AltWeeklies Wire
Racial Profiling in Alamance Countynew
The Alamance County Sheriff's Office arrests double the number of Latinos in traffic stops as non-Latinos.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
08-14-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Can reissues stretch fans too thin?new
As ever-frank heavy metal critic Kim Kelly recently wrote, "Quit reissuing things. Not everything is a fucking 'classic.'"
Tags: Album reissues
A writer with power in Ruby Sparksnew
The amusing but ultimately tepid comedy Ruby Sparks has a provocative and potentially harrowing premise.
The Rise of Southern Cheesemakersnew
On Saturday evening, the American Cheese Society's 29th annual conference and competition took over a Raleigh ballroom with 14 tables devoted to different styles--from American originals to feta, cheddar, washed rind and smoked cheeses.
INDY Week |
Emily Wallace |
08-08-2012 |
Food+Drink
Spider Bags' Shake My Headnew
At its foundation, Shake My Head is a collection of straightforward bar-rock songs. Walking (well, staggering) rhythms lend a vintage R&B swing behind overdriven guitar lines that mine '70s rock and pop.
Tags: Spider Bags
GOP governors' criticism of Medicaid expansion is unfoundednew
Medicaid expansion will produce a massive increase in coverage for the vulnerable people who are the program's main beneficiaries, including children, the disabled, the poor and the elderly.
INDY Week |
Jonathan Weiler |
08-08-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Medicaid
Safety Not Guaranteed raises low-key and worthwhile questionsnew
Can someone who is very serious about something laughably eccentric be treated with respect? How far can a movie dissociate itself from its plot's reason for existing and remain honest?
Oulipo's Primitive Waysnew
Primitive Ways sounds like the next step of an almost great band, drunk on possibilities but still learning how to present them.
No Eyes' No Eyesnew
No Eyes' self-titled EP is like a Texas psych-rockin' longhair in the midst of getting his mop snipped into a neat London bowl, but some loose ends still await their trim.
Lighten Up, Beer Geeksnew
Periodically, a beer enthusiast will privately confess to enjoying the occasional Bud Light. The comment is either received with scorn or the kind of puzzlement that occurs when a person you think you know admits to something terribly out of character.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
08-02-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Beer Geeks
The cure for the summertime bluesnew
Sometimes the cure for stifling summer heat is to step out of your taste comfort zone and try some different wines.
INDY Week |
Amber Nimocks |
07-25-2012 |
Food+Drink
Making Moonshine and the Taxes You'll Owenew
Although homemade beer and wine are permissible in North Carolina, non-tax-paid spirituous liquor is another story.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
07-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
King Mez's My Everlasting Zealnew
As far as rap in The Tar Heel State goes right now, King Mez is our leader. And like The Listening a decade before it, this is the new classic text. (self-released)
Straight talk on Obamacarenew
What will -- and won't -- happen under health care reform.
INDY Week |
Jonathan Weiler |
07-16-2012 |
Policy Issues
Is there a future for North Carolina hops farming?new
North Carolina brewers, growers, researchers and beer drinkers agree that with the right hops variety and the right investments, hops could be a robust niche industry in this region and in the mountains, where there are fledgling hops farms.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
07-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
