AltWeeklies Wire
Grammy Rehabnew
We find it hard to put our own selfish desire to be entertained over someone's personal well-being. In a sense we all need to go to rehab.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Get 'Em (Voting) While They're Youngnew
A lower voting age of 16 is both ethically responsible and a good bet for increasing the United States' embarrassing voter participation rate.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
How to Write Memoir (Really)new
Not much in the way of a front-to-cover book, Natalie Goldberg's Old Friend from Far Away is an engaging, practical means to an end.
The Portland Mercury |
Courtney Ferguson |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Yes, It's a Werewolf Booknew
In Toby Barlow's surprising first novel, contemporary Los Angeles is secretly inhabited by packs of men who can, at will, transform themselves into dogs.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
02-14-2008 |
Fiction
Jump, Jumpnew
Based on the young adult novel by Steven Gould, Jumper's concept is a Twilight Zone/Xbox mash-up.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Jumper
Definitely Not Terriblenew
Taking a page from The Princess Bride's format, Definitely, Maybe follows the story a father tells his 10-year-old daughter about the women he has dated, changing their names and letting her guess which one became her mom, with whom he is now finalizing a divorce.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Brooks, Definitely, Maybe
Dinosaurs in Outer Spacenew
In the latest incarnation, Turok's a grim, grizzled space marine(!), part of an outfit called Whiskey Company that's crashed on a dino-infested planet.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
02-14-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
The Legend of Ornette Colemannew
There was a time when jazz was one of the most radical of art forms. And at the vanguard stood Ornette Coleman.
The Portland Mercury |
Kevin Friedman |
02-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ornette Coleman
The Swerving Orchestra of Kay Kaynew
When Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground take the stage, they can be up to 17 people strong.
The Portland Mercury |
Trent Moorman |
02-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lamenting the Fading of Black Historynew
One of the more startling revelations of Charles Cobb Jr.'s On the Road to Freedom, out last month from Algonquin Books, is just how rapidly the physical history of the Civil Rights movement is withering before our eyes.
INDY Week |
Gerry Canavan |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Edie Sedgwick is Deadnew
But empty celebrity is alive and well. Often donning full drag, Justin Moyer uses the poor little rich girl persona to address how we understand celebrity and as a vehicle for the empty celebration of decadence and fame.
INDY Week |
Robbie Mackey |
02-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Lucas Abela Bleeds Musicnew
Abela, performing as one-man noise band Justice Yeldham, uses glass as an instrument. By set's end, it's in innumerable shards beneath his bare feet, mixing with the blood that pours down his face and from his mouth.
INDY Week |
Roque Strew |
02-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Justice Yeldham
Michael Holland Goes Traditionalnew
Apropos of its title, Simple Truths and Pleasures is full of characters looking for a little relief and maybe a little joy but never expecting too much.
Who I Amnew
A brief interview with Paris Hilton, in which it is revealed, "So I have, like, thousands of shoes." Then again, we asked.
Boston Phoenix |
Sharon Steel |
02-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Scary Film Projectnew
Amid the obligatory splattered brains and oozing entrails, Romero examines the ubiquity of our multimedia culture, a world where "if it's not on video, it's not real," and assails how the YouTube generation has become desensitized to violence, disaster, war and death.
