AltWeeklies Wire
Club Match: Looking For Love Onlinenew
A comparison of traditional and online dating.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Nsenga K. Burton |
10-05-2007 |
Commentary
Disconnected And Dangerousnew
Take guided tour through the bizarre and frighteningly similar United Nations addresses of President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
10-05-2007 |
Commentary
Tusko's Bad Tripnew
LSD experiment at zoo in 1962 killed an elephant.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Rob Collins |
10-05-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues, LSD
The Milwaukees Deliver Sounds of the Midwest, via Jerseynew
Oddly enough, the Milwaukees aren't from Milwaukee -- but it makes sense that this Jersey City quartet still chose our fine city as its namesake.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Popke |
10-05-2007 |
Reviews
Of Montreal Twists Pop Conventionsnew
Kevin Barnes talks about etiquette in hip-hop and his next album, which will be structured as one, long schizophrenic composition, comprised of eclectic 20- to 30-second snippets of music.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
10-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Of Montreal
Rating Bill Richardson's Debatingnew
His performance during the Sept. 26 MSNBC debate was flat and meandering.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
10-05-2007 |
Commentary
Muslims in Milwaukee Show Many Shades of Faithnew
If you were to render an accurate portrait of Muslims in Milwaukee, you'd have to draw on a very broad palette, one that accommodates diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, not to mention different schools of Islamic thought -- from Shiite to Sunni.
Shepherd Express |
Aisha Motlani |
10-05-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Sabor 2007 Festival Shows Our Demographic Destinynew
Slowly but surely, Hispanic culture will define West Texas.
The Texas Observer |
Jake Bernstein |
10-05-2007 |
Culture
After Exoneration, Billy James Smith Waits for His Pardonnew
Smith was released from prison one year ago after serving 19 years and 11 months for a crime he didn't commit -- today he is a man in purgatory, exonerated by the legal system but not yet pardoned by Gov. Rick Perry.
The Texas Observer |
Cynthia Hall Clements |
10-05-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton Wins Fifth Termnew
In his victory speech Thursday night, Herenton said he now knew "who was for him and who was against him. For a man who'd just garnered 42 percent of the total vote, there is still ample evidence that there may more of the latter than the former.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bruce vanWyngarden and Preston Lauterbach |
10-05-2007 |
Politics
Journalism in the Twilight Zonenew
In Off the Record, Norman Pearlstine tells his version of the leak-and-smear campaign to out CIA covert agent Valerie Plame, while looking at the current problems with Washington journalism.
The Texas Observer |
Myra Macpherson |
10-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
Once and For All, There is No Myanmar!new
Even the CIA identifies the nation as "Burma," explaining, "since 1989 the military authorities in Burma have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; this decision was not approved by any sitting legislature in Burma, and the U.S. Government did not adopt the name."
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
10-05-2007 |
Commentary
The Border Yields Bones, But Not Answersnew
Sometimes undocumented immigrants who cross the border find work and share the bounty with their families back home -- sometimes they die, leaving their families only questions that will never be answered.
The Texas Observer |
Jesse Bogan |
10-05-2007 |
Immigration
Mort Sahl Pulls No Political Punchesnew
The stand-up legend on presidential comedy, The Daily Show and why Hillary will be the last president of the United States.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-05-2007 |
Performance
'The Seeker' Is Flat and Boringnew
This film, based on the novel by Susan Cooper, is a grade-A turkey.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-05-2007 |
Reviews
