AltWeeklies Wire
Sloppy Record Keeping Causes Headaches in Criminal Appealsnew
A missing court reporter's stenographic notes and tape of testimony in a 1994 criminal trial shed light on the haphazard and antiquated way that Dallas County court records are handled and stored.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
09-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Could a DUI Arrest Help Richard Pope Get Elected?new
His King County Council opponent, incumbent Jane Hague is, as has been well-chronicled, battling the recent revelation of a June DUI arrest.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-10-2007 |
Politics
Danny DeVito Preps for 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'new
He measures 4-foot-11 on his tiptoes, is pudgy, balding and has a face that would never be confused with that of a matinee idol -- hardly the attributes of a modern-day celebrity.
Shepherd Express |
Nathan Lerner |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
More Undersea Explosions Coming to Washington?new
Environmentalists -- some already mulling a lawsuit for underwater tests -- say a new Navy plan poses a broader risk to Puget Sound and its marine life.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
De'Sean Quinn's Not Headed for a Seattle Racenew
Although he recently lost his bid for Tukwila City Council, the Seattle native and aide to King County Executive Ron Sims says he has no designs on packing up and heading north to test some friendlier political waters.
Seattle Weekly |
Aimee Curl |
09-10-2007 |
Politics
Soulive in Decline?new
Both 2005's Breakout and their latest, No Place Like Soul, find the once groove-solo-vamp focus replaced by a soul and R&B sound more akin to the modern-day handle of slow jams.
Shepherd Express |
Todd Lazarski |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: No Place Like Soul, Soulive
Vodou Childnew
A vodou ceremony in the Florida 'burbs? Who'da thunk it?
Miami New Times |
Tamara Lush |
09-10-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Under-rated: Paul Butterfield and Michael Bloomfieldnew
Drummer Patrick Ford hopes to raise a the recognition of the late blues musicians through this live tribute album.
Shepherd Express |
Sonia Khatchadourian |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Maybe 2007 will be Better for Film Schoolnew
Inside the downward-cast glances of Film School's music -- the term "shoegaze" doesn't quite capture the tone -- are a great deal of sidelong resentments and gritted teeth.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: film school, Hideout
Los Lobos Tackles Immigrant Issuesnew
The Town and the City is as close to a theme album as the group has recorded in its 30-plus years together, and possibly its best since 1992's Kiko.
Shepherd Express |
Alan Sculley |
09-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Los Lobos, The Town and the City
Milwaukee Tries to Lure Filmmakers with New Tax Creditnew
Filmmakers are already filming a pilot that would make the city a TV setting for the first time since the Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days nostalgia series of the 1970s.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
09-10-2007 |
Movies
Texas Pols Need to Get Off the Fencenew
Our governor and two U.S. senators know a fence is pointless -- but since short-term political expediency seems to demand one, they are desperately trying to obscure their barren leadership with comb-overs.
The Texas Observer |
Editorial |
09-10-2007 |
Commentary
Martin Luther King, Jr., the Economistnew
Jackson casts King as arguably the most important, and certainly the most eloquent, American political economist of the 20th century.
The Texas Observer |
Todd Moye |
09-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
Conscious Rap Roster Should Drop Taleb Kwelinew
Eardrum is a heaping mess, neither smart nor groundbreaking, and loaded with clichés.
Dallas Observer |
Ben Westhoff |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Eardrum, Talib Kweli
Dallas Struggles with the Bizarre Death of Carter Albrechtnew
Member of Texas-based Sorta, Albrecht's death was sudden, and it wasn't pretty.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
09-10-2007 |
Music
Tags: Carter Albrecht
