AltWeeklies Wire
Wishing Happy Birthday to Our Founding Foodienew
Reading John Hailman's 2006 book, Thomas Jefferson on Wine, I learned that we owe our third President for much more than a great university and a few important documents.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-09-2008 |
Food+Drink
Colin Meloy is a 21st Century Troubadournew
The Decemberists' frontman covers Sam Cooke, wishes for chickens, brings family along for the ride.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
She & Him Beats Modernity Back with a Bit of '60s Popnew
The project, which pairs M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel, doesn't succeed because it's innovative or unexpected. It's just two souls in love with good ol'-fashioned pop music, and that love gives Volume One a warm glow to wrap around yourself on a chilly night.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
04-09-2008 |
Reviews
Sex Files: Prostitution is Back in the Newsnew
While details of the Eliot Spitzer scandal were splashed across the news, prostitution was the talk of the nation. What's up with that? I mean, what are some of the facts about the "world's oldest profession?"
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
04-09-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: Prostitution, Eliot Spitzer
Citizen Activism Against Oil & Gas Drilling Gains Steamnew
With the price of oil and gas skyrocketing it is now profitable to drill for the last remaining deposits in Texas. The Texas Railroad Commission is a willing helpmate to the industry, allowing the proliferation of oil and gas drills across Texas without regard to the impact on Texans, and many are fighting back.
The Texas Observer |
Rusty Middleton |
04-09-2008 |
Business & Labor
Thomas Beattie is Not the First Pregnant Mannew
So why's he getting all the credit, and why now?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
04-09-2008 |
Sex
The Dirty Projectors Blaze a Path Less Travelednew
First conceived in New Haven, Conn., Dave Longstreth's namesake went through many permutations before settling in Brooklyn as an elemental two guitars-bass-drums quartet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rise Above, The Dirty Projectors
Virginia College Newspapers Get OK'd for Booze Adsnew
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Hannah Lauck ruled that a Virginia law banning ads for alcohol in student newspapers and another that limits words in ads violate the First Amendment.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
04-09-2008 |
Media
Roll Call for the 2008 Muzzle Awardsnew
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression honors -- if that's the right word -- those who engage in "especially egregious or ridiculous" acts of censorship.
C-Ville Weekly |
Cathy Harding |
04-09-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Texas is Greenlighting Massive Nuclear Waste Dumpnew
Scientists and engineers at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality stridently object to the plans, but agency upper management wants to approve the licenses.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
04-09-2008 |
Environment
John McCain, Affable Racist
It's always the same pattern. John McCain makes a racist remark. Then he apologizes. Then he does it again. When will this tired act go into retirement?
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
04-08-2008 |
Commentary
Diplo Moves into a Mausoleum & Starts a Charitynew
Diplo's new nonprofit Heaps Decent aims to bring attention and equipment to music-making kids in less fortunate areas of the world.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
04-08-2008 |
Music
Tags: Diplo
Slavers in the Familynew
How Katrina Browne confronted her ties to America's original sin, and why the nation should follow her lead.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
04-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Can You Get Wine Shipped to You Over State Lines?new
Depends on who you ask.
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Snyder |
04-08-2008 |
Food+Drink
Is Doug Hawkins Afraid of Mexicans?new
The Louisville councilman's crusade against illegal immigration quietly continues.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
04-08-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, Louisville
