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• 10 Tom Waits - the Onion AV Club Interview

  in Music — by BJ Johnson — on Jun 25, 2003

• 9 The Spaghetti Western Roadtrip

  If yer planning a roadtrip, bring along Ennio Morricone.

  in Music — by BJ Johnson — on Jun 21, 2003

• 8 My Cabbie Recommends Tom Jones - Reloaded

  in Music — by BJ Johnson — on May 12, 2003

• 7 Second Look: Human Nature (DVD).

  To the extent critics noticed Charlie Kaufman's Human Nature when it was released last spring, it was mostly to pan it. For their part, movie-goers stayed away in droves. We put it on our Netflix list anyway ... and were pleasantly surprised.

  in Video — by BJ Johnson — on Jan 20, 2003

• 6 New Ground Zero Designs Are Inspiring

  With the new designs for the ground zero site revealed yesterday, the seven teams of architects outdid themselves.

  in Culture — by BJ Johnson — on Dec 19, 2002

• 5 Flying Too Close to the Sun.

  We fried four turkeys Thursday. I think they're digested by now. We also fried twinkies.

  in Culture — by BJ Johnson — on Dec 02, 2002

• 4 Live Music: Ornette Coleman Plays a Mean Violin.

  For the San Francisco Jazz Festival, Ornette Coleman brought his violin, his trumpet, his electric turquoise suit - and a slate of new songs written for the occasion.

  in Music — by BJ Johnson — on Nov 09, 2002

• 3 Emusic Review: The Month's Top Downloads (and the Bands Got Paid!)

  in Music — by BJ Johnson — on Oct 21, 2002

• 2 Robbing the Future

  Dan Bricklin, co-inventor of Visicalc, discusses how copy protection could "break the chain" of archival techniques that has existed for thousands of years.

  in Culture — by BJ Johnson — on Oct 13, 2002

• 1 Rhapsody: They Still Don't Get It

  Rhapsody is a $10 per month jukebox ... chained to my computer. But I’m just not going to pay for a jukebox unless it comes with the saloon.

  in Music — by BJ Johnson — on Oct 04, 2002