AltWeeklies Wire
2008: The Year of the Nerdnew
Barack Obama collects Spider-Man comics and knows how to communicate with Vulcans. But in a year when many a dashing high-school quarterback and perfect prom queen got wedgies from the freaks and geeks, its really no surprise he was elected.
Boston Phoenix |
Ryan Stewart |
12-29-2008 |
Commentary
Is It Funny Yet? Second City Enters the Obama Eranew
Hope versus fear, optimism versus skepticism -- that's the theme of Second City's smart, often hilarious response to this historic moment, America: All Better!
Chicago Reader |
Albert Williams |
12-22-2008 |
Theater
A Guide to Inauguration Datingnew
G. Keith Harris wants a date, and he's got the bait: two tickets to Obama's inauguration, and an all-access pass to the night's balls and off-shoot parties. Packages like that are being auctioned on eBay for upward of $7,000. A date with Harris is free -- and hard to come by.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
12-04-2008 |
Culture
Inauguration at the Disconew
Momma Roscoe: "I thought I'd never see this day. And you know what I mean. This old lady hasn't been this excited since John F. Kennedy was elected president in 1961."
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
12-01-2008 |
Comedy
Dennis Miller's No Help for Florida's Grieving McCainitesnew
If there was one place where disappointed Broward County Republicans might expect to find a little solace the day after Election Day, it should have been at an invitation-only performance by comedian Dennis Miller.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Edmund Newton |
11-18-2008 |
Performance
The Angry Grammarian: Forgetting Sarah Palinnew
Perhaps the most prized spoil of the election is the richest word to enter the lexicon in a long time. Like all the best neologisms, it's descriptive, it's self-explanatory and it just makes you feel so good: "Palinfreude."
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
11-17-2008 |
Commentary
Blister: The Orlando Weekly Election Results Partynew
I don't even know who I am today. There's this spiked ball of nerves wrapped in vein-red twine that seems to be teetering over the ledges of the Labyrinth board with every random unevening of the potholed foundation, sure, but where there's typically a tick -- a nervous winking thing, or at least a heartbeat -- there is nothing so measurable to depend upon today.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
11-14-2008 |
Comedy
Political Palates: Obama's Taste for Kine Grindznew
Like everyone else, I would like to think that the politicians I vote for have more discerning palates than the ones I happen not to support, but this is not always the case.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonathan Gold |
11-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Animated Cartoon: Death Cab for Sarah (Palin)
Sarah Palin has designs on the presidency. What would she do if she became veep? Political cartoonist Ted Rall draws on the classic "Road Runner" cartoons to find out in a new video animation.
Pull Up Your Obamas: Beyond Shepard Fairey's 'Hope' Teesnew
The Obama political-merchandise machine has grown to epic proportions. And why not? Obama is the smartest, best-dressed, best-spoken, most energetic and beloved entity to come along in politics in a long time. People would not only die for him, they would wear flip-flops with tiny plastic Obama bobble heads for him.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
10-31-2008 |
Fashion
Political Part-tays in Bouldernew
Where to celebrate (or weep) in Boulder County before, during and after the election.
Boulder Weekly |
Dylan Otto Krider |
10-30-2008 |
Recreation
Lewis Black is on the Road Again and Still Very Pissed Offnew
The thing is, Black talks most about the things that make him angry. And when I asked him about Sen. John McCain, his Democratic rival for the presidency, Sen. Barack Obama, and all the noise and whistles that come with the campaign, he got angry.
New Haven Advocate |
David Riedel |
10-28-2008 |
Performance
Trendzilla: Babies for Obama!new
Instead of pastel pinks and powder blues, BabyWit.com has been selling its unique range of baby and toddler clothing since 2003 -- lately it's Baby Wit's political tees that have been receiving the most attention.
Guerilla Artist Shepard Fairey Takes a Giant Step into the World of Politicsnew
As he waited behind bars during the Democratic National Convention in August, the two worlds that Shepard Fairey now inhabits -- one where he's a street artist, the other as an impassioned supporter of Sen. Barack Obama -- collided in the strangest of ways.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-09-2008 |
Art
Cheech & Chong Talk Motown, Dope and That Palin Chicknew
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong took several decades off to pursue solo careers (and Chong spent nearly a year in prison for selling a bong on the internet) -- but they're back and ready to light up America.
Metro Times |
Bill Holdship |
09-23-2008 |
Performance
