AltWeeklies Wire
Wineau: The Local Juicenew
East Bay vintners serve up the good stuff.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
03-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
Gonzalez/Nader Hysterianew
Democrats' anger against Nader, and, by extension, Gonzalez, is misplaced in 2008 -- the likelihood that they could undermine the Democrats is doubtful. What's more, Gonzalez's futile-seeming move has a real upside. He says he'd like to use his new platform to prevent independent candidates from ever again undermining Democratic chances at victory.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
03-05-2008 |
Commentary
When Teens Encounter Christ, All Hell Breaks Loosenew
The three-day Christian gala known as Teens Encountering Christ is so secretive, the only way to find out what happens there is to go undercover -- so that's what I did. But unlike the true believers, I had no intention of keeping secrets.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
03-05-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Your Computer is Doomednew
In the future, your infamy will not be remembered. Is that comforting?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
03-05-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Nuclear CSI: New Deterrence for a New Eranew
David Smith of Lawrence Livermore Lab is helping to develop means of tracing the location of stray nuclear materials.
East Bay Express |
Eliza Strickland |
03-05-2008 |
Science
Yousef Al-Mohaimeed's Storytelling Transcends Bansnew
Wolves of the Crescent Moon was banned in Saudi Arabia by theocratic thought-cops for casting too many spotlights on societal problems that the authorities insist don't exist. Upon being labeled dangerous and sinful, the book gained a large audience throughout the Arabic-speaking world, and has since been translated into French and English.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Todd Lavoie |
03-05-2008 |
Fiction
Bradford Cox Takes a Solo Flight as Atlas Soundnew
The erstwhile Deerhunter vocalist is one of the few shoegaze suitors who seems clued in to the searing -- and often distressing -- tensions that distinguish My Bloody Valentine from followers like Slowdive and Ride.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Rep. Thelma Drake Sides with Big Oilnew
When the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Act, which would take away $18 billion in tax subsidies from the five biggest oil companies, recently passed in the House, the Virginia congresswoman sided with big oil and voted against it.
Port Folio Weekly |
Ben Giles |
03-05-2008 |
Politics
Peelander-Z from Outer Spacenew
Punk may be dead, but what about "Japanese action comic punk"?
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peelander-Z
John McCain's $25 Million Mannew
The leader of an immigration-reform group "has raised $25 million for the campaign from one group he didn't identify," according to the Wall Street Journal. I'm all for political activism and free speech, but I want to know who is bankrolling efforts to alter our immigration laws; Lionel Sosa should reveal the donor.
San Antonio Current |
Joe Solis |
03-05-2008 |
Commentary
Want to Learn About Wine? Read the Labelnew
Ninety percent of what you need to know about wine can be found on the bottle, and that knowledge can be winnowed down to four facts: the winery, the grapes, the vintage and the region. Or who, what, when and where. If you have to add why to that list, then there's just no helping you.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
03-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine
Questioning Ralph Nader's Veep Choicenew
What impact will the Nader-Gonzalez ticket have?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond |
03-05-2008 |
Politics
Salvia: The Next Casualty in the War on Drugsnew
Let us herald the last legal days of the strong, natural hallucinogen salvia divinorum in Virginia. Raise your hand if you've ever heard of it before.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
03-05-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Afghanistan: Less Winnable Than Iraq
Barack Obama wants to double down on Afghanistan with a mini-surge. But the "graveyard of empires" is an even worst lost cause than Iraq.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
03-04-2008 |
Commentary
Silent Years Rise Noisily with Anatomic Psych-Popnew
Listening to the Detroit psych-pop is like the childhood experience of being trapped under a rubber raft in a swimming pool: you're joyful and carefree one minute, then, suddenly, you find your small, child body trapped and fighting for air in the shadows beneath the raft.
Metro Times |
Wendy Case |
03-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Silent Years
