AltWeeklies Wire
Can Film-Program Graduates Afford to Stay in Vermont?new
Burlington College's 200-odd film students have choices to make: If they dream of working on a studio mega-film, they're unlikely to find that option in the local job market. But if they have a gift for self-selling and are prepared to be patient and creative, they are in a position to tap into an evolving and vigorous local digital-media marketplace.
Seven Days |
Matt Scanlon |
02-22-2008 |
Movies
Playhouse International Wine Festival Impresses with Agenew
Consider the numbers: 1,600 different wines by 176 wineries from 16 countries. Years ago, someone figured out how many glasses that would entail dishwashingwise, and it came to some googly number like 30,000.
The Georgia Straight |
Jurgen Gothe |
02-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
CBC Radio 3's Podcast Dominationnew
Canadians can be found everywhere in the world, and for many of them The CBC Radio 3 Podcast is a lifeline to their home country and its unique musical culture.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
02-22-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Trigger Happy: The Return of Turoknew
Propaganda Games president Josh Holmes said the company had been working on an original concept for a third-person action game, but scrapped it when it won the right to develop the new Turok video game for Touchstone, a Disney brand.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
02-22-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Nakki Goranin Frames the History of the Photoboothnew
The Vermont photographer's new book American Photobooth is the first history of the once wildly popular and ubiquitous automatic picture-taking machine.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
02-22-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Xavier Rudd Downplays His Activismnew
Although it's clear from his subject matter that Rudd has an abiding concern in getting people to sit up, take notice, and do the right thing, he notes that "playing music is pretty much what I do," and downplays his role as an activist.
The Georgia Straight |
Steve Newton |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: White Moth, Xavier Rudd
Election '08: He Said, She Said ... And Who Else Said?new
I doubt that the Clinton-Obama fight over footnotes will work as it did 20 years ago, when quotations-without-attribution turned into accusations of plagiarism and ended Joe Biden's presidential candidacy.
Brian De Palma's Acts of Regressionnew
Debuting on home video this week, Redacted only played theaters in a handful of cities last fall, though it stirred up more than its share of controversy.
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, Redacted
Social 'Distortion'new
The Magnetic Fields finds melody and romance amid the searing shoegaze noise.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
02-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Distortion, Magnetic Fields
Obama as Santa Claus?new
A father's reproach illuminates the Democratic candidate's special appeal.
The Memphis Flyer |
Tonya L. Thompson |
02-22-2008 |
Commentary
Not Forgottennew
Remembering the servicemen from Shelby County who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Iraq War.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
02-22-2008 |
War
Donnas Show What They've Got on Metallic 'Bitchin'new
"What we have kind of reminds me of -- what's the word? -- idioglossia," says vocalist Brett Anderson. "That's the twin language. A lot of twins have this language that only the two of them understand. We've got that, only there's four of us."
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bitchin', The Donnas
Bonobo Seeks New Ways to Fashion His Beatsnew
The producer is quick to add that his newfound studio approach is no more "authentic" than his previous sample-based style, nor does it represent a simple reversion to record-making orthodoxy.
The Georgia Straight |
Martin Turenne |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bonobo
Organic Seeds of Changenew
Atomic Red sounds more like a threat to civilization than a potential aid to food security. But this red-skinned, yellow-hearted carrot -- along with its vegetable compatriots -- could well save our dinner tables, according to Mary Ballon, founder of West Coast Seeds.
The Georgia Straight |
Angela Murrills |
02-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
Sake to Me, Babynew
Premium sake, which is served chilled, goes down smoothly enough to appeal to those who never developed a taste for the hot-turpentine qualities of the cheap stuff still served in many sushi joints.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
02-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
