AltWeeklies Wire
Why Do Hot Chicks Always Play Bass and Why Do I Love Them So?new
I have a fetish for hot-chick bassists, a low-grade obsession that traces back to my early teens. In the mid-'80s, I remember feeling vaguely scandalized (and excited) the first time I saw the Talking Heads' Tina Weymouth lay down that throbbing arterial bass line on "Psycho Killer." That was just the beginning.
Phoenix New Times |
Craig Outhier |
12-08-2009 |
Commentary
We Need to Encourage Young Folks to Put Down Technology and Pick Up Booksnew
Be wary of the tube! If you prize the language, tame the idiot box!
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
05-27-2009 |
Commentary
A Meditation on Keeping Great Finds to Oneselfnew
Any object is marred by seeing. To reveal it means to erase it. Whatever people find there will not be what it was that inspired their coming.
New Haven Advocate |
Stephen Vincent Kobasa |
05-19-2009 |
Art
Tags: commentary, visual art
The 100 Unsexiest Men of 2009new
The Boston Phoenix's fourth annual losers list, this year topped by the biggest blowhard in America. Here at Phoenix Unsexy Headquarters, unsexiness is defined by gypping jillions out of charities or punching your girlfriend or yelling at your cinematographer.
Boston Phoenix |
Phoenix Staff |
03-26-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: Unsexiest Men of 2009, commentary
The Big Ball of Blamenew
Who could watch the news reports of Katrina without asking who is to blame? Leaders have been busy blaming each other. But perhaps we are all to blame.
Style Weekly |
Donelson R. Forsyth |
09-19-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Katrina, commentary
WiseUp! A weekly column of anecdotes and observationsnew
WiseUp! example:
A man once asked Robert Burns to lend him his black coat so he could attend a funeral the following day. Mr. Burns replied that he would be attending that funeral, so he could not lend him his black coat. But he suggested, "I can recommend the most excellent substitute. Throw your character over your shoulders. That will be the blackest coat you ever wore in your lifetime."
The Athens NEWS |
David Bruce |
03-08-2005 |
Commentary
