AltWeeklies Wire
Crossing the river
The Mississippi River, the largest on our continent and the fourth longest in the world, makes a spectacular bend around the city of New Orleans, effectively turning the city into a peninsula and giving geographical basis to the nickname Crescent City.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
08-02-2012 |
Commentary
Some like it hot
I moved to Louisiana in August 1988 from the coastal, watercolor world of Long Island, where cross breezes from the Atlantic and the Long Island Sound swept the summer heat into a bearable scirocco that smelled, always, faintly of the sea.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
08-02-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: new orleans
An Old Quandarynew
Now that they have found the “God particle,” maybe it’s time to solve far lesser but still deserving and perplexing questions of existence.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
07-29-2012 |
Commentary
Some Thoughts on Channing Tatum's penisnew
Also, a piss-talking teddy bear.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Danny Austin |
06-28-2012 |
Commentary
Why San Antonio's missions won't clear the UN's World Heritage Listnew
The San Antonio Franciscan missions' likelihood of making the prized World Heritage List — which includes cultural and natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and the Taj Mahal — got a boost last Friday when U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed their nomination at a press conference held at Mission Concepción.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
06-09-2012 |
Commentary
A Brief History of Chess Recordsnew
When crafting a history of the blues, starting with the story of two Jewish brothers fresh off the boat from Poland may seem an odd place to begin.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
06-09-2012 |
Commentary
Blackbird singingnew
Harry Crews' oversized life was truly stranger than fiction, from brilliant writing to strange hobbies and everything in between.
INDY Week |
Memsy Price |
05-31-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Harry Crews
Deep In Echo Park, A Bohemian Nexusnew
Long time Echo Park residents Anne Stein and Gary Leonard are planning to showcase the paintings of Anne's father, Philip Stein, at their Take My Picture Gallery in downtown Los Angeles. They are doing so as the restored Siqueiros mural "American Tropical" is about to be unveiled in Olvera Street.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
05-13-2012 |
Commentary
Art vs. History in Washington DCnew
We found Abner Doubleday in his final resting place, on the west side of Arlington National Cemetery beneath a grand marble obelisk amid more humble tombstones and slabs.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
04-26-2012 |
Commentary
Please Quitnew
When an aspiring young journalist asked why she should get into a failing industry, here's what I should have said.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
04-26-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Journalism, Advice for Journalists
Admiring the Amishnew
Modern society tends to embrace new technologies and ask questions later. The Amish flourish with a mysterious combo of peanut butter and tech skepticism.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
04-23-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Amish, technology
Crashing Myrtle Beachnew
They call it Pirate Land, in Myrtle Beach, SC, a place predicated on family fun, seaside mirth and the pleasures of the outdoors: swimming pools, paddle boats, golf carts, all of it.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
04-20-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: myrtle beach
Hecklevision Gives Movie Audiences Room to Ridiculenew
Usually designated for things like Dane Cook doing standup comedy, Rick Santorum speechifying at liberal universities, and LeBron James hitting the court in Cleveland, heckling is a lost art that can still make a strong statement if said squawker are quick-witted and unafraid to humiliate themselves in the spirit of mean-spirited entertainment.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
04-13-2012 |
Commentary
R.I.P., Vonnegut, Five Years Gonenew
Kurt Vonnegut died April 11 five years ago. John Krull remembers their friendship.
NUVO |
John Krull |
04-13-2012 |
Commentary
The progressive interest in stylistically conservative musicnew
To call it apologetic would be reductive; to say that it's driven in part by the need to experience, understand and connect several once-forbidden dots seems closer to the essence.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
04-09-2012 |
Commentary
