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Get Grebo With Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reactionnew
Anyone remember "grebo"?
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
09-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Julie Fowlis Brings Gaelic Tradition into the Pop Worldnew
The story of Scottish singer Julie Fowlis neither begins nor ends with that of Angus Alick MacAulay. But, as is the case with all traditional music, to truly understand the tale, one has to dive into the river mid-stream.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Justin Hopper |
09-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cuilidh, Julie Fowlis
How the Rusyns Could Save Civilizationnew
Of all of the ethnic groups that have settled in Pittsburgh, few are as mysterious as the Carpatho-Rusyns. So convoluted is their history, so mysterious their origins, that many Rusyns are mysteries even to themselves.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
09-29-2008 |
Culture
'What Happened to Anna K.' Reimagines Tolstoy's Heroine in Contemporary Queensnew
Irina Reyn, who teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh, has taken the plot of Anna Karenina, based it in Queens, and turned it into a considerably shorter novel very much dependent on its present-day setting.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Adam Colman |
09-08-2008 |
Fiction
'Dancing in Amdo' Questions Some Basic Assumptions About Tibetnew
The first thing you'll wonder about filmmaker Carl Cimini's documentary about Tibet under Chinese rule, is, "How'd he score an interview with the Dalai Lama?"
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ennui Returns with 'The Myth in Which We Live'new
From the tweaked atmospheres of their new full-length, it seems they've been busy reinventing themselves as an electro-pop group. I also suspect they've been listening to a lot of Genesis and M83.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-08-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ennui, The Myth in Which We Live
Pittsburgh Legends Don Caballero Return with 'Punkgasm'new
Meet the new Don Caballero. Or rather, the new new Don Cab.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Don Caballero, Punkgasm
How Long Can Girl Talk Run?new
Just hours before his new album is sent to the Internet, Gregg Gillis is at home: a two-room Wilkinsburg apartment crammed with the detritus of his life on the road as internationally acclaimed mashup artist Girl Talk.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Seeing Eyeballs Release 'Who Always Puts Acid in My Coffee?'new
Just as rootsy as it is spacey, Acid in My Coffee moves restlessly through the lo-fi underground, like a subterranean UFO abducting your senses in the blink of an eye.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andrew McKeon |
08-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Leslie Anne Mcilroy's 'Liquid Like This' is Passionate, Well-crafted Versenew
Mcilroy uses formal care to set off raw emotion, insurgent thoughts, a lubricated imagination full of jazz horns, yanked-up skirts, lipstick traces, let-down lovers, open wounds and cold beers.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
08-04-2008 |
Poetry
Contract Killers: A Public/Private Partnership Goes Horribly Wrong in Iraqnew
Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Maseth was electrocuted while taking a shower in Iraq. His death, along with at least a dozen other soldiers who have met the same fate, is a tragic, and chillingly literal, symbol of what writer Naomi Klein calls "the Shock Doctrine." In her book of the same title, Klein argues that for modern corporations, wars and other disasters are just part of the business model.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
07-29-2008 |
War
Tags: Iraq, KBR, Naomi Klein, death, privitization, corporate power, war & peace, The Shock Doctrine
Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell is Urging a Stronger Effort to Enforce Anti-Sweatshop Policiesnew
Pennsylvania is the first state to pledge its support for a proposed anti-sweatshop consortium, made up of states, counties and municipalities from across the country. "Rendell has taken the leadership of states nationally," says Kenneth Miller, who has long been active in local anti-sweatshop campaigns.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Adam Fleming |
07-28-2008 |
Business & Labor
Pittsburgh City Council is Like 'Big Brother 9'new
There was a time, about a year ago, when voters could hope that Pittsburgh City Council would be a different place. But with shifting alliances, hidden agendas and bad behavior, the council has become a reality show that is, unfortunately, all too real.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
07-28-2008 |
Politics
Rick Rhodes Wrote the Book on Boating the Ohio River and Its Tributariesnew
The Ohio River is a practical guide for contemporary boaters, with detailed sketches of all eight rivers, dozens of black-and-white photos, and rosters of boat clubs, marinas and other dock sites -- even riverside restaurants.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-21-2008 |
Nonfiction
!!! Survives Electroclash, Recruits a Pittsburghernew
But for a moment the fledgling genre defined !!!, before disappearing quicker than hair metal in the wake of Nirvana.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Parker |
07-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
