AltWeeklies Wire
He Survived the Pickup-Artist Scene, Now He Wants to Survive the Apocalypsenew
Neil Strauss' own press materials call him "the world's most legendary pickup artist," but his new game is all about learning to survive not dating disasters but actual life-threatening, end-days disasters, an obsession that brings plenty of its own worries.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
03-20-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Coachella: Indio Times 10new
Goldenvoice's Paul Tollett on the decade-old music festival.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
03-20-2009 |
Concerts
With a Probable Run for Governor in Sight, a High-Profile Celebrity Drug Case Couldn't Hurtnew
The Anna Nicole Smith indictments and California Attorney General Jerry Brown's contact high with the political power grid.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
03-20-2009 |
Politics
Why Los Angeles Crime-Fighters Fell Years Behind on Rape Testingnew
Experts have suggested a stunning possibility: that 500,000 rape kits, given low priority by scores of police departments, have been sitting untested for years.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
03-20-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Approaching 90, T-Model Ford Keeps the Blues Goingnew
Blues guitarist T-Model Ford has incredible energy and vitality for a man of any generation.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Israel's Monotonix Is Setting America on Fire -- Literallynew
"You hit my girlfriend in the head with a trash can, and as much as I love her, you were still the best fucking band I've seen in ages," one fan wrote on Monotonix's MySpace page. This says a lot about the rock 'n' roll of Monotonix.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Last House on the Left' Remake Is Horrifying -- Not Necessarily in a Good Waynew
Trying to add sweetness and hope to sludge like this is like pouring a bag of sugar into raw sewage laced with cyanide. It's not going to help.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-19-2009 |
Reviews
Deaf Guitarist Does Not Go Gentlynew
Since the age of 10, Steve DiCesare has slowly been losing his hearing. It is now almost completely gone, but the band plays on.
Boulder Weekly |
Dylan Otto Krider |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Doc Finds the Flaws in North America's Approach to Intellectual Propertynew
A new "open source" documentary is a look at the battle between copyright and "copyleft."
Fast Forward Weekly |
Lindsay Bowman |
03-19-2009 |
Reviews
Philosophy Salon Sets Up in Calgary Homeless Shelternew
A philosophy salon in a Calgary homeless shelter is battling the stereotype that the homeless are uneducated.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jocelyn Edwards |
03-19-2009 |
Housing & Development
Bush's Pasta Overshadows Torture Revelationsnew
A Red Cross report detailing prison abuse was released the day before George W. Bush's first post-presidency speaking engagement.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
03-19-2009 |
International
Activist Brings a Girl Home from Gaza to Restore Her Sightnew
Six-year-old Hadil was born with congenital deformities, but she can no longer travel through Gaza's tightened borders to hospitals where doctors had begun a series of operations on her eyes. Hanan Shawar convinced Hadil's parents to let her bring the girl back to the United States for reconstructive surgery.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
03-19-2009 |
War
Obits Serve a Death Notice to Indie-Rock Clichesnew
On the band's debut, I Blame You, myriad shades of punk, post-punk, new wave and even '80s pop begin to materialize from amidst the sheen of guitar reverb.
New York Press |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
03-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Marathon Night on the Good Ship WFMUnew
It's the second week of an annual drive aimed at keeping Jersey City radio station WFMU in the black, and once again a weekly comedy call-in show has positioned itself as one of the top moneymakers for the nonprofit freeform radio station.
New York Press |
Brian Heater |
03-19-2009 |
Media
Paul Rudd Proves He Plays Gay Better Than Anyonenew
Hamburg's formulaic contrivance is an accidental metaphor for Hollywood's sit-com dishonesty.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-19-2009 |
Reviews
