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Family Businessnew
Matthew Friedberger explains in an interview The Fiery Furnaces' insane productivity and his grandmother's role on an upcoming album.
The Pitch |
Scott Wilson |
04-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Big, Bad Michael Chertoffnew
Michael Chertoff, President Bush's new pick for Homeland Security chief, makes the outgoing Tom Ridge look like a cream puff. He gives no quarter. There is no mercy. The Constitution? Forget it.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway and Nicole Duarte |
01-13-2005 |
Politics
Professor of Punk Pens a Piece of Historynew
The punk musician's debut memoir is about his childhood misadventures. They take place in the wealthy, WASP-y town of Greenwich, Conn., where he never fit in.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
09-28-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Original Playboy Star: An Interview With Joe Namath's Biographernew
Biographer Mark Kriegel tells how he pursued the story of Joe Namath, the football star who was both old-school tough guy and new-fangled hustler. In late middle age, Namath found himself in pain and alone with a bottle.
New York Press |
C.J. Sullivan |
09-17-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Kurd's Complaint: Iraqi Scholar Critiques America in Crisisnew
Iraqi Kurd Peshwaz Faizulla is a translator and journalist and former refugee who has witnessed the Kurdish revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War, the exodus of Kurds from Iraq and the American invasion. This powerful Q&A is critical of both Bush and Saddam, and offers a unique view of American culture and politics.
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
09-10-2004 |
Politics
Out of Africanew
Referencing the works of Marcus Garvey, Gil Scott Heron, and Carter G. Wilson, the Ghana-born rapper doesn't speak of black power so much as unleash it, venting on everything from blue-collar students dealing with bad credit to Third World strife.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
09-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Refugees, hip-hop, Ohio, New York City, Cincinnati, Blitz, Kent State, Scribblejam, Soul Rebel
1001 Things to Hate About the Conventionnew
One reason to hate the convention is that the Swift Boat story got knocked off front pages just as it was starting to backfire. And then there are the other 1,000.
New York Press |
New York Press Staff |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
GOP Action Heroes: Arnold, Rudy, John McCain and the Bush Twinsnew
Although protesters keep assailing the president with verve and unexpected wit — I’m especially partial to Billionaires for Bush’s mocking chant “Four more wars!” — many New Yorkers view the election with a sense of impending doom tinged with big-city snobbery.
L.A. Weekly |
John Powers |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
Streets of Rage: How Bush and the GOP Mobilized Half a Million Peoplenew
All week, people have invoked George W. Bush's name in anger and ridicule in documentaries, art shows, poetry readings, even die-ins, all part of the convulsion of creative dissent that his presidency has unintentionally unleashed.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins and Jennifer Gonnerman |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
Tags: Karl Rove, World Trade Center, peace, arrests, Protesters, police, New York City, rally, bicyclists, Soho
Arab-Americans Caught in the Middle on 9/11new
The day of the assault on the World Trade Center towers, Arabs in Queens felt nervous, wounded by taunts and more strongly "American" than ever.
The Village Voice |
Erik Baard |
04-27-2004 |
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