bug and Security News 6/15

  The most significant bugs from the past week in the BugBlog come from Microsoft.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Jun 15, 2005

• California Quake!

  And a possible tsunami...

  News in Sci/Tech — by RJ Elliott — on Jun 15, 2005

Books

• The Life and Times of the Piano Man

  New biography brings Billy Joel's wildly erratic life and career into focus.

  Review in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Jun 15, 2005

• Spin: Life After the Stars Went Out

  Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Jun 15, 2005

Culture

• t/Space Demonstrates New Launch Technology

  One Step Closer To The Moon - Private Industry Steps Up To The Plate

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Jun 15, 2005

• Lovin' life in MSO

  Recent posts by both Dex and Pep I was reminded how lucky I am to live where I live.

  Opinion in Culture — by Marc — on Jun 15, 2005

• Michael Jackson: sympathy for the devil, but not the celeb

  Opinion in Culture — by Adam Ash — on Jun 15, 2005

• Man In The Mirror

  Second acts are rare and Michael Jackson's altered popular music forever with the release of Thriller (1982).

  Opinion in Culture — by John Hood — on Jun 15, 2005

• Blame America First

  Opinion in Culture — by Ablogistan — on Jun 15, 2005

• Going Ape at the Kansas Board of Education

  The Kansas Board of Education is behaving like a bunch of unevolved apes in their debate over teaching evolution.

  Opinion in Culture — by Terry Turner — on Jun 15, 2005

• Image is everything, but it isn't the only thing.

  Opinion in Culture — by Ike Pigott — on Jun 15, 2005

• Review: Getting a Tattoo

  All in all, I give the tattoo experience a 5 out of 5.

  Review in Culture — by Nicholas Roussos — on Jun 15, 2005

• Unhealthy Health Food: The FDA Sprout Warning

  Satire in Culture — by Gregg Guetschow — on Jun 15, 2005

• Mundane Visual Pollution: Vol. 12

  Opinion in Culture — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 15, 2005

• Michael Jackson and The American Dream

  Not since Howard Hughes has America had a stranger celebrity millionaire.

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 15, 2005

• Michael Jackson - Guilty Until Proven Innocent

  Opinion in Culture — by Jeremy H. Bol — on Jun 15, 2005

• Blogging etiquette

  Satire in Culture — by Daryl Sng — on Jun 15, 2005

• American Paternalism Continues: American Press, Japan and "Little Black Sambo"

  The recent article (see below for the full text) by Bruce Wallace about "'Sambo' returns to bookracks in Japan" shows what is wrong and hasn't changed about American journalism when covering other countries. The writer is only half right and continues reiterate half-truths about Japan without putting the situation into a global context.

  Opinion in Culture — by Purple Tigress — on Jun 15, 2005

Sports

• Futon Report: Surging Indians thank Wedge's Razor

  Now the team won four straight and the offense is as hot as it's been all year.

  Opinion in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jun 15, 2005