AltWeeklies Wire
James Murphy and Pat Mahoney Prefer Funk to Punknew
Their selection of mostly pre-'90s tracks wisely avoids disco's embarrassing pop crossover attempts in favor of the kind of cosmic funk that ruled underground dance clubs before house.
NOW Magazine |
Benjamin Boles |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
Levon Helm: Comeback of the Yearnew
Doctors told Levon Helm that throat cancer would prevent him from ever warbling another tune. That was nine years ago, and judging by the way he's belting out the old-time mountain traditionals, reports of his singing career's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dirt Farmer, Levon Helm
Spiral Beach Creates Catchy Debutnew
If anyone's a product of the Internet age, it's Spiral Beach. Rather, they clearly have a massive collection of downloaded music.
NOW Magazine |
Bryan Borzykowski |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ball, Spiral Beach
The Go! Team's New Album is a Gonew
The Go! Team have learned a lot since forming seven years ago -- like get clearance for samples before releasing a record.
NOW Magazine |
Bryan Borzykowski |
11-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Proof of Youth, The Go! Team
Call to Palestinenew
Mustafa Barghouti says activist visits are the key to stopping extremism.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Wheeler |
11-05-2007 |
International
Tags: international
World Bank Prophetsnew
After years of starving poor nations, the World Bank now wants to pay farmers to protect ecosystem.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
11-05-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Does the Bush Administration Have Cold Feet on Iran?new
We are told that Iran is supporting the anti-American insurgency in Iraq -- if they're that keen to attack Iran, why don't Bush and Cheney use the fact that Iranian artillery shells are falling on Kurdish villages in northern Iraq almost every day as a pretext for the attack?
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
11-05-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Iran
Kevin Bacon Gets the Third Degreenew
The formerly Footloose actor brings home the you-know-what in dramatic fashion.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alison Eastwood, Rails & Ties
Ecoholic: Digging Up Bamboo's Dark Sidenew
"I know bamboo is a fast-growing resource, but I've heard concerns about its processing. Can you shed some light on this?"
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
10-26-2007 |
Advice
Tags: bamboo, advice columns
Silicon Valley Isn't the Only High-Tech Game in Townnew
You'll never guess which cities host cutting-edge tech developments.
NOW Magazine |
David Silverberg |
10-26-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Alt.Health: Drowning Kidney Stonesnew
Drink lots of water to prevent them and horsetail to help the passage.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
10-26-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
'Friend of the Devil' Banks on Itnew
A fan for years of Canadian crime writer Peter Robinson's sturdy Yorkshire-based mysteries, I couldn't wait for the new Inspector Banks novel to hit the shelves -- and 17 books into the series, Friend Of The Devil is as fresh and compelling as the first.
NOW Magazine |
Lesley M Allister |
10-26-2007 |
Fiction
'The Frozen Thames': Frozen Ghostsnew
If, instead of giving us a full-fledged novel with an emotional narrative arc, Helen Humphreys wants to write a series of flash fictions short-short stories with lush language representing each of the 40 occasions that the Thames River froze over, that should be fine with any of her fans.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
10-26-2007 |
Fiction
The One-Baby Boonnew
One-child policy may be tyrannical, but there are worse things -- like famine, climate change and civil war.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
10-26-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Taking a Bite of the Applenew
When a 17-year-old cracked the iPhone, dicey legal questions followed.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
10-19-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
