August 10, 2005 Archive

Music

• DVD - The Rite of Strings - Al DiMeola, Jean-Luc Ponty & Stanley Clarke: Live At Montreaux 1994

  An unrehearsed live DVD with three of jazz fusion's most accomplished players. How will it this 1994 concert turn out?

  Review in Music — by Triniman — on Aug 10, 2005

• Hilary Duff Takes Over MTV Hits

  News in Music — by Tan The Man — on Aug 10, 2005

• CD Review: Mattias IA Eklundh - Freak Guitar: The Road Less Traveled

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 10, 2005

• CD Review: American Minor - American Minor

  This West Virginia quintet proves they know how to rock, but can they do it on their own terms?

  Review in Music — by Pete Blackwell — on Aug 10, 2005

• CD Review: Bruce Cockburn - Sunwheel Dance

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Aug 10, 2005

• Review: Johnny Neel-Gun Metal Blue

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Aug 10, 2005

• CD Review: Patti Smith - Land (1975-2002)

  Review in Music — by jen best — on Aug 10, 2005

• Blues Pianist Detroit Junior Dies

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 10, 2005

• Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams Dies at 73 and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Aug 10, 2005

• Review: All of Tantrum

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 10, 2005

• Review: McQueen EP

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 10, 2005

• Review: The Mystery Hall, Prog heads into the void

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Aug 10, 2005

• Review: Blues For Hawk, Yves Francois

  Review in Music — by Connie Phillips — on Aug 10, 2005

• Premier Fiddler Vassar Clements Gravely Ill

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 10, 2005

• Ella, Basie and Benny inducted to Jazz Hall of Fame

  News in Music — by Taloran — on Aug 10, 2005

• Playlist: Bill Gates Has A Posse

  This weeks playlist explores Bill Gates' place in Hip-Hop culture. Know what I'm sayin' yo?

  Opinion in Music — by Robert Burke — on Aug 10, 2005

• DVD Review: Mushroomhead Volume 1

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 10, 2005

• Mariah Carey emancipates the benjamins with The Emancipation of Mimi

  She can't even fake being interested in the trick. Come on, now. You're on the clock here.

  Review in Music — by Al Barger — on Aug 10, 2005

• Iron Maiden - live in Denver

  Review in Music — by Lono — on Aug 10, 2005

Gaming

• GameCube Review: Backyard Football

  Surprisingly enjoyable for everyone.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 10, 2005

Books

• Book Review: Dune

  Review in Books — by Floris Vermeir — on Aug 10, 2005

• Book Review: Conversations with Millionaires by Mike Litman

  Review in Books — by Oyvind Hennum — on Aug 10, 2005

• Why I Only Read One Peter Mayle Book A Year

  “You’ll read this in a couple of days, and it will make you want to drink wine and eat cheese while you're doing it,” she assured me.

  Review in Books — by Ernesto Burden — on Aug 10, 2005

• Booker Prize Nominees 2005

  News in Books — by Aaman Lamba — on Aug 10, 2005

• Book Review: GDB Pocket Reference

  Review in Books — by John Bambenek — on Aug 10, 2005

• Book Review: Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next Series

  British humor for the literary minded.

  Review in Books — by Warren Kelly — on Aug 10, 2005

• The Quill Awards: New Literary Award

  The Quill Literary Foundation has created the first literary awards whose results will be decided by the book buying public.

  News in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 10, 2005

• Book Promotion through the Web

  Opinion in Books — by Parker Owens — on Aug 10, 2005

• Book Review: I, Lucifer

  Satan tries out life as a human in this interesting, but somewhat dragging, story.

  Review in Books — by Eric James — on Aug 10, 2005

• Book Review: Start Your Engines: Developing Driving and Racing Games

  A great walkthrough.

  Review in Books — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 10, 2005

Video

• Review: The Devil's Rejects

  The best B-movie the '70s never made.

  Review in Video — by Tom the Dog — on Aug 10, 2005

• Cleopatra 2525: The Complete Series

  Review in Video — by El Bicho — on Aug 10, 2005

• Review: Amelie

  This fine piece of French confection cleverly covers all of the facets of love, failure, intuition, and sex.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 10, 2005

• Review: Flight of The Phoenix

  The phoenix turns out to be a half-baked turkey.

  Review in Video — by Nehring — on Aug 10, 2005

• Anime Review: Azumanga Daioh

  Azumanga Daioh is a quirky high school comedy that is unlike other anime series.

  Review in Video — by Sterfish — on Aug 10, 2005

• Real World: Austin - Week 8

  Review in Video — by Regina Avalos — on Aug 10, 2005

Politics

• Rush Limbaugh Faltering, Air America Radio Gaining in Florida

  Warning to conservative talkers: objects in the rear-view mirror may be closer than they appear.

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Aug 10, 2005

• The Left: No Lies Left Behind

  In defiance of the truth, NARAL is still insisting that John Roberts supports clinic bombers despite FactCheck debunking the claim, and even the NARAL President saying John Roberts doesn't support clinic violence.

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Aug 10, 2005

• Actual Concern or Publicity Stunt?...

  Radical Homosexual Lobby? I'm not quite sure the Homosexuals are the ones being radical in this case.........

  Opinion in Politics — by ChaunceyBillups — on Aug 10, 2005

• Bush Set To Break Record For Most Vacation Days

  Assuming he doesn't cut his vacation short, Bush will break Reagan's record on Aug. 19.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Aug 10, 2005

• Human Rights for Sex Workers

  This law declares sex workers are sub-human - one-fifth of a human, to be precise.

  Opinion in Politics — by Natalie Bennett — on Aug 10, 2005

Sports

• Terrell Owens Leaves Training Camp After Argument With Coach Reid

  Good riddance...

  News in Sports — by RJ Elliott — on Aug 10, 2005

• Review: NBA Street Showdown

  Street Basketball......

  Review in Sports — by Ronald C McKito — on Aug 10, 2005

Culture

• Political Correctness Run Amok - Punch bashed for bashing Bin Laden

  A puppeteer in Britain has been rapped for portraying Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein as villains.

  News in Culture — by Taloran — on Aug 10, 2005

• Art Prankster Banksy Sprays Israeli Wall

  Banksy gets busy

  News in Culture — by Aaman Lamba — on Aug 10, 2005

• Day By Day for August 10, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 10, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Aug 10, 2005

• Oil Dependence - another three thousand years

  Opinion in Culture — by Aaman Lamba — on Aug 10, 2005

• From The Earth to the Moon

  Caught behind the Russians in the space race, NASA preservered and innocated through the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.

  Opinion in Culture — by Tom Bux — on Aug 10, 2005

• Jackson Jurors Recant - Mesereau Retorts

  News in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 10, 2005

• Futon Report: KC "Royales" with cheese choke in 9th

  Overwhelming proof that a 7-2 lead in the 9th is safe if you have good fielders.

  News in Culture — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Aug 10, 2005

• Steroids, Asterisks, and a Legacy of Thievery

  I feel cheated by this situation and just hope the game I love is not tainted forever.

  Opinion in Culture — by Victor Lana — on Aug 10, 2005

• The Prime Rib ...a fine Baltimore restaurant

  It's considered the best restaurant in Baltimore. The Prime Rib specializes in, well, prime rib.

  Review in Culture — by Patfish — on Aug 10, 2005

• Subject Matter in the Visual Arts

  Opinion in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Aug 10, 2005

• It's not easy being brown

  Opinion in Culture — by Star — on Aug 10, 2005

• The Butler: Dare to Dream

  Opinion in Culture — by Hardy — on Aug 10, 2005