AltWeeklies Wire
Stop Bragging, Americanew
America is arrogant. But before you right-wingnuts paint me with the "anti-American" brush, observe a more practical scenario.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
05-08-2008 |
Commentary
The Next Generationnew
Today, I'm starring in a sitcom pilot called Ruff Times, an updated version of the famous television series Good Times.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
05-08-2008 |
History
Tags: history
'Warpaint' Seems to Be an Artistic Fork in the Road for the Black Crowesnew
Now that they have established their return, they can either go back to hiding an album of fluff behind a couple of quality songs, or they can try to one-up themselves and reach for their potential to put out a great album.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
05-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Black Crowes, Warpaint
Underground is On Topnew
Underground hip-hop has seen a resurgence in respect and quality. This year started off as a stellar year for the artists that like to stay under the radar. So let's take a look at some of these lesser-known albums.
Jackson Free Press |
David Dennis |
05-07-2008 |
Music
'Conflict: Denied' Sequelnew
Some games fail when they look bad, sound bad and end up being, well, bad. Conflict: Denied Ops is this kind of failure.
Jackson Free Press |
Nick Judin |
05-07-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Tennis Fuelnew
I always crave a submarine sandwich after playing tennis. I'm not exactly sure why that is, but a six-inch grilled chicken on wheat with lettuce, olives, cucumbers and honey mustard hits the spot right on.
Jackson Free Press |
Sarah Chistine Bolton |
05-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Lawd Tells Hit Like It Isnew
Although this is Hawkins' first and last novel, it is apparent that he had a keen knack for storytelling that was as honest as his long career as a judge. As a writer, he had a feel for humanity that is reminiscent of John Steinbeck (especially Grapes of Wrath), and a feel for the common-man language of Erskine Caldwell.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
05-07-2008 |
Fiction
I'm No Elitistnew
Leaders who instill hope and progress into the minds of the people are ridiculed and/or eliminated, while opportunists make promises they forget. Therefore, the people on the bottom become angry, apathetic and bitter, and they cling to nothing that takes them nowhere.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
Prom Nightnew
Morgan Freeman and film crews were met with opposition when he decided to fund and document Charleston High School's first integrated prom. The idea of separate proms in this day and age is ridiculous. In fact, as a proud Mississippian, it's embarrassing.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
3 Doors Down Go To Krypton and Backnew
Emerging from small-town Mississippi, 3 Doors Down burst onto the post-grunge alternative-rock scene in 2000 with hit single "Kryptonite" from the band's first album A Better Life.
Jackson Free Press |
Jeri Lynn Ostrander |
05-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 3 Doors Down
'187 Reasons' is a Journey of the Soul, Race and Identity, Power and Strugglenew
Herrera's assemblage of essays, poems of varying degrees and form, songs and mixed-media work aims to confront what seems to be an eternal impasse for the Chicano: straddling the fence of an imaginary U.S.-Mexican border, hobbling at the edge of an identity and never quite being able to step onto one side or the other.
Jackson Free Press |
Brandi Herrera Pfrehm |
05-07-2008 |
Poetry
'No Pay' Into 'Co-Pay'new
High fuel prices, housing and credit crisis and the economic recession have affected the way folk spend their dollars.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
A Clear Path for the Journeynew
Growing up with a strong loathing and sense of resentment toward whites, it was difficult for me to take a look in the mirror and realize that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, regardless of race or status.
Jackson Free Press |
Queen Folayan |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
One Artist's Leap Of Faith on the Post-Katrina Gulf Coastnew
Mississippi artist H.C. Porter documented two years of life on the post-Hurricane Katrina Gulf Coast, culminating in more than 50 mixed-media paintings rendering real Mississippians and their struggles.
Jackson Free Press |
Terri Cowart |
05-07-2008 |
Art
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Jackson Free Press |
Staff |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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