AltWeeklies Wire
Merchants of Deathnew
Funny what you can learn about life from the people who get paid to bury you.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Ashlea Halpern |
10-31-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Tricks or Treatsnew
Costume designers have made eye candy more popular than chocolate on Halloween -- but do we want prepubescent girls dressing like prostitutes for sweets?
Boulder Weekly |
Dale Bridges |
10-23-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
The Edge of Panicnew

Despite New York City's economic boom and widespread real estate development, recent events reveal a city still living in fear.
New York Press |
Candice M. Giove |
10-19-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
After Baghdadnew
Farris Hassan, not done with his 15 minutes of fame, is up to his old tricks again.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ashley Harrell |
10-10-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Escape From New Yorknew
Drawing outside the lines, from Brooklyn to Japan, a New Yorker finds a new home.
New York Press |
Adario Strange |
10-05-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Party Boynew
Matt Sonzala puts on Houston rap parties all over the world.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
10-03-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Whose Haight?new
Street kids expect the neighborhood to welcome them as it did their forebears in the '60s, but residents, merchants, and cops are planning a different future.
Tags: lifestyles
From the Hoods to the Woodsnew

An O.G. gangbanger has turned himself into a hardcore firefighter.
L.A. Weekly |
Leon Bing |
09-21-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
The Party Cabbienew
If you're just looking to get from point A to point B, John Rees is not the taxi driver for you.
Chicago Reader |
David King |
09-18-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
First Contactnew

We attend the local Star Trek convention and, like the Borg, assimilate everything in our path.
Sacramento News & Review |
Becca Costello |
09-15-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
The Gnome Mannew

Tom Clark has made a career crafting little people.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
09-14-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Food in the Nudenew

We go picnicking with a Naturist society.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
09-14-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Atlantis Ho!new
David Hatcher Childress has traveled all over the globe in search of lost cities, but Kempton, Illinois, is where he has chosen to build his empire of the improbable.
Chicago Reader |
Mike Sula |
09-11-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Rubber the Right Waynew
Latex fashion model Bianca Beauchamp brings together the world of kink at Montreal's Fetish Weekend.
Montreal Mirror |
Chris Barry |
09-05-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
The Politics of Braidsnew

Braiders are now required to spend thousands of dollars on beauty school, where they must learn to cut, dye, and perm -- services they never wanted to provide. Instead they're going underground.
Chicago Reader |
Tasneem Paghdiwala |
09-05-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles