AltWeeklies Wire
An Original and Incisive Essay Collectionnew
A book by a poet about poetry should, above all, excite readers about poems, and that's what The Napkin Manuscripts does best.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
03-15-2007 |
Nonfiction
Beat Up Punknew
Antelope -- the new trio from ex-El Guapo guitarist Justin Moyer -- is a staple of the evolving Dischord meme, and like most of the Dischord pop bands, they share punk's embrace of directness and concision.
INDY Week |
Jack McDonald |
03-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Antelope
Zork Asks ... About 'Faggots'new
We know that when Ann Coulter called John Edwards a "faggot," she didn't mean he was a "bundle of sticks" or "pieces of wrought iron" -- but what did she mean?
Tyrone Hayes on Discovering Atrazine's Risksnew
When agribusiness giant Sygenta commissioned biologist Tyrone Hayes to study the effects of atrazine, it got more than it bargained for.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-15-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
'The VA is Waiting for Us to Die'new
Vietnam veteran David Best battles a system stacked against him.
Tags: war & peace
Day Before Tomorrow: Cory Doctorow's Techno-Presentnew
In an era when the wonders of modern technology exceed our imaginations, boingboing.net co-editor Cory Doctorow understands that to write about the future, you have to write about the present.
Tax Refund Loans Target the Poornew
Refund Anticipation Loans are the latest wrinkle in predatory lending -- you get your tax refund when you file, and you only pay interest of 100-700 percent.
Southern Culture on the Skids & Heads on Sticksnew
These Southern iconoclasts have nailed the possum to the wall: Nobody captures the tragedy of upscale downward mobility better than Southern Culture on the Skids. Also reviewed: Heads on Sticks' The Pamphleteer.
Making a MASS-todonnew
Atlanta, Ga.'s Mastodon has perfected a brand of more-is-more heavy metal that bowls barriers and defies categorization in a genre that thrives on fine print and substrata.
INDY Week |
Robbie Mackey |
02-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Developing a Laptop for the Children of the Developing Worldnew
The One Laptop Per Child project aims to turn kids on to cheap, intuitive computers -- that don't run Windows.
Tags: $100 laptop, technology
Addressing Nuances of Executionsnew
The furor over the death penalty continued last week with a bill introduced to the State Senate to form a 15-member legislative study committee to review North Carolina's lethal injection procedure.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
02-16-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
What a Difference Four Years Makesnew
Tough stands on issues are keeping John Edwards in the presidential race.
Bu Hanan: Don't Hold Backnew
An emerging North Carolina music collective thrives on collaborative criticism.
Brutal Youthnew
Diamond Jubilee succeeds in unearthing the torments of adolescence, laying bare the manner in which children are bludgeoned into maturity.
Suspicious Mindsnew
It was all sound and fury, signifying nothing, which is also a good description of the political and media circus that has surrounded Hounddog since midway through shooting in the summer of 2006 in eastern North Carolina.
