AltWeeklies Wire
Big Dog Spanks Michael Vicknew
Santa Barbara-based Big Dog Sportswear, with annual sales of more than $200 million, is releasing a new line of T-shirts that ridicule the NFL quarterback.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Martha Sadler |
08-31-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Glossy Mags Distort Image of Food as Much as Womennew
Everyone knows how fashion photographers and their set designers and airbrushers cause bodily harm by distorting the image of women, but few think about how the same people cause similar problems with their framing of food.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
08-31-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
'Lady Chatterly' Features Beautiful Pre-Digital Filmmakingnew
In Ferran's hands Lawrence's once banned material is suddenly tastefully old-fashioned.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lady Chatterley, Pascale Ferran
Emma Donoghue's Long-Distance Love Story Breaks Downnew
The prose here is much better than almost anything else available in contemporary lesbo lit, but lacks the ideas and outrage of her historical fiction.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
08-31-2007 |
Fiction
A Less-Than-Flattering Tribute to Jack Kerouacnew
Robertson highlights that gap between fantasy and reality -- and pursues his theme of deluded hero worship -- by showing us a Kerouac who is nasty, racist, anti-Semitic and hopelessly in love with America.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
08-31-2007 |
Fiction
The Delgados' Emma Pollock Releases Solo Debutnew
Pollock seems to draw inspiration from the late-90s alt-rock heyday of piss-and-vinegar girls-with-guitars (think Juliana Hatfield and 4AD babes Tanya Donelly and Kristin Hersh).
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Emma Pollock, Watch the Fireworks
Maps Creates Pretension-free Psychedelic Popnew
The simplicity of James Chapman's modest 16-track home recorder leads to intimate, immediate results.
NOW Magazine |
Benjamin Boles |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: maps, We Can Create
Ben Harper Sharpens Focus on 'Lifeline'new
The group occasionally slips into derivative territory, Beggars Banquet-era Stones in particular, but strong solo material saves Lifeline near the end.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tusks Emerge From Ashes of Ontario Indie Iconsnew
With members from Wooden Stars and Kepler, the Toronto quartet's sound is an addictive combination of driving, locked-in drums, textured cymbal fills, restrained vocals and spectacular, pristine guitar tones.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
08-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tusks
Talib Kweli's Best Album Since 'Reflection Eternal'new
Now that Ear Drum is out, Quality and The Beautiful Struggle can be contextualized as signposts along Kweli's awkward road from respected MC to total artist.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Richards |
08-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Talib Kweli, Ear Drum
Tom Cavanagh Plays a Nancy-Boy Hockey Playernew
And he knows that his new movie, Breakfast With Scot, may piss off a few fans when he portrays a gay Toronto Maple Leaf.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
08-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Breakfast With Scot, Laurie Lynd
Harry Potter's Politics Revisitednew
In a recent column, to the dismay of some of my dearest readers, I disparaged the elitist worldview of Harry Potter's creator, J. K. Rowling -- please allow me to elaborate.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
08-31-2007 |
Commentary
New 'Big Lebowski' Book Ties the Legacy Togethernew
In order to capture the impact the Coen Brothers' 1998 cult film has had on an unsuspecting world, the organizers of Lebowski Fest interviewed just about everyone they could think of, starting of course with the movie's cast.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
08-31-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Hula Girls' Shimmies Through Cliches with Heartnew
The phrases "mining town," "out of work" and "hula dancing" are likely to conjure up a new variation on the old Full Monty formula, which is exactly what director Lee Sang-il does.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Hula Girls, Lee Sang-il
The World Needs Rob Zombie's 'Halloween'new
Carpenter's 1978 film was so archetypal it couldn't afford to have any depth -- Zombie's version goes for grittier realism, a tricky proposition when it comes to myth and legend.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Halloween, Rob Zombie
