AltWeeklies Wire
Spring Break Is Still Decadent and Depraved -- and Awesome, Dude!new
Try as it might, Fort Lauderdale can't shake some diehard seasonal partiers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Michael J. Mooney |
04-08-2008 |
Culture
Caspar the Holy Ghostnew
This rock-star-turned-celebrity-preacher may be the phoniest guy you know.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
04-04-2008 |
Culture
The Best Things in Life: My Week of No-Cost Funnew
All too familiar with overdraft fees and creditor calls, I recently found myself at a crossroads and came upon one absolute truth -- being broke sucks. But I wasn't about to let my personal economic distress bring me down.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
04-02-2008 |
Culture
There (S)he Is ...new
At the Miss Hermosa y Protegida pageant, the curves and eyelashes might or might not be fake, but the HIV/AIDS-prevention messages are very real.
How To Be a (Gold-Diggger) Patronage Seekernew
The lovely art of getting something for nothing as a companion in Vegas.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Shannon Stevens |
03-28-2008 |
Culture
Rodeo Royals: Yoncalla's Cowgirl Queensnew

Picture a tiara-wearing beauty queen greeting a screaming crowd. She's smiling and waving without a hair out of place. Now put that queen on the back of a horse galloping full tilt, replace her high heels with a pair of cowgirl boots and stick that tiara on top of a cowgirl hat, and you're starting to get an idea of what a rodeo queen looks like.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
03-27-2008 |
Culture
Revealing the Secretnew
Although the national visibility of The Secret may be on the wane, its true believers are still going strong.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
03-27-2008 |
Culture
Eight Things You Can Learn from Cindy The Erotic Pleasernew
Words of wisdom from the most famous face in the Mercury's back pages.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
03-20-2008 |
Culture
Fat and Happynew
Big Beautiful Women show us that being large isn't the end of the world.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
03-19-2008 |
Culture
Working the Swing Shiftnew

Meet the Orange County entrepreneurs who help nice, professional couples have sex with one another.
Clean, Green Waternew
With the current bottled-water craze, millions of Americans are paying more money per gallon for water than for gasoline, even though most cities charge less than 1 cent per gallon for municipal water.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
03-14-2008 |
Culture
In Search of Single Hipsters in Clevelandnew
Friends had warned me that Cleveland doesn't have a real hipster scene. But I didn't believe them. This is the land of Oberlin College, the preeminent factory of all things effete. There had to be some Atari T-shirt-wearing vegans somewhere.
Cleveland Scene |
Bradley Campbell |
03-11-2008 |
Culture
Doing More with Lessnew
I've been on unemployment three times in the past six years. Each time was better than the last, and each time I stayed on until the last cent was exhausted. I didn't even try to get a job; it was a paid vacation.
Washington City Paper |
Franklin Schneider |
03-06-2008 |
Culture
Mayor of the Nude Beachnew
So he's naked and in his seventies -- he's still the coolest guy you'll ever meet.
Miami New Times |
Calvin Godfrey |
03-03-2008 |
Culture
Design On a Nickelnew
21 ways to freshen your abode without breaking the bank.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jason Tomassini |
02-26-2008 |
Culture