July 4, 2005 Archive

Culture

• A Case Study of the Evangelical "Business" ...

  The evangelical sector is growing rapidly while overall church attendance in the U.S. is fairly stable. What's up with that?

  Opinion in Culture — by vinturella — on Jul 04, 2005

• July 4th in North Korea Means It's Time to Go Pink

  News in Culture — by Eric Berlin — on Jul 04, 2005

• The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies Comics Page

  The funnies for July 4,2005

  Satire in Culture — by Annie — on Jul 04, 2005

• Day By Day for July 04, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for July 04, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jul 04, 2005

Music

• Concert Review: Def Leppard/Bryan Adams 7/3/05

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 04, 2005

• Bonus Artist Overview: The United States of America

  One of the great virtually unheard bands of the sixties, a prized trophy for obscuro collectors, a groundbreaking electronic album, hardcore psychedelia that makes Jefferson Airplane sound like teetotalers, a snapshot of student radicalism, an album with one of the most alluring unknown female singers in rock history, a source of samples for trip-hop bands, a band about 30 years ahead of its time, take your pick; The United States of America were a lot of things to a very small number of people. They vanished without a trace, and their album with them; it wasn't until The United States of America was reissued in the 90's that they even have begun to to get their due; they remain a band known only to the rarified fringe where geek meets hipster.

  Review in Music — by uao — on Jul 04, 2005

• Pink proposes

  Now here's a perfect, beautiful romantic gesture

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Jul 04, 2005

• CD/DVD Review: Chicago Blues Reunion Buried Alive In The Blues

  The Chicago Blues Reunion wants to make sure you are Buried Alive In The Blues when you attend one of their concerts.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Jul 04, 2005

• Canada’s Music Station

  It started with a lowly music station here in Toronto during the 1950s. The Canadian radio station CHUM,

  Opinion in Music — by Cher Gruener — on Jul 04, 2005

• Ryan Adams Cancels End of European Tour and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jul 04, 2005

• Weekly Artist Overview: Pavement

  Pavement, in some respects, are the quintessential slacker band. Their music was textbook lo-fi, their lyrics were sardonic and indecipherable, leader Stephen Malkmus' jaded vocals recalled Lou Reed, their songs were often fragmentary and seemingly half-finished, they lit feedback bombs in unexpected places, and they took a whatever's-handy approach to production, tossing in virtually anything that might seem to make an interesting noise.

  Review in Music — by uao — on Jul 04, 2005

Video

• Everything is in the Eye of the Beholder

  Review in Video — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jul 04, 2005

• Independence Day DVD Review

  As stupid as they come, and just as much fun.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 04, 2005

• June Poll Results: Do you still go to the theater?

  Opinion in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 04, 2005

• Actor Adam Goldberg Has Meltdown On IFC?

  Opinion in Video — by Cerulean — on Jul 04, 2005

• DVD Review: Dragnet 1967 - Season 1

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Jul 04, 2005

Politics

• Conservative Case for Drug Legalization: Marijuana

  When Bill Buckley came out for drug legalization and declared the “drug war” a failure, the issue of drug legalization ceased to be a left-right issue.

  Opinion in Politics — by Tom Donelson — on Jul 04, 2005

• In Pictures: G8 Summit

  Opinion in Politics — by Fei — on Jul 04, 2005

• Independence Day musings (God bless America!)

  Today, we reflect on what it means to be American and every soldier's or statesman's death to secure our freedom.

  Opinion in Politics — by Mark Edward Manning — on Jul 04, 2005

• Our Oldest Friend

  ...we have really long winters where there is nothing else to do. We drink our stronger beer and come up with these idiotic ideas.

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 04, 2005

• The Fly on the Wall, Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame

  The Fly on the Wall discovers the truth behind Joe Wilson.

  Satire in Politics — by Patfish — on Jul 04, 2005

• The Alternate Universe of Conservatives

  A Republican Congressman repeats the discredited opinion that Iraq was involved in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jul 04, 2005

Books

• Book Review: How Homo Became Sapiens

  Exploring the evolution of thinking.

  Review in Books — by Roger Asbury — on Jul 04, 2005

• Ideas in Howard Bloom

  Howard Bloom is one interesting author.

  Review in Books — by Bruce Eisner — on Jul 04, 2005

• Book Review: The Truth About Hillary by Edward Klein

  A review of The Truth About Hillary by Edward Klein that left me feeling soiled.

  Review in Books — by Mover Mike — on Jul 04, 2005

• Snapshots from In Country
  Review: Goodbye Vietnam by Robert W. Wood

  Deceptively slim, this book. Goodbye Vietnam is fiction, but it tells truth.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Jul 04, 2005

• Harry Potter and the Lucky Break

  News in Books — by Eric James — on Jul 04, 2005

• Book Review: The Bride Stripped Bare

  Review in Books — by Deepti Lamba — on Jul 04, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Steal This Blog

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Aaman Lamba — on Jul 04, 2005

• Deep Impact - NASA Nails Comet

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bennett Dawson — on Jul 04, 2005

Tastes

• Virgil's BBQ - A Tour of the Heartland in NYC

  Who would have thought you could find decent barbeque in the heart of blue state urbania?

  Review in Tastes — by Dave Nalle — on Jul 04, 2005