AltWeeklies Wire
Lucas Abela Bleeds Musicnew
Abela, performing as one-man noise band Justice Yeldham, uses glass as an instrument. By set's end, it's in innumerable shards beneath his bare feet, mixing with the blood that pours down his face and from his mouth.
INDY Week |
Roque Strew |
02-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Justice Yeldham
Michael Holland Goes Traditionalnew
Apropos of its title, Simple Truths and Pleasures is full of characters looking for a little relief and maybe a little joy but never expecting too much.
The Scary Film Projectnew
Amid the obligatory splattered brains and oozing entrails, Romero examines the ubiquity of our multimedia culture, a world where "if it's not on video, it's not real," and assails how the YouTube generation has become desensitized to violence, disaster, war and death.
The Elephants in the Room: How the GOP Lost its Waynew
The Republican Party traded Abraham Lincoln's legacy for George Wallace's constituency. It sold its soul to the devil for a chance to rule America.
I Was a Teenage Republicannew
This only proves there is only one scenario scarier than electing a Republican from this year's crop: Allowing 15-year-olds to vote.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Inside the Ron Paul Revolutionnew
"It's kind of like the movie The Matrix, where people think everything's all fine and lovely, but they're really asleep and this whole other thing going on. I call it waking people up."
Council of State's Role in Death Penalty Cases a Legal Wranglenew
In the latest development in a tangle of state and federal cases that have led to a de facto moratorium on North Carolina's death penalty, state lawyers argued that the Council of State, a body of statewide elected officials, should not be required to have a public hearing to consider how the state executes prisoners.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
02-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Ari Picker Is Mastermind of Lost in the Treesnew
Lost in the Trees isn't a conventional band with several members who compose the music together and then perform it. Rather, it's self-contained, meaning that Ari Picker can always form new ensembles to play the music he's already written. Picker is the mastermind and constant of Lost in the Trees; everyone else helps him fulfill his vision.
INDY Week |
Kathleen Gordon |
02-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lost in the Trees
Asheville Indie Film Garners Attention at Sundancenew
Asheville-based director Chusy Haney-Jardine took an entirely different road to Sundance: Most of the players in his film had never acted before—anywhere.
Persepolis More Like a Non-Iranian Filmnew
Persepolis is confidently cosmopolitan in its outlook and resonances. Yet it's also an indirect reminder that Iranian culture has been strangely (and, one might add, tragically) bifurcated for going on three decades now.
The Clintons Widen Racial Dividenew
A few weeks ago, Clinton rather clumsily countered that it took President Lyndon Johnson to realize King's "Dream," and the racial undertones of her comments pissed off a lot of folks.
INDY Week |
Derek Jennings |
02-07-2008 |
Commentary
Why John Edwards' Policies Caught On, But He Didn'tnew
John Edwards ended his '08 presidential campaign where it began, in New Orleans. The math of yesterday's Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses dictated that he do so: There were just not enough states where he could expect to win even 15 percent of the vote (the minimum required to earn delegates), let alone come in first.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
02-07-2008 |
Commentary
Bio Lab Debate Goes on Tournew
With less than nine months before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security decides where to site its disease research lab, proponents and opponents of the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility continue to plead their cases before government leaders and the business community.
Tags: Health & Science
Sentiments Get Monochromaticnew
Though the writing is generally sharp, the sentiments get a little monochromatic over the course of the Monologue Bombs' Beverages + Ghosts.
No Security in Muslim Americans' Homelandnew
Almost five years after Iyad Hindi passed the test to become a U. S. citizen, he's still waiting to be "cleared" by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
01-31-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
