AltWeeklies Wire
Angelo Sosa On Being Naked On Top Chef All-Starsnew
Angelo tells us a little more about his second time around -- both as a restaurateur and Top Cheftestant.
The Village Voice |
Chantal Martineau |
02-18-2011 |
TV
Nikki Finke vs. The Dailynew
Rupert Murdoch's new iPad newspaper, The Daily, claims to have a new exclusive: A photo of fearsome Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke.
The Village Voice |
Joe Coscarelli |
02-09-2011 |
Media
The Gabrielle Giffords Shootingnew
Rightbloggers comfort the real victims of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting: Themselves.
The Village Voice |
Roy Edroso |
01-11-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Sarah Palin
Music Critic of the Year: @Discographiesnew
A puckering wit and more than 20,000 followers - those are the only facts we know about the Twitter account @Discographies, where the author summarizes the entire catalogue of a renowned singer or band in 140 characters or fewer.
The Village Voice |
Rob Tannenbaum |
12-28-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Twitter, Discographies
FDNY's Black Firefighter Problemnew
Meet the black candidates who aced the New York City Fire Department's supposedly racist entrance exam—and still can't become firefighters.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
12-20-2010 |
Race & Class
WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard--and Worst of All, the Medianew
The outrageous behavior of Amazon, Visa, Mastercard and PayPal directed at WikiLeaks represents a much greater threat to America than any of the alleged security breaches from Julian Assange.
The Village Voice |
Michael Lacey |
12-14-2010 |
Media
Who is the Media Person of the Year?new
An entire media panel opted to stay seated in a room in a building that may or may not have been on fire instead of getting up to leave. This media discussion going up in flames is a completely and utterly apt metaphor for something about the content and state of these kinds of discussions.
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
12-07-2010 |
Media
Why You Can't Hate Kanye Westnew
And love his new record, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, at the same time.
The Village Voice |
Zach Baron |
11-22-2010 |
Reviews
Dear California: Please Legalize Marijuana. For America.new
Vote Yes on Proposition 19 for Other Americans. And in the process, show us just how much of a role model the Great Republic of California can be.
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
11-02-2010 |
Elections
Dear Tony Perkins: You Are a Terrible, Ignorant Human Who Will Hopefully Die Loveless and Alonenew
Given the recent rash of gay bullying (and consequent teen suicides as a result), the voice of former Louisiana congressman and current president of an uber-right evangelical Christian organization is being heard louder than ever.
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
10-26-2010 |
LGBT
Barack Obama: Twisting Words in the Wind on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'new
President Obama covered a lot of ground on gay and lesbian rights in the middle of the four o'clock hour on Thursday. In the end, he wound up saying one thing and doing another.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
10-14-2010 |
LGBT
Tags: Barack Obama, DADT
Who Is Howard Kurtz and Why Shouldn't You Care?new
Kurtz's move to The Daily Beast matches up exactly with his shtick: schlocky, celebrity friendly, high poses, low plays, spotlight-hungry news-as-brand-building.
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
10-06-2010 |
Media
White America Has Lost Its Mindnew
The white brain, beset with worries, finally goes haywire in spectacular fashion.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
09-29-2010 |
Commentary
Remembering The Best Record Store In Underground Hip-Hop Historynew
Fat Beats closed its New York branch on Saturday, Sept. 4th. For fans and underground artists, the demise of the store that dubbed itself "the last stop for hip-hop" feels like the loss of the music's spiritual home.
The Village Voice |
Phillip Mlynar |
09-08-2010 |
Music
Tags: Fat Beats, Gang Starr
The Washington Post Still Hates and Does Not "Get" The Internetnew
Washington Post reporter Mike Wise was just suspended for a month because he Tweeted out a "fake scoop."
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
08-31-2010 |
Media
Tags: Washington Post, Mike Wise
