AltWeeklies Wire
Change Will Comenew
Gay and lesbian youth should not be afraid of who they are.
Charleston City Paper |
Lake Terrace |
11-15-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: LGBT, It Gets Better
The World is Watchingnew
Don't want the government, big industry, and some 15 year old to know your secrets? You're shit out of luck.
Portland Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-30-2010 |
Commentary
Why Do Exclamation Points Get a Bad Rap?new
The web has brought about the rampant use of exclamation points. But who gives a fuck about exclamation-point abuse?
Hartford Advocate |
Brianna Snyder |
09-09-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Punctuation
My Buddy, The Spynew
I didn't know Misha was a Russian agent. I just knew he wanted my apartment.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Grueter |
07-22-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Mikhail Semenko
Harvey Pekar RIP: Bard of the Rust Beltnew
LeBron James will easily fit into his sunny new environs in Miami, but Harvey Pekar was the kind of crank that couldn't exist anywhere but Cleveland.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-14-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Harvey Pekar, Cleveland
Cannes 2010: Sweaty Palmesnew
The Cannes 2010 jury picks some winners, but some head-scratchers too.
Boston Phoenix |
Lisa Nesselson |
06-02-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Cannes
Voodoo Economicsnew
What vampire and zombie movies can tell us about the future of capitalism.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
05-21-2010 |
Commentary
Is Murdoch's WSJ Being Snubbed?new
This year’s Pulitzer Prize box score has the Washington Post taking four prizes and the New York Times snagging three. For the Wall Street Journal, this year's Pulitzer Prizes marks another distinction: another year (the third consecutive) the WSJ hasn't gotten one.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Kadzis |
04-14-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Rupert Murdoch
The Kardashian Index: The Leading Economic Indicators and America’s Fictional Economynew
The worm really has turned, and the center of gravity has tilted east. Next there will be dried cuttlefish stands at Yankee Stadium. This is a sign that the rest of the world has started adjusting to the idea that U.S. economy is still fictional, and will probably remain that way.
Hartford Advocate |
Cintra Wilson |
03-18-2010 |
Commentary
In Memorium: Karen Schmeer, 1970-2010new
Karen Schmeer, the brilliant local film editor whose work on Errol Morris's documentary The Fog of War helped win it the Best Documentary Oscar in 2004, died January 29 in a tragic accident, struck by a getaway car as she was crossing a street in Manhattan. She would have turned 40 on February 20.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
02-02-2010 |
Commentary
Eight Roles For Sen. Chris Buttars After His Performance in '8: The Mormon Proposition'new
8. Lead in the Coen Brothers’ sequel No Country for Old Queens. 7. “Mr. Thistletwat” in the touring production of Avenue Q. 6. Cranky police chief in the Neil Patrick Harris/Eddie Murphy buddy-cop flick 40 Gay Hrs.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
02-02-2010 |
Commentary
And the Grammy Goes To...new
Last year's music brought some truly great moments, but you wouldn't know it from this year's Grammys. Here are my picks and misses for some of the top categories to be telecast Jan. 31.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Scully |
01-28-2010 |
Commentary
Sexist Beatdown: The Soft Boner of Classic American Literaturenew
Why don’t we sit around praising the “unwieldy, impossible machines” (or, you know, penises) of white, heterosexual guys who are still writing masturbatory prose about lesbian threesomes involving strap-ons, after all these years?
Chicago Reader |
Amanda Hess |
01-11-2010 |
Commentary
One-of-a-Kind Short List of the 30 Most Troubled Mentally Ill in Houstonnew
Jimmy Bailey is one of Houston's 30 craziest people, according to the Houston Police Department; in February, the department's mental health unit put together a list of mentally ill people based on how many times the cops have responded to a call concerning a person and how many times a person has been hospitalized.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
01-05-2010 |
Commentary
People Who Died: Our Homage to Late, Little-Known Greatsnew
What we're doing here, as we do in this space each year, is take a moment to remember a few of the less celebrated citizens of the world who helped shape it in a way disproportionate to the size of their renown. They each deserve a public RIP in some way, and here it is.
Baltimore City Paper |
Baltimore City Paper Staff |
01-05-2010 |
Commentary
