July 8, 2005 Archive

Video

• The Trailer Park: Cry Wolf

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 08, 2005

• Actor Owen Wilson is Now Calling Himself the "Butterscotch Stallion"

  News in Video — by Cerulean — on Jul 08, 2005

• Review: The Fantastic Four

  Review in Video — by Screen Rant — on Jul 08, 2005

• Wedding Crashers Contest Begins Today

  News in Video — by Lisa Hoover — on Jul 08, 2005

• Review: Revelations DVD

  NBC's apocalyptic miniseries "event" comes to DVD.

  Review in Video — by W.E. Wallo — on Jul 08, 2005

• Keep your batarang in your pants, Batman!

  Holy useless girlfriends, Batman!

  News in Video — by Drew Feinberg — on Jul 08, 2005

• On A Clear Day

  A dark comedy set in Glasgow, Scotland about a unemployed man's desire to swim the English Channel.

  Review in Video — by Maura McHugh — on Jul 08, 2005

• The Dying Gaul

  A dark and compelling film about LA, seduction and Internet chat rooms.

  Review in Video — by Maura McHugh — on Jul 08, 2005

• New Movie Releases: 7/8/05

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 08, 2005

• Average Joe - the Joes Strike Back

  Average Joe-the Joes Strike Back Presents Every Stereotype Known to Man ... and Woman

  Review in Video — by Patfish — on Jul 08, 2005

Music

• Review: Steel Pulse's "True Democracy" & "Earth Crisis" - Remastered

  In honor of their 30th anniversary, reggae greats Steel Pulse are celebrating with reissues of their classic albums "True Democracy" and "Earth Crisis".

  Review in Music — by Annie — on Jul 08, 2005

• DVD Review: Classic Albums--Nevermind

  Review in Music — by Matt Freelove — on Jul 08, 2005

• Babyshambles Off Oasis Tour And "F**k Forever" Video Online

  Set-Backs And Triumphs. The Latest Adventures Of Our Libertine Chum

  in Music — by Duke De Mondo — on Jul 08, 2005

• CD Review: Poco - The Essential Poco

  Review in Music — by Joan Hunt — on Jul 08, 2005

• CD Review: Bob Seger - Smokin' OPs

  Review in Music — by Joan Hunt — on Jul 08, 2005

• New Cobweb Summer

  Review in Music — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jul 08, 2005

• CD Review: Moonbabies - War On Sound

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Jul 08, 2005

• Concert Review-Faith Evans @ House OF Blues-Wednesday June 29,2005

  “I got to cover a lot of bases tonight ya’ll” said the star of the show as she walked on stage

  Review in Music — by Laron Cue — on Jul 08, 2005

• The Absolute Uncontestable List Of Best Albums Of My Generation

  Opinion in Music — by Aaman Lamba — on Jul 08, 2005

• DVD Review: MC5 - Kick Out the Jams

  The MC5 married several essential elements of what would later become punk rock: noise, politics and attitude.

  Review in Music — by Pete Blackwell — on Jul 08, 2005

• Documentary: 930 F Street

  Review in Music — by Elizabeth Boody — on Jul 08, 2005

• Marian McPartland: Piano Jazz with Elvis Costello

  Elvis Costello, Jazz Ballad Singer--a moving session with grande dame Marian McPartland showcases his romantic side.

  Review in Music — by Timothy Jarrett — on Jul 08, 2005

• MTV and VH1's Live 8 Replay and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jul 08, 2005

• CD Review: Waterband

  ... the "back of your front" will be wantin' to move with the funk

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Jul 08, 2005

• The Friday Morning Listen

  ...it's a big 'ole world out there...

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Jul 08, 2005

• CD Review: WALTHAM

  Review in Music — by JasonR — on Jul 08, 2005

• REVIEW - Adrian Belew - side 2

  Review in Music — by Lono — on Jul 08, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Computer Bug and Security News 7/8

  Here are some of the most significant bugs from the past week in the BugBlog.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Jul 08, 2005

• Oil Well That Ends Well

  ...this looks like its the beginning of the end for oil as a source of power in our world.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 08, 2005

Culture

• "People Ain't No Good" (and I'm no better or worse than the rest)

  Have you ever seen someone act so deplorable in public that you just wanted to jump down their throat and let them have a couple minutes of your worldview as regards their manners and/or lack of?

  Opinion in Culture — by HW Saxton — on Jul 08, 2005

• 450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey

  News in Culture — by Brooke Lee — on Jul 08, 2005

• New Media Reporting From London

  These citizen journalists and bloggers enabled the world to view breaking news told from the first person perspective of victims and eyewitnesses...

  Opinion in Culture — by Margaret Romao Toigo — on Jul 08, 2005

• Friday femme fatales No 13

  News in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Jul 08, 2005

• Day of Dread

  After posting my “Rockers” DVD .. I finally found a minute to check the features out. One bugged me out a bit.

  Opinion in Culture — by Laron Cue — on Jul 08, 2005

• Good Samaritan Arrested After Saving A Life

  News in Culture — by Tan The Man — on Jul 08, 2005

• The mensch v. the putz: Woody Allen is no Natan Sharansky

  Opinion in Culture — by Rachel — on Jul 08, 2005

• The 'One' Campaign to End World Hunger

  Opinion in Culture — by Paul Chaney — on Jul 08, 2005

• Misplaced Keys

  Opinion in Culture — by Tony Figueroa — on Jul 08, 2005

• Who Gets To Be The Tomato?

  As the G-8 summit comes to a close, let us not forget to get our daily serving of vegetables.

  Satire in Culture — by Mark Sahm — on Jul 08, 2005

• Day By Day for July 08, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for July 08, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jul 08, 2005

• Imogen Cunningham, Photographer: 1883-1976

  Imogen Cunningham began photographing in 1901 and worked until the 70's. Women have shown photography is about pictures not gender.

  Opinion in Culture — by Howard Dratch — on Jul 08, 2005

• Story of 'Orbs' warms the heart in a time of cold media

  Ambulance driver's plain one-graf obit turns into outreach from strangers.

  Opinion in Culture — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jul 08, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Those Terrible Middle Ages – Renaissance Thinkers Promoted Canards About The Medieval Period

  The idea the Middle Ages were an ignorant period between the Classical Age and Renaissance is a myth.

  Review in Books — by Ernesto Burden — on Jul 08, 2005

• Book Review: Two Trains Running

  In Two Trains Running, Andrew Vachss takes a hard-boiled look at the past.

  Review in Books — by W.E. Wallo — on Jul 08, 2005

• Summer Reading, 2005

  Ned Ludd, for instance.

  Review in Books — by Mark Saleski — on Jul 08, 2005

Politics

• Inspector Javert and Judge Roy Moore

  Inspector Javert and Judge Roy Moore

  Opinion in Politics — by Mojoala — on Jul 08, 2005

• Rehnquist to Retire?

  Opinion in Politics — by Art Green — on Jul 08, 2005

• G8's Perhaps Good, Not Great, Day

  If they keep their word, the G8 leaders' just-ended summit may wind up being a good thing.

  Opinion in Politics — by Natalie Davis — on Jul 08, 2005

• Let the games begin!

  That bell you heard last Friday afternoon was the opening of round one of what is sure to be the greatest fight over a judicial nomination in the history of this country. Not that it should be. But it will be, for a whole host of reasons, but to summarize: when Republican’s get to pick nominees, it’s a fight.

  Opinion in Politics — by Drew McKissick — on Jul 08, 2005

• London bombings leading to global cooperation ?

  Opinion in Politics — by Floris Vermeir — on Jul 08, 2005

• Terrorists Bomb London - RETALIATE!

  Opinion in Politics — by HE!D! — on Jul 08, 2005

• Bribing Tom DeLay

  Opinion in Politics — by Fei — on Jul 08, 2005

• Middle East Condemns The London Terror Attacks

  News in Politics — by Jeremy H. Bol — on Jul 08, 2005

• The London bombings and the national mindset

  Now we're in a pit of muck, that's for sure, and we can't climb out of it unless we stop dogmatizing the dangers of terrorism and start focussing on how we are going to solve the problems we're actually confronted with. And we can't climb out until our leaders stop explaining why they were right, and start fixing what is wrong.

  Opinion in Politics — by Sam Jack — on Jul 08, 2005

• Republican-Friendly Lobbyists Organize "Non-Partisan" Iraqi "Truth Tour"

  A "non-partisan" group wants to tell the truth about Iraq -- as long as it fits the conservative storyline.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jul 08, 2005

Gaming

• Xbox Review: Star Wars: Episode III

  Basic, enjoyable, short.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 08, 2005

Sports

• Stadium Aesthetics and Baseball Torture

  Almost twenty years ago, I attended my first baseball game with some French citizens, a few Australians, a Belgian

  Opinion in Sports — by Lynn Schibeci — on Jul 08, 2005

• Baseball, softball no longer in Olympics

  News in Sports — by Daryl Sng — on Jul 08, 2005

Tastes

• The Country Side of Life

  When you move from the city into the country, a considerable number of municipally peripheral things suddenly come into your life in a big way, such as the moon and the stars.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Robert Brady — on Jul 08, 2005