AltWeeklies Wire
Le Tigre on the New Album, the New Label, and the 'L' Wordnew
While it may not inspire a sexual awakening in everyone, This Island captures Le Tigre at its most accessible and body movin' (to steal a term from Hanna's boyfriend Ad-Rock's group).
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
02-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Le Tigre
The Pizza Man Always Rings Twicenew
Six veterans of the pie-delivery trade tell true tales of debauchery, rage and revenge.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
02-24-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Taking Bollywood Out of Indianew
Dancing transvestites? Check. Elephants? Gospel choir? Check and check. This movie has a little bit of everything for stateside viewers hesitant to dip a toe into the mighty waters of Bollywood cinema.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bride & Prejudice, Gurinder Chadha
A Lesbian Mom Uses Issue 1 Against Her Exnew
In an early test of Ohio's new anti-gay-marriage amendment, the mother of an 8-year-old boy has filed suit to nullify her former partner's visitation rights.
The Other Paper |
Kristen Convery |
02-24-2005 |
Children & Families
Concerns About John Negroponte Go Beyond His Bloody Pastnew
President Bush's choice for director of national intelligence will face many obstacles to getting the job done right -- among them, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Boston Phoenix |
Jason Vest |
02-24-2005 |
Politics
Back from the Wasteland: Dealing With Traumanew
Treating emotional distress as mental illness often misses the traumatic experience at its roots.
Fight Nightnew
Deep in Oakland's postindustrial wasteland, writer A.C. Thompson takes you ring side to observe the spectacle of humans doing bad things to one another – for fun.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
02-23-2005 |
Sports
Tags: fight club, underground culture
Anti-Abortion Activist Randall Terry Runs for Gated Community Board
The race for a Northeast Florida homeowners association board heats up when the nation's most notorious anti-abortion crusader joins the contest.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
02-23-2005 |
Sex
Convict Has Little Chance in Hell of Cheating Hangman
There was plenty of motive indicating Jimmie Ray Slaughter killed Melody Wuertz and her baby, Jessica. Now important evidence is in question as he faces a date with death.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
02-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Ira's Glass Menagerienew
With a stable of brainy producers and pop-star essayists, This American Life host Ira Glass is leading a revenge of the nerds, public-radio style.
Tags: radio
Writer Left the World the Way He Lived -- With a Bang
A journalist who fell under the spell of "gonzo" writer Hunter S. Thompson recalls an encounter with the author.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bruce VanWyngarden |
02-21-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hunter S. Thompson
"Chemical Casualties"new
AltWeeklies Award - Drugs Reporting
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
02-18-2005 |
Media
Clear Channel Rules the Worldnew
From its humble beginnings as a small chain of radio stations, Clear Channel has grown to control not only a good share of the country's radio stations but nearly 70 percent of the nation's live shows.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
G.R. Anderson Jr. |
02-17-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
American Dissidentnew
In an exclusive in-depth interview, embattled University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill speaks out on his writings, the media and the solution to terrorism.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
02-11-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Virginity Pledge Promoters: A Trojan Horse For Religion?new
Silver Ring Thing, a Pennsylvania ministry, is bringing its flashy abstinence-only sex-education show to a city near you, thanks to a million federal dollars. But even the group's leader says their virginity pledge won't work without the Lord.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
02-10-2005 |
Sex
