AltWeeklies Wire
Memphis Recording Academy Honorsnew
The night belonged to Knox Phillips, Irma Thomas, Willie Mitchell, and the MGs, who were feted by a full house of industry vets, including Ardent Records founder John Fry, former Stax executive Al Bell, authors Peter Guralnick and Robert Gordon, and musicians such as Aaron Neville, Angie Stone, Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, and John Prine.
The Memphis Flyer |
Andria Lisle |
09-14-2007 |
Music
The Sea and Cake's Post-rock Enduresnew
Everybody is predictably hushed and underplayed, with all the jazzy breezes of brushed snare and lazy-Sunday vocals we've come to expect.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Everybody, The Sea and Cake
Mississippi Pardons Johnny Cashnew
Johnny Cash spent a night incarcerated in the Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, jail in 1965. That event inspired his song "Starkville City Jail."
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
09-14-2007 |
Music
Tags: Johnny Cash
Memphis Music Money Goes Where?new
With government support waning and a suspicious public looking on, the embattled Memphis and Shelby County Music Commission is at a crossroads.
The Memphis Flyer |
Preston Lauterbach |
09-14-2007 |
Music
Alt.Health: Energy Boost or Bummer?new
Attention students: Sure, you need to cram, but don't OD on potent caffeine bevs.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
09-14-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Joe Henry Sings of War, Salvation & Willie Maysnew
These war-afflicted times resonate throughout Henry's new album, Civilians, like "a wind that blows the hats off of many heads," as the singer-songwriter and producer puts it during a recent interview in his home studio.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'In the Valley of Elah' Looks at The War Once Homenew
Paul Haggis fights to reveal one of combat's most dismissed consequences.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mark Keizer |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
'The Waltzing Senator' Artist Tom Foster Dishes on Artnew
For the last 40-odd years, Foster has sketched courtroom trials, painted artwork for movie and theater sets, and designed flyers and album art for bands ranging from Big Star to the North Mississippi Allstars.
The Memphis Flyer |
Andria Lisle |
09-14-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Waltzing Senator, Tom Foster
'The Shock Doctrine' Deliversnew
Klein may be called a conspiracy theorist because she argues that greedy multinational corporations, rightist think tanks and neo-liberal governments are the designers of many international economic disasters, but even skeptics will be impressed by the weight of statistics, documentation and first-hand quotes she assembles to make her case.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
09-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
Ellis Can't Make the Leap from Comic to Novelnew
Pick up any of his Transmetropolitan graphic novels instead -- you'll get more entertainment for less money.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
09-14-2007 |
Fiction
'The Hunting Party' Feels Like Two Different Moviesnew
One is a smart comedy about TV reporters, and the other is a fact-based story about those reporters hunting a war criminal in postwar Bosnia -- but the two never blend, and only a few of the scenes generate either laughs or tension.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Shepard, The Hunting Party
'Mr. Woodcock' Risesnew
Don't underestimate this light comedy because of its gratuitously juvenile title or its weak premise of a self-help writer who can't cope -- the plot might be predictable, but the dialogue is surprisingly witty and the performances strong.
NOW Magazine |
Jeff Rutherford |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Gillespie, Mr. Woodcock
Fall Books Preview: Run for Covernew
Spooks, Vietnam vets, Jews with swords and a superstore apocalypse are coming at you this fall.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
09-14-2007 |
Books
Fall Film Preview: Autumn-atic Cinemanew
Monster mists, killer aliens, steamy sex scenes and much more fall into cinemas this season.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
09-14-2007 |
Movies
Boys Noize Gets Skull-Fuckednew
Berlin's Alex Ridha releases a cranium-crushing new album, doesn't give a damn about copycats.
Montreal Mirror |
Jack Oatmon |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boys Noize, Oi Oi Oi
