July 11, 2005 Archive

Music

• Hell is other people by Fairmont

  The good news is you really don't need to know what I just said and we all know anything created by the French shouldn't be taken seriously.

  Review in Music — by Brandon J. Mendelson — on Jul 11, 2005

• Bust out the Crisco, Bizarre’s Circus is in Town

  Review in Music — by Berkeley Joe — on Jul 11, 2005

• Patti Smith, Commander of the Order of the Arts and Letters

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 11, 2005

• New album releases, week of 7-12-2005

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Jul 11, 2005

• Review: The Essential Barry Manilow

  A compilation of Barry Manilow: more Manilow, all the time.

  Review in Music — by Bill Wallo — on Jul 11, 2005

• Blogcritics On Best Album Lists - Meat and Poison

  Review in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 11, 2005

• Kanye West, Busta Rhymes and Nas confirmed to play Getting Up Festival and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jul 11, 2005

• Best 100 Albums (1985-2005) According to the Likely Demented Mind of Me

  Review in Music — by Eric Berlin — on Jul 11, 2005

• Review: The Eagles - Farewell I Tour - Live From Melbourne

  Review in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Jul 11, 2005

• 'Whisky & Westminster' gets it world-wide release...

  News in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 11, 2005

• CD Review: TP.3 Reloaded by R. Kelly

  Review in Music — by Sterfish — on Jul 11, 2005

Politics

• Condensed Bush speech.

  Protect nation. War on terror, critical mission, defend our homeland. terrorists who wish to harm us; cells. Kill our citizens.

  Satire in Politics — by Leoniceno — on Jul 11, 2005

• Nine Days Later, White House Press Corps Discovers the Rove-Plame Story

  The White House press corps finally dared ask Scott McClellan about Karl Rove -- 33 times.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jul 11, 2005

• New Pentagon Employee Latest Hire With Ties To Iran-Contra

  Robert Earl got a coveted job in the Pentagon, in spite of ties to the Iran-Contra scandal.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jul 11, 2005

• Silence the Christian: Offense at their very Existence

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Jul 11, 2005

• Air America Radio overtaking Rush Limbaugh in Florida

  Liberal talk radio hosts, including Air America Radio, trended ahead of Rush Limbaugh in key Florida demographics.

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Jul 11, 2005

• Karl Rove Named as Plame Leak

  It has been revealed that Karl Rove was one of the sources who outed CIA agent Valerie Plame. Now what?

  Opinion in Politics — by Pete Blackwell — on Jul 11, 2005

• Announcement of My Candidacy for Supreme Court Justice

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Jul 11, 2005

• 8th “Circus” Court Rejects Partial Birth Abortion Ban

  Somehow the morons...are too stupid to understand that [this]...has absolutely no affect on the health of the mother.

  Opinion in Politics — by Danny Carlton — on Jul 11, 2005

• Are Blair and Bush Responsible For London Attacks?

  Opinion in Politics — by Art Green — on Jul 11, 2005

• Western Aid is Destroying Africa

  Aid to Africa finances oppressive regimes, discourages economic development and destroys lives.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jul 11, 2005

• If Rehnquist retires, will O'Connor replace him?

  Specter's suggestion is that we name O'Connor Chief Justice, even though she's retiring, and even though Rehnquist has not yet retired.

  Opinion in Politics — by Leoniceno — on Jul 11, 2005

Sports

• Quick Thoughts on NASCAR and its Fans

  Opinion in Sports — by Joe Battista — on Jul 11, 2005

• Futon Report: HR Derby competitors, predictions

  Monday's longball contest goes international. Who will win it? I think I know.

  Opinion in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Jul 11, 2005

Culture

• New Jersey Drivers

  Satire in Culture — by Miriam — on Jul 11, 2005

• Man Files Lawsuit Over Drunk Arrest

  Opinion in Culture — by Michael Davis — on Jul 11, 2005

• Elmina's Kitchen

  Shakespearean is an adjective that might well be applied to this beautifully structured play ...

  Review in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Jul 11, 2005

• Values Re-valued

  So called classless societies have been developed but have proved failures as elites have formed to lord privileges over those less fortunate.

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 11, 2005

• Interview with Ruby Dee

  Interview in Culture — by Purple Tigress — on Jul 11, 2005

• Sleep: Out of My Grasp

  Sleep, does anyone ever get enough? Most of us can relate to waking up in the

  Opinion in Culture — by Cher Gruener — on Jul 11, 2005

• Liberal Racism in American Education

  College is for white women; jail is for black men: welcome to education in America

  Opinion in Culture — by JDCarmine — on Jul 11, 2005

• I hate my pets

  Opinion in Culture — by Parker Owens — on Jul 11, 2005

• Our Desire to be Sick: The Healthcare Paradox

  Do we really have a healthcare crisis in America? Everyone from the poorest citizens to multi-national companies seem to agree that we do, and that the only question is who should pay for it. The real question, however, is not how to pay down the healthcare crisis, but why Americans are so fixated on being sick..

  Opinion in Culture — by Christopher J Falvey — on Jul 11, 2005

• America's Hannibal

  Had he been killed in one of the numerous military encounters of his career as a Revolutionary War patriot, he would have gone down, undoubtedly, as one of the 3 or 4 greatest heroes of the Cause. But, surviving - though crippled from his wounds as he was - he instead became the most reviled of any soldier in American history.

  Opinion in Culture — by dietdoc — on Jul 11, 2005

• Tyendinaga Is My Neighbour

  ...you can tell you’ve crossed a boundary the moment you get out of your car.

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 11, 2005

• Day By Day for July 11, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for July 11, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jul 11, 2005

Video

• The Iron Giant SE DVD Review

  Not much of an improvement disc-wise, yet the film keeps getting better.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 11, 2005

• Monk - Season 3

  Review in Video — by Daddypundit — on Jul 11, 2005

• Murderball is an amazing story of the triumph of the human spirit

  Murderball documents the U.S. Quadriplegic Rugby Team as they strive for the gold medal at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Jul 11, 2005

• Wonderland Review

  Review in Video — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Jul 11, 2005

• Last Days Giveaway

  News in Video — by Tan The Man — on Jul 11, 2005

• Review: Crimson Gold

  Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi effectively displays the differences between common captiousness and passive-aggressive behavior.

  Review in Video — by Film Cynic — on Jul 11, 2005

• Osama bin Martian and War of the Worlds

  Review in Video — by Chase McInerney — on Jul 11, 2005

• Review: The Descent

  An atmospheric and scary horror film about six women who undertake a caving expedition and encounter more than just bats.

  Review in Video — by Maura McHugh — on Jul 11, 2005

• Review: Little Dieter Needs to Fly

  In his 1998 documentary entitled, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, veteran German filmmaker Werner Herzog examines the life of Dieter Dengler

  Review in Video — by Lynn Schibeci — on Jul 11, 2005

• Movie Review: Fantastic Four

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 11, 2005

• No Revoltin' Developments Here! - Fantastic Four Review

  Review in Video — by David Fiore — on Jul 11, 2005

Books

• Book Review: The Bastard on the Couch

  Review in Books — by Meryl — on Jul 11, 2005

• Book Review: Big Trouble by Dave Barry — Cane Toads, Contraband and Comic Criminals

  I have never needed Depends, except when reading Dave Barry's excruciatingly funny Big Trouble.

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Jul 11, 2005

• Book Review: The Washing Machine — Money Laundering And Terrorist Financing Soils Us

  Review in Books — by Aaman Lamba — on Jul 11, 2005

• Book Review: Salt by Mark Kurlansky — The First Condiment

  Salt has been money, provoked wars, consecrated crowned heads and marriage vows, cured corpses and cucumbers...

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Jul 11, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Sufjan Stevens' "The Lord God Bird" - A Woodpecker, A Town, A Song

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 11, 2005