AltWeeklies Wire
Duranguense Draws Big Crowds in the Northwestnew
The Duranguense sound is all the rage at quinceaneras and weddings from Mountain Home to Nyssa, Ore., and beyond.
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
04-17-2009 |
Music
Tags: Duranguense, Idaho
Mirah Returns with a New Albumnew
With 12 varied releases notched in her belt, Mirah's music has developed over the years from lo-fi bedroom fuzz to welling, multi-layered thunderstorms. But even with so many recordings, Mirah's newest album (a)spera is only her fourth full-length solo studio album.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
04-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
It's Bill Parker's Time to Walk Off the Stage of Historynew
Los Angeles is debating whether its new police administration building in downtown should bear the name of William Parker, the police chief from the '50s whose name has adorned the old building at 150 N. Los Angeles St. for more than half a century.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
04-17-2009 |
Commentary
Women Come Out of This Pregnancy Clinic Fearing Eternal Damnationnew
Exactly what kind of medical facility lures women with the promise of free pregnancy tests and leaves them with a Bible and an existential crisis?
Pasadena Weekly |
Tina Dupuy |
04-17-2009 |
Sex
'Alphabet Juice' Is a Sesquipedlaian Delightnew
Reading Alphabet Juice is like chaperoning a jungle gym full of words at play; you attentively watch them run among and slip and slide as you sit back and enjoy the cool evening breeze.
Jackson Free Press |
Sarah Litvin |
04-16-2009 |
Nonfiction
Eclipsing Slave History: 'Sugar of the Crop'new
Sana Butler set out to tell the stories of the children of slaves in America. Her book, however, is all about her, which is a shame.
Jackson Free Press |
Walter Biggins |
04-16-2009 |
Nonfiction
Bacon Forevernew
Exploring the unlikely marriage of sweet and savory flavors with a recipe for Chocolate Chip and Bacon Cookies.
Jackson Free Press |
Neola Young |
04-16-2009 |
Food+Drink
The Horrors Dig Vinyl and Other Old-School Music Formatsnew
The five young Londoners in The Horrors say they play music largely because of their mutual love for many of the same things adored by rabid music fans like you and me.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Forest Service Land Is Fertile Ground for Pot Plantsnew
Between 2006 and 2008, the Gila County Narcotics Task Force took down 43 pot farms, eradicating 82,904 marijuana plants. All but a handful were on Tonto National Forest land.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
04-16-2009 |
Drugs
Mexico's Just Coffee Raises the Bar for Free Tradenew
The simple idea of Just Coffee was to help farmers in at least one Chiapas village make enough money so that they could stay on their land. Today, that idea is a success story; the community of Salvador Urbina is thriving rather than just surviving, and Just Coffee's concept promises to revolutionize the free-trade movement.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-16-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Post-Oil Food: Surviving When Veggies Cost More Than a Carnew
Our lives have been inextricably linked to oil since the first commercial wells were drilled in the early 1900s. Now some experts believe the oil supply (produced over billions of years) is dwindling.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Alyssa Julie |
04-16-2009 |
Food+Drink
Province Relents a Bit on Gender Surgerynew
After angering Alberta's transsexual community by axing funding for gender reassignment surgery in the 2009 budget, provincial Health Minister Ron Liepert has backtracked a bit.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
04-16-2009 |
Sex
Maria Muldaur Merges Swamp-Funk and Political Passionnew
She’s a playa, not a preacher, but Maria Muldaur can’t resist speaking out on the state of the world in her most recent album, Yes We Can!.
Monterey County Weekly |
Paul Wilner |
04-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Homeless Youth Look for -- and Find -- a Safe Place in Montereynew
Social workers call the homeless youth of Monterey Peninsula "invisible children," living along one of the most affluent coastlines in the world but fading into the scenery because they don't want to draw attention to themselves -- and we don't want to see them.
Monterey County Weekly |
Jessica Lyons |
04-16-2009 |
Culture
A Private Journey: Mara Altman's Unusual Memoirnew
At 26, Altman had never had an orgasm, so she embarked on a yearlong search for satisfaction. Her personality improbably shape shifts through the various chest-thumpingly macho stereotypes of male adventure fiction.
New York Press |
Mishka Shubaly |
04-16-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
