September 8, 2005 Archive

Gaming

• Video Game Journalism Continues To Spiral Downward

  Simple facts, simple research, and they blow it.

  Opinion in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Sep 08, 2005

Culture

• Waterworld: What'll Go Down the Drain?

  She said, “I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a race war.”

  Opinion in Culture — by mpho — on Sep 08, 2005

• SOME NOTES ON TAKING A HOLIDAY IN LOUISIANA

  Opinion in Culture — by David Koehn — on Sep 08, 2005

• The Luggage Problem in Louisiana

  We live in the midst of a society of baggage sellers...

  Opinion in Culture — by DrPat — on Sep 08, 2005

• Oatmeal Beats Out Cap'n Crunch for Kids' Cognition

  Kids who eat whole grains for breakfast do better on tests than those who eat sugary cereals such as Cap'n Crunch, a new study finds.

  Opinion in Culture — by Connie Bennett — on Sep 08, 2005

• Do You Really Love Black People?

  You gave the black people your money, but why don't you want them in your town?

  Opinion in Culture — by Blunderford — on Sep 08, 2005

• Majestic Oaks Homeowners Association in Ocala, FL Turns Away Hurricane Victims

  Association Board members slam the door.

  Opinion in Culture — by Lisa Hoover — on Sep 08, 2005

• Is Katrina Inherently Meaningful? Is Grief a Choice? Is Love a Choice?

  ...for many geographically removed the only actual result of this in our daily lives is at the gas pump.

  Opinion in Culture — by Laura Young — on Sep 08, 2005

• Could It Really Be So Good? Never

  Opinion in Culture — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Sep 08, 2005

• My Stolen Car

  Logic is a strange thing. Thankfully, I've never been accused of having any.

  Satire in Culture — by Chelsea Smith — on Sep 08, 2005

• A Horrific Discovery...

  Absolutely sickening...

  News in Culture — by RJ Elliott — on Sep 08, 2005

• Sean Penn Rescues Forty People in New Orleans

  News in Culture — by Cerulean — on Sep 08, 2005

• NASA Mars Rover Climbs Husband Hill

  Like any journey that starts with the first step, Spirit started to roll, and headed toward the hills.

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Sep 08, 2005

• Something Missing?

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on Sep 08, 2005

• New Orleans Roots and a New Creative Class

  The massive displacement of New Orleaneans after Hurricane Katrina could be the beginning of a new Creative Class.

  Opinion in Culture — by Eyebrow Esquire — on Sep 08, 2005

• Day By Day for September 08, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for September 08, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Sep 08, 2005

• Fonts for Disaster Relief - Phase 3

  Fundraising for disaster relief in Louisiana continues with another font giveway for donations to Habitat for Humanity.

  News in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on Sep 08, 2005

• Love Biatch: The Secrets to Internet Dating

  The secrets to internet dating...

  Opinion in Culture — by Love Biatch — on Sep 08, 2005

• America Speaks More than English

  Libraries are feeling both the pressures of multi cultural populations and the reactionary reaction to any immigration.

  Opinion in Culture — by Howard Dratch — on Sep 08, 2005

Music

• Leonard Cohen Sues Former Manager and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Sep 08, 2005

• INDIE ROUND-UP for September 8 2005

  Review in Music — by Jon Sobel — on Sep 08, 2005

• Playlist: Ode To Waiters And Waitresses

  Opinion in Music — by Robert Burke — on Sep 08, 2005

• CD Review: Abdel Wright - Abdel Wright

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 08, 2005

• CD Review: The Evil Queens - First it Boils, Then it Spills

  When you listen to the this latest album from The Evil Queens you get the feeling that front man Jacob Sundermeyer was channeling a few well known people in the music world.

  Review in Music — by jen best — on Sep 08, 2005

• Interview: Reverend Run

  The hip-hop veteran talks about his new album, the state of hip-hop, and his words of wisdom.

  Interview in Music — by Stone — on Sep 08, 2005

• We're All Hip-Hoppers Now

  A new book explains: music recording these days is nothing but sampling--and anybody can get in on the fun.

  Review in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on Sep 08, 2005

• CD Review: Bruce Cockburn - Big Circumstance

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Sep 08, 2005

• Review: Austin City Limits Music Festival 2004

  Infinite diversity in finite artists -- The ACL Music festival.

  Review in Music — by Warren Kelly — on Sep 08, 2005

• Review: Ministry - Rantology

  80% of all music listeners agree that you and all musicians need to just shut up and play your songs!

  Review in Music — by Chris Akin — on Sep 08, 2005

• Bad timing...ouch

  Opinion in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Sep 08, 2005

• Review: Jefferson Starship--Blows Against The Empire & Red Octopus

  (Warning: This Album Can Cause Severe Flashbacks. Listen To Only If Feeling Secure)

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Sep 08, 2005

• CD Review: Cold - A Different Kind of Pain

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Sep 08, 2005

• Longwave - There’s A Fire CD Review

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on Sep 08, 2005

• CD REVIEW: Minus the Bear, Menos el Oso

  This is not bad by any stretch of the imagination.

  Review in Music — by Josh Foust — on Sep 08, 2005

Video

• Review: The OC Season 3 Premiere

  The OC shows that senior year in high school isn’t all roses.

  Review in Video — by Cara de Pescado — on Sep 08, 2005

• Jackson's New King Kong Rampaging With Help of Corp Partners

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Sep 08, 2005

• MSN Chat for The Thing About My Folks

  Peter Falk and Paul Reiser on MSN Chat tonight.

  News in Video — by Film Cynic — on Sep 08, 2005

• Review: He, Who Gets Slapped (1924)

  The opening title card to He, Who Gets Slapped expresses the age-old wisdom that “he laughs best, who laughs last.”

  Review in Video — by Nicholas Stix — on Sep 08, 2005

• This Week in Criterion: September 7th

  News from the Criterion Collection...

  News in Video — by Jesse Trussell — on Sep 08, 2005

• Constantine - Review

  If this were mashed potatoes, it'd include The Exorcist, Hellboy and some Grade-C film noir spuds mixed so long that they become gluey and inedible.

  Review in Video — by Mark Anderson — on Sep 08, 2005

• So You Think You Can Dance - The top ten battle it out

  Review in Video — by Regina Avalos — on Sep 08, 2005

• Battle of the Network Reality Stars Hits Episode Four!

  Sad to see arguably the best team get sent home so early in Bravo's latest reality offering.

  Review in Video — by Joe — on Sep 08, 2005

Books

• Book Review: God Jr. by Dennis Cooper

  Review in Books — by Jason Malikow — on Sep 08, 2005

• If India & Pakistan Had Joined Forces Against The British Empire: Alternate History, Part I

  Opinion in Books — by Ashok K. Banker — on Sep 08, 2005

• Dilbert censored in local paper

  The comic strip Dilbert was censored on September 6, 2005. At least, it was in my local paper.

  News in Books — by Anna Creech — on Sep 08, 2005

• Which Way Comics?

  Even the casual observer knows that things in the comic industry are changing radically.

  Opinion in Books — by John Schroeder — on Sep 08, 2005

• The Web Developer’s Guide to Amazon E-commerce Services

  Opinion in Books — by cubsblow — on Sep 08, 2005

• Book Review: The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952

  The jokes are dated, and it’s a far cry from recognizable Peanuts, but the germs of the strip are there...

  Review in Books — by Mark Anderson — on Sep 08, 2005

Politics

• Mayor "Negligent" Nagin And His Sidekick Gov. "Behind-The-Times" Blanco

  Opinion in Politics — by Jewels Richardson — on Sep 08, 2005

• Why Castro Is A Better Leader Than Bush

  When Hurricane Ivan struck Cuba, they evacuated 1.9 million people without a single casualty.

  Opinion in Politics — by Adam Ash — on Sep 08, 2005

• The Children's Hour

  Opinion in Politics — by Douglas Anthony Cooper — on Sep 08, 2005

• Hurricane Katrina: The Scandal Karl Rove and the GOP Don't Want Us To Discuss

  It isn't what Bush did after the hurricane that is the real scandal, it is what he did before it.

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Sep 08, 2005

• No Extra Lumber For Katrina Victims

  Opinion in Politics — by Ordinary Joe — on Sep 08, 2005

• MoveOn Watch: Don't Let Republicans Point Out Failures Of Locals During Katrina, That Hurts Our Chance To Blame Bush!

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Sep 08, 2005

• Stephen Lewis, Africa, and AIDS

  "The situation of people living and dying with AIDS in parts of Africa is so desperate that even the most basic help will bring solace and hope"

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Sep 08, 2005

• The Supreme Court's Kelo Decision: A Primer of Eminent Domain

  Eminent domain is the power that governments use to turn urban neighborhoods over to big box stores.

  Opinion in Politics — by Mary Campbell Gallagher — on Sep 08, 2005

• Katrina: Battered "Bushite" Syndrome

  Opinion in Politics — by Cranky Liberal — on Sep 08, 2005

• Katrina - Who Knew What and When?

  Opinion in Politics — by Voice 1 — on Sep 08, 2005

• Is Rumsfeld Starting A Mutiny?

  Opinion in Politics — by Voice 1 — on Sep 08, 2005

• Putting School Buses Into Perspective

  Opinion in Politics — by Bring It On — on Sep 08, 2005

• A Few Issues You May Not See In The Paper

  Opinion in Politics — by John A. Conley — on Sep 08, 2005

• Louisiana State Government Banned Red Cross From Helping Evacuees

  Shocking...

  News in Politics — by RJ Elliott — on Sep 08, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Literary iPods? Harry Potter, Coming Soon to iTunes

  News in Sci/Tech — by Warren Kelly — on Sep 08, 2005

• Needed Katrina Humor, Perspectives

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Scott Butki — on Sep 08, 2005

• "Censored news" and real news

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Scott Butki — on Sep 08, 2005

• Poetry Takes To The Blogosphere In Support Of Hurricane Katrina Victims

  Poems by, for and about the victims of Hurricane Katrina...

  Review in Sci/Tech — by PodPoet — on Sep 08, 2005

• Basecamp Now Offers Time Tracking

  Basecamp is the best project management application on the web. It just got better (updated).

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Ken Edwards — on Sep 08, 2005

• Ghost Hunters #207: NY Museum / CT Lighthouse

  Review in Sci/Tech — by The Errant Fool — on Sep 08, 2005

• Looters Of Another Type...

  Human scum...

  News in Sci/Tech — by RJ Elliott — on Sep 08, 2005

• Fantasy Football, BC style

  Eight critics. One championship. And one commissioner who knows how to fix it so he wins.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Sep 08, 2005

• Apple unveils nano, ROKR and iTunes 5

  A big day for 'tunes. The iPod phone, iPod nano, and iTunes 5 are announced.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Ken Edwards — on Sep 08, 2005