AltWeeklies Wire
Are These the Good Times?new
While the Presidents of the United States maintain their sunny optimism with “These Are the Good Times People," the album is not nearly enough to nudge them out from under Weird Al’s imposing shadow.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
02-29-2008 |
Commentary
Combating the Dry Seasonnew
Labels like to flood the market during Christmas season, drying out their musical resources for the beginning of the next year. Luckily for hip-hop, though, we can combat this dry season by hitting street corners and the Internet for mixtapes.
Jackson Free Press |
David Dennis Jr. |
02-29-2008 |
Commentary
The Lost Art of Eating Breakfastnew
Breakfast is a magical time, a sort of gentle awakening to the world. It's also the most neglected meal of the day.
Jackson Free Press |
Sarah Christine Bolton |
02-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Runaway Trainnew
Alleged rapes, beatings and now a suicide attempt at a youth treatment facility in Tennessee.
Nashville Scene |
Elizabeth Ulrich |
02-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Caucus, Cabaret and Disconew
The Ghetto Science Team Super Delegate Caucus, Cabaret and Disco meets at Clubb Chicken Wing.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
02-29-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Death Row Lottonew
In Tennessee, who gets the death penalty is a grim game of chance.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
02-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Celtic Frost's Origins as Hellhammernew
This two-disc compilation gathers a trio of oft-bootlegged demos from 1983. Newly remastered, the dungeon tapes sound cleaner than ever while retaining their grit.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
02-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Demon Entrails, Hellhammer
Dennis Kucinich's Brave Talknew
He stumps about working and fighting — from the safety of the officer's tent.
Cleveland Scene |
Pete Kotz |
02-29-2008 |
Commentary
Joe Cimperman Hopes to Tear Down Dennis Kucinichnew
Eight years ago, downtown Councilman Joe Cimperman was determined to get Kucinich's portrait hung in City Hall. Since then, Cimperman's come to believe that the man he so admired is gone.
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
02-29-2008 |
Politics
Fist Citynew
Rockwell Knuckles aims to punch through St. Louis hip-hop's glass ceiling.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rockwell Knuckles
Bitter Homes & Gardens?new
City hall's "density hawks" are changing L.A.'s DNA.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Leigh Morris |
02-29-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The "West Coast Sound": Lauded Songwriters Grapple With Its Genesisnew
Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear on the L.A.'s scene.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bauhaus' David J. Talks 'Silver for Gold'new
His Edie Sedgwick musical opens March 6 at the Met Theatre.
L.A. Weekly |
Lina Lecaro |
02-29-2008 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Feminin, Masculinnew
Jacques Rivette fights the battle of the sexes.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-29-2008 |
Reviews
Stefan Ruzowitzky Challenges Holocaust Dogmanew
Rather than the nobly suffering merchants, artists and family men who fill the barracks of many a Holocaust drama, the counterfeiters of The Counterfeiters are a motley crew of scam artists and petty thugs under the supervision of the wily Russian-Jewish forger Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
