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Woody Allen on Life, Actors, Younger Women and His 40th Filmnew
Allen's Whatever Works marks the realization of a project he first conceived in the 1970s as a vehicle for Zero Mostel, then set aside following the actor's untimely death. The result is a light comic burlesque -- a minor key but eminently pleasurable Allen confection
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
06-12-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jam On It: Phish and DMB Fans Sound Off -- About Each Othernew
Never ask Phish fans the following question: "After Phish went on hiatus, how well do you feel that the Dave Matthews Band carried on and preserved Phish's musical traditions and legacy?"
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
06-12-2009 |
Music
Co-Opting the Media: White Supremacist Code Printed Nationwidenew
James von Brunn, the accused shooter at the Holocaust Museum on Wednesday, is 88 years old. His age is no accident: "88" is white-supremacist code for "Heil Hitler." In printing his age, news outlets around the world have printed the white-supremacists' message.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
06-12-2009 |
Crime & Justice
What's the Count? Anything and Everythingnew
Numbers, numbers, numbers. Major-league baseball swims in them, and 21st-century technology makes it all too easy to raise the numerical sea level. The latest milestone got us wondering which stats are really worth the obsession.
Shepherd Express |
Frank Clines and Art Kumbalek |
06-12-2009 |
Sports
Questions Surround Wisconsin Pro-Life Organization's Rhetoricnew
Wisconsin Right to Life's ads against proposed abortion services at a Madison clinic are seen by some as reckless and inflammatory.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
06-12-2009 |
Policy Issues
Cyndi Lauper Talks LGBT Rights Ahead of Milwaukee PrideFestnew
The same fierce individualism that established Cyndi Lauper as one of the defining cultural sensations and fashion trendsetters of the 1980s kept her an icon in the gay community long after MTV retired her.
Shepherd Express |
Shepherd Express |
06-12-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lawsuits and Tree-Sits Surround Oregon Bureau's Proposal to Lognew
A tree-sit has gone up in an Oregon forest where the state Bureau of Land Management proposes to log Fall Creek, an old-growth forest that has been successfully defended by tree-sitters time and time again.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-11-2009 |
Environment
White Rabbits' Sophomore Album Is Frighteningly Goodnew
It's Frightening is the kind of mature, monumental release that succeeds where many sophomore releases fail.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
06-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Easy Virtue' Neither Delights nor Disappointsnew
Easy Virtue does a few amusing things with the British manor-house comedy, but mostly it sticks politely to form and, in the manner of a good Englishman, neither excels beyond its station nor falls into disgrace.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-11-2009 |
Reviews
Touring Anarchists Stop in Louisville, Pushing Propaganda and Sipping Lattesnew
Jeff Redmond and Casey House are a pair of anarchist revolutionaries on a bright green school bus, promoting The Zeitgeist Movement. Recently they stopped in Louisville to drum up support.
LEO Weekly |
Farrah Johnson |
06-11-2009 |
Culture
The Strange Saga of Geronimo's Skullnew
Out there somewhere, lost for 146 years, there really is the head of a great Apache leader, taken in the most violent and ignominious means imaginable. With the exception of his family and a few historians, no one knows a thing about him.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
06-11-2009 |
History
Louisville Pastor's Celebration of Firearms Sparks Debate Over Guns and Godnew
Believing God and guns are fundamental parts of America's heritage, Louisville evangelical minister Ken Pagano has stirred a local and national storm of criticism by encouraging members of his congregation to bring their unloaded firearms to a rally at his church.
LEO Weekly |
Phillip M. Bailey |
06-11-2009 |
Policy Issues
The Demigods of Canadian Metalnew
Anvil! The Story of Anvil picks up two decades after Canadian metal group Anvil's career, and the band is right back where it started--in Toronto, playing the odd gig and working day jobs to get by.
Boise Weekly |
Jeremiah Wierenga |
06-11-2009 |
Reviews
Jessica Biel and Her Director Are Equally Uneasy with Cowardnew
The biggest deficit in Easy Virtue is Jessica Biel, whose clomping, smugly false grasp of Noel Coward's diction would likely have her banned from the grounds of any summer stock company worth its salt.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-11-2009 |
Reviews
Florida Bicyclists Tell of Their Encounters with Carsnew
All too often in Florida, bicycles and automobiles don't get along.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
06-11-2009 |
Transportation
Tags: bicycle safety, Florida
