AltWeeklies Wire
Corkscrew: More Wineries Opt For Alternative Packagingnew
There's plenty of image-conscious people who still shun jugs and wine-in-a-box ("cask" in marketing parlance), but those attitudes will soon be as demode as hip-huggers. Alternative closures -- much like flavored "malternatives" -- are hot.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
10-07-2004 |
Food+Drink
Can Atlanta's Breakdancing Scene Survive Mainstream Attention?new
Popular attention didn't create breakdancing. It also didn't kill it. But its exploitation and overexposure in the mid-'80s sent it underground. Now breakdancing is back, and in a big way.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
10-07-2004 |
Performance
Tags: dance
Zero Gravity Seekers Boldly Go Where Many Have Ralphed Beforenew
A private company called Zero-G offers the public the newest extreme sport. For $3,000, it will take you up past 30,000 feet in a converted Boeing 727-200 to experience weightlessness.
Dallas Observer |
John Gonzalez |
10-05-2004 |
Sports
It Came from the Basementnew
The most intense music scene in Boston lives in the neighborhood cellars.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
10-05-2004 |
Recreation
For a Once Dry State, Kansas Makes Good Winenew
Kansas winemakers face three obstacles: lingering attitudes that wine is evil, harsh state laws that prevent most people outside Kansas from trying the state's varieties, and the widespread consumer perception that wine just doesn't come from Kansas.
The Pitch |
Allie Johnson |
10-04-2004 |
Food+Drink
Tags: a Leavenworth Democrat, Adrian Polansky, announced that he had formed a Kansas Grape and Wine Industry Advisory Council, Attorney Kenneth Starr, Holyfield Winery, Kansas Farm Winery Law, Kansas secretary of agriculture, Les and Michelle Meyer, Sen. Don Biggs, wineries, Women's Christian Temperance Union member Frances Wood
To Live and Die in Dixienew
A white supremacist's plan to have a booth at the Mississippi State Fair celebrating the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers has stirred the collective conscience of whites in Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-02-2004 |
Commentary
Loose Girls Have Rights, Toonew
Whether Kobe Bryant was guilty or innocent, he should have made his apology correctly and with style.
New York Press |
Judy McGuire |
10-01-2004 |
Commentary
Suspect Had Potato Chip Resembling Osama bin Ladennew
The Secret Service was hunting for a man who had quotes from George Orwell's 1984 and the Declaration of Independence on the walls of his home.
New York Press |
Staff Writers |
10-01-2004 |
Comedy
Humor Emergencynew
Margaret Cho tours the country with her controversial, up-to-the-minute topical comedy.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-30-2004 |
Performance
Lessons in Propagandanew
I learn the fine art of spin from Ariel Sharon's sidekick.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
09-30-2004 |
Commentary
Stashing the Staplesnew
Our hemisphere has tilted away from the sun. The farmers are weary. It's time to prepare the pantry for winter.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
09-30-2004 |
Food+Drink
Karma Cleanser: Tell Writer Friend to Get New 'Literary Agent'new
My writer friend asks me to read his stories, but honestly, they really are bad. Would it create bad karma for me to tell him so?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
09-30-2004 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Don't Panic: Is the Media Really Being Too Gloomy About Iraq?new
While Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi was visiting the U.S. recently, he explained to reporters that we are a bunch of gloomy Guses whose nonstop negative Nellying is giving the impression that Iraq is much worse off than it actually is.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-30-2004 |
Commentary
Stars Want Out of Beleaguered Swimming Hall of Famenew
The state of the exhibits in the Fort Lauderdale shrine are in shambles, and swimming champions like Mark Spitz have asked to have their likenesses removed. Many blame Hall of Fame President Sam Freas for the chaos.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
09-28-2004 |
Sports
Assaulted Fan Gets Philosophical About Hecklingnew
Craig Bueno instigated a brawl at the Oakland Coliseum between A's fans and Texas Rangers players. Two days later, he and his attorney held a press conference, calling his heckling an "American tradition."
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
09-27-2004 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
