AltWeeklies Wire
CBS and Clear Channel Lose Billboard Secrecy Bidnew
The judge says L.A.'s thousands of billboards are hardly a "trade secret."
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
04-04-2008 |
Media
Musicial Treasure Chris Gaffney Needs Your Help to Livenew
Two months ago, friends and fans were alarmed to learn that Gaff had become desperately ill. After he was originally diagnosed with hepatitis C, further tests uncovered cirrhosis of the liver; about a month ago, a large tumor was discovered on his liver. He will eventually need an organ transplant.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
04-04-2008 |
Music
Tags: Chris Gaffney
Cops Behaving Badly?new
The Henderson Police Department faces public scrutiny for excessive force.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Joshua Longobardy |
04-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Nim's Island': Survivor Girlnew
The secret of Nim is the location of a girl's island home in this overly silly family film.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
04-04-2008 |
Reviews
No Accounting for (No) Ethicsnew
When did American corporations adopt piracy as their code of business?
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jack Cole |
04-04-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Steve Steen Hasn't Been the Same Since Being Taserednew
The Fort Worth man says nearly a full minute of jolts from a police Taser have left him permanently -- and perhaps fatally -- damaged.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
04-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Taser, crime & justice
The Quick and the Deadnew
Shine a Light and Chapter 27 prove again how '60s culture continues to haunt us.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
04-04-2008 |
Reviews
Patricia Pearson Examines Her Neuroses and Oursnew
Fear, she believes, is our rational reaction to actual crisis, and most of us -- even neurotics -- are programmed to use it intelligently. Anxiety is something else, an objectless dread that paralyzes us, and seems to be culturally created.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
04-04-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Cumulus Press Celebrates a Decade Between the Coversnew
Scrolling through the Cumulus Press backlist is like taking a trip through a decade of indie/underground Montreal's socio-cultural zeitgeist. It covers a lot of ground for a little press.
Montreal Mirror |
Vincent Tinguely |
04-04-2008 |
Books
Job Cuts Coming to Vermontnew
The governor wants to cut 400 state jobs -- but which ones, and at what cost?
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
04-04-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Ailene is 11 and Homelessnew
Where will she and 13,000 others go to school today?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Matthew Mundy |
04-04-2008 |
Children & Families
Concordia's Part-Timers Hit the Picket Linenew
After rounds of fruitless negotiations, leaving the faculty without a collective agreement since 2002, members of the part-time faculty union seemed wary but hopeful after the university hastily scheduled two meetings this week to negotiate.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
04-04-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
In Vermont, War-Tax Resistance Dies Hardnew
Five years into an unpopular war, the practice of withholding federal tax payments in protest isn't entirely dead.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
04-04-2008 |
War
Election '08: Two Tall Talesnew
Hillary Clinton and John McCain were caught telling whopping lies, each grotesque in its own way and transparent in its falsity, but one of the senators got away with it and the other didn't.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
04-04-2008 |
Commentary
Crowes on the Movenew
Maxim erred when it didn't review this album by giving it a mere 2 1/2 stars.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
04-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Black Crowes, Warpaint
