AltWeeklies Wire
A Great Yearnew
With Christy's photography exhibition and Sam's Interpol album, it's a banner time to be a Fogarino.
Metro Spirit |
Randy DuTeau |
09-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Interpol
'Manda Bala' is a Chilling Look at Brazilian Kidnappingnew
Kidnapping, corruption and frog farming find common ground in this assured first film from 28-year-old documentary filmmaker Jason Kohn.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
09-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jason Kohn, Manda Bala
The Alabama National Guard Prepares for Warnew
For five weeks this past July and August, 36 men and women from across Alabama trained in counter-insurgency warfare at Ft. Bragg, N.C., for their deployment to the Middle East, and we joined them.
Birmingham Weekly |
Bill Sasser |
09-18-2007 |
War
Going Gonzo at the Pasadena Museum of California Artnew
The third California Design Biennial is a fantasy shopping experience come true featuring consumer products, graphic design, furniture, fashion and transportation.
Pasadena Weekly |
Julie Riggott |
09-18-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
'The Brave One' is 'Death Wish' for the NPR Crowdnew
The film doesn't raise any questions about vigilantism or social comeuppance that haven't already been asked by dramas dealing with the checks and balances of legality and morality.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
09-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Jordan, The Brave One
Why Our Harry Potter Pales Next to His Brit Doppelgangernew
It's illegal to sell U.K. Potters in the U.S., but readers are well-advised to seek out the Brits, not just for textual authenticity but to avoid reported incidents of repulsion and nausea resulting from inadvertent or prolonged visual contact with Mary GrandPre's American covers and illustrations.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Robin Rice |
09-18-2007 |
Books
Can Philly's Fractured Hip-hop Scene Come Together?new
The divisions aren't new, but in recent years there has been an explosion of international popularity of particular subscenes that have elevated the hostility, competition and jealousy between them all.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Deesha Dyer |
09-18-2007 |
Music
Enjoying Italian Wines -- By Way of the West Coast?new
The interesting irony of Italian winemakers promoting French viticulture now takes on a new twist with the so-called "Cal Itals," which are somewhat difficult to find but worth the hunt.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Peter Burwasser |
09-18-2007 |
Food+Drink
New Bill Hopes to Reform Beer Sales in Pennsylvanianew
The bill seems to have gained support of the state's beer consumers, but the distributors and brewers have mixed feelings.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tim Hyland |
09-18-2007 |
Food+Drink
Taking Aim at New Haven's Immigrant Policynew
Florida Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, a Republican, is introducing legislation that would punish cities like New Haven that have explicit "don't ask, don't tell" policies on illegal immigration -- even though none of these cities are in Florida.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
09-18-2007 |
Immigration
Kayaking the California Coast ... for a Causenew
Six men make their annual 57-day, 1,094-mile paddle up the coast of California, this time to benefit the Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Jessica Morreale |
09-18-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Bukowski Home Threatenednew
Activists in Los Angeles are calling on artists, writers, historic preservationists and concerned citizens to help save the onetime Hollywood home of poet and novelist Charles Bukowski from possible demolition.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
09-18-2007 |
Books
The Black Lips Have Guitars, Will Travelnew
Like their live shows, the Lips’ records are a train that’s never more than a hair from running off the track. Each song on Good Bad Not Evil is a tightly wound pop gem.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
09-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Black Lips, Good Bad Not Evil
Beta Band Members Create Aliensnew
While the Aliens don’t use the same sonic collage approach employed by the Betas, the songs still bubble with a broad cross-section of ideas.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Chris Parker |
09-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: aliens, Astronomy for Dogs
Philadelphia Weekly's Fashion Guidenew
Our look as a city is singular, and says a lot about who we are: We take the lowest forms and elevate them to high art, and not just by pasting random shreds together with Elmer’s. It’s a fashion informed by hand-picked care and love, and fused into something uniquely Philadelphian.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
09-17-2007 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
