June 21, 2005 Archive

Books

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond

  Review in Books — by Deano — on Jun 21, 2005

• 1776 Surprises, Despite The Fact We All Know The Ending

  Review in Books — by Ernesto Burden — on Jun 21, 2005

• 1776: A Liberal Revolution Against a Liberal Empire

  Review in Books — by Tom Donelson — on Jun 21, 2005

• Saul Bellow: The December of the Dean

  He was the voice of America of the 20th c. His characters were big and courageous. They survive.

  Opinion in Books — by Howard Dratch — on Jun 21, 2005

• Rejected Books

  Ever given up on a book? Read something so repulsive you vowed never to read that author again?

  Opinion in Books — by DrPat — on Jun 21, 2005

• The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

  Review in Books — by Deano — on Jun 21, 2005

Music

• Late Night Tales - Compiled by The Flaming Lips

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Jun 21, 2005

• Daniel Lanois gets control

  News in Music — by Timothy Jarrett — on Jun 21, 2005

• Molly Hatchet - WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW BRIDGE (SPV)

  Review in Music — by Chris Akin — on Jun 21, 2005

• Tyranny Of Souls

  I think 2005 is the year of Metal. It is more popular than ever and with great lead vocalists that have made their mark long ago such as Bruce Dickinson, pumping out great solo albums like Tyranny Of Souls, it seems to be the norm.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Jun 21, 2005

• Michelle Shocked - Threesome

  Review in Music — by El Bicho — on Jun 21, 2005

• BC Podcast - Mondo Irlando Podcast Episode 11

  Zombies! Punk Rock! Swearing! Heart-Ache!

  in Music — by Duke De Mondo — on Jun 21, 2005

• Billy Corgan wants to re-form the Smashing Pumpkins and the Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jun 21, 2005

• Live–Bloc Party at The Troc 06/18/05

  Bloc Party brought their unique punk voice to Philly with astounding results.

  Review in Music — by Matt Freelove — on Jun 21, 2005

• CD Review: Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight Legacy Edition

  Miles is from Mars, the horn is from Venus.

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Jun 21, 2005

• New album releases, week of 6-21-2005

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Jun 21, 2005

• Billy Corgan to try to Reform The Smashing Pumpkins

  News in Music — by Craig Lyndall — on Jun 21, 2005

• Review: Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited - Jet Sound Inc.

  What planet am I on? This may be the first question you ask yourself as you listen to the opening track of Jet Sound Inc. by Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited

  Review in Music — by Robert Burke — on Jun 21, 2005

• CD review: Dan the Banjo Man? Hardly...

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jun 21, 2005

• Joe Who? Blues Rock's Best Kept Secret - Joe Bonamassa

  Opinion in Music — by Joan Hunt — on Jun 21, 2005

• CD review: Hades first two on one disc

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jun 21, 2005

• Billy Corgan on Letterman tonight: WTF?

  Review in Music — by Lono — on Jun 21, 2005

Video

• Star Trek Insurrection (Special Collector's Edition DVD)

  If you can name more than 3 characters from Deep Space Nine or Voyager, then you will love this.

  Review in Video — by Chris Akin — on Jun 21, 2005

• Box Office Update: 6/17-19

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 21, 2005

• Coach Carter DVD Review

  Great story, just not a great movie.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jun 21, 2005

• The Education of Shelby Know

  Review in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Jun 21, 2005

• Rescue Me Returns Tonight, C'mon, C'mon

  Review in Video — by Eric Berlin — on Jun 21, 2005

• Private Warriors on Frontline Tuesday

  Review in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Jun 21, 2005

• DVD Pick of the Week: 6/21

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 21, 2005

• The Joy Is Sucked Out Of MTV’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge

  Opinion in Video — by Tan The Man — on Jun 21, 2005

Culture

• Futon Report: Wild ping, you make my heart sing

  The wild Arizona State-Nebraska game Tuesday afternoon sparked personal intrigue toward college baseball.

  Opinion in Culture — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jun 21, 2005

• Microsoft's DOA idea for 'Avalanche' - a BitTorrent rival

  Legal peer-to-peer software from Microsoft on the horizon. It's going to make Internet Explorer look like Fort Knox.

  Opinion in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Jun 21, 2005

• Solar Sail Spacecraft Launches - NOT!

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Jun 21, 2005

• Quiz Time

  Quizzing history, personal recollections & a quiz

  Opinion in Culture — by Aaman Lamba — on Jun 21, 2005

• 76 years of Cardinal Sin dies

  The language barrier, however, was likely a blessing.

  Satire in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Jun 21, 2005

• A Loss For Words

  The unimaginative language of the press.

  Opinion in Culture — by Alonzo Mosley (FBI) — on Jun 21, 2005

• Anti-Gay Adolescent Interment Camps

  Angrily calling a kid a "faggot" is verbal abuse | Essentially, this is what Zach's Blog describes in his distress about what his biological family has done to him

  Opinion in Culture — by Will Brady — on Jun 21, 2005

• Summer: It's hot out here in Casa Grande

  It's been about 10 degrees hotter where we live than the official temperature - 117 yesterday and the day before.

  Opinion in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Jun 21, 2005

• The Bag

  If ever an incident typified how New York City has changed since 9-11, it was The Bag.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Jun 21, 2005

• George Weller's Firsthand Accounts of Nagasaki's Aftermath

  News in Culture — by Tan The Man — on Jun 21, 2005

Politics

• A Philadelphia Story

  Today in Philadelphia, Miss., a great wrong was rectified--somewhat.

  Opinion in Politics — by Lisa Iannucci — on Jun 21, 2005

• White House Rejects Democratic Push For Gitmo Commission

  News in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 21, 2005

• Blogcritics On Dick Durbin's Gitmo Whirlwind

  News in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 21, 2005

• Why is America so divided?

  Why is America so divided down the middle and what are the causes?

  Opinion in Politics — by Christopher Auman — on Jun 21, 2005

• Dick Durbin...

  No one is shocked or disheartened by the fact that Democrats are opposing Bush every step of the way, its to be expected, however, nothing excuses the methods they have stooped to. Just as it is completely understandable to begin a power struggle with your parents after becoming a teenager, it is fine that Democrats don't agree with Bush, but that doesn't make slashing the tires on your dad's truck ok, nor does it justify purposeful disruption of the American war effort.

  Opinion in Politics — by ChaunceyBillups — on Jun 21, 2005

• Serial Killer placed on Life Support

  Satire in Politics — by Will Brady — on Jun 21, 2005

• This Be a Christian Congress, a Christian America

  Satire in Politics — by Mark Schannon — on Jun 21, 2005

• Edwin, Bob and me, 1973 …

  So, a little volunteer work for Edwin Edwards in 1971 turned me on to political activism.

  Satire in Politics — by vinturella — on Jun 21, 2005

• Bush would have used any excuse to invade Iraq

  Opinion in Politics — by Voice 1 — on Jun 21, 2005

• Right wingers try to claim Downing Street Memo a forgery

  Opinion in Politics — by Voice 1 — on Jun 21, 2005

• Senate Democrats Continue to Obstruct John Bolton

  Opinion in Politics — by Art Green — on Jun 21, 2005

• Gingrich Calls for Censuring Durbin

  Opinion in Politics — by Jeremy H. Bol — on Jun 21, 2005

• Gitmo Versus the Gulag

  Opinion in Politics — by Randy Kirk — on Jun 21, 2005

Gaming

• Charles Schumer Is An Out-of-Touch Boob - His War Against The Video Game 25 to Life

  Opinion in Gaming — by Craig Lyndall — on Jun 21, 2005

• PS2 Review: Shining Tears

  So close, yet too far to make it to perfection.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jun 21, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Credit Card Theft, National IDs, and Strong Authentication

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by John Bambenek — on Jun 21, 2005

• EPA, Defense Department Touting Pro-Industry Study On Safe Levels of Rocket-Fuel Chemical Perchlorate in Drinking Water

  A study used to determine "safe" levels of the rocket-fuel chemical perchlorate in drinking water is fueling a controversy.

  News in Sci/Tech — by David R. Mark — on Jun 21, 2005

• Chronic Pain

  Pain is like interest owed to a loan shark. It compounds on a daily level.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 21, 2005

Sports

• Futon Report: Why the Reds eat it hard

  They're run scoring is great. Guess what's killing them. *UPDATED TUESDAY, 3:30 PM*

  Opinion in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jun 21, 2005