AltWeeklies Wire
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
The Decemberists' Rock Operanew
The Decemberists' latest may be a variation on a theme, but it's a damn fine one.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
04-08-2009 |
Reviews
Wholly Viola: Anni Rossinew
Rockwell is so delightful in its oddness and sweet in its wordplay that we can easily forgive Anni Rossi her excesses.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
04-08-2009 |
Reviews
Warm and Fuzzy: It Hugs Backnew
Like kittens playing in yarn, It Hugs Back, from Kent, England, revels in soft cuteness.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
04-08-2009 |
Reviews
Vetiver Hits the Roadnew
With a new album out on Sub Pop and a lengthy stretch of 49 shows this spring, Vetiver is garnering attention far beyond its San Francisco home, and transcending the freak-folk label the band has casually endured.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
04-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Meet the Vivian Girlsnew
There's something immensely charming about the raw pop-punk of the 2-year-old band the Vivian Girls, a harmonizing pop-punk trio from Brooklyn who trade in short, sharp songs.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: indie rock, Vivian Girls
Vin Diesel Mopes a Lot As He Returns to the Film Franchise That Made Him a Starnew
Vin Diesel returns to the series that made him a big star with Fast and Furious, a tiresome speedy-car movie. Things have really deteriorated since the fun original.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-08-2009 |
Reviews
If You Like Sappy, Cute, Formulaic Films Go See 'The Black Balloon'new
There are some nice things to say about The Black Balloon. I mean, it's sappy and cute and formulaic, and people enjoy that. Who am I to stop them?
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-08-2009 |
Reviews
'Best of Contemporary Mexican Fiction' Introduces Readers to Living Writers from Across the Bordernew
Chances are that a recognizable literary talent is already dead. This is the challenge that confronts a book like Best of Contemporary Mexican Fiction. It features 16 writers, all of whom still walk the Earth.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
04-08-2009 |
Fiction
Congress Votes Down a NAFTA-Mandated Trucking Programnew
After years of political shell games on Capitol Hill, yet another push to unleash Mexican trucks across the United States has been quashed.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-08-2009 |
International
Act to Save Papersnew
Hey, readers: The future of newspapers is in your hands.
Tucson Weekly |
Irene Messina |
04-08-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: newspaper industry
Blind Pilot Makes Soft Music Out of Chatternew
Any duo who can cart around all of their equipment on bicycles obviously plays stripped-down music; Blind Pilot's sound is acoustic-guitar-focused folk-pop, with sparse, quiet drums. Their music is so essentially simple and so immediately loved by many because of that resonance of bareness.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
04-02-2009 |
Reviews
Unconventional Alt-Countrynew
Hungry Bird is a quietly triumphant reintroduction for Clem Snide, the Brooklyn-turned-Nashville band that spun more than a decade of charms from the quirky and clever songwriting of Eef Barzelay.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
04-02-2009 |
Reviews
DreamWorks Edges Ever Closer to Pixar Territorynew
Monsters vs. Aliens, from the DreamWorks animation factory, looks impressive. It's not as good as some of Pixar's greater works, but it's a cut above the last couple of Shrek films and much better than garbage like Space Chimps.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-02-2009 |
Reviews
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
