AltWeeklies Wire
Sunday Drivenew
This is an enjoyable animated automotive spree.
Style Weekly |
Cole Smithey |
07-06-2006 |
Reviews
Battery Lownew
For Adam Sandler, learning to act now not only would be difficult, but also would amount to something like a betrayal of his fan base.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
07-06-2006 |
Reviews
Fast Forwardnew
VCR is on the road to find out how far it can go.
Style Weekly |
Mark Richardson |
07-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Questioning Creation Gets You Firednew
After adjunct professor Jim Sparks publicly decried a biology textbook the university adopted for its introductory-level biology classes -- questioning whether the text had creationist leanings -- VCU has dismissed him.
Style Weekly |
Brandon Walters |
07-06-2006 |
Education
Death of a Salesmannew
CarMax's success is not just a business-school study of innovation and survival, it's a story of civic pride.
Style Weekly |
Scott Bass |
07-06-2006 |
Business & Labor
Superman’s Blue Clothesnew
This version is merely a souped-up, CGI-enhanced extension, with fancy new tights on the hero that look like they were skinned from some kind of red, yellow and blue intergalactic reptile.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-29-2006 |
Reviews
VQR Who?new
How did the tiny Virginia Quarterly Review make such a big splash in the magazine industry?
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
06-29-2006 |
Media
No Masterpiecenew
While the music has grown more authoritative, the beats feel a little tired and the squirrelly energy of the first release is gone.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Belle, Without Sebastiannew
Isobel Campbell, the mythical Belle of Belle and Sebastian, makes an odd pairing with The Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan -- but it definitely works.
Style Weekly |
Ira Calos |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
VH Cover Album Misses the Marknew
These covers are mostly from early Van Halen records (thank all that's holy), but it seems unintentionally funny when disciplined country singing meets cock-rock lyrics.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Aphex Twin Resurfacesnew
After 2001 Aphex Twin's Richard James kept his distance and released no new music; many assumed he’d retired -- in 2005, he returned with 11 new EPs.
Style Weekly |
Mark Richardson |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
More Good Stuffnew
Seamlessly tied together by the pristine production of Rick Rubin, this is one of the year's best albums.
Style Weekly |
Hilary Langford |
06-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
T-Hank Launches Senate Bidnew
Democrats are sending out former Navy secretary James Webb to challenge George Allen in November -- but Allen probably isn't expecting Thomas H. "T-Hank" Cook.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
06-22-2006 |
Politics
Starring on Court TVnew
John Oliver, a medium and local bookstore owner, joins psychic profilers and paranormal investigators at long-cold crime scenes to see what they can detect on Court TV.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
06-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Morchower Faces Chargesnew
The lawyer representing the family of a girl who's murder sparked national news is being disciplined by the state bar.
Style Weekly |
Donna Gregory |
06-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
