August 4, 2005 Archive

Music

• Foo Fighters - In Your Honor

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on Aug 04, 2005

• CD Review: Dope - American Apathy

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

• Interview: Hootie and the Blowfish's Mark Bryan

  Guitarist for the popular band speaks on a new album, a solo career, and Darius Rucker's Burger King commercial.

  Interview in Music — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 04, 2005

• CD Review: Tears for Jack, Margaret McClure

  Margaret McClure has an entrancing vocal style that lures you in and once it has you, well, you are hers for the entire album.

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

• Review: Elastica's "Stutter"

  In the brazen "Stutter," Justine Frischmann's drunk boyfriend wants to discuss their relationship.

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Aug 04, 2005

• 'Little' Milton Campbell dies at 71 and The Daily Music and Tech News

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

• Review: Todd Agnew's Reflection Of Something

  Summertime is when the weather gets hot and humid in the deep south, when the beach beckons thousands of tourists and a few dozen locals to enjoy the cool ocean waters, and when the mountains and streams call out for adventurers to come and be extreme. And then there's summer music...

  Review in Music — by Rick Stilwell — on Aug 04, 2005

• The Proclaimers: Restless Soul

  The Proclaimers' first album in two years, Restless Soul, will be in stores in North America on September 6th.

  News in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 04, 2005

• Review: Africa, Palm World Voices' New Release

  The only problem I’m having is trying to figure out what to lavish praise on first.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 04, 2005

• REVIEW: Johnny Cash is indeed The Legend (4 CD box set)

  I wonder how many songs Cash sang about killing his woman.

  Review in Music — by Al Barger — on Aug 04, 2005

Culture

• Milestones: On BlogCritics and Personally

  Opinion in Culture — by Joan Hunt — on Aug 04, 2005

• Love Biatch: Mad Hots

  Opinion in Culture — by Love Biatch — on Aug 04, 2005

• Blogcritics.org Reaches 10 Million Unique Visitors Mark

  Opinion in Culture — by Margaret Romao Toigo — on Aug 04, 2005

• Blogcritics for me

  Opinion in Culture — by Regina Avalos — on Aug 04, 2005

• Blogcritics: Looking Back At 10,000,000

  With dual milestones in view (10,000,000th visit just behind and third year just ahead), I poked around in the database to see what sort of things might be interesting to remember.

  News in Culture — by Phillip Winn — on Aug 04, 2005

• t/Space Tests Space Vehicle Parachutes in Pacific Ocean Drop

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Aug 04, 2005

• Some of The Best Posts on Blogcritics

  Readers, writers, visitors - You're entitled to our opinion - and respect.

  Opinion in Culture — by Aaman Lamba — on Aug 04, 2005

• Letter to the Manners Maven

  Satire in Culture — by Miriam — on Aug 04, 2005

• Reporter Steven Vincent Murdered in Iraq

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 04, 2005

• Right Work: Thoughts on Participation and Profit

  I'd rather sit on a park bench talking to a homeless woman about what she has learned about life and people than sit on a tropical beach having exotic beverages served to me by Fabio.

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Aug 04, 2005

• Beauty vs Utility in Data Maps

  An unusually beautiful map in NYT is used to muse on beauty vs utility

  Review in Culture — by Kaiser — on Aug 04, 2005

• Day By Day for August 04, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 04, 2005

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

• Collecting Pop-Culture Items Before It Turned in to Big Business on Ebay

  Opinion in Culture — by Chris Franklin — on Aug 04, 2005

Politics

• GOP Criminal Flip-Flop: Was Denny Hastert Bribed By Turkish Agents?

  New FBI wiretaps show Turkish foreign agents mentioning Hastert’s name in the context of a bribe, right before he flip-flopped on a genocide resolution.

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Aug 04, 2005

• The Struggle Against Ideological Extremists Continues ... Christian Exodus

  Opinion in Politics — by The Bulldog Manifesto — on Aug 04, 2005

• Reeves Sees Motown's Past as Key to Detroit's Future

  News in Politics — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 04, 2005

• Recent Gallup Poll Bad News For Kerry, Clinton

  Polls are fun!

  Opinion in Politics — by RJ Elliott — on Aug 04, 2005

• Going to Work? Leave Your Civil Rights at Home

  Don't take your guns to town. Son, leave your guns at home. Bill, don't take your guns to town.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Aug 04, 2005

• Bush Administration Should Learn Lesson From Corporate World

  Sony Pictures Entertainment got in trouble for promoting a fake journalist. Shouldn't the Bush Administration, too?

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Aug 04, 2005

• Canadian Supreme Court Rules Posting How-To's Of Illegal Doings Legal

  Opinion in Politics — by Tan The Man — on Aug 04, 2005

Video

• The Duke On "9 Songs" - Genuine Filth And Loadsa Great Rock N' Roll

  Is it porn? No. Does it have fantastic performances by the likes of Franz Ferdinand? Yes.

  Review in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 04, 2005

• Review: Closer

  A rare adult romance that should be considered a true gift of voluptuous verve.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 04, 2005

• Review: Girlfight

  I was disappointed. This movie has nothing to do with Foxy Boxing.

  Review in Video — by Nehring — on Aug 04, 2005

• Movie Review: Stealth

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 04, 2005

• film review - Wedding Crashers

  Women love them, guys want to be like them...

  Review in Video — by Triniman — on Aug 04, 2005

• Orca DVD Review

  Miserable, unoriginal, knock-off junk.

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

• Review: Dead Man on Campus

  It's a Dark comedy based on.....

  Review in Video — by Ronald C McKito — on Aug 04, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Ten Million and Counting: Blogcritics.org Just Keeps on Coming

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Berlin — on Aug 04, 2005

• Blogcritics and Me, Or How I Came To Be Here

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Lisa McKay — on Aug 04, 2005

• "Over 10,000,000 Served" - Blogcritics Breaks Barrier

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 04, 2005

• Egyptian Child Mummy Conjured Via 3D Modeling

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 04, 2005

• The Calculus of Poetry

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Aug 04, 2005

• History carnival

  If you read, or post, a great blog item about anything from Neanderthals to Boris Yeltsin, tell me about it ...

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Aug 04, 2005

• PTC's True Motives Revealed in Anti-Grand Theft Auto Campaign

  The Parents Television Council wants to keep Grand Theft Auto away from your kids—and from you, too.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Pete Blackwell — on Aug 04, 2005

• Increasing Number and Power of Hurricanes

  Global warming and cycles of storms are bringing rough times

  News in Sci/Tech — by Howard Dratch — on Aug 04, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Stephen King's The Gunslinger

  Review in Books — by Ronald C McKito — on Aug 04, 2005

• Book Review: Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential - Scathing and Sweet

  Anthony Bourdain has a new show on the Travel Channel. Here's a review of his book Kitchen Confidential.

  Review in Books — by Patfish — on Aug 04, 2005

• Book Review: In the Land of the Unknown

  Parables for modern times

  Review in Books — by NancyGail — on Aug 04, 2005

• Harry Potter "Pottermania"

  When did the craze all start?

  Opinion in Books — by Ronald C McKito — on Aug 04, 2005

Sports

• Tyson Eyes Sex With Porn Star to Solve Money Woes

  Mike Tyson in porn movie, exposing his alleged 14-inch tool to super sexy Jenna Jameson? Is this the best way for Iron Mike to pay back Uncle Sam?

  News in Sports — by TDavid — on Aug 04, 2005

• Manchester United Sell Neville to Everton

  Another of Fergie's Fledglings leaves the nest...

  News in Sports — by Christopher Rose — on Aug 04, 2005

Tastes

• Reduced Antibiotics in Pork

  Nations second largest food-service company requires suppliers to reduce use of antibiotics in pork.

  News in Tastes — by DILLIGAF ? — on Aug 04, 2005