August 28, 2005 Archive

Culture

• The TIME Crouch: Ellen DeGeneres and Kanye West

  If you got a feeling of deja-vu seeing Kanye West on the cover of TIME, there's good reason...

  News in Culture — by Bryce Zabel — on Aug 28, 2005

• Katrina Approaches

  Opinion in Culture — by Justene Adamec — on Aug 28, 2005

• Blogcritics EDITORS' PICKS - Aug. 20 to Aug. 26

  The strong listed here.

  News in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Aug 28, 2005

• Enter The Duke's 72 Hours Raw In Dublin

  Opinion in Culture — by Eric Berlin — on Aug 28, 2005

• Hawaii's Ewa Beach Wins Little League World Series

  It has been a dream season for a bunch of boys who live and play baseball just a few miles from my home here on Oahu. Today, the dream of nearly every American boy came true for them as they defeated last year's World Championship team from Curacao in the final game of this year's Little League World Series.

  News in Culture — by Bird of Paradise — on Aug 28, 2005

• Tonic Clonic - More of Grand Mal

  More from the book Grand Mal for anyone interested... this is a few chapters beyond Fugues & Fireflies...which you read earlier.

  Opinion in Culture — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Aug 28, 2005

• Astrid Johnson Rules!!! 87 y.o. crushes competitors at Carlton County Bake-Off

  Forgive the indulgence but this is cool and not enough mothers-in-law or octogenarians get bragged on in cyberspace

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Aug 28, 2005

• Persistent stereotypes about women, and men

  An Australian leader is in trouble for calling his opponent's wife a mail-order bride. Why is this an insult?

  Opinion in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Aug 28, 2005

• The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies Comics Page

  The funnies for August 28, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Annie — on Aug 28, 2005

• The Top 100 Guitarists Ponder Intelligent Design in the Propaganda of Cindy Sheehan -- Who Once Considered an Abortion Peformed by a Gay Married Couple

  Shark ponders...

  Satire in Culture — by Shark — on Aug 28, 2005

• Day By Day for August 28, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 28, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Aug 28, 2005

Video

• The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) -versus- American Pie (1999)

  Two movies about losing your viriginity -- one's out in theaters, the other on DVD -- which one is best?

  Review in Video — by Bryce Zabel — on Aug 28, 2005

• Not My Kind of Town

  My Kind of Town turns small towns into clown shows.

  Review in Video — by Sam Jack — on Aug 28, 2005

• The Great Movies: Night of The Hunter

  Review in Video — by Scott C. Smith — on Aug 28, 2005

• A Television Viewer's Diary: 8/21-8/27

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 28, 2005

• REVIEW: Grizzly Man

  Perhaps the two worst things that have happened to bears are the institution of the teddy bear and the self-styled bear expert, Timothy Treadwell.

  Review in Video — by Purple Tigress — on Aug 28, 2005

• Review: The Aristocrats

  Review in Video — by Bob Rhubart — on Aug 28, 2005

• Review: Strawberry Shortcake - Moonlight Mysteries

  The newest Strawberry Shortcake addition has some "berry" important lessons for children and some catchy songs too.

  Review in Video — by Robert Burke — on Aug 28, 2005

• Review: The Brothers Grimm

  The shoutouts to the fairytales are simply that: shoutouts.

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Aug 28, 2005

• Review: The Aristocrats

  If you like poop and midgets, you'll like The Aristocrats

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Aug 28, 2005

• Review: Ripley's Game with John Malkovich

  When did Tom Ripley ever expose his nastier side to a crowd? Instead, he plays a deeper game of revenge...

  Review in Video — by DrPat — on Aug 28, 2005

Politics

• Canada On The Offensive In Lumber Dispute

  Opinion in Politics — by Ordinary Joe — on Aug 28, 2005

• This Machine Kills Fascists

  You can call George Bush a mysogynist, a homophobe, a xenophobe, or a warmonger to your heart's content, but for all that, he is not a fascist.

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 28, 2005

• UK Muslims Against Anti-Terror Laws

  Opinion in Politics — by jamal — on Aug 28, 2005

• What Has Hand-Holding The Saudis Gotten the U.S.? Squat.

  Is it time to talk tough with "our friends" the Saudis?

  Opinion in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Aug 28, 2005

• Ontario Bans Pit Bulls

  Everybody is quick to blame the dog in the case of an attack, but maybe we should be looking at the animal at the other end of the leash.

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 28, 2005

• Keep On Dealing George

  Opinion in Politics — by John A. Conley — on Aug 28, 2005

• Santorum Claimed He Questioned Bush's Iraq Policy. Too Bad There's No Evidence To Back That Up

  Santorum, in the midst of a tough Senate re-election campaign, is apparently caught in a lie.

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Aug 28, 2005

• A Hypothetical Scenario...

  What Would the Media Do?

  Opinion in Politics — by RJ Elliott — on Aug 28, 2005

• Article Removed

  Opinion in Politics — by JDCarmine — on Aug 28, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Citizen Justice or Opening Pandora's Box?

  So, while I commend Thao Nguyen for her quick thinking and wish her every luck in prosecuting the man who appears strongly to have abused her, I simply want to add a few words of warning to the digital ether and ask you to think about the ramifications of digital images becoming a form of citizen "justice". We need to be wary in such cases, or our new digital resources may indeed open a seductive but ultimately unjust hi-tech pandora's box.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Tama — on Aug 28, 2005

• Volkswagen's Hydrogen Future is "Sunny"

  The ongoing development of the hydrogen energy concept is moving forward rapidly across the globe without much of this activity being obvious...

  News in Sci/Tech — by Mike Johnston — on Aug 28, 2005

• Computer Bug and Security News, 8/28/05

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Aug 28, 2005

Music

• CD Review: Eric Kamen - Native Unit

  Eric Kamen lives in two worlds, as a producer in Hip Hop and R & B and as E with his own recording endeavors on an album called Native Unit.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Aug 28, 2005

• "Who The F--k Is Pete Doherty" Screened By BBC

  The Duke rages and weeps and sings "F--k forever, if you don't mind..."

  Opinion in Music — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 28, 2005

• VMA Predictions

  The VMAs. Who else gets shot? Here are award predictions which show it to be a Green Day night.

  Opinion in Music — by Chip Ross — on Aug 28, 2005

• The Axis of Justice

  The name sounds like something dreamed up over at Marvel Comics. Throw in hard rockers Tom Morello of Audioslave and Serj Tankian of System of a Down and the result should be "interesting" whatever it is.

  Review in Music — by Mike Johnston — on Aug 28, 2005

• Sunday Morning Playlist: Alternative Rock

  R.E.M.; Nirvana; Smashing Pumpkins; Radiohead; Beck; The Breeders; The Verve; Jane's Addiction; My Bloody Valentine; Camper Van Beethoven; Sonic Youth; Pavement; Pearl Jam; Primal Scream; Galaxie 500; Nine Inch Nails; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Soundgarden; Green Day; Dinosaur Jr.

  Review in Music — by uao — on Aug 28, 2005

• Weekend Reissue Roundup

  Peter, Paul, & Mary; Chicago; Bill Haley & His Comets; Edison Electric Band

  Review in Music — by uao — on Aug 28, 2005

• soundtrack - Fantastic Four

  Solid modern rock album, although a bit derivative at times. Great material by Loser, Orange Range, Alter Bridge, Sum 41.

  Review in Music — by Triniman — on Aug 28, 2005

Sports

• Review: Folbot – A Geek's Kayak

  On a sunny weekend with tides running right, we'll be found at a put-in point, assembling our Folbot...

  Review in Sports — by DrPat — on Aug 28, 2005

• Newcastle United 0 Manchester United 2

  For their third league match of the season, Manchester United are away from home but taking the initiative

  News in Sports — by Christopher Rose — on Aug 28, 2005

Books

• Some of My Friends Won't Buy My Book

  Ever since I published my first book back in 2001, it seems that some of my friends just do not want to buy a copy.

  Opinion in Books — by Victor Lana — on Aug 28, 2005

• Book Review: Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale

  Review in Books — by DL Ennis — on Aug 28, 2005

• Book Review: A Society Without Husbands or Fathers

  Anthropologist Cai Hua studies a current-day people who have no marriage and regard vows of fidelity as shameful.

  Review in Books — by David Loftus — on Aug 28, 2005

• Book Review: How To Get Rich by Donald Trump

  Review in Books — by Oyvind Hennum — on Aug 28, 2005