AltWeeklies Wire
Beating a DWI Case May Soon Get a Lot Tougher in Dallasnew
Since last Memorial Day, the Dallas Police Department has had five "no-refusal" weekends, most recently this St. Patrick's Day. So far, 404 people have been arrested for DWI and refused a breath test. In some cases they were physically restrained and forced to give a blood sample.
Dallas Observer |
Kimberly Thorpe |
04-06-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Dallas, drunk driving
Light in the Attic Releases the "Sgt. Pepper's of French Music"new
Seattle-based Light in the Attic Records has become the first label to release Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson in the United States. Knowing this, the question is: Why didn't anyone else ever think of doing it?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
04-06-2009 |
Music
Students Pitch Budget Cuts to Washington Governornew
Washington students' message to Gov. Chris Gregoire: Cut your friends, not our schools.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-06-2009 |
Economy
Afghanistan: Obama’s Vietnam?new
While Bush never listened to those who disagreed with him politically, Obama seems to have made a fetish of the opposite: on the issue of Afghanistan, he has listened almost exclusively to Bush holdovers in the military, from Defense Secretary Gates on down, while tuning out those whose diverse alternative approaches have much more support in his political base.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
04-04-2009 |
War
Tags: Afghanistan, international
Will All Newspapers Die?new
There has been a great deal of hand-wringing lately over the state of our nation's newspapers, with the forecast that "print journalism is dead." The reality is that the decline of mainstream newspapers was foretold a long time ago.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-04-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: newspaper industry, recession
Well-to-Do Discriminationnew
The Help is a fictional expose of racial discrimination set in 1960s Jackson, Miss., told with pathos and humor.
Jackson Free Press |
Jackie Warren Tatum |
04-03-2009 |
Fiction
Green Girl to Green Mamanew
Bring a new addition into the family will test your eco-fortitude. Here's how to stay green when setting up baby's nursery.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
04-03-2009 |
Culture
Tags: green living, home
Jewish Soul Foodnew
It's not collard greens or grits: it's chicken soup, good for what ails you.
Jackson Free Press |
Janine Jankovitz |
04-03-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: chicken soup, food & drink
High-Speed Rail and Race Relationsnew
Are central Milwaukee politicians blatantly selling out their constituents to support the Democratic rail transit pipe-dream? How can a fixed-rail trolley system serving white collars and tourists downtown be supported by black politicians over a bus system targeted directly at the inner city?
Shepherd Express |
Theodore Hausmann III |
04-03-2009 |
Race & Class
Baseball '09: Bright Forecast for the Brewers?new
Questions abound as the first pitch of 2009 nears. The Fairly Detached Observers bring about 100 years of baseball fanaticism (and about 20 years of mediocrity in youth leagues) to the job of finding the answers.
Shepherd Express |
Frank Clines and Art Kumbalek |
04-03-2009 |
Sports
Tags: Milwaukee Brewers, baseball
Jesse Eisenberg Shines in Realistic, Funny Coming-of-Age Flicknew
Eisenberg is like a dramatic version of Michael Cera, and with Adventureland he really gets to show off his dramatic range, which goes from A all the way to those made-up letters from Dr. Seuss' On Beyond Zebra!.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-02-2009 |
Reviews
Trashing the Bordernew
Illegal immigrants dump tons of waste in the wilderness every day -- and it's devastating the environment.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
04-02-2009 |
Environment
Silent Protestnew
Some University of Arizona students find an angelic way to counter Brother Jed and Sister Cindy.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
04-02-2009 |
Religion
ClerkDogs.com Has Finally Been Housebrokennew
Movie recommendation site ClerkDogs.com has drastically improved in the last few weeks. A team of dedicated and intelligent people are clearly working hard on getting the site to where it needs to be, and the difference is quite dramatic. New features have been introduced, old features work better and the site has become fun to use.
Fast Forward Weekly |
John Tebbutt |
04-02-2009 |
Movies
Tags: ClerkDogs.com, videos & DVDs
The Touching Story of Three Brothers and Their Hermaphroditic Bird-Monsternew
Where most games endlessly crib the best bits of Aliens, Michael Bay films and the U.S. constitution's second amendment, Zeno Clash's art director and writer, Edmundo Bordeu, cites Frank Oz, Terry Gilliam, Hieronymous Bosch and John Blanche as his stylistic influences.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Kyle Francis |
04-02-2009 |
Video Games
