August 19, 2005 Archive

Music

• CD Review: David Pack - The Secret of Movin' On

  Review in Music — by Joe Battista — on Aug 19, 2005

• Dimebag's Last Cleveland Interview To Re-Air Saturday!

  News in Music — by Chris Akin — on Aug 19, 2005

• Review: Band Of Gypsies Taraf De Haidouks

  "As a violonist I love this wild place they inhabit..."

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 19, 2005

• Single Review: Kelly Clarkson's 'Because of You'

  A cold parent has hardened Kelly Clarkson in the steely ballad "Because of You."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Aug 19, 2005

• Familiar Faces: Rolling Stones "Bigger Bang" Tour

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 19, 2005

• The Friday Morning Listen

  The way she wrinkled her nose at it made me not care about our disagreement.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Aug 19, 2005

• Review: Kings of Leon, Atlanta

  The offspring of a Pentecostal preacher find a proper live home in Atlanta's Tabernacle.

  Review in Music — by Capn Ken — on Aug 19, 2005

• Split Lip - Fate's Got A Driver

  Emo was at least half marketing.

  Review in Music — by Mike Fournier — on Aug 19, 2005

• This Week's Jukebox

  Opinion in Music — by Chris Evans — on Aug 19, 2005

• Gorillaz Run Loose on 5boro

  You can hang that one up on your wall to get that Brady Bunch mugshot feel.

  News in Music — by Cacy — on Aug 19, 2005

Gaming

• Weekly BlogScan: Poker Faces, Poker Talk

  I don't gamble, but I find myself endlessly fascinated with those who do...

  Review in Gaming — by DrPat — on Aug 19, 2005

• Poker Tour Oddly Fascinating

  Opinion in Gaming — by OC hairball — on Aug 19, 2005

Video

• When Reality Shows Go Bad

  Satire in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Aug 19, 2005

• Review: Monk - No Longer Missing Sharona

  Review in Video — by Chris Evans — on Aug 19, 2005

• Review: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

  This version of The Phantom of the Opera is the form of this much-interpreted film to watch.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 19, 2005

• A Guide to Critical Viewing

  Opinion in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Aug 19, 2005

• Sitcom Death and TV Comedy Rebirth: Single-Camera, Multi-Camera, and a Breathtakingly Brief History of Comedy

  Opinion in Video — by Eric Berlin — on Aug 19, 2005

• Review: The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

  Webber and Schumacher’s work has nix on the 1925 original.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 19, 2005

• Confessions of a Toon Head.

  Opinion in Video — by Tony Figueroa — on Aug 19, 2005

• New Movie Releases: 8/19/05

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 19, 2005

• The Golden Age of Action Movies

  Opinion in Video — by Hardy — on Aug 19, 2005

• Network Reality Stars Actually Entertain!

  Bravo's Battle of the Network Reality Stars is not amazing, but it entertains anyway!

  Opinion in Video — by Joe — on Aug 19, 2005

• Big Brother 6 and Integrity

  Yeah we know it doesn't exist, stop complaining.

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Aug 19, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Blogger adds features to fight spam

  News in Sci/Tech — by Regina Avalos — on Aug 19, 2005

• Fri Aug 19th Science Roundup

  Science metaphor watch, global catastrophe for fun and profit, and why complementary medicine is still a load of hooey.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Jake Young — on Aug 19, 2005

• Stem Cell Insanity

  Satire in Sci/Tech — by Mark Schannon — on Aug 19, 2005

• Eminem Being Treated for Sleeping Pill Addiction

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Aug 19, 2005

• Friday femmes fatales No 19

  Where are all the female bloggers? Here, in my weekly top ten posts.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Aug 19, 2005

• Pissed at Telephone Spam

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Ordinary Joe — on Aug 19, 2005

• Pleistocene Park USA

  News in Sci/Tech — by Aaman Lamba — on Aug 19, 2005

Politics

• accounting for iraq

  Opinion in Politics — by Spincycle — on Aug 19, 2005

• The Minutemen Project and the "La Reconquista" Lie

  Opinion in Politics — by The Bulldog Manifesto — on Aug 19, 2005

• Gaza: A Plea for Palestinian, Jewish restraint

  It is not weakness to leave those settlements behind, one has to be strong in order to be able to do that, however much it may hurt for both sides.

  Opinion in Politics — by Floris Vermeir — on Aug 19, 2005

• Underlying Causes of Famine

  Famine is a complex problem with complex solutions but it is not inevitable and blaming the victims will not bring us closer to solution.

  Opinion in Politics — by Murphy — on Aug 19, 2005

• New York Governor: 2006

  It looks as if New York's gubernatorial race is heating up.

  Opinion in Politics — by Jon Seitel — on Aug 19, 2005

• Regional al-Qaeda Leader Slain in Saudi Police Shootout

  Al-Qaeda chief is 25th top figure Saudis have captured or killed since 2003's 26 most wanted list issued

  News in Politics — by Victor Plenty — on Aug 19, 2005

• Al Qaeda Attacks Ships in Jordan, Come Up Short

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Aug 19, 2005

• Bush Strategy On Terror Compared to Roosevelt's War Against Fascism

  A USA Today op-ed by Peter Schweizer entitled "Strategies Or Diversions?" draws a parallel between Roosevelt's refusal to chase after Japan immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor (after all, it was Japan that attacked us, not Germany) and GW's refusal to focus all of his energy in taking down the Taliban and chasing after Osama bin Laden (after all, it was Al Qaeda that attacked us, not Iraq).

  Opinion in Politics — by Bird of Paradise — on Aug 19, 2005

Culture

• American Obesity Is Large And In Charge

  Opinion in Culture — by Rudicus — on Aug 19, 2005

• Do Marketers Think You Are an Idiot? Beware of Crushed Lifesavers

  I want you to get really good at spotting repackaged broken lifesavers and staying far away from them...

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Aug 19, 2005

• Are you Willing to Defy Easy Definitions of You?

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Aug 19, 2005

• OBH Podcast #002 - "Follow Through"

  Podcast: great news, the mailbag, Michaelmas, a secret family affair, Freakonomics, and living with triple nipples.

  Opinion in Culture — by Phillip Winn — on Aug 19, 2005

• NYC MAYOR BUFFs GRAFFITI PARTY

  This fall, digital graffiti will score some gigantor points.

  Opinion in Culture — by Cacy — on Aug 19, 2005

• RYIE invades the world of Internet marketing…

  Jay Beavy of the Second Fortune blog on Internet marketing talks to John Vinturella, author of Release Your Inner Entrepreneur.

  Interview in Culture — by vinturella — on Aug 19, 2005

• NASA'S Swift Satellite Finds Newborn Black Holes

  Stars are exploding two, three and sometimes four times in the first minutes following the initial explosion.

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Aug 19, 2005

• Bobo the Clown

  Opinion in Culture — by Murphy — on Aug 19, 2005

• Gossip, Speculation, Rumination from the Week Just Passed

  Pop Culture Update on The Twisted Nipple Craze, Drew Barrymore's Stalker and Matt LeBlanc's Wisdom. Plus Blind Items.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Aug 19, 2005

• Day By Day for August 19, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 19, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Aug 19, 2005

• Life Purpose not a Goal but a Way of Living

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Aug 19, 2005

• Learn your Animal Totems you Mystical Synchronicity Buffs Out There

  Satire in Culture — by Laura Young — on Aug 19, 2005

• Losing My Religion...

  Do we embrace religion in our youth because we don't know any better, or do we become disillusioned later?

  Opinion in Culture — by Chelsea Smith — on Aug 19, 2005

• Listen To Your Mother....Especially In Bad Weather!

  Remember all those things your mother told you about: Always wear a hat in cold weather, don't jump off a bridge (at least not until you have checked to see how deep the water is), chew your food before you swallow it, fasten your seat belt, save a little money for a rainy day.....

  Opinion in Culture — by Bird of Paradise — on Aug 19, 2005

• Insult To Injury In New London, Connecticut, Property Confiscation

  USA Today has an interesting Editorial today concerning those home owners in New London, Connecticut whose properties (with the blessing of the US Supreme Court on June 23) are being condemned by the city "so a developer (can) build offices, a hotel and convention center."

  Opinion in Culture — by Bird of Paradise — on Aug 19, 2005

• Tears At Taize--Brother Rogers Becomes An Unlikely Martyr

  A great man--a good man--a Godly man--was murdered last evening. For no apparent reason. Brother Roger was 90 years old. 2,500 people were gathered together for worship at the ecumenical Christian community called Taize he founded in France in 1940 when a 36-year old woman from Romania pulled out a knife she had purchased the day before and slit his throat. He died within minutes. Brother Roger, who's real name was Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche, had sheltered refugees, including Jews, during the Nazi occupation. At one point he had to flee

  News in Culture — by Bird of Paradise — on Aug 19, 2005

Sports

• New TV Deal for the NHL

  The NHL lost their lucrative cable TV deal with ESPN when the lockout ended last season. This year, they have a new deal.

  Opinion in Sports — by Warren Kelly — on Aug 19, 2005

• Manchester United Aim For Unbeaten Run, Says Ronaldo

  The Red Devils aim to remain undefeated all season according to Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo

  News in Sports — by Christopher Rose — on Aug 19, 2005

• NASCAR Hall of Fame

  NASCAR Hall of Fame? There's only one place it should be ...

  Opinion in Sports — by Warren Kelly — on Aug 19, 2005

Books

• The Hero's Journey? C'mon, is YOUR life REALLY a mythic saga?

  I was thinking, "Am I going to really tell them THIS?!" But it's what made me who I am...

  Opinion in Books — by Laura Young — on Aug 19, 2005

• Interview: Ashok Banker Part Two

  In India we use a specific kind of language, a combination of Indian words and English, what we call Hinglish

  Interview in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 19, 2005

• Book Review: How to Be Idle

  Review in Books — by Meryl — on Aug 19, 2005

• Book Review: A Perfect Red

  Amy Butler Greenfield documents the fascinating history of the hunt for red, the color of kings and scarlet women.

  Review in Books — by W.E. Wallo — on Aug 19, 2005

• Book Review: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life

  Romantic, hilarious, wildly imaginative: it's no wonder Scott Pilgrim is a comics-world sensation.

  Review in Books — by Tom the Dog — on Aug 19, 2005

• Hal Lindsey and apocalyptic Christian Zionism

  Opinion in Books — by John Zorabedian — on Aug 19, 2005