July 25, 2005 Archive

Video

• Region 1 DVD Releases for 26th July 2005

  News in Video — by David Dylan Thomas — on Jul 25, 2005

• Review: The Magnificent Ambersons, Time and Regret

  Review in Video — by Aaman Lamba — on Jul 25, 2005

• American Idol: Bo Bice and The Musical Spaghetti Factory

  What we need to talk about here is spaghetti.

  Opinion in Video — by Sticker — on Jul 25, 2005

• The Mysterians DVD Review

  A minor classic in a long line from Toho.

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 25, 2005

• Stewart/Carlson Feud Finally Over?

  News in Video — by copygodd — on Jul 25, 2005

• Star Trek's James Doohan Dies

  The death of actor James Doohan, who played Scotty on Star Trek, motivates me to rethink the purpose of the series and subsequent feature films.

  Opinion in Video — by Victor Lana — on Jul 25, 2005

• Review: Asleep & Awake

  Tom Schiller's film, Asleep & Awake, takes us on a tour of the bathroom of the American master, Henry Miller.

  Review in Video — by jen best — on Jul 25, 2005

• Before Sunrise Review

  Review in Video — by Tan The Man — on Jul 25, 2005

• The Week That Was.....A Viewer's Diary: 7/17-7/23

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 25, 2005

• WB Frog Gets the Ax

  News in Video — by Regina Avalos — on Jul 25, 2005

• Let It Be Finally Coming To DVD?

  The Beatles' Let It Be documentary, unavailable for decades, will be officially released on DVD in September, news articles say.

  News in Video — by Ed Driscoll — on Jul 25, 2005

Culture

• The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies Comics Page

  The funnies for July 25,05

  Satire in Culture — by Annie — on Jul 25, 2005

• The Three Big Questions

  Opinion in Culture — by Floris Vermeir — on Jul 25, 2005

• UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken Visits Uganda

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 25, 2005

• Reality-Show Site's Summer of Shame

  Heterosexism is alive and well at a popular reality-show web site.

  Opinion in Culture — by Natalie Davis — on Jul 25, 2005

• **Warning Spoilers Ahead**

  Satire in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 25, 2005

• How to be a Good Wife

  The following is excerpted from a 1950s home economics book.

  Satire in Culture — by Laura Young — on Jul 25, 2005

• Juvenile Jihad

  The youth of today - be they Christian, Muslin, Buddist, or Jewish or Druids - seem to be desperately seeking a higher purpose- a calling. When they can’t find it within the superficial, vain, materialistic society in which they live - and is anyone surprised by that? - they turn to fanaticism.

  Opinion in Culture — by dietdoc — on Jul 25, 2005

• Just Another Tribute: Lance Armstrong

  Why should I, someone who is not a cyclist or who confesses to know very little of the sport or its history, write about Lance Armstrong?

  Opinion in Culture — by dietdoc — on Jul 25, 2005

• Lawnmower Maintenance

  If your mower stops running, the first thing you should check is your spark plug (after you make sure you have gas.)

  Satire in Culture — by David Scott Banghart — on Jul 25, 2005

• Ahem

  Two men looked through prison bars; one saw mud, the other, stars. People here attacked my history as a writer.

  Opinion in Culture — by Cerulean — on Jul 25, 2005

• Video Games: 30 Years Later

  In 1975, a small company named Atari released a game called Pong. It was a simple tennis game with a white circular dot moving across the screen. Fast forward 30 years later and a not so small company called Take Two released a game called Grand Theft Auto where you can do whatever you want in a virtual world. How did it come to this?

  Opinion in Culture — by Tam Hoang — on Jul 25, 2005

• Naming rights, and other such abominations.

  Opinion in Culture — by Darren Shupe — on Jul 25, 2005

• Secrets of a Happy Marriage

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Jul 25, 2005

• New SNN

  Opinion in Culture — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 25, 2005

• Mom Schmuck

  Opinion in Culture — by Parker Owens — on Jul 25, 2005

• Day By Day for July 25, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for July 25, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jul 25, 2005

• Letter to the Editor (which they totally ignored)

  Small town newspapers are exempt from the rules of grammar and spelling. What? They're not?

  Satire in Culture — by Mei Flower — on Jul 25, 2005

• Dora the Coyote?

  Dora the Explorer - children's show or nefarious leftist plot to help Chupacabras immigrate illegally.

  Satire in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on Jul 25, 2005

• Gay Heaven

  I'll admit it. I was trolling Craigslist: looking at apt. listings, jobs, and not looking for chicks, per se

  Opinion in Culture — by mpho — on Jul 25, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Review: Google Earth

  Hey, I can see my house!

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Jul 25, 2005

• Book Review: Never Let Me Go – Clones in Love

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Amy Welborn — on Jul 25, 2005

• From the Mouths of Babes

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Cerulean — on Jul 25, 2005

Music

• REVIEW: Frank Black Goes Nashville With Honeycomb

  Review in Music — by Elizabeth Boody — on Jul 25, 2005

• MTV VMA Nominations are out!

  News in Music — by Regina Avalos — on Jul 25, 2005

• Bracknell rock town?

  Opinion in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 25, 2005

• Concert Reviews: Bruce Springsteen And Elvis Costello (Almost) Back-To-Back

  Review in Music — by Lisa McKay — on Jul 25, 2005

• Free Jazz Fans of the World, Unite!

  Unite! And DEMAND that Ornette Coleman's post-Atlantic '60s catalog come back into print today!

  Opinion in Music — by Michael J. West — on Jul 25, 2005

• Review: Coldplay - X&Y

  X and Why?

  Opinion in Music — by Earvolution — on Jul 25, 2005

• Concert Review: Esthero at The 9:30 Club

  This concert was 7 years in the making.

  Review in Music — by Stone — on Jul 25, 2005

• FTC cracks down on spam and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jul 25, 2005

• CD Review: How the Great Have Fallen - Raging Speedhorn

  Raging about covers it

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 25, 2005

• Interview: Rob Aston of Transplants

  Interview in Music — by Eric Berlin — on Jul 25, 2005

• CD Review: The Story of Butch - The Goosebumps

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 25, 2005

• Cowboy Junkies: Early 21st Century Blues

  A frustratingly even-tempered anti-war covers collection with a few transcendent moments.

  Review in Music — by Timothy Jarrett — on Jul 25, 2005

• CD Review: Change - Beach

  Beach? More like Coldplay

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 25, 2005

• CD Single Review: "Like I Used To/I Break Twice" - Nadie

  Nadie delivers

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 25, 2005

• Gary Husband's All-Star Force Majeure New Live DVD Release

  Featuring: Gary Husband, Randy Brecker, Jerry Goodman, Elliot Mason, Jim Beard, Matthew Garrison, and Arto Tuncboyaciyan

  News in Music — by MuzikMan — on Jul 25, 2005

Politics

• Senate Republicans Pushing Amendments Regulating Detainee Treatment

  Senate leaders, including McCain and Graham, are ignoring the White House threat of a veto.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jul 25, 2005

• Tomlinson Ally, A Leading GOP Donor (Surprise, Surprise) Likely Next Head of Corporation for Public Broadcasting

  Will Big Bird be the next CPB product to be deemed too liberal?

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Jul 25, 2005

• Deserving Better Than Abortion

  Opinion in Politics — by Lores Rizkalla — on Jul 25, 2005

• Dying Gasp GOP and the Future of the Democratic Party

  Some have said that the Democratic Party is imploding. Is this an accurate assessment or just the wishful thinking of partisan activists? There is ample evidence to show that the Bush administration and Republican Congressional leaders have plenty of reason to be worried.

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Jul 25, 2005

• Avian Influenza

  Opinion in Politics — by Chin-Ker — on Jul 25, 2005

• The Administration's Hidden Teenage Graveyard

  The ages of those American troops speak volumes as to the validity of the official rationales-arguments given and show...

  Opinion in Politics — by AmeriPundit — on Jul 25, 2005

• Shoot To Kill Policy

  Are the British racists?

  Opinion in Politics — by Mojoala — on Jul 25, 2005

• The New Divisiveness

  People are saying the country is really divided these days, worse than they can remember. What is this new divisiveness and has is really gotten worse?

  Opinion in Politics — by SactoDan — on Jul 25, 2005

• Tequila Sunrise

  Opinion in Politics — by Paraphernalia — on Jul 25, 2005

• India: Key to Stability in Asia

  The key to stability in Asia lies in the development of a closer India-United States alliance.

  Opinion in Politics — by Tom Donelson — on Jul 25, 2005

• China, Japan and India: Pacific Rim

  China is a world power but the question remains, what problems does a resurgent China present to American interests?

  Opinion in Politics — by Tom Donelson — on Jul 25, 2005

• Churches Should Perform Gay Marriages Despite State Regulations

  Boycott government sanctioned marriage indefinitely

  Opinion in Politics — by JDCarmine — on Jul 25, 2005

• Is Canada Next

  While we play a waiting game with terrorists and in light of the recent attacks

  Opinion in Politics — by Cher Gruener — on Jul 25, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Heavenly Intrigue

  Almost five hundred years ago, astronomer Tycho Brahe died. The authors of this book suggest he was murdered.

  Review in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Jul 25, 2005

• Brother Against Brother Pt 2: Interviews with Vietnam War Authors

  Part 2 of a 7 part series about greed, jealousy, and honor among Vietnam Vets.

  Opinion in Books — by HE!D! — on Jul 25, 2005

• Book Review: The Third Translation

  Review in Books — by Aaman Lamba — on Jul 25, 2005

• Brother Against Brother: Interviews with Vietnam War Authors

  Interview in Books — by HE!D! — on Jul 25, 2005

• Book Review: Cinderella Man Shooting Script

  Worth a look by those interested in studying the film.

  Review in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Jul 25, 2005

• Book Review: Sundial in a Grave: 1610

  Mary Gentle's novel is a grand historical affair in the vein of Alexander Dumas' The Three Musketeers.

  Review in Books — by Bill Wallo — on Jul 25, 2005

• Book Review: Cracking the Millionaire Code

  Learn a new approach to wealth creation in the book of Mark Viktor Hansen and Robert Allen.

  Review in Books — by Oyvind Hennum — on Jul 25, 2005

• Book Review: The Little book of Calm

  Review in Books — by Floris Vermeir — on Jul 25, 2005

• If Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children

  ...then why have visions of sugarplums and flying brooms?

  Opinion in Books — by Eyebrow Esquire — on Jul 25, 2005

• Book Review: A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

  Author Nick Hornby and I contemplate suicide.

  Review in Books — by No Milk — on Jul 25, 2005

• Book Review: Cult of Power - Martha Burk

  Women's issues are in the forefront again

  Review in Books — by NancyGail — on Jul 25, 2005

• Found poetry

  'Some sets of footnotes, as long as they’re not the minimalist Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. style, make fine poetry ... '

  Opinion in Books — by Natalie Bennett — on Jul 25, 2005

• Interview with Danielle Ackley McPhail, author of Yesterday's Dreams

  Interview in Books — by Parker Owens — on Jul 25, 2005

• Book Review: The Dance of Fear

  Review in Books — by Meryl — on Jul 25, 2005

• Sword and Sorcery Refined: The Books Of The Raven

  You go...to Sword and Sorcery...for the pleasure of reading a well written story, interesting characters, and for fun.

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 25, 2005