July 18, 2005 Archive

Video

• Region 1 DVD Releases for 19th July 2005

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Jul 18, 2005

• Review: Constantine

  Review in Video — by Gordon S. Miller — on Jul 18, 2005

• The West Wing vs. The West Wing: FIGHT!

  And in this corner...

  Satire in Video — by Alonzo Mosley (FBI) — on Jul 18, 2005

• Review: Wedding Crashers

  I love movies that make their own rules.

  Review in Video — by Nicholas Roussos — on Jul 18, 2005

• Bad News: Cambridge Film Festival Censored for Your Protection

  Unfortunately, some Brits are in fact uptight.

  News in Video — by Film Cynic — on Jul 18, 2005

• Review: Eminem "Ass Like That" short form video

  Eminem ended up making a whole lot of things go together right here.

  Review in Video — by Al Barger — on Jul 18, 2005

Culture

• A comedy by Strindberg

  Review in Culture — by Miriam — on Jul 18, 2005

• How I got to see the President

  Now it takes something more than a retarded-looking uncle to get close to the President-- or does it?

  Opinion in Culture — by Leoniceno — on Jul 18, 2005

• Day By Day for July 17, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for July 17, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jul 18, 2005

• Greebalicity: the New Scientology

  ... because I am trying to put aside my prejudices ... I am going to experiment with being L. Ron Hubbard.

  Satire in Culture — by Mei Flower — on Jul 18, 2005

• Dwarfs, the normal distribution and the exceptional

  Reflections on the meaning of hiring a dwarf for a bachelor party.

  Opinion in Culture — by Gregg Guetschow — on Jul 18, 2005

• Day By Day for July 18, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for July 18, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jul 18, 2005

• Unreachable. You Can't Save Everyone

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Jul 18, 2005

• Gay Reeducation Camp: Child Abuse or a War on Ideology?

  This whole thing blew up over the comments of a kid who HASN'T EVEN BEEN THERE with everyone drawing conclusions about what is going on.

  Opinion in Culture — by John Bambenek — on Jul 18, 2005

• Marriage as Prostitution: Baby Boomers vs. Millennials

  Millennials learned the lessons of their Baby Boomer parents, never marry someone who makes less money than you do.

  Opinion in Culture — by JDCarmine — on Jul 18, 2005

• Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble ...

  Opinion in Culture — by vinturella — on Jul 18, 2005

• David Lee Roth takes over for Howard Stern

  News in Culture — by Craig Lyndall — on Jul 18, 2005

• Jörg Immendorff - The Artist as Sex- and Drugs-Obsessed Satyr: The Unacceptable Face of Subsidised Art?

  Opinion in Culture — by Hero von Esens — on Jul 18, 2005

• Suicide: A Final Choice

  ...you hit bottom...either use it as a trampoline to bounce back up or fall and smash yourself to bits.

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 18, 2005

• Blogcritics Editors' Picks 7 09 05 to 7 15 05

  Thank you. Praise be on the other side of this link.

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Jul 18, 2005

Music

• New album releases, week of 7-19-2005

  News in Music — by Al Barger — on Jul 18, 2005

• The Essential Duke Ellington CD Review

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on Jul 18, 2005

• Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive

  Jon Bovi Jovi, lead singer of Bon Jovi, is a fugitive from the law in the contrived "Wanted Dead or Alive."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Jul 18, 2005

• Shakira -Whenever, Wherever

  Fate has a played a major role in Shakira's romance in the imaginative "Whenever, Wherever."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Jul 18, 2005

• Gwen Stefani - Cool

  After a painful breakup, Gwen Stefani and her ex-boyfriend are now close friends in the sublime ballad "Cool."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Jul 18, 2005

• A Troubadour For Today John Flynn

  In a day when idealism, at least of the progressive variety, is sorely pressed, John Flynn plays some inspiring folk music with a political bent

  Opinion in Music — by OnBackground — on Jul 18, 2005

• John Hiatt & The North Mississippi Allstars At Webster Hall (6/25/05)

  Review in Music — by Earvolution — on Jul 18, 2005

• Amazon celebrates 10 years and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jul 18, 2005

• Concert Review: American Metal Blast w/ WASP, Stephen Pearcy (of Ratt), LA Guns, and Metal Church

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 18, 2005

• Sunday Morning Playlist: Trip-Hop

  Prtishead; Massive Attack; Beth Orton; Moloko; Soul II Soul; Kruder & Dorfmeister; Olive; Sneaker Pimps; Propellerheads; Death In Vegas

  Review in Music — by uao — on Jul 18, 2005

• Patricia Vonne - Guitars and Castanets

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on Jul 18, 2005

• Apple Sells Its 500,000,000th iTunes Song

  News in Music — by Tan The Man — on Jul 18, 2005

Politics

• What Do the Terrorists Want?

  It's more than advocates of a quick pullout from Iraq are willing to admit.

  Opinion in Politics — by Pete Blackwell — on Jul 18, 2005

• John McCain and Hillary Clinton in 2008: A Foregone Conclusion?

  Opinion in Politics — by Eric Berlin — on Jul 18, 2005

• Clarify, clarify, clarify - Bush will not fire Rove

  Opinion in Politics — by Alisha Karabinus — on Jul 18, 2005

• More Paid Propagandists? EPA To Pay $5 Million-Plus To Hawk Bush Programs

  Don't doubt that the Bush Adminstration believes in propaganda.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jul 18, 2005

• Governor Elections 2006: GOP, Democrat Balance of Power May Shift

  Republicans must defend 24 of 38 Governor's seats (including 6 up-for-grabs, mega-state seats, that represent half the US population).

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Jul 18, 2005

• Cows Across The Border

  Late last week, a U.S. appeals court lifted a two year long ban on transporting cattle across the border due to the ‘Mad Cow Disease”.

  Opinion in Politics — by Cher Gruener — on Jul 18, 2005

• Abrams' Doctrine Trips Bush

  Opinion in Politics — by Michael D. Bryan — on Jul 18, 2005

• F.B.I. Spying On A.C.L.U., Greenpeace

  Opinion in Politics — by Neal Gardner — on Jul 18, 2005

• Bio-fuels cost more

  This fuel contains 10 percent ethanol, 29 percent more energy costs. What a shame.

  Opinion in Politics — by Mark Adams — on Jul 18, 2005

• Is Israel About To Invade Gaza?

  Peace unravels...

  News in Politics — by RJ Elliott — on Jul 18, 2005

Sci/Tech

• In the throwing out the baby with the bathwater department....

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by The Proprietor — on Jul 18, 2005

• NASA's Shuttle Fleet - Concerns and Compromises

  Mike Griffin may decide that the shuttle Discovery will fly before the end of the month - problem or no problem.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bennett Dawson — on Jul 18, 2005

• Update: Emily Hits Yucatan

  Force Four hurricane hit the island of Cozumel and then the resort area - Riviera Maya. Reports will be coming.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Howard Dratch — on Jul 18, 2005

Books

• Book Review: The Working Stiff Cookbook by Bob Sloan

  It's 8 PM and you just got home from work. What's for dinner? (And who's cooking?)

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Jul 18, 2005

• 130 years later, a new Dumas book

  A previously-unknown Dumas book is released, and its sequel is in the works.

  News in Books — by Maura McHugh — on Jul 18, 2005

• Interview with P. June Diehl, author of The Magic & The Mundane: A Guide For the Writer’s Journey

  Yes, I work as a writing coach. My role is to provide motivation and focus for the writer. I help the writer define goals and learn how to achieve those goals.

  Interview in Books — by Parker Owens — on Jul 18, 2005

• Book Review: The Wise Woman

  Philippa Gregory's The Queen's Fool is an entertaining, well-researched novel of Tudor times.

  Review in Books — by Natalie Bennett — on Jul 18, 2005