AltWeeklies Wire
Edwards Donors Fill Obama's Coffersnew
John Edwards' biggest contributors in North Carolina have transferred support to Barack Obama, including Edwards' former environmental adviser and his former law partner.
The Real FISA Problemnew
The entire premise of secret electronic surveillance seems shaky, judge or no.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Editorial |
02-20-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: domestic spying, FISA
You Cannot Afford Marsnew
Sure, we know it's not packed with cool aliens, but we haven't realized that hunkering down on another planet isn't going to solve our basic problems as humans
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
02-20-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Hillary: Up Close and Impersonal?new
Whatever a flagging campaign looks like, it surely bears no resemblance to the wave of adulation Hillary Clinton stirred in San Antonio last week.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-20-2008 |
Politics
Citizens vs. Spiesnew
San Francisco is at the center of a national debate over government and corporate surveillance of U.S. residents.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michael Leonard |
02-20-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties, FISA
Gyan Riley is a Rare Birdnew
The virtuosic guitar player plays a mesmerizing mix of classical, rock, jazz, and traditional Indian music on his latest.
East Bay Express |
Tom Chandler |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gyan Riley, Melismantra
Popular Sciencenew
Twelve years after the song "Popular" briefly gave them MTV popularity, Nada Surf is reaching a smaller, grassroots audience but has broadened its artistic canvas considerably.
San Antonio Current |
Francesca Camillo |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Songs from the Cryptnew
A toxic sugar factory and YouTube video inspire Oakland's eccentric band Cryptacize.
East Bay Express |
j. poet |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cryptacize
AT&T is in Da Housenew
Congressman Charlie Gonzalez opposes immunity for the spook-friendly telecom, but isn't so hot on a new Net Neutrality bill.
San Antonio Current |
James Shannon |
02-20-2008 |
Media
Savage Dragon is a Free Agentnew
Berkeley's Image Comics forever changed the ways comic book artists relate to the publishers.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-20-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Vampire Weekend Creates Afro-Pop for the Ivy Leaguenew
Despite its convoluted heritage (or maybe because of it -- hey, those are some good genes!), Vampire Weekend sounds remarkably fresh and fun instead of painfully derivative.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
02-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Vampire Weekend
'Charlie Bartlett' & 'Vantage Point': Illusions of Powernew
Drug-dealing student quickly conquers high school. World peace might take slightly longer.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
02-20-2008 |
Reviews
Diffident Divanew
Joan Carroll is San Antonio's reluctant vocal virtuoso.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joan Carroll
Movement is On to Repeal Ban on Loaded Firearms in National Parksnew
And U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith's endorsement of the ban's repeal is making him an easy target for most of his wanna-be challengers in the 2008 election.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-20-2008 |
Politics
Of Analogies and Alpha Dogsnew
Charlie Bartlett, fittingly, feels like a first film. It's flecked throughout with a decent store of genuine laughs and sweet, budding-romance moments, but these are offset too frequently by painfully conventional bits and notably odd directorial choices.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
02-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, John Poll
