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'Across the Lines' Shares Stories from the Not-So-Distant Pastnew
Barry Jacobs gives us a timely, spellbinding account of the racial integration of men's basketball in the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference between the mid-1960s and early 1970s.
INDY Week |
Thad Williamson |
02-22-2008 |
Nonfiction
Down by Avalon: Simple, Precise Popnew
Frontman Alan Martin considers life and love with energy inherited from singers like Van Morrison, Ray Davies and Paul McCartney.
Tags: Down by Avalon
Dom Casual Moves Past Homagenew
On the band's latest, Espanta Muerto, they've created a fully-formed, rich-sounding, original testament to their touchstones.
Tags: Dom Casual, Espanta Muerto
The Mountain Goats Flex Their Rangenew
Heretic Pride isn't the band's best record by a Bethesda mile. But, perhaps more than any other, it is uniquely capable of articulating what they do so well.
Tags: Heretic Pride, The Mountain Goats
Five Words with Henry Rollinsnew
Sticking it to the man is still acceptable.
INDY Week |
Rich Ivey |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Henry Rollins
Election '08: Word Playnew
If Obama borrows a few good lines from his friend, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, it may become fodder for the increasingly desperate Clinton campaign, but it doesn't explain the doubling of Democratic voter turnout or his 10 straight victories.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
02-22-2008 |
Commentary
Thin Heir
The Other Boleyn Girl erases the subtext from a fascinating historical footnote.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-22-2008 |
Reviews
Reefer Madness 2008?new
This winter the Vermont Legislature is making a courageous attempt to "get real" regarding our drug laws -- particularly laws relating to the "evil weed," marijuana.
Seven Days |
Peter Freyne |
02-22-2008 |
Drugs
Little G's in Memphisnew
As the city's gang members get younger, schools and law enforcement struggle to turn the tide.
The Memphis Flyer |
Tony Jones |
02-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
It's OK To Be Gaynew
Gay activists form response to ex-gay conference.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
02-22-2008 |
LGBT
Sedition at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukeenew
What's alarming is the apparent ignorance of many of today's student leaders at our local university about the principles of democracy and the Constitution of the United States.
Shepherd Express |
Joel McNally |
02-22-2008 |
Commentary
Iraq Vets Will Testify About the Conduct of the Warnew
Winter Soldier 2008 will raise awareness of Iraq's realities.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
02-22-2008 |
War
Hungry and Restless and Wicked and Wildnew
Plants and Animals escape music school, evade pigeonholes and celebrate their street (minus McDonald's) with Parc Avenue.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Parc Avenue, Plants and Animals
Robbie Tucker, Action Mannew
The Montreal musician has a million-dollar idea for taking on Parkinson's disease.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Green Room, Robbie Tucker
Menace Ruine Are Darker Than Thounew
Ominous, chaotic, brooding, violent and punishing are all adjectives befitting the music of this Montreal duo.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cult of Ruins, Menace Ruine
