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• 24 Bugs Potter: Musical Suggestions Needed!

  I'm reading Gordon Korman's over the top rock story classic "Who Is Bugs Potter" to my long-distance girlfriend. Need reader suggestions for musical accompaniment, as Bugs unknowingly builds himself a frenzied fan base by jamming with his rock idols. Details in the full post - Help!

  in Music — by Joe Katzman — on Jul 10, 2004

• 23 Metallica & Ron's Cats: Enter Surroundablog

  When it comes to music, Ron Wheeler is damn near a genius. In this entry, Ron shows us the potential of DVD-Audio as Metallica helps him teach his cats not to use his expensive speakers as scratching posts. Bad kitty!

  in Music — by Joe Katzman — on Jun 28, 2004

• 22 Michael Moore's Betrayal

  Michael Moore's Farenheit 9/11 brings to mind Lillian Hellman, the Stalinist playright of whom Mary McCarty once said: "Every word [Hellman] writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'." It's starting to get noticed on the Left....

  in Video — by Joe Katzman — on Jun 23, 2004

• 21 The Passion of the Bloggers

  in Video — by Joe Katzman — on Feb 26, 2004

• 20 Poem: Summer Song

  Canadian poet Dennis Lee is famous for this children's poems, via books like Alligator Pie. As this poem shows, there's another side to his work

  in Books — by Joe Katzman — on Feb 21, 2004

• 19 Tolkien's Ace in the Hole

  Before Sauron, Middle Earh had its own "Ace in the Hole" episode. Check out the embedded news links... the parallels are substantial.

  in Politics — by Joe Katzman — on Feb 04, 2004

• 18 Tarek Heggy: Women & Progress

  Cairo correspondent Tarek Heggy's guest column notes: "It is tragic that in this day and age, when the advanced world is concerned with knowledge, development, civil liberties and human rights, we should still be asking the shameful question: Are women equal to men?"

  in Books — by Joe Katzman — on Oct 31, 2003

• 17 Special: Cyber-Attacks on Warbloggers in Progress

  in Culture — by Joe Katzman — on Oct 21, 2003

• 16 Beauty, Joy & Soul: Dave Matthews in Concert

  Two and a half hours of beautyjoysoul that was uniquely theirs - and wholly ours, as they played the music only they can play. Your life is a song, art on a different stage. Play the music that only you can play.

  in Music — by Joe Katzman — on Sep 04, 2003

• 15 Ben Harper, You Say?

  If the proportion of hot women at the concert yesterday is any indication, a musician named Ben Harper deserves your attention. As Ben himself puts it: "If you listen close to what you see, you will hear the call." No matter how much gloom & doom the media throws at you.

  in Music — by Joe Katzman — on Jul 01, 2003