Democracy For America has our phone number. They’ve had it for months, ever since Howard Dean was collecting money with strangely inspirational cartoon baseball bats. They call us on occasion, usually twice a week. We don’t always answer. The Caller ID always shows the same point of origin: St Cloud, MN. I don’t know anything …
With all of this recent talk about the cinematic fate of American McGee’s dark little Alice, I feel it is my responsibility to remind everyone of the original. In the game, Alice hasn’t seen Wonderland in ten years. Most of this lost time has been spent in a recuperative asylum. You see, sometime after returning …
1989′s Batman was the best filmic rendition of the Caped Crusader’s story ever. But not any more. My spoiler-free review of the newer (and even better) Bat is up at JIVE.
Last night, the 2005 Concerts in the Garden series at the Atlanta Botanical opened with a sold-out solo performance by Rufus Wainwright. I’m still not quite awake, so a full recap is out of the question. Suffice it to say that I haven’t seen or heard a show that incredibly good in a long time. …
This is just cool. Choyce, the JIVE Magazine HTML Wrangler, has been making some serious modifications to the mechanics of the website. Ground effects, hydraulics, spinning chrome rims, subwoofers, a WYSIWYG content editor and best of all: Work-at-a-glance profile pages for each JIVE writer.
Will it turn me into a gangsta? I doubt it. (Homies.)
(During in the frontier days of the Internet, there was no iTunes. Napster was still a sleeping giant. In those dark times, courageous hunters had to seek out music in the curiosity shoppes and seedy dens of FTP sites. Given the staggering wait of a 28K connection, choices had to be made wisely. Winnings were …
(Warning: The absolute geekery of this post might be too much for many to bear. Proceed warily.) City of Heroes. I’ve written about this game a few times (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), but if you weren’t paying attention, the idea is remarkably simple. There’s this city and it is full of heroes. You’re one …
(“And as he drove on, the rainclouds dragged down the sky after him, for, though he did not know it, Rob McKeena was a Rain God. All he knew was that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted …
(Spittin’ Rain. That’s what my grandmother would call this morning’s brand of noncommital precipitation.) Today’s Track: “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” – Nina Simone. There is no woman in modern music more demanding of your attention than the formidable Nina Simone. Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in 1933. As early as ten …
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