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Against Me! Discusses New Album, Butch Vignew
Touring for their fourth full-length album, New Wave, these guys are rocking the boat with punk that's rich, raw and honest.
Weekly Alibi |
Justin Alan Hood |
09-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Against Me!, New Wave
Spectrum's Drone State of Mindnew
To tell the story of Spectrum, you first have to tell the short, furious story of Spacemen 3, the British band that reworked and re-presented psychedelic rock as a tranced-out mix tape of fuzz guitars and dreamy melodies.
Weekly Alibi |
Kyle Silfer |
09-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spectrum
General Petraeus' Anticlimaxnew
We already know the "situation" in Iraq -- we don't need yet another general spinning the truth, desperately trying to find some positive angle to highlight.
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
09-11-2007 |
Commentary
'Hatchet' Brings Back Blood-and-Boobs Filmmakingnew
Despite the fact that assorted sun-deprived internet bloggers are dubbing writer/director Adam Green the savior of modern horror, it should be noted right up front that Hatchet isn't clever, smart, original, particularly well-made or all that convincingly acted.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Green, Hatchet
Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road' Hits 50new
As the novel's 50th anniversary approaches, some books with helpful hints about what that might have been are landing in bookstores.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
09-11-2007 |
Books
Your Tax Dollars at (Political) Warnew
Albuquerque is now one of few cities in the nation that pays candidates to run campaigns -- will it work?
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
09-11-2007 |
Politics
'Kid Nation' Stirs Controversynew
The idea was to send 40 kids into the wilderness and allow them to create their own Lord of the Flies-style society, but now at least one parent and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors are raising concerns about how the series was made.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-04-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Olivier Dahan Steers Clear of Cliches in 'La Vie En Rose'new
The writer/director cracks famed French songbird Edith Piaf's life apart like a frozen chocolate bar and serves it up in disjointed shards.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan
Can Leonardo DiCaprio Make Ecology Sexy?new
Leo boosts The 11th Hour with his star power, but the environmental film seems like it's preaching to the converted.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Recipe for Deez Nutsnew
Three recipes, three nuts: Sweet Pistachio Meat, Thai Peanuts and Cajun Cashews.
Weekly Alibi |
Alex Brown and Evan George |
09-04-2007 |
Food+Drink
New Mexico Wineries Experiment with Nebbiolo Grapesnew
Temperamental, picky and unpredictable, this grape makes a manly wine that'll have his way with you and then leave you feeling violated but wanting more. Then I found out New Mexico was growing this fickle fruit.
Weekly Alibi |
Maren Tarro |
09-04-2007 |
Food+Drink
Okkervil River's Will Sheff Doesn't Want to Be Brandednew
The Austin group has been called indie-folk-rock and "lit-rock," but Sheff thinks it's up to the listener.
Weekly Alibi |
Thomas Gilchrist |
09-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Okkervil River, The Stage Names
Which Came First, the Diva or the Rider?new
Odd and unreasonable requests now seem to be the rule rather than the exception when musicians are on tour. See requests from Van Halen, Jennifer Lopez and Iggy and the Stooges.
Weekly Alibi |
Maren Tarro |
09-04-2007 |
Music
'Mind Control with Derren Brown': He's Not a Psychicnew
Yet Brown is better at what he does than just about everybody on the planet who claims to have supernatural powers.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
08-14-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Becoming Jane': Austen Transformednew
The film boils all of Austen's various pen-and-ink plots down to their cliche essence and crams them into a single overly familiar narrative.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Becoming Jane, Julian Jarrold
