AltWeeklies Wire
The Book of Cloudsnew

As books turn into data and tweets are archived for posterity, how will readers and academics cope with the detritus of a digital age?
Boston Phoenix |
Eugenia Williamson |
11-12-2010 |
Tech
My Life in Boston's Kinky Grappling Scenenew

Welcome to the world of erotic wrestling.
Boston Phoenix |
S.E. Boitano |
11-11-2010 |
Recreation
Why Do East Tennesseans Love Their Guns?new

Few issues in America, aside from war and abortion, are as polarizing as guns. But why are we so obsessed by them in the first place?
Metro Pulse |
Jesse Fox Mayshark |
11-08-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Guns
Spidey Takes on Multiple Looks in "Shattered Dimensions"new
While there are typical moments found in previous Spidey video games, there are some surprises that make the action rather intense and interesting.
Boise Weekly |
Michael Lafferty |
11-05-2010 |
Video Games
Thanksgiving WIthout The Allergensnew

How to make Thanksgiving dinner for 20 guests without using butter, milk, eggs and flour.
INDY Week |
Staff |
11-05-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Gluten
We Eat The Lunch Randy Moss Dissednew

For about $9, Tinucci's offers dinners that include a choice of meat and two sides, often scooped up by a cute, gray-haired lady. And, yes, Randy, the food is not fancy, but that's the genre. Wake up and smell the watered-down coffee.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
11-05-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Randy Moss, Tinucci's
Missingnew

Lisa Stone turned to Facebook to reunite with her high school girlfriends; they turned to Facebook to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
Dallas Observer |
Andrea Grimes |
11-04-2010 |
Tech
Tags: Facebook, Lisa Stone
The Joys of Zombie Bashing: "Dead Rising 2"new
Storyline? Who cares? It has zombies, bashing, blood and gore.
Boise Weekly |
Michael Lafferty |
11-04-2010 |
Video Games
Tags: Dead Rising 2, Zombies
Simply Put, MoogFest Made for a Scary-Good Halloweennew

This year, Halloween fell on a weekend, and to rephrase Bushwick Bill’s most apt verse, everyone came to Asheville for trick-or-treatin’. MoogFest brought tens of thousands of costumed ravers and revelers to downtown Asheville for a weekend of informed discussion and practical application of Bob Moog’s illustrious legacy.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
11-04-2010 |
Performance
Ultra Lightening the Loadnew

You only think you need all that heavy gear for overnight camping. What if you could lighten your hike-in pack load by 20 pounds? You can, you just don't know it yet.
Boise Weekly |
Steve Silva |
11-03-2010 |
Recreation
The Snuggie Goes Dumbienew

Local rap video wows the infomercial blankie company.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-03-2010 |
Performance
How Vernon Fisher Came to K-Mart Conceptualismnew
Artist Vernon Fisher escaped the bland certainties of a rural life through a fissure in his parents' Protestant facade -- and emerged into a life of art and ideas that have brought him, full-circle, back to the cold-War images he grew up with.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
11-02-2010 |
Art
Tags: Vernon Fisher, Modern Art
A Bloody Good Timenew

Gorelesque performer Bloody Betty and her Deadly Sins bring a gory new meaning to the term fetish.
Monday Magazine |
Danielle Pope |
11-01-2010 |
Performance
Knuckle Up into Moviesnew
If you're looking for props and costumes of filmdom's monsters and super-heroes, you might start at a Fort Worth tattoo parlor.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Cole Williams |
10-29-2010 |
Recreation
Dark Beers Are All Treat and No Tricknew

Distilling the troubling myths of delicious, sinister brews.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Mike Tessier |
10-27-2010 |
Food+Drink