June 27, 2005 Archive

Culture

• Swearing in the Historical Context

  Opinion in Culture — by John Bambenek — on Jun 27, 2005

• Another Sports Idiot Speaks Out!

  Does anyone remember back when hockey was an active, professional sport in North America? Does anyone really care?

  Opinion in Culture — by Sal Marinello — on Jun 27, 2005

• War of the Worlds Premiere Security Goofs

  Opinion in Culture — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 27, 2005

• Billionaire Wal-Mart Heir John Walton Dies in Plane Crash

  Billionaire John Walton (58), son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, was killed in a small plane crash in Wyoming.

  News in Culture — by Marlene Jaeckel — on Jun 27, 2005

• Men's Movement Moved On?

  The dimming of the men’s movement has to do with the fact that it was semantic and current generations, benefiting from developing definitions of masculinity, need it less.

  Opinion in Culture — by Ernesto Burden — on Jun 27, 2005

• Peter Jackson Sues Over Lost Rings Revenue

  News in Culture — by Bryan McKay — on Jun 27, 2005

• A note with sincere love to my wife, Mrs. Mosley:

  Regarding our recent trip to the Cinemark multiplex

  Satire in Culture — by Alonzo Mosley (FBI) — on Jun 27, 2005

• Methinks They Do Protest

  Demanding that people pay attention to you, and then giving them reason to, unsurprisingly enough results in them doing so.

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 27, 2005

• Revisit the Tsunami Victim: a Little Miracle for Little Martunis

  News in Culture — by Ayu — on Jun 27, 2005

• Playing Horsey in Ludlow

  The billing of the play was more about the director Steven Berkoff than it was about the actors in it and you could certainly tell it was a Berkoff production. There was much use of mime, extravagant hand gestures and cinematic movement rather than theatrical. The movement occasionally approached the farcical as the actors mimed riding horses in almost exactly the same way as children do.

  Review in Culture — by theSliver — on Jun 27, 2005

• Blogcritics Editors' Picks 6 18 05 to 6 24 05

  This is the good stuff. Hic. Ha-ick. Yeah. The highest of the high this week.

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Jun 27, 2005

• In Praise of Filth and Failure

  Compost compost all is compost

  Satire in Culture — by JDCarmine — on Jun 27, 2005

Music

• Philly Has No Alternative: Interview--Y100Rocks' Jim McGuinn

  Its been 4 months since Y100 was yanked off the air, and still Philly is without its modern rock.

  Interview in Music — by Matt Freelove — on Jun 27, 2005

• CD Review: The Sharp Things - Foxes & Hounds

  The Sharp Things are always in tune.

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Jun 27, 2005

• Concert Review: Wilco & My Morning Jacket at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA

  A beautiful summer evening on the historic Philadelphia waterfront, with two great bands - Wilco and My Morning Jacket and a bunch of music loving friends. It doesn't get much better.

  Review in Music — by Thrasher — on Jun 27, 2005

• U.S. Supreme Court Ruling and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jun 27, 2005

• Supreme Court Rules Against Grokster

  News in Music — by Justene Adamec — on Jun 27, 2005

• Concert Review: Sleater Kinney @ Cleveland's Beachland Ballroom

  Review in Music — by Michael Benning — on Jun 27, 2005

Video

• Entourage - Season 2 - HBO

  Review in Video — by Craig Lyndall — on Jun 27, 2005

• The Trailer Park: King Kong

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 27, 2005

• bad news: Box Office Slump Good for Hollywood Propaganda

  The illusion of lowered returns only serves as an encouragement for what plans they take next.

  News in Video — by Film Cynic — on Jun 27, 2005

• Region 1 DVD Releases For 28th June 2005

  Like the second Darrin on Bewitched or that chick who replaced the original mom on Fresh Prince of Bel Air, I'll do my best to make the transition from The Duke to The Dave as seamless as possible.

  Review in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Jun 27, 2005

• Review: Howl's Moving Castle or Hauru no ugoku shiro

  Review in Video — by Aaman Lamba — on Jun 27, 2005

• Darkness - Starring Anna Paquin - DVD

  Review in Video — by Craig Lyndall — on Jun 27, 2005

• Blogcritics On American Idol: The Offseason

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Jun 27, 2005

• Movie Review: Howl's Moving Castle

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jun 27, 2005

• Dancing With the Stars - Lovely to Watch

  It's a reality show that's lovely to watch. But is it just women who will watch it?

  Review in Video — by Patfish — on Jun 27, 2005

Politics

• Senator Sanctimonious: Rick Santorum, Family Man

  Opinion in Politics — by Silas Kain — on Jun 27, 2005

• Supreme Court Decision- Castle Rock vs Gonzales

  This case is about a woman who had a restraining order against her estranged husband. It means that this woman did not have an expectation that the police would protect her even though she had a restraining order. It means that the government cannot protect you despite the fact that they promulgate that myth.

  News in Politics — by SactoDan — on Jun 27, 2005

• Santorum Blames Priest Sex Abuse Scandal on Liberalism

  Senator Rick Santorum has blamed the Catholic priest pedophilia scandal on, you guessed it, liberalism.

  Opinion in Politics — by Pete Blackwell — on Jun 27, 2005

• American Exceptionalism vs. American Action

  A very interesting article today mentions the fact that many Americans think our country is more generous than it tends to be in actuality.

  Opinion in Politics — by Travis Marshall — on Jun 27, 2005

• Barack Obama on Abraham Lincoln, cheap plastic dashboard American saint

  Opinion in Politics — by Al Barger — on Jun 27, 2005

• How will the Supreme Court's ruling in Kelo vs. New London effect your city?

  Everyone has been talking about the latest ruling from the Supreme Court regarding eminent domain. My concern with the Supreme Court's ruling is that they seem to be completely ignoring our nation's history.

  Opinion in Politics — by Brad Mills — on Jun 27, 2005

• Bush's EPA Enforcement Nominee Is Lawyer Who Has History Of Siding With Those Needing Enforcing

  President Bush nominates a pro-industry lawyer (big surprise) as chief of enforcement for the Environmental Protection Agency.

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jun 27, 2005

• An Insurgency in its "Last Throes"

  Belmont Club has a some of the transcript between Sen. Levin and Gen. Abizaid about Dick Cheney's comments about the "last throes" of the insurgency.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Jun 27, 2005

• Mixed decision on 10 Commandments handed down by Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court hands down a decision on the Ten Commandments. In short, don't bring it inside.

  News in Politics — by Temple Stark — on Jun 27, 2005

• US Students in Australia Feel the Heat of Bush Regime Policy

  The perception of Americans abroad is changing...

  Opinion in Politics — by Voice 1 — on Jun 27, 2005

• US in talks with Iraqi "rebels"

  Opinion in Politics — by Voice 1 — on Jun 27, 2005

• Chemical polluters' lawyer chosen for environmental enforcement job

  Opinion in Politics — by Voice 1 — on Jun 27, 2005

• Rumsfeld Sort Of, Kind Of Contradicts Cheney on Meet the Press

  Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, in a long-winded way, admits the Iraqi insurgency is not in its "last throes."

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jun 27, 2005

Books

• Interview with Max Overton, author of the Glass and Lion Trilogies

  At last we are starting to understand the serial killer. Forensic psychology has shed light on this terrible shadow, showing us the background that fosters such depravity and the causes and reasons of this horror.

  Interview in Books — by Parker Owens — on Jun 27, 2005

• Book Review: Levi's Will

  Levi’s Will is Dale Cramer's third novel. It is the story of Will McGruder (Mullett), who runs away from his Ohio home in June 1943.

  Review in Books — by Violet Nesdoly — on Jun 27, 2005

• Book Review: Finding Serenity – Analyzing a Celebrated Failure

  Review in Books — by Tim Gebhart — on Jun 27, 2005

• U.S. Merchant Marines
  Review: Looking for a Ship by John McPhee

  McPhee follows Andy Chase as he seeks a job on a rare American-flagged merchant marine ship.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Jun 27, 2005

• Book Review: Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald

  Review in Books — by D. Gordon Smith — on Jun 27, 2005

• Ten Commandments Plus One
  Review: The Eleventh Commandment by Lester del Rey

  In 1963, as the Supreme Court was considering if the Ten Commandments were appropriate in the nation's schools, The Eleventh Commandment ...

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Jun 27, 2005

• Book Review: The Holy Man

  Review in Books — by Meryl — on Jun 27, 2005

Sci/Tech

• The Gene Race

  ...the study of genetics and D.N.A. results in answers being postulated to questions of racial characteristics that are making people uncomfortable.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Richard Marcus — on Jun 27, 2005