AltWeeklies Wire
Remember Cliff Crooks from 'Top Chef'?new
It is impossible that anyone could be this hard to get ahold of. I don’t care how busy or famous you are. I have left at least seven voicemails and as many emails in as many hours. Finally, I get a text message from Chef Cliff Crooks: “No verbal communication at this juncture. How can I assist you?”
Is this guy for real?
Is this guy for real?
New York Press |
Talia Berman |
05-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
If the New York Times Disappears, Will the World Survive?new
There is no Me Decade, no Free Decade, no E! Decade. Newspapers aren't dying. Television didn't destroy the movie business, movies didn't destroy books, books didn't destroy cave paintings. The sky isn't falling and Gay Talese will get everything he needs via fax and the future isn't going to be so bad, really, because it turns out the future is now, and nothing has really changed.
New York Press |
David Blum |
05-22-2008 |
Media
Martin Rev and Alan Vega Continue to Do What They Wantnew
For decades, Suicide’s relevance has popped up amid many a wheel. In recent times, groups from Wolf Eyes to Glass Candy share Vega and Rev as a powerful antecedent.
New York Press |
Matthew Kantor |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: suicide
Illegal Immigrants Find Out that Brooklyn isn't All Skinny Jeansnew
Sangre de Mi Sangre is decidedly not a fun, sexy summer movie, eschewing as it does romance for tentative connections forged in desperation, and fight scenes dripping with money for gritty life-or-death lunges on the streets of a Brooklyn rarely seen on film.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Brits Behaving Badly Aren't Enough to Keep the Sexy Spark From Being Dousednew
Indian director Sivan's Before the Rains feels less Satyajit Ray than Lifetime, using Sajani and Moores' ill-fated love affair as a metaphor for the travesty of colonialism. Prepare to be schooled.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Before the Rains, Santosh Sivan
Cameron Diaz Once Again Saves the Sex Comedynew
And this time, with Ashton Kutcher.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Ben Nugent Reveals the Truth: Nerds Defy Definitionnew
American Nerd plays out as part vindication, part apology, and it relates his personal experiences to a range of social, political and historical images and ideas.
New York Press |
Jerry Portwood |
05-15-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
How Bill Clinton Became Political Baggagenew
Even Clinton's fans don't like the phony, second-rate version of the former president now on display.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
05-08-2008 |
Commentary
Environmental Racism in the South Bronxnew
One in four children in the Hunts Point neighborhood has asthma. While urban planners and public health specialists are still struggling to find the cause for the community's disturbingly high asthma rates, for parents like Tanya Fields there is no question that it's the air they breathe that makes their children wheeze.
New York Press |
Gabriele Steinhauser |
05-08-2008 |
Science
Swedish Singer El Perro del Mar Finds Inspiration From a Spanish Muttnew
Her music as El Perro Del Mar is somber enough to garner her comparisons to another solo singer named for a domesticated house pet: Cat Power's Chan Marshall.
New York Press |
Christine Werthman |
05-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Harmony Korine Unleashes His Zombies on Celebrity Culturenew
Yes, he makes movies about repellent creatures, but his directorial career -- one of the freak occurrences of the '90s -- is also back from the dead.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
David Mamet Creates a Serious 'Karate Kid'new
But Mamet's self-seriousness stifles Redbelt's cinematic potential.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
The Democrats' Historical Blindnessnew
Dems who forget the past are condemned to keep forgetting it.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
05-01-2008 |
Commentary
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Moviesnew
Taking aim at the critics who write with their thumbs.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-24-2008 |
Movies
Meat Beat Manifesto's Exploding-head Revuenew
"I like the whole Pop Art aspect of finding things which were already available and famous, already used," says Jack Dangers, leader and founder of electronic outfit Meat Beat Manifesto, about his group's approach to its tour visuals.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
04-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
