AltWeeklies Wire
Military-Industrial Comedynew
With all the political message-mongering in theaters lately, the comic approach of Military Intelligence and You! is undeniably a welcome respite -- just one that, in keeping with its good-ol'-days theme, should have been limited to a short before the show.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-20-2008 |
Reviews
The Best and Horniestnew
Welcome, Eliot Spitzer, to the Political Sex-Scandal Hall of Fame.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
03-20-2008 |
Commentary
Joseph Ferris' Novel Doesn't Live Up to the Hypenew
Make no mistake, Then We Came to the End is not without its merits -- but that's also part of its undoing.
The Portland Mercury |
Courtney Ferguson |
03-20-2008 |
Fiction
'The Counterfeiters' & 'Paranoid Park': Feign and Fortunenew
A fresh look at morality in Auschwitz; Gus Van Sant makes it up the same old way.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-20-2008 |
Movies
Ambition Achievednew
Richard Price betrays his cellular familiarity with the Lower East Side in Lush Life, his riveting eighth novel, without once sounding like he's broken a sweat.
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
03-20-2008 |
Fiction
Lionel Loueke's Guitar Playing Bridges Continentsnew
Despite Art Blakey's admonition that "jazz doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa," musicians everywhere have never stopped trying to establish the link. Guitarist Lionel Loueke, who's from Benin, fuses his jazz with melodic West African pop.
Washington City Paper |
Michael J. West |
03-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Karibu, Lionel Loueke
'Superbad' for Kidsnew
No one really needs a PG-13 version of Superbad, but that's what Drillbit Taylor is.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
03-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Drillbit Taylor, Steven Brill
Blood Of The Sun is Living the High Lifenew
A new album and another tour of Europe are on tap for the Fort Worth fuzz-rockers.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Justin Press |
03-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blood Of The Sun
'Under the Same Moon' Feels Syntheticnew
The recent surge in Mexican-made films on both sides of the U.S. border has had mostly positive results, but I suppose we were due to see a downside at some point. This relentlessly goopy kid-in-jeopardy film is that downside, unless you were yearning for a Spanish-language version of last winter's August Rush.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-20-2008 |
Reviews
Meet the Real Jewsnew
According to the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ, everything you've been taught is a lie. The real Jews are black.
Washington City Paper |
Angela Valdez |
03-20-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Bush-Boardingnew
Our country's good name has been tortured long enough.
Fort Worth Weekly |
David Daniel |
03-20-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: torture, waterboarding
Aloha Breaks Throughnew
After 10 years, Aloha's Tony Cavallario wanted to do something different. Not that there was much to complain about with the band's releases up to that point, which carved out a comfortable if not terribly innovative niche in the post-rock realm.
The Portland Mercury |
Kevin Friedman |
03-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aloha, Light Works
Alone Again, Naturallynew
Bon Iver chops wood, shoots deer and makes record.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
03-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
Mike O'Connoll on 'Mountain Top Removal'new
O'Connell's introduction to coal mining culture came at an early age and in a most inauspicious way.
INDY Week |
Neil Morris |
03-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Mid-Campaign Review of the Bozos on the Busnew
Surveying the deluge of atrocious media coverage of this year's presidential contest, it's difficult to winnow down the most egregious offenders.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
03-20-2008 |
Media
Tags: 2008 presidential election, media
