AltWeeklies Wire
The Metal Shakespeare Company Brings the Ax Down on the Bardnew
Jason Simms is quick to point out that the metal the Metal Shakespeare Company invokes is neither death nor thrash, since "methinks our death-metal-and-thrash cousin wouldst suit perhaps another poet."
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
07-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Unmistaken Child' Depicts an Unquestionably Fascinating Love Storynew
Unmistaken Child is one of the strangest romance films I've ever seen. It tells, in documentary form, the story of Tenzin Zopa, a disciple of Geshe Lama Konchog.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-23-2009 |
Reviews
Why Is The Health Care Reform Bill So Weak? It's the Insurance Companies, Stupid!new
As long as the needs of an industry that makes profits by denying medical coverage to sick people matter more than the needs of the American people, there's not going to be a decent reform bill. There's too much at stake here to accept an industry-backed plan masquerading as reform.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Editorial |
07-22-2009 |
Commentary
The Sanford Scandal: The Political Winners and Losersnew
As dust settles on the mountainous trails of metropolitan Buenos Aires, we take a look at who benefits and who loses out in the Mark Sanford scandal.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
07-22-2009 |
Commentary
New Romance Novel Subgenre: Gay Love & Lust, Written by Women for Womennew
A new subgenre has emerged in the escapist realm of romance novels: stories where you have two strapping, broad chests instead of one. We take a gander at two recent offerings: False Colors by Alex Beecroft and Transgressions by Erastes.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
07-22-2009 |
Books
Mentally Ill are Most Likely to Get Tasered by Portland Policenew
A new Independent Police Review Division report finds that subjects with mental illness are now the most likely out of all groups to get Tasered by Portland cops -- even more than people who are actually armed or who assault an officer.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
07-22-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Neptune Industries Dominates the Skate and Snow Worldnew
Since it was founded in 1997, the Boise-based company has become one of the world leaders in snowboard terrain park and skatepark design and construction.
Boise Weekly |
Deanna Darr |
07-22-2009 |
Sports
Proposal to Ban 18+ Shows Could Kill the Minneapolis Music Scenenew
The City Council is exploring restrictions on 18+ events, due to concerns that binge drinking is a problem among minors. If the ordinance passes, it leaves two options: dry shows for the all-ages crowd or 21+ shows where the booze flows freely.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jen Boyles |
07-22-2009 |
Music
Sonic Youth Grows Older, but the Music Never Grows Oldnew
Together since 1981, Sonic Youth has been admired, emulated, studied and chronicled. They played an integral part in the early 80s East Coast "no wave" movement, in which the trajectories of art, music and performance collided.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
07-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg' Honors a Forgotten Sitcom Star from the Early Years of TVnew
Even more than the largely forgotten popular institution The Goldbergs, Yoo-Hoo commemorates the one-woman dynamo who created and sustained it: Gertrude Berg.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
07-22-2009 |
Reviews
Virginia Republicans Look to 2009 ... and Beyondnew
If there's one thing that we love about Virginia's odd-year election cycle, it's that it stretches the already interminable political season into near-perpetuity, insuring that not a year goes by without a healthy dose of campaign shenanigans for us to laugh at, lacerate and lampoon to our snarky heart's content.
C-Ville Weekly |
Dan Catalano |
07-22-2009 |
Politics
Two New TV Nurses Snort Percocet, Shutup Coworkers and Rail Against Lunacynew
While the truth of the occupation lies somewhere between these polar extremes, HawthoRNe and Nurse Jackie represent breakthrough television on multiple levels.
San Antonio Current |
Jim McFarlin |
07-22-2009 |
Movies
Why Beach Books Suck ... and How to Avoid Themnew
Forget playing in the surf or baking in the sun. The best thing to do at the beach is to kick back and spend the afternoon lost in a book. But don't make the mistake of buying a novel that has a picture of an actual beach on the cover. Those books are not for you.
Charleston City Paper |
Stephanie Barna |
07-22-2009 |
Books
Tags: beach books, summer reading
Health Care Reformers Fear the Cure May be Worse Than the Diseasenew
With President Barack Obama and congressional leaders in a strong position to finally overhaul the health care system, this should be a momentous time for the reform movement. So why are so many advocacy groups unhappy?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rebecca Bowe and Steven T. Jones |
07-22-2009 |
Science
What the Heck's Going On in Honduras?new
Though the latest political crisis in Honduras has nothing to do with soccer, it is similar to the Soccer War in the sense that it's the direct result of the Honduran ruling class' inability to put the country's well-being ahead of its own petty interests.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
07-21-2009 |
Commentary
