http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:44:31 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/ Phillip WinnSunday, August 26, 2007, marks the switch of all Blogcritics.org article feeds from full-content to short-content. This is the result of several converging factors, and is unfortunately a permanent decision (as permanent as any decision can be on the web, that is). We are aware of all of the reasons that this is a Bad Idea, and we are aware that some of you will be quite upset about having to click on something to read the free content, and we're sorry. Unfortunately, despite great effort, full-content feeds are not currently economically viable. Two other factors are involved: full-content feeds have resulted in an unprecedented level of content theft, with BC content appearing on many websites, usually spam sites, without attribution or permission. This duplicate content causes a cascading set of problems, not the least of which is that search engines generally aren't favorable to duplicate content, and don't always guess correctly. Finally, our RSS advertising partner is strongly in favor of short-content feeds. We hope that you'll continue to subscribe to BC via RSS, and when an article grabs your eye, it's only a click away, still free on the BC website. Thank you for your understanding. Administration0@blogcritics.org Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/23/174431.php Isaac SchlosserThis November 2, 2004. We are going to be blessed with another choice that I'm pretty sure we will hear about until we are old and gray...THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.After this election, I'm sure there is going to be a lot of difference...First, hopefully we won't have to hear about how much our current president solely screwed up with this war. This just bugs me cause most of the people that are complaining about him, are the ones sitting at home all day complaining that they can't find a job. As of last March, the U.S. unemployment was at the same rate that it was when Clinton started to campaign in 1996 for presidency. It is also at the lowest rate since January 2001. So everytime that you start hearing Kerry campaing against Bush's raising the nation's unemployment, just ignore him..If you are a viewer of Colin Quinn's Tough Crowd on Comedy Central, you might of heard this one...A guest on there made a comment about Kerry and his wife's owning Heinz ketchup. One of the other guests asked what everyone thought was going to be Kerry's last stance and effort to sway our votes. We haven't seen him in any commercials advertising himself, so the comment was that Kerry "will on the week before the elections, come on tv and say that his wife is going to retire and disband the Heinz franchise unless he is elected office."This kind caught me off-guard. I hadn't before really thought about the whole "obsession" that this country has with ketchup. If this isn't a way for a Presidential Candidate to sway some votes his way, I don't know what else he would do. As a Republican-Independant, and a mustard user, this wouldn't upset me much.We bought a bottle of ketchup to use when making meatloaf when we moved to Oklahoma, and thats about all it got used. But as a wide supporter for Heinz 57, that magical blend of spices, I would be outraged. But as I would vote for Nader if he's still running, even though in Oklahoma you can't vote for a independant, for some assinine reasoning, I think I'm going to vote for Bush. This isn't based on Politics, Past war experiences, Family History and/or Connections to Terrorist Families, Past Government Leadership SkillsNo none of those reasons. Just that fact that we would possibly see the face of Kerry representing the USA in other worlds just scares me. I mean, haven't you people realized that "Lurch" isn't a good look for a president.... This link is great, especially if you have any questions about who your voting for coming up....its unbiased, kinda, but is about as basic as you can get Politics18980@blogcritics.org Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:44:31 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/01/103840.php Isaac SchlosserOK, now I KNOW the world isn't going to end any time soon...I just got done listening to the Velver Revolver "Contraband" CD for about the 5th time now....Its damn good, damn good. With Slash on guitar, Duff McKagan on bass, MMMAAATTTT Sorum on drums, Dave Kushner on guitar ( of Wasted Youth) and one of the most drugged, and awesome, lead singers ever, Mr. Scott Weiland. This is a great album...I REPEAT,,,,THIS IS A GREAT ALBUM..Many of the songs sound like one STP material,,kinda CORE era-ish...And Many of the songs sound like old GNR material..Circa "Appetite Era."One of the best songs it is a slow ballad called "You Got No Right". Weiland is just a good singer that can do about every type of song..If you can remember his "12 Bar Blues" from 1998, you will know what I'm talking about...Slash has still got it, Mr. Sorum on the drum side, sounds as good as he did with GNR, if not better. Slither is one of my favorite songs also, not only due to the fact that it has a really good video, but the beat and bass line just kicks ass, then it kicks into some uptempo guitar, kinda STP'ish. Slither was there first single released off of the Contraband CD. They had released on the Hulk soundtrack "Set Me Free". It wasn't the best song ever, but it showed us signs of what was to come."Loving the Alien" is a great little ditty also..Reminds me of "creep" But that is about it, for this album..After putting up with the latest GNR (The one with Axl) for the last 4 years and not seeing anything,...This album makes it all ok. Even though Axl has his little heroine hands around Mr. Buckethead for now...He soon hopefully will escape, and come out of his bucket, metaphorically. My rating for Velvet Revolver "Contraband"....A well deserving 7/7 stars... GO and BUY IT...If not, then just download it.....:) Music17006@blogcritics.org Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:38:40 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/01/103609.php Isaac SchlosserAs I'm currently living in the state of Oklahoma, my choices on where to go and see "Fahrenheit 9/11" are limited. There are two theatres that are currently showing out and there both about 90 minutes away. So, in this marvelous age of computers and this "internet" thing, I did the next best thing..I DOWNLOADED IT...It was just some little pirated version that I got, but since I'm not expecting much, as in terms of special effects or great visuals, I figured that this would be ok.As I sit here after just finishing the movie, I'm full of mixed emotions....Should I be pissed at Bush, or this fat bastard that made this movie to show his hate for Bush...I'm going to go with both. Bush could of handled it better and the fat bastard could of been a little not so "one-sided". Yada, yada, yada...I'm not going to sit here and write about my views to try to persuade you into any side or causes...Make up your own damn mind.But after seeing the commotion that "Passion" caused, I have realized that this country is full of a bunch of people that are easily convinced of stupid shit. Any slight "disturbance in the force" will make people turn stupid pretty quickly. I think the best people to debate or argue with are the people that are in their 55+ yrs. These people have had to put up with a long line of presidential, political, and sociological bullshit to come up with real, not just persuaded, but thought-out and lived-in views on this nation.The older a person is, which most people know this already, are the best debaters just cause they have heard it all. So as a personal favor to me. Just watch this movie, and try to not let the thoughts and views in it persuade you into irrational thinking....Fucking Subliminal Messages...... Video17005@blogcritics.org Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:36:09 EDT