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Okay, I’m back after moving all weekend. I have some adventures to relate, but first let’s close out my rant about flying in small planes and crashing and whatnot. First, this was rather clearly a rant: I am very frustrated with accidents and people dying. This includes cars, airliners, space …

Between Iraq and the Republican’s surprise sweep in Tuesday’s elections, the news has already moved on from the tragic death of Paul Wellstone and his entourage in a small plane crash. I was sitting around dwelling on how sad it is when it occurred to me that these damn small …

The Clash have been voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and I am dancing in fields of clover (having used my allergy spray). One of the reasons it took me so long to switch from vinyl to CDs was the “side” factor: records have sides that neatly …

Are you a fun-loving tech freak with time on your hands in NYC? Then this may be for you: Noderunner is a team-based game played on a city’s open wireless network. As individuals and businesses put WiFi, or IEEE 802.11, networks into their homes and offices excess wireless signal spills …

Apocalypse Now voted best film of the last 25 years by Brits: In a poll organized by the British Film Institute’s Sight & Sound magazine, the 1979 epic beat Martin Scorsese’s “Raging Bull” into second place and Ingmar Bergman’s “Fanny and Alexander” into third. “Apocalypse Now deserves its position for …

The ’70s dominate this year’s crop: AC/DC, the Clash, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the Police and the Righteous Brothers are headed for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. The incoming inductees were announced yesterday by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, based in New …

Going to a goth club? Are you lean and pasty, spiked, lipsticked, and eyelined? That’s fine, but you have to know how to dance: You went out to your local goth club in your black velvet frock coat, your hair teased up bigger and rattier than Edward Scissorhands’, and lace …

8 Mile is out today. I am so not an Eminem fan: other than a (very few) catchy little numbers (“Trailer park girls – please stand up – wikky wikky Slim Shady”), nothing about this pud interests me at all (he’s making fun of white trash??). White rapper? So what, …

Steve Martin, who is only 57 but has had gray hair for 40 years, will host the 75th Academy Awards in March, Reuters reports: The March 23 presentation of the film industry’s highest honors will mark Martin’s 10th appearance on an Oscars telecast and his second as master of ceremonies. …

I apologize for doing commentary on commentary, but the coverage of the Winona Ryder has focused on two main themes: fashion and jail time, neither of which has had much to do with the case. Winona, a wealthy youngish movie star, dressed appropriately for her trial – this is shocking? …