Archive for December, 2003
Happy New Years!
Too much sad news. Let’s hope and pray for a happy and safe new years. May 2004 usher bigger and better things
=YC
Posted: December 31st, 2003 under Brooklyn.
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Anita Mui, 1963-2003
A legend lost with Mui’s passing (The Star Online), Hong Kong star dies from cancer (BBC News, video)
Listen: Xi Yang Zhi Ge (MIDI)
For those of you that aren’t Cantopop fans, Western audiences know Anita Mui as the shopkeeper in Jackie Chan’s Rumble in the Bronx. Those that are more familar with Asian film remember [...]
Posted: December 31st, 2003 under Brooklyn.
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Eve of New Year’s Eve
Slate.com’s new ad commentator, Seth Stevenson, presents a hilarious review of the ad for “Levitra” (a Viagra competitor). He’s different from Slate.com’s previous ad commentator, Rob Walker - Stevenson’s quite sharply funny (with fine tuned opinion-making), while Walker was more analytical and less ha-ha funny (but still witty and critical).
David Bianculli, tv [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2003 under Brooklyn.
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Year’s end notables
The Explainer on Slate.com notes, “Which Movie Critics Really Matter?” to help us figure out which year’s end award to take seriously (I still wouldn’t take the Golden Globes that seriously, but it’s fun to watch on tv).
Consider the following: Some weeks ago, I noticed that the TD Waterhouse commercials no longer had the [...]
Posted: December 29th, 2003 under Brooklyn.
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Let’s not forget our History …
Japanese internees see modern parallels
What’s our law schools teaching on this topic? I’m sure Con Law classes must be a-twitter over this. They should be reversing Korematsu!
I visited Manzanar last year around this time. I couldn’t freaking believe how beautiful this place was, smack in the middle of Owens Valley between two [...]
Posted: December 29th, 2003 under Brooklyn.
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