AltWeeklies Wire
What Are the Worst Countries in the World?new
Here are the worst countries in the world, according to the Failed States Index -- all 10 are violent, miserable, corrupt and poor, so I'll focus my short descriptions on the traits that vault them ahead of other notorious shitholes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-06-2007 |
International
Tags: WAR, international
The Born from the Unbornnew
A childhood spent under the knife.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
09-06-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Recipe: Chocolate Guinness Cakenew
Beer cake!
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O’Donnel |
09-06-2007 |
Food+Drink
Not Just for Seder Anymorenew
Kosher wines begin ascent to the quality realm.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
09-06-2007 |
Food+Drink
Doggone It!new
The Michael Vick case is simple -- until race-baiting demagogues begin howling like a pack of pit bulls.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
09-06-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
The South Through Two Booksnew
New Stories from the South, edited by Edward P. Jones, features fiction stories reveal the South may be just like the rest of the U.S. But James L. Peacock's Grounded Globalism argues that the South's identity helps it interact with the rest of the world.
The Meat Puppets Rely on New Drummer for New Albumnew
The group returns to its '80s sound with Rise to Your Knees, the first new Pups release with both Kirkwoods since 1995's No Joke!
INDY Week |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Donny Hue and the Colors Almost Never Practicenew
But the nebulous music collective went into the studio and came out two days later with Folkmote, a debut that blends the huge swells of Spiritualized with the bittersweet bounce of Elephant 6's finest.
INDY Week |
Rich Ivey |
09-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Donny Hue and the Colors, Folkmote
CD Review: BFInew
While rarity-lovers and obscurantists may insist that these 11 cuts are some sort of lost treasure, there is little here to distinguish the Dragons from their mellow-rocking peers.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: BFI, The Dragons
CD Review: Kemialliset Ystavatnew
Rather than sounding like the product of an academic, the music Jan Anderzen creates is playful and improvisational, making it less an exercise in endurance than an enjoyable foray into pure weirdness.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-06-2007 |
Reviews
Film Review: Ladron Que Roba A Ladronnew
This Spanish-language heist film holds its own when compared to the standard metrics of the genre.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-06-2007 |
Reviews
The Race Questionnew
What's the real reason an Apopka development can't get city water?
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
09-06-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Escape ... and Reunionnew
Two former Sacramento journalists reunite with a local woman they helped smuggle across the border in the 1980s, when she was a child.
Sacramento News & Review |
Dale Maharidge |
09-06-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Ralph Brave, 1953-2007new
To say that Ralph wrote crucial stories, shook the halls of power and touched the lives of many over the course of his long years as a journalist and at SN&R is an understatement.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
09-06-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Paradise Lostnew
Squabbling, bad management and development threaten to destroy Cassadaga, the one place in Central Florida that doesn't look like every other place.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
09-06-2007 |
Economy
