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If I were even more sarcastic than I am, I would say something about this being suicide awareness month, between the Kurt Cobain ruminations and now this tribute to Spalding Gray, another damaged soul who couldn’t wait for the end to come of its own accord: KCRW TO BROADCAST A …

We’ve had some positive reviews of the Starsky and Hutch homage film here on Blogcritics and Casper made particular mention of the soundtrack, so I thought I would check it out. Period soundtracks – and this one is the ’70s – function both as a repository of songs from the …

Lawrence Lessig’s new book is out, Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity. The site for the book describes it thusly: Lawrence Lessig could be called a cultural environmentalist. One of America’s most original and influential public intellectuals, his focus …

Jesse has been on a roll since he left office, speaking out in favor of gay marriage a couple of weeks ago, and now advocating reform of marijuana laws: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 6, 2004 Bill Maher, Jesse Ventura, Joycelyn Elders Join Call for Rational Marijuana Policies Marijuana Policy Project …

At the Juno Awards Alanis Morisette got faux-naked, the big winner was a guy I’ve never heard of, and my bud Bob Ezrin was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame: Canadian rocker Alanis Morissette didn’t bare her breast like Janet Jackson, but she did bare her soul Sunday night …

Marines – valuing civilian safety over their own, even though many of those same civilians want them dead – fight for Fallujah. Washington Post reporter Pamela Constable is there with the First Marine Expeditionary Force: U.S. Marines have established control over a significant portion of the flashpoint city of Fallujah …

It has been hard not to notice the deafening silence here on Blogcritics regarding the barbarity in Fallujah last week. I know in my case I was stunned and disgusted, and any particular comment I might have had would have had no significance against the enormity of the horror at …

I haven’t said much about the Richard Clarke situation: he clearly has some important things to say AND he equally clearly has an agenda against the Bush administration. Stuart Taylor has advice on what the administration should have been saying about Clarke, rather than their wholesale smear campaign against him: …

Kurt Cobain died by his own hand tens years ago: what is his legacy? Obligatory remark about Kurt Cobain’s death, required by law of all music writers Is it wrong to be thankful that something horrible and sad happened in order for something good to come to life? Posted in …

The William Hung thing is amusing primarily for the public reaction rather than any inherent entertainment value emanating from Willy himself. The “he sucks but don’t we admire his spirit and total lack of self-consciousness” ultimately still boils down to “he sucks.” What the reaction really is is the public …