AltWeeklies Wire
Gregg Allman Talks Hammond, Tape and Shroomsnew
I've got Gregg Allman on the line and he's telling me a story about the time he and the rest of the Allman Brothers Band lived together and ate psilocybin tablets (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) every day for eight weeks.
New Haven Advocate |
Sean Corbett |
12-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Connecticut Dems Can't Bring Themselves to Formally Punish Liebermannew
Democrats debated loudly last week whether Lieberman should be formally censured or simply rebuked in a letter signed by the party. The whole thing felt like a marriage therapy session gone wrong, with Lieberman as cheating husband and party leaders as spurned spouses.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-30-2008 |
Politics
'Big Necessity' Looks at Some of the Problems with Poopnew
If we can remember the political dimensions of this most personal act, George suggests, we may one day find our way out of the muck.
New Haven Advocate |
Jason B. Jones |
12-09-2008 |
Nonfiction
While the Economy Tanks, Connecticut's Governor Cuts Ribbonsnew
On paper, Jodi Rell has what looks like the greatest job in the state. The governor, who earns $150,000 a year, packs her days full of friendly radio interviews and ceremonial events that take her all over the state to cut a ribbon here or stick a shovel in dirt there.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-09-2008 |
Politics
People Love to Film Themselves Drunk ... The Rest of Us Love to Watch Themnew
Some people love to watch the drunks be drunk, and the drunks love to be watched, or so suggest the thousands of videos, blogs, pictures, forums and message boards devoted to drunks and drinking.
New Haven Advocate |
Brianna Snyder |
12-02-2008 |
Tech
Tags: Drugs, TV, YouTube, web culture, computers & technology, Intervention, A&E, Drunk History, drunks
Documents on Operation Front Line Show Innocent Muslims Got Caught in Bush's Dragnetnew
Operation Front Line's stated goal was to disrupt terrorist cells that might be planning an attack during the campaign or on inauguration day. But government documents recently obtained by a team of Yale Law School students and faculty expose the program as a massive fishing expedition that hinged on racial profiling.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
11-25-2008 |
Immigration
The Working Families Party is Building a Third Party That Mattersnew
The party has grown not by running candidates, mind you, but by running issues. Rather than run its own candidates, the WFP traditionally cross-endorses major party candidates who support its agenda of workers' rights and health care for all.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
11-25-2008 |
Politics
Election-Day Setbacks Can't Stop March of Progress for GLBT Communitynew
Yes, a mob of homophobes is still an ugly and common sight. But gay-rights-bashers' bullying tactics don't have the muscle they once did. There are more opportunities for pro-gay forces to fight back and more support when they do.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
11-18-2008 |
LGBT
Though it May Be Tempting, There's No Time for Dems to Gloatnew
The task ahead for the Democratic Congress and President-elect Barack Obama is too monumental. Though Obama has yet to be inaugurated, the honeymoon is already over. How does one clean up after a national disaster on the scale of George W. Bush? Where do you even begin?
New Haven Advocate |
Alan Bisbort |
11-18-2008 |
Commentary
Joe vs. Joe: Which Lieberman Will Emerge from Election '08?new
Lieberman met behind closed doors with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last week to discuss his future, and emerged to tell reporters he's considering his "options." Here's what Dems and politics watchers are saying about the Lieberman conundrum.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
11-18-2008 |
Politics
Connecticut's Millionaires Can Breathe Easynew
Despite a projected $1 billion deficit, Gov. Jodi Rell remains "uncomfortable" with hiking taxes on the very wealthy.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
11-11-2008 |
Economy
Richard Lloyd Turns Off the Televisionnew
But Lloyd does still have plenty to say about the band and its other guitarist (and primary songwriter), Tom Verlaine.
New Haven Advocate |
Peter Gerstenzang |
11-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Same-Sex Couples Face Roadblocks to the Altar in Connecticutnew
The fact that the state has civil union laws on the books and must now permit same-sex marriage leads to a few sticky legal complications.
New Haven Advocate |
Dave Bonan |
11-11-2008 |
LGBT
Convicted Rapist Bill Coleman is Starving Himself to Prove His Innocencenew
Coleman began refusing solid food on Sept. 16, 2007, to protest what he claims was his wrongful conviction in 2005 of raping his wife -- he was convicted solely on her testimony, without forensic evidence, and no witnesses were called on his behalf. This September, on the one-year anniversary of his hunger strike, he began refusing liquids as well.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel D'Ambrosio |
11-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
My Time Driving Mr. Bidennew
When I started working as Biden's driver, he intimidated me. I lived my first few months on the job afraid each day would be my last, not because of anything I did, but because of who he was and the reputation he had.
New Haven Advocate |
Josh Zembik |
10-28-2008 |
Commentary
