AltWeeklies Wire
A Touching Compilationnew
Considering the cruel fate that befell this man and his family, it is comforting that he left behind so many musical testaments to a life well-lived -- passionate songs that still carry his personal spirit and provide lasting memories for loved ones and fans.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Harvey, Remember Me Well
Morrissey's Latest Albumnew
The key recent development in Morrissey’s work is that the melodic crack has returned to his songwriting; he appears to be thinking in terms of catchy singles again.
Style Weekly |
Mark Richardson |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Jailbird Countrynew
Fans of country music, rejoice: 10 of Merle Haggard's early Capitol Records albums have been remastered and released.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
04-13-2006 |
Reviews
Boys in the Southern Hoodnew
The well-meaning but confused and sloppy “ATL” focuses on a clutch of Atlanta high-schoolers who alternately struggle to imagine some way out of the hood or succumb to its darker temptations.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
04-13-2006 |
Reviews
The Opinionatorsnew
Two recently self-published books represent the new (blogs) and old school (op-eds) of political commentary in Virginia.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
04-13-2006 |
Nonfiction
Burgles and Bunglesnew
In Richmond’s Golden Age of cracksmen, the guys weren’t criminal geniuses, but they had ambition and pluck.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
04-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
From Here to Iraqnew
From March 12-17, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine visited military personnel stationed overseas in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan -- this is his travel journal.
Style Weekly |
Gov. Tim Kaine |
04-04-2006 |
International
Potentially Controversial Worknew
Decades before the Depression, Margaret May Dashiell was fascinated by the omnipresence and activities of black working people -- was she reinforcing racial stereotypes or recording personalities?
Style Weekly |
Edwin Slipek, Jr. |
03-21-2006 |
History
Tags: history
Fight for the Rightnew
Virginia's Republican Party is on the verge of a meltdown.
Style Weekly |
Jason Roop and Scott Bass |
03-21-2006 |
Politics
Disaster 101new
Virginia Commonwealth University recently became the nation's only major research university with a program in homeland security and emergency preparedness. Hurricane Katrina gave the students in that major a lot to think about.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
09-19-2005 |
Policy Issues
The Big Ball of Blamenew
Who could watch the news reports of Katrina without asking who is to blame? Leaders have been busy blaming each other. But perhaps we are all to blame.
Style Weekly |
Donelson R. Forsyth |
09-19-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Katrina, commentary
Man, Machine and Paintnew
Leftover paint, wood panels, $2,000 of fuel -- and an airplane. These were the makings of artist Mike Keeling’s most recent artistic endeavor.
Style Weekly |
Katie Gantt |
08-17-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Snapping Photos? Police Could Be Watchingnew
A Richmond man is stopped by police after taking snapshots of a federal courthouse downtown.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Sinclair |
08-17-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Blood Rushnew
In the politics of blood, Dr. Bruce D. Spiess is a rebel with an IV. His new ideas for using man-made blood -- and his partnership with a California lab -- could help patients from the emergency room to the battlefield.
Style Weekly |
Scott Bass |
08-17-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Taking On the Worldnew
A college consultant explains why students should take courses requiring intellectual discipline in lieu of squishy, feel-good classes to achieve their vision in the real world.
Style Weekly |
'Rick Gray |
08-10-2005 |
Commentary