AltWeeklies Wire
Classical Music Critic Alex Ross Rewrites Historynew
The New Yorker critic's new book, The Rest Is Noise, demonstrates his storyteller's gift for the engaging anecdote, humor and evocative description, to the 20th century's kaleidoscopic, tumultuous, non-pop musical history.
Willamette Week |
Brett Campbell |
10-17-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
City of Lost Childrennew
What's with all the dead babies in Boston? There's something distinctly crude about the simultaneous arrival of two new movies -- Gone Baby Gone and Reservation Road -- that focus on slain children and bereaved parents.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Intervision's Virtual Insanitynew
Paul Creighton and company wax chill and sexy, offering funk-laced jazz with a decidedly futuristic bent, making dance-soul fusioneers Jamiroquai an easy comparison.
Willamette Week |
AP Kryza |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Intervision, Shades of Neptune
Leigh Marble Opens Up, Gets Dark.new
Pray you're never Leigh Marble's muse. If it doesn't work out, he will write the most hurtful, yet somehow tender, song about the whole mess, and it will burn.
Willamette Week |
Amy McCullough |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Leigh Marble, Red Tornado
The Art of Fake Warnew
Casey Jarman battles the ultimate foe, a Halo lead developer, and dies. A lot.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
10-17-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
On Jacking Off a USB Devicenew
Her name is Moaning Lisa, and I fondled her at Arse Elektronika, a conference in San Francisco devoted to pornography and technological innovation.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
10-17-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Ike Dola is Ready to Break Out of the Farm Leaguesnew
The 23-year-old from East Oakland is widely considered the next local MC who will blow up around here.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Garrett Caples |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ike Dola
Riding the Levels of 'Halo 3'new
Multiplayer is where Halo 3 really shines -- there are a variety of minigames along with the traditional body-count competitions, and the games are populated with 11-year-olds up way past their bedtimes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kea Johnston |
10-17-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Grief, Love & Plastic Mingle in 'Lars and the Real Girl'new
The film couches its outrageous concept in classic Amer-indie trappings, including a naturalistic setting that incorporates small-town vistas, snowy cinematography, and a Sundance Channel-ready cast.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
Alex Ross Brings the 'Noise'new
The New Yorker critic surveys the many faces of 20th-century classical music.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
10-17-2007 |
Nonfiction
Podcast: Robert Reich on 'Supercapitalism'new
The former labor secretary talks about about economics, industry, and the pervasive creep of new capitalism's moral degradations.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
10-17-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Fast, Cheap, and Out of Controlnew
Former labor secretary Robert Reich examines the heavy price we pay for prospering as consumers in Supercapitalism.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
10-17-2007 |
Nonfiction
Bruce Springsteen Lets Loose on 'Magic'new
It has the garage-band fervor of The River, amplified by a higher level of literary sophistication, and abetted by Springsteen's rare willingness to let his jangle-pop flag fly.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: magic, Bruce Springsteen
Lucero Went from Country-Rock to Springsteen-esquenew
The comparisons to the Boss are valid, but not for the obvious reasons.
San Diego CityBeat |
Cullen Hendrix |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cafe Tacuba's 'Sino' Tops the Band's Albumsnew
When Cafe Tacuba came out of nowhere (Mexico City, to be exact) in 1992, few realized that we were witnessing the arrival of the New Messiahs of Spanish-language rock.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cafe Tacuba, Sino
