AltWeeklies Wire
Fall Movie Preview: Fresh Coppola and Eternal Winternew
Running down the top 10 new movies to hit screens this fall, from Across the Universe to Youth Without Youth.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
08-22-2007 |
Movies
Dennis Kucinich, Zen President?new
While it lacks in two-way give-and-take, our interview with the candidate doesn't want for bold policies, as he touches on peace, wages, energy, the press and more.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Rolland |
08-22-2007 |
Politics
Ken Slavin's 'Romance' Connectionnew
With help from producer Barry Brake, Slavin makes a sultry, late-night ode to love.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: I'll Take Romance, Ken Slavin
The Dimes: Intelligent & Often Whimsicalnew
On the band's full-length debut, the grim realities of the lyrics blend refreshingly with dreamlike guitars and an unabashedly poppy, radio-friendly sound.
Willamette Week |
Ap Kryza |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dimes, The Silent Generation
Renegade: 'Theater for ADD'new
Portland A/V mastermind makes geeky cool with rockin' weird theater.
Willamette Week |
Travis Ritter |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Renegade
Anonymity Trouble: The Satisfactions of Wikiscannernew
Virgil Griffith has revealed something far more fundamental than the fact that acolytes of Pepsi and the CIA will stop at nothing to propagandize on behalf of their employers: he's undermined the myth of the anonymous blogger in the basement.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
08-22-2007 |
Tech
Tao Lin Goes Down the Rabbit Holenew
Tao Lin takes language and makes it new again, and in doing so makes fiction that reads like poetry.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Marcelo Ballve |
08-22-2007 |
Fiction
Displaced New Orleans Chef Conjures 'Ruby Slippers'new
Amy Cyrex Sins' The Ruby Slippers Cookbook: Life, Food, Family & Culture After Katrina is a book that is both hard to look at and impossible not to -- and it's probably perfectly reflective of the storm and its aftermath.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
08-22-2007 |
Food+Drink
'Freedom Next Time': Tracking Struggles for Justicenew
Agree with him or not, Pilger presents a view widely accepted in much of the world, one the American public ignores at its own peril.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
08-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
APA Rejects Ban on Participating in Coercive Interrogationnew
While other leading medical associations have banned doctors and psychiatrists from participating in coercive prisoner interrogations at CIA-run sites, many American Psychological Association members argue that psychologists can help ensure subjects are treated in an ethical and humane manner.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rachel Stern |
08-22-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Does the Kid Have ADD or Psychic Powers?new
Psychologists say 16-year-old Brian Scibetta has ADD -- New Age spiritualists say he's an Indigo Child with psychic powers.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
08-22-2007 |
Science
Kurt Hagardorn Makes Classic Effortlessnew
You'd be forgiven for mistaking Ten Singles for a broadcast block from a radio station called LITE FM, but Hagardorn smoothly incorporates the sounds of his throwback idols into something all his own.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
08-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kurt Hagardorn, Ten Singles
'The King of Kong': The Competitive Video Game Mafianew
In its heart, Kong is a classic David-and-Goliath story -- only this time, Goliath is a sociopathic grownup version of the geekiest kid in high school, and the results are far funnier.
Willamette Week |
Ap Kryza |
08-22-2007 |
Reviews
Forty Bold NFL-season Predictionsnew
Why 40? Because everybody else does 50!
C-Ville Weekly |
Wes McElroy |
08-22-2007 |
Sports
'These Things' is Drop-dead Hilariousnew
Smoking, once a cultural norm, is now essentially a taboo subject -- and there's no one better than Emily Flake to get to the heart of the drama of an addicted smoker trying her damndest to quit.
C-Ville Weekly |
Doug Nordfors |
08-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
