Many New Yorkers will be facing a dilemma in next week’s mayoral election. We think our mayor is doing a good job governing the city. But we loathe the national party to which he belongs. Four years ago Michael Bloomberg used his personal fortune to fund his longshot campaign. During …
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Book Review: TCP/IP Guide
If TCP/IP technology is at all important to your job, pick up a copy of this book.
Read More »DVD Review: Bobby Womack, Soul Seduction Supreme
When the Womack brothers began to move from gospel to R&B, their father threw them out of the house.
Read More »Indie Round-Up for October 20 2005: Man Alive, Danny Draher
=== Man Alive, Open Surgery One of the better punk-driven rock bands I’ve heard on disc lately, Man Alive hails from the unlikely location of Israel but is brought to you by the Militia Group, the lean and muscular West Coast label that also promotes Copeland (and other promising new …
Read More »Theater Review: Rebel Without a Cause
Half a century has passed since Rebel Without a Cause, the ur-film of postwar teenage alienation, made matinee idols of James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo. The Barely Balancing Artists Group, a theatrical company formed especially for the Hollywood classic’s golden anniversary, is marking the occasion with a stage …
Read More »Indie Round-Up for October 6 2005: Copeland, Mould
=== Copeland, live at Irving Plaza, NYC, Oct. 5 2005 Copeland (it’s a band, not a person) played an energetic opening set at the eagerly anticipated Bob Mould concert at Irving Plaza last night in New York City. Copeland is a tight quartet with a wall-of-sound two-guitar attack – except …
Read More »35 Years Later, Janis Joplin’s Legacy Endures
Today is the 35th anniversary of Janis Joplin‘s death. It would be wrong to let the date go by unnoted, so, although I don’t have time or energy to write a new essay, I can re-publish here a piece I wrote exactly five years ago marking the 30th anniversary. The …
Read More »Pentagon Report: Iraq War a “Major Factor” In Poor Response to Hurricane Katrina
A study commissioned by the US Department of Defense has concluded that, contrary to claims by some politicians and pundits, a “major factor in the delayed response [to Hurricane Katrina] was that the bulk of the Louisiana and Mississippi National Guard was deployed in Iraq.” Other factors contributing to the …
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When we've got a mayor who's doing a pretty good job, we hesitate to kick him out.
Read More »Magnatune Pushes the File-Sharing Envelope
Now, however, Magnatune customers can legally distribute up to three copies of uncompressed music.
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