AltWeeklies Wire
E-Cigs Face Enormous Obstaclesnew
San Diego vaporizer salesmen see the devices as instrumental in weaning smokers from tobacco smoke. They refute the notion that “vaping” is attracting children. Legislators seem to be lumping the practice in with tobacco smoking and all its accompanying prohibitions.
San Diego Reader |
Dorian Hargrove |
01-15-2014 |
Health
Reprieve for Man Facing Deportation for Smoking Pot as a Teennew
Alexander Timofeev gets deportation reprieve after Dane County D.A. agrees to dismiss pot convictions.
The Real Martin Luther King Jr.new
Our society has whitewashed the civil rights leader’s life and deeds. On Monday, we should remember his dream of beloved community and his commitment to activism.
East Bay Express |
Jay Youngdahl |
01-15-2014 |
Commentary
What a Band Wantsnew
A look inside the odd backstage requests of touring musicians.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Schacht |
01-15-2014 |
Music
A talk with Art Spiegelman, the man behind Maus, and comics advocatenew
Of letter and line
Colorado Springs Independent |
Edie Adelstein |
01-15-2014 |
Culture
What’s Wrong With Today’s Journalism?
Journalism now and then...
Random Lengths News |
By Lionel Rolfe |
01-15-2014 |
Commentary
The Secret Life of Sylvia Feinnew
The 94-year-old painter comes to terms with her surreality in a new retrospective.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Garrett Caples |
01-15-2014 |
Art
Can Tech Talent Help New Bands Thrive?new
Zoo Labs in West Oakland is applying the business incubator model to music groups by integrating entrepreneurship and recording into intensive residency programs.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
01-14-2014 |
Music
SEALS Out of Water and Facts: How a Goat Herder Handed The U.S. Military its Ass
All films are political. All film is propaganda. Knowing that Peter Berg’s seemingly straight-ahead war picture is little more than a two-hour recruitment commercial designed for the U.S. military to attract testosterone-bubbling American males more interested in the size of their biceps than in ways they might use their minds to advance their lives, is part and parcel to the film’s equation.
San Francisco Chronicle Totally Gives Up on Journalismnew
Executives at Hearst Corporation have confirmed that, by appointing the former Chief Revenue Officer of POPSUGAR.com to be President of the San Francisco Chronicle, they are saying "screw it" to journalism.
On the Horns of a Dilemmanew
Wildlife veterinarian Walter M. Boyce reflects on the challenges of bighorn sheep conservation.
Tucson Weekly |
Susan E. Swanberg |
01-12-2014 |
Animal Issues
Trayvon, Black Manhood and Lovenew
I want to be loved by an unreasonable love that knows the only reason we're still here, breathing, imagining, fighting, wandering and wondering is because of the unreasonable work of a small but committed group of black southern unreasonable lovers.
Jackson Free Press |
Kiese Laymon |
01-09-2014 |
Commentary
Just Married: Same-Sex Couples in Utah Share Their Storiesnew
Though the battle over same-sex marriage in Utah continues, the motivation for couples hasn't changed.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Eric S. Peterson |
01-09-2014 |
LGBT
On the Road, Molinanew
“I met him in Bloomington, right around 1997, when his first record came out,” Jason Evans Groth says. “I worked at the student radio station [at Indiana University] and I remember playing that record a lot. It seemed like otherworldly music to me. … So, when I found out it was him—I think a lot of people’s reaction when they saw Jason the first time was, ‘Jesus, it’s that guy?’ And the second thing is, he talks a lot.”
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
01-09-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
Closing Out 2013—The Year's Best Albumsnew
A Great Big Pile of Leaves and several other exceptional acts provided some much appreciated quality to 2013’s musical offerings.
Jackson Free Press |
Micah Smith |
01-09-2014 |
Music
