AltWeeklies Wire
The FCC's Media Malicenew
Chairman Kevin Martin wants to fast-track relaxing media ownership rules so that a company could own TV and radio stations -- and a newspaper -- in the same market.
Election 2007: A Progressive Shift in Raleighnew
Raleigh voters tossed out a pair of incumbents in the Oct. 9 elections and pushed the city council's center of political gravity strongly to the progressive side on development issues.
John Edwards Watch: Primary Motivesnew
So far, Edwards is trailing badly in New Hampshire.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
10-18-2007 |
Commentary
'The Air We Breathe' Blends Science, History & Political Allegorynew
Communities are fragile and corruptible things, but Barrett is building, book by book, a stronger, closer, brighter and better one than ours.
Champagne is Just 45 Minutes from Parisnew
We sip the world's most famous bubbly.
INDY Week |
Arturo Ciompi |
10-18-2007 |
Food+Drink
The Coathangers Plays Fierce or Fun Garage Popnew
The band writes about what it knows, ostensibly a mix of getting pissed off (by men or otherwise) and having fun.
INDY Week |
Jon Ross |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Coathangers
Stop the Presses: The Paperless Newspapernew
It's hard to dispute that the newspaper is doomed in the long run, as an inefficient and wasteful medium that technology can easily improve upon -- but while the newspaper is expendable, the tradition it represents and the information it supplies are not.
Tags: media
Rebuilding the Soul of the Carolinasnew
Jason Perlmutter has curated collections of obscuring Carolina soul and funk music. In short, he's making it possible for people to take music that was all but lost back home.
INDY Week |
Rick Cornell |
10-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Artists, Carolina Funk
The Intricate Puzzles of 'Michael Clayton'new
Tony Gilroy's film may turn out to be the earliest major Oscar candidate out of the gate, but it's also a commendable rarity: a film of genuine artistic ambition that is also extravagantly entertaining.
Tags: Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
The Battle Against the Bio-Labnew
The battle against the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility will test the strength of Granville County residents' activism.
Tags: Health & Science
What's Really in Your Food?new
It's becoming increasingly more difficult to discern how our food was grown, processed and treated, thanks to our collective support of a food industry that wields its heft and political clout to create labeling laws that make a mockery of disclosure.
INDY Week |
Suzanne Nelson |
10-11-2007 |
Food+Drink
'Across the Universe' isn't Audacious Enoughnew
Director Julie Taymor attempts to take the entire decade of the 1960s, fold it flat and slide it into the record sleeve of a Beatles LP.
Tags: Across the Universe, Julie Taymor
'The Kingdom' Has Powernew
Surprisingly, the best of this year's lot of war movies thus far is The Kingdom, an action movie with characters filled by Hollywood central casting.
Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom
Rey Norteño Makes Theme Song for N.C. Immigrantsnew
"Raleigh," the title track from Rey Norteño's 2006 debut, earned the band national airplay on Mexican regional radio stations such as the local 96.9 FM La Ley.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rey Norteño
Animal Collective: The Gateway Drug to Experimental Musicnew
Over five albums, they've developed a strident sonic approach, using noise, sustained tones, short, iterative samples, delirious tribal drumming and sing-to-the-sky harmonies to make points of skewing pop on a slow-burn pyre.
Tags: Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam
