AltWeeklies Wire
Mr. Wrong: Missile Attacknew
Wowee, I sure am glad they (as in Us) shot down that top-secret military spy satellite. I kept driving around town all last week waiting for chunks of hot satellite to bonk me on the head, or to get rained on with some nuclear-atomic carcinogenic-chemical Death-Plus satellite-juice or whatever that "hydrazine" shit was inside the thing that made it so Bad.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
03-04-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
You Don't Want to Knownew
Maryland State Ethics Commission rule on financial-disclosure forms casts shadow over access to public information.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jeffrey Anderson |
03-04-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
'The Business of Being Born': Special Deliverynew
In 1900, 95 percent of the births in this country took place at home. Today, it's less than 1 percent. What happened? Epstein rounds up the experts to explain how what was once considered a blessed event came to be seen as a medical event.
Brother Ali Deals with Life as an Outcastnew
He may be an albino and legally blind, but what defines this 29-year-old hip-hop artist from the Twin Cities is a gift for fighting his way to musical redemption.
Isthmus |
Rich Albertoni |
03-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brother Ali
'Shadow Parties' Influence Wisconsin Electionsnew
Political campaigns, whether in partisan races like those for the Legislature, or nonpartisan ones for the judiciary, are increasingly bankrolled and in other ways influenced by outside groups behind the scenes.
Talking with Obamanew
Why the Illinois senator just might be "all that."
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
03-04-2008 |
Politics
A Forgotten Heist Gets a Welcome Reminder
The Bank Job is a good old-fashioned bank heist movie that's based on a 1971 London robbery in which a Lloyds Bank vault was emptied while the city slept.
Tags: Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job
Pete Travis Misses the Marknew
The president's been shot! In Vantage Point , a vaguely political action thriller, the president of the United States gets shot a lot.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
03-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Pete Travis, Vantage Point
A Conversation with Ani DiFranconew
With the release of her new double-CD retrospective Canon, DiFranco has finally begun to slow down from the warp-speed career she's been riding since 1990, throughout which she toured constantly and released a record about once a year.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Justin Jacobs |
03-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ani DiFranco, Canon
Will Surveillance Cameras Make Pittsburgh Any Safer?new
When security-tech expert Bruce Schneier hears that millions of dollars are coming to Pittsburgh from the federal government to put surveillance cameras on our bridges, buildings and highways, "I just sigh and think, 'More money wasted.'"
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
03-03-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
A Stupid Little Thing Called Hopenew
Barack Obama offers the best chance to raise national politics above bloodsport.
Cleveland Free Times |
Staff |
03-03-2008 |
Commentary
Elizabeth Kolbert Shares Her 'Field Notes From a Catastrophe'new
Global warming's gone mainstream, in part due to Al Gore, and partially due to Kolbert's 2006 release of Field Notes.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
03-03-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Indie Mayoral Hopefuls Hit Vancouver Campaign Trailnew
In a field crowded with prominent politicians aiming to become mayor of Vancouver, it's easy to ignore the likes of former NPA board member Peter Ormesher and great-grandmother Betty Krawczyk. But like their better-packaged competitors, these hopefuls want to be taken seriously.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
03-03-2008 |
Politics
'Citizen McCaw': The Wendy Chroniclesnew
The new documentary reports on the trials and tribulations of the Santa Barbara News-Press.
Santa Barbara Independent |
D.J. Palladino |
03-03-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Turbostation DJs Make Philly Nightlife Funnew
The story begins at the end of last summer when friends Steven Bloodbath and Johnny Woods were contemplating a scene that had gotten too cutthroat and boring.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jack Schonewolf |
03-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
