AltWeeklies Wire
Balloonatics: Hey Kid, Wanna See My Balloon Dog?new
Once a month Thad James and about twenty other twisters gather for a balloon jam. They have been doing this for years, teaching each other new figures, trading strategies for dealing with bratty children and practicing their stage patter.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
02-20-2009 |
Culture
Meet the Vulcans: The Twin Cites' Most Controversial Partiersnew
The Winter Carnival may be over for the year, but for St. Paul Vulcans past and present, the cape and goggles represent a year-round way of life.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
02-18-2009 |
Culture
Tommy Hall, an Originator of Acid Rock in the '60s, is Still Psychedelicnew
For many of his 66 years, Hall has been pursuing intellectual enlightenment through acid. He began that quest in the mid-'60s with the 13th Floor Elevators.
Shit Jobs: We Look Back at the Work That Made Us What We Are Todaynew
Even if political regime change does bring about real-world change, the shit job will still be with us in all its glory. In this spirit, we present our editors and writers' nearly repressed memories of their absolutely worst jobs.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Staff |
02-17-2009 |
Culture
Tags: journalism, work
Men in Prison, and the Women Who Love to Date Themnew
Women find true love writing letters to prisoners, dating and sometimes marrying them, too.
New Haven Advocate |
Brianna Snyder |
02-17-2009 |
Culture
Tags: prisoners, relationships
Celebrity Fragrances: Fumes of Greatnessnew
Miami might be ground zero for the celebrity fragrance industry. After all, nothing says image-conscious excess — our national specialty — like paying $49 for a sleek three-ounce bottle of star-blessed ferret piss.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
02-17-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Miami, P. Diddy, celebrities, cologne, Daddy Yankee, Enrique Iglesias, J.Lo, Julio Iglesias, perfume
South Florida's Underground Vampires Lust for More Than Your Heartnew
These folks are not your typical goth kids. Some of them claim to be psychic vampires with an ability to drain energy with their minds. And some are sanguine -- vampires who lust after and feed on human blood.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
02-10-2009 |
Culture
Tags: South Florida, vampires
Behind the Doors of eHarmony Labsnew
A study conducted by eHarmony Labs, the research arm of the Pasadena-based dating website, concluded that the more similar partners were in their personality and the ways they responded to emotional situations, the more satisfied they were in their relationships. But not all social scientists are convinced.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ilsa Setziol |
02-09-2009 |
Culture
The Secrets (and Sadness) of Living in a Women's Dormnew
For $1,000 a month I’d get two meals a day and daily maid service. My room would be outfitted with a single bed, dresser, small closet, desk and sink. And I’d be surrounded with women of all ages and backgrounds. But I soon realized it was also utterly dispiriting.
New York Press |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
02-05-2009 |
Culture
Tags: New York City, communal living
What's God Got to Do With It?new
While hot-button religious issues these topics garner lots of ink and keep blogs busy, are they the issues that matter most in the day-to-day practice of religion in our nation?
Boulder Weekly |
Jim Lillie |
02-02-2009 |
Culture
Tags: religion
Tricks of the Horror-Shop Businessnew
When you absolutely, positively need that dead baby overnight, BJ Winslow is the man to see.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
01-30-2009 |
Culture
Tags: BJ Winslow, horror shops
An Odyssey Into the Multiple Confusions of Smog-Checking Your Carnew
The harrowing story of the Nevada smog-check conundrum: a lot of good intentions and different agendas that come down to making a thin slice of sense.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Stacy J. Willis |
01-29-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Nevada, automotive safety
Some People Are Born Freaks; Jim Hall Turned Himself Into Onenew
Retired city planner Jim Hall is no less shocking on the streets of Baltimore than what the Romans encountered during their first failed invasion of the British Isles in the 1st century A.D. The Picts merely painted themselves blue for battle. Hall has inked himself blue for life.
Baltimore City Paper |
Charles Cohen |
01-27-2009 |
Culture
Meet the Retrosexuals ... Againnew
Enabled by Facebook, more people are rewinding their own lives, digging into their past to emerge with a current romantic partner.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
01-22-2009 |
Culture
Philly's UFOlogists Tell Us Why They Believenew
UFO sightings in the Philadelphia metro area are up by more than 700 percent this year. Boomerang-shaped UFOs, rhomboids, fireballs, UFOs that spew a silvery metallic substance that changes the chemical makeup of privet bushes and poisons robins -- you name it, we saw it.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
12-15-2008 |
Culture
