AltWeeklies Wire
The Cave Singers Discovers Folk Richesnew
Giving a blind listen to the haunting Appalachian-style folk hymns that come creaking out of the Cave Singers, you'd never guess that guitarist Derek Fudesco had any connection to the trend-conscious Pretty Girls Make Graves.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
10-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Cave Singers
Farming with a French Twistnew
I learn and laugh while volunteering on an organic farm outside Paris.
NOW Magazine |
Shaun Pett |
10-05-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Alt.Health: You Can Do Itnew
Combat insecurities by visualizing your strengths and healing your heart chakra.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
10-05-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
'Convictions' is a Three-Day Successnew
When I first heard about the winner of the 3-Day Novel Writing Contest, in which contestants write a novel over Labor Day weekend, I assumed the output would be rushed, disorganized and unsatisfying, but this newest 3-Day winner is an emotionally powerful book and an intense read despite its mere 111 pages.
NOW Magazine |
David Silverberg |
10-05-2007 |
Fiction
Tyranny for Now in Burmanew
The Burmese are now pinning their hopes on foreign intervention, but that is never going to happen -- sooner or later, though, the extreme corruption of the army's senior officers will destroy its discipline.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
10-05-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Fattening the Coloniesnew
No point preaching nutrition to poor countries when U.S. dumps cheap pop on them.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
10-05-2007 |
Food+Drink
Welcome to Chick Lit Arabic-stylenew
Originally published in Lebanon in 2005, it was banned in Saudi Arabia and became a samizdat sensation, circulating in photocopied form throughout the desert kingdom.
NOW Magazine |
Maria Amuchastegui |
09-28-2007 |
Fiction
Desperate Houseswives with Dicks?new
Two shows -- Big Shots and Dirty Sexy Money -- shoot for the soap opera success of the housewives.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
09-28-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
How to Kiss Off a Friendshipnew
Breaking a bad bond with a bud is harder than ending a love tie.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
09-28-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Emile Hirsch on 'Into the Wild'new
Filmed on more than 30 locations from Mexico to Alaska, Into The Wild casts Hirsch as doomed Kerouac- and Thoreau-wannabe Chris McCandless, a role that required the actor to kayak rapids, rock climb, stare down grizzly bears and, ultimately, to lose 40 pounds for the sake of emaciated verisimilitude.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
09-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Into the Wild, Sean Penn
Norwegian DJs Do It Differentlynew
Oslo-based cosmic disco specialist Prins Thomas (aka Thomas Hermansen) makes grooves that most would describe as odd and unusual.
NOW Magazine |
Benjamin Boles |
09-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Prins Thomas
Marcel Khalife: The Oud Man Outnew
For a musician who doesn't consider himself particularly religious and says he'd rather not talk politics, Lebanese oud maestro Khalife has been embroiled in a lot of controversy.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
09-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Marcel Khalife
Green Divide That Isn'tnew
From terrific Greenbelt to terrible ethanol subsidies, there's an odd consensus among Canadian political parties heading into elections.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
09-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Nuit Blanche Turns Toronto into One Masive Art Crawlnew
All free, all night, the second Nuit Blanche kicks off September 29 with over 190 exhibitions of contemporary art. But these are not your regular shows. Many are interactive or actually change as the night wears on, demonstrating the power of art and its refusal to remain static.
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
09-28-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Greening Our I.T. Industriesnew
The new Green Grid aims to make data centers more energy-efficient.
NOW Magazine |
David Silverberg |
09-21-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
