Wes Phillips

Mapsofwar.com has posted a nifty animated map showing the imperial history of the Middle East: the rise and fall of empires and states in the region over 5000 years. There are other, similar maps at the website, showing, among other things,the ebb and flow of religions over the ages.

"At this point, this all amounts to little more than expensive psychotherapy for Hollywood executives. It's the height of arrogance for them to keep sending us the bill."

Roger Ebert, too.

A classical love triangle.

Rating bands based on their cover art. Best line: "Boston has the advantage in sheer scale, what with it carrying an entire city, but this unusually large civilian population creates a set of problems the ELO fleet does not have to deal with. Plus Boston sucks."

Jon Fine nicely spanks David">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/opinion/20brooks.html">David Brooks for "putting on his old man hat."

Remember when Rolling Stone actually wrote about music? Me neither.