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Ultimately Unpalatablenew

Reynolds' resume is impressive -- but he is also a pompous blowhard and a serial ingrate.

Artvoice | Jill Froebel | 04-27-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Jonathan Reynolds, Wrestling with Gravy: A Life, With Food

Remastered on the Slynew

Sly and the Family Stone's remastered albums show that, when you get down to brass tacks, it was the greatest party band of all time -- even when the party started getting ugly.

Artvoice | Joe Sweeney | 04-13-2007 | Music

Tags: Sly and the Family Stone

Why Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Looming Energy Crisisnew

Going the nuclear route might keep our air conditioners running for a few more years, but if there's a surefire route to really blowing it and rendering the planet absolutely uninhabitable, this is it.

Artvoice | Michael I. Niman | 04-13-2007 | Commentary

Jackson's Conclusions are Nothing Short of Astonishingnew

Half Life is a labyrinth of plot twists embedded with the history of twofer culture, tied together by Jackson's darkly humorous language play that mines the possibilities of campy twin culture.

Artvoice | Christina Milletti | 03-30-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Half Life, Shelley Jackson

Is Bush Backing Al-Qaeda?new

We know that the Bush family's policies have so far only served to strengthen both Al-Qaeda and Iran -- now there are credible allegations of the Bush administration hijacking American resources and using them to lend material support to Al-Qaeda.

Artvoice | Michael I. Niman | 03-16-2007 | Commentary

Tags: war in iraq, War on terror, Iran

The Arcade Fire's Hue Testamentnew

Neon Bible is nothing short of marvelous.

Artvoice | Donny Kutzbach | 03-09-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Arcade Fire, Neon Bible

'A Building With Eyes'new

DaZE's most insistent concern is its days: the daily news, the daily grind, the details of war and weird science that enter our lives on a daily basis.

Artvoice | Victoria Brockmeier | 03-05-2007 | Poetry

Tags: DaZE, Matthew Cooperman

Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man?new

Public Citizen #1 -- subject of a new documentary and author of a new book about his childhood -- talks about 2008, his past campaigns and the state of activism in the US today.

Artvoice | Geoff Kelly | 03-01-2007 | Politics

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Green Party, Nader, unreasonable man

Box Set Celebrate's Elektra's Art Over Commercenew

Forever Changing speaks to the power of Jac Holzman's ideal.

Artvoice | Donny Kutzbach | 02-26-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Various Artists, Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra Records 1963-1973

Imagine!new

Let's go back and image what the world would have been like if we'd had a different president in 2001 -- one with the courage to wage peace.

Artvoice | Michael I. Niman | 02-16-2007 | Commentary

A Fascinating Explorationnew

In her sumptuous new collection of stories, Soueif details the lives of a series of Arab women as they traverse the cultural line that divides East from West.

Artvoice | Jill Froebel | 02-16-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Ahdaf Soueif, I Think of You