Research Links, Helpful Websites, and News Sources

The following are links that I find especially helpful on a regular basis, organized by category:


Source Soda

  • Bartleby's online reference works

  • The Christian Science Monitor, daily independent news

  • DemocracyNow.org

  • Media Transparency

  • SourceWatch and...

  • Spin of the Day, cataloguing the manipulators of public opinion.

  • Gawker, media gossip

  • Mother Jones, investigative journalism

  • The Nation, left-wing news

  • Non-religious.com

  • The National Review, right-wing views

  • The Village Voice

  • Wikipedia, the open-source encyclopedia


    • Entertainment Dew

  • A+ Music News and MP3's

  • Discount Magazines, about $6 a year

  • The Gutenberg Project (free eBooks)

  • GreenCine, indie DVDs & video-on-demand

  • Hacking Netflix, DVD-rental tips

  • Homestar Runner, cartoons

  • indieWIRE, indie film news

  • Rotten Tomatoes, movie reviews

  • The Strand, rare & discounted books


  • The WOW Report, pop-culture coverage


    • 2-Liter Media Jobs

  • Ed2010, Mandy.com, MediaBistro, etc.
    • (This link leads to a long list of media job sites)


    Software-Up

  • CCleaner, system-optimization

  • Download.com, free proggies

  • Firefox, a better way to browse


    • Website Pop

  • A9.com, combo search

  • Audit My PC, web security

  • Bug Me Not (login anywhere)

  • Spam Poison

  • StatCounter.com

  • WhoLinksToMe.com


    • Stock Soft-Drinks

  • AllPennyStocks.com

  • Allstocks's Bulletin Board

  • American Bulls (Candlesticker)

  • Barchart.com

  • The Internet Stock Blog

  • The Kirk Report

  • MicrocapTrader's OTCBB Trader

  • Financial Spider (with Level II quotes)

  • Stock Prowler

  • StockHouse News

  • WallStreetCorner (Larry's Picks)

  • Zacks (Earning Estimates)
    • Posted by Lucas Brachish on Friday, September 03, 2004
    1 comments

    The Complete Celebrity Cola Archive

    The following list of Celebrity Cola articles is updated frequently. Please check back often, aye? Thanks matey.

    Cinema/Flicks
    * Ms. Hollywood Science, I'd Like You to Meet Mr. Government Bureaucracy...
    * The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz Frank Miller
    * A Movie Review Bonanza (June 2005)
    * The King of Booze: Abel Ferrara
    * "The Aviator" Review, DiCaprio Q&A, "Kill Bill," and Aussie Lamb All Taste A-OK
    * Movie Reviews and News (December 2004)
    * Transcendence of Space in Von Trier's “Breaking the Waves”
    * Name Droppings (a movie and screening review of “After the Sunset”)

    Comix
    * Geeking Out on Graphic Art, Sidling Up to Sci-Fi
    * The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz Frank Miller
    * What Makes Brachish Run?
    * Comix: Big Henry & Baghead Bob Joyfully Asphyxiate the Bourgeois

    Books
    * One State Two State, Red State Blue State
    * Reprogramming Science
    * HUBBARD & DICK—“Dianetics” vs. “Valis”
    * Martin Amis' “Time’s Arrow”
    * “Gargantua and Pantagruel”

    Ramblings
    * Death Threats and Flowers (or, How I Dialed Murder for Love)
    * The Mayor of Diversity
    * Hi-Tech/Lo-Tech: Surviving the End of Times (When the shit hits the fan, Armageddon it on!)
    * Nicotine Addicts Unite -- Safer Euro Cigs Now Banned in the U.S.
    * You Need an Enemy to Stay Happy and Strong (A Self-Help Book)
    * Where can I find the greatest cheese in the entire world (for, you know, really cheap)?
    * F*ck The South (but love their chicken wings and biscuits)
    * A Navel-Gazing Origin Story (as opposed to a Naval-Gazing Orange Storey)

    Filmmaking
    * Creating Indie Cinema: A Guide to Making Low-Budget Films
    * Indie Filmmaking Resources & Underground Cinema's Caveh Zahedi
    * Acting in Student Films (Interviews with Actors and Filmmakers)

    Mixed Media
    * What's PR Got to Do With It?
    * Writing the Hand That Feeds You
    * When Sitcoms Make You Weep
    * To Possess or Not to Possess, That is the Grammatical (and Poltergeistical) Question
    * Why Print Pubs Shouldn't Charge for Old News (listen up!)
    * When Water Attacks! Press goes ga-ga for tsunamis...

    Music*
    * Hotel Lights: Whatever happened to the rest of Ben Folds Five and whatever and amen
    * Cheap Music for the Masses
    * What Makes Brachish Run?
    * RollingStone - Politically Cool Again?
    * The Final Nail in the Coffin of Punk Rock

    Science & Religion
    * Reprogramming Science
    * Jedi Theocracy
    * The Apocalyptic Battle Between Science, Religion, Republicans, the Environment, and Those Dreaded Neo-Hippies
    * God Hates Shrimp, Loves Fake Signs (And Teutonic Dole Bludgers)

    Sex
    * Crafting a Cooler Cooter
    * Backdoor Friends: Anal Sex for the Aristocracy
    * Dear Gay Dude(s)

    Politics
    * One State Two State, Red State Blue State
    * Et tu, Coulter? (Repub Nutters Have Bush's Back)
    * Corporate Governance
    * Founding Fathers' Formulations Faked to Further Church in State
    * In Defense of Michael Moore (fact versus fiction & good ol' Oscar)
    * A Map of Voter Subtlety (city folk/country folk faultlines made clear)
    * Bush and Kerry Related to Vlad the Impaler and Royal Family (Did the Vampire Bite the Prez & Prince?)

    Old Politics
    * MSNBC & Newsweek Declare Nader Possibly Sane; Demand for Recount Continues; Democrats Whimper and Regroup
    * United States of JesusLand; Time's Black Tuesday; Images from the FWD Void; E-Voter Fraud Abundant
    * Kerry Can't Carry; Bush Can't Be Beat; Edwards Is Awkward; Cheney Steals the Show Election
    * Election Coverage: Why Not "National Martin Luther King Election Day?" ('cause we need a holiday...)
    * Texas Conservative Drinks the Repub KoolAid; Bush Looks for Votes in Space
    * Screwing (and Swinging) the Vote
    * Repubs Tear Up the Vote
    * Oh, well, speaking of lesbians...
    * There's a Gay in My Closet!
    * Why Catholics Should Vote for Baby Killers (just so long as they confess later, natch)
    * The Democrats Find God - Kinda

    Stocks
    * Penny Stocks Part 2: Bollinger is Not a Rock Band
    * Penny Stocks Part 1: Psychological Trappings
    * What Makes Brachish Run?

    ***

    Cola Apocrypha (Blogging & Word Processing):

  • Gawd Dash It All: MS Word Shortcuts Made Easy

  • The Free Blogging Freeway

  • Blogging About Blogs That Sometimes Blog About Blogs

  • The New Blog Carnival Showcase Extravaganza (and new entry rules)

  • Preserving Formatting When Posting Documents Online (Word to basic HTML)

  • Making Mailing Labels and Form Letters From Lists

  • Weblog Directories, Blog Tools, RSS aggregators, Search Engine Notes, etc.

  • Malkovich Cola



    • Basic Table of Contents (Newest to Oldest Posts):

  • One State Two State, Red State Blue State

  • Et tu, Coulter? (Repub Nutters Have Bush's Back)

  • Hotel Lights: Whatever happened to the rest of Ben Folds Five and whatever and amen

  • Geeking Out on Graphic Art, Sidling Up to Sci-Fi

  • Reprogramming Science

  • Corporate Governance

  • Ms. Hollywood Science, I'd Like You to Meet Mr. Government Bureaucracy...

  • What's PR Got to Do With It?

  • Penny Stocks Part 2: Bollinger is Not a Rock Band

  • Penny Stocks Part 1: Psychological Trappings

  • The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz Frank Miller

  • Founding Fathers' Formulations Faked to Further Church in State

  • What Makes Brachish Run?

  • Writing the Hand That Feeds You

  • A Movie Review Bonanza (June 2005)

  • Death Threats and Flowers (or, How I Dialed Murder for Love)

  • The Mayor of Diversity

  • The King of Booze: Abel Ferrara

  • Jedi Theocracy

  • Cheap Music for the Masses

  • Hi-Tech/Lo-Tech: Surviving the End of Times (When the shit hits the fan, Armageddon it on!)

  • When Sitcoms Make You Weep

  • The Apocalyptic Battle Between Science, Religion, Republicans, the Environment, and Those Dreaded Neo-Hippies

  • "The Aviator" Review, DiCaprio Q&A, "Kill Bill," and Aussie Lamb All Taste A-OK

  • God Hates Shrimp, Loves Fake Signs (And Teutonic Dole Bludgers)

  • Nicotine Addicts Unite -- Safer Euro Cigs Now Banned in the U.S.

  • To Possess or Not to Possess, That is the Grammatical (and Poltergeistical) Question

  • Why Print Pubs Shouldn't Charge for Old News (listen up!)

  • In Defense of Michael Moore (fact versus fiction & good ol' Oscar)

  • When Water Attacks! Press goes ga-ga for tsunamis...

  • Movie Reviews and News (December 2004)

  • You Need an Enemy to Stay Happy and Strong (A Self-Help Book)

  • Transcendence of Space in Von Trier's “Breaking the Waves”

  • Where can I find the greatest cheese in the entire world (for, you know, really cheap)?

  • A Map of Voter Subtlety (city folk/country folk faultlines made clear)

  • MSNBC & Newsweek Declare Nader Possibly Sane; Demand for Recount Continues; Democrats Whimper and Regroup

  • Name Droppings (a movie and screening review of “After the Sunset”)

  • F*ck The South (but love their chicken wings and biscuits)

  • United States of JesusLand; Time's Black Tuesday; Images from the FWD Void; E-Voter Fraud Abundant

  • Kerry Can't Carry; Bush Can't Be Beat; Edwards Is Awkward; Cheney Steals the Show Election

  • Election Coverage: Why Not "National Martin Luther King Election Day?" ('cause we need a holiday...)

  • Bush and Kerry Related to Vlad the Impaler and Royal Family (Did the Vampire Bite the Prez & Prince?)

  • Comix: Big Henry & Baghead Bob Joyfully Asphyxiate the Bourgeois

  • A Navel-Gazing Origin Story (as opposed to a Naval-Gazing Orange Storey)

  • The Final Nail in the Coffin of Punk Rock

  • Crafting a Cooler Cooter

  • Creating Indie Cinema: A Guide to Making Low-Budget Films

  • Indie Filmmaking Resources & Underground Cinema's Caveh Zahedi

  • Texas Conservative Drinks the Repub KoolAid; Bush Looks for Votes in Space

  • Backdoor Friends: Anal Sex for the Aristocracy

  • Screwing (and Swinging) the Vote

  • HUBBARD & DICK—“Dianetics” vs. “Valis”

  • Martin Amis' “Time’s Arrow”

  • “Gargantua and Pantagruel”

  • Dear Gay Dude(s),

  • Repubs Tear Up the Vote

  • RollingStone - Politically Cool Again?

  • Oh, well, speaking of lesbians...

  • There's a Gay in My Closet!

  • Why Catholics Should Vote for Baby Killers (just so long as they confess later, natch)

  • The Democrats Find God - Kinda

  • Acting in Student Films (Interviews with Actors and Filmmakers)

    • ***

    Posted by Lucas Brachish on Thursday, September 02, 2004
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