AltWeeklies Wire
Approachable Appealnew
Massage your viscera? Buzz through your brain? Indian Jewelry does both marvelously.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Free Gold!, Indian Jewelry
Intoxicating Dosesnew
Sleep Forever stands as evidence of the destruction of the myth of the sophomore slump
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Sleep Forever, The Big Sleep
Mutts on the Movenew
A slimmed-down (read: eight-person) version of Poi Dog Pondering loads into the van for a rare tour.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 7, Poi Dog Pondering
Portugal. The Man is Wildly Creativenew
Just don't ask them to explain anything.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Church Mouth, Portugal. The Man
Tift Merritt is a Changed Womannew
In the last four years, she's lost her label, left her North Carolina home for New York City, and spent a lot of time in Paris, sorting herself out and writing new music.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Another Country, Tift Merritt
The Judd Apatow Comedy Train Gets Back on Tracknew
Jason Segel, a hilarious bit player in Knocked Up, gets the limelight in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a comedy that, while not as consistent as some of Apatow's classic efforts, certainly belongs in the same class.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Van Sant's Non-Narrative Expression Continues in 'Paranoid Park'new
Gus Van Sant again uses plot lightly in this hypnotic tale of an alienated young skateboarder.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Contemporary Indian Works Hit Tucsonnew
"Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation," the enormous traveling show of contemporary Northwest and Pacific Indian art, has just landed at the Tucson Museum of Art.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
04-17-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Why Are Politicians Suddenly Afraid of Project Vote Smart?new
John McCain was kicked off Project Vote Smart's board after he refused to return the Political Courage Test. But he has plenty of company among politicians who refuse to take the survey, including Clinton and Obama.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
04-17-2008 |
Politics
Popular Culture Consistently Corrupts What Words Actually Meannew
This used to annoy me a little; now, it annoys me a lot -- particularly when it trivializes some fairly Godzilla-esque concepts.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
04-17-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Virtual Racism in 'Halo'new
Trash-talking gone too far is marring online video-game worlds.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
04-17-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: racism, video games
Do Today's Children Hear the Call of the Wild?new
The Audubon medal-winning writer Richard Louv has just released an updated version of his 2005 book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder to create a movement of sorts to get kids outside.
INDY Week |
Marc Maximov |
04-17-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Port Huron Statement's Straight-Up Indie Rocknew
It's fitting that Man of the Match opens with a brief instrumental that recalls "Auld Lang Syne." To these straying ears, the invocation is a welcome to genre: "Hello, indie rock, my old friend. It's been awhile."
The Strugglers Last Album?new
Whether The Latest Rights proves a terminus or simply the start of a slow cessation for The Strugglers -- a band that's always treated the trials of melancholy like a reason to continue -- it's a brilliant climax.
Jay Reatard Attempts to Curb His Wunderkind Workaholismnew
Reatard is set to release six 7-inch singles with Matador this year, which will be compiled on an EP in the fall.
New York Press |
Chris Ruen |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
