AltWeeklies Wire
Invitation to a Stompingnew

On the low-end neck-breaking circuit, only God and America are bigger than bull riding -- but just barely.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
02-28-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Classical Beatsnew
If this is new old folks' music, retirement never looked so sweet.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
02-21-2006 |
Reviews
Modest Mouthnew
Don't be fooled: Langhorne Slim is just a guy singing songs.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
02-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Langhorne Slim
Stop the Internets!new
A Florida high school used information posted on MySpace to punish students in an online witch-hunt.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
02-21-2006 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Access Hollywoodnew

The City of Hollywood, Fla. -- intent on turning the "Diamond of the Gold Coast" into a manicured beachside community dotted with condominium towers -- has big, expensive plans for local neighborhoods.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
02-21-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Fuzzy and Detachednew
Hot Chip's vocalists are so laid-back that they're almost lying down, their bleached-out suburban lilt hypnotizing in its tea-time reserve, like a b-boy Nick Drake.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
02-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Hot Chip, Coming On Strong
Easy Rankingnew
Does anyone other than music critics care about year-end "best-of" lists?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
02-14-2006 |
Music
Great Taste, Less Lamenew

As development's steamroller comes closer, Ray's Downtown barely holds on as a beachhead of hip in West Palm Beach, Fla.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
02-14-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Haven Can Waitnew
Baby Kaleem's rescue suggests Florida's well-known safe haven law is flawed.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Julia Reischel |
02-14-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Funky Freshnew
A white leading man in a black movie? That is something new.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Luke Y. Thompson |
02-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sanaa Hamri, Something New
Budding Geniusnew
Timb's fifth or sixth self-released album of solo bedroom recordings veers from sneering grunge punk to junk-funk hip-hop to falsetto folk strummers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
02-07-2006 |
Reviews
Boca to the Maxnew
Who knew puking in South Florida would get Tucker Max on the bestseller list in New York?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
02-07-2006 |
Books
The Protection Racketnew

William Darrow helped solve the riddle of AIDS in the early 1980s, but he hasn't been able to solve the dilemma of dwindling dollars for HIV prevention.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
02-07-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Puppy Love?new

Only the dogs are blameless in the strange war over pet boutique Wizard of Claws.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Julia Reischel |
01-31-2006 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Firing Squadnew
In Florida, a whistleblower is gagged before he's offed.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
01-31-2006 |
Politics
Tags: Lee Hillier, Plantation Acres