AltWeeklies Wire
For Many, Petroleum Is No Longer an Optionnew
Though reasers represent the most hardcore end of the alternative-fuel-consumer spectrum, biodiesel, ethanol and natural gas are three federally regulated options increasingly available at the consumer level.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kia Momtazi |
06-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Mayor, Maybe Notnew
How would other New Haven mayoral candidates deal with the ID card brouhaha?
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
06-26-2007 |
Immigration
Ted Anthony on the Cultural History of a Songnew
He contemplates the ruin of many a poor boy in his book on "The House of the Rising Sun."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
06-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Les is Morenew
Les Claypool doesn't need anyone to show him the money -- when it comes to his career, he already knows where it's at.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
06-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Les Claypool
Sherman Alexie Discusses His First Novel in a Decadenew
Flight uses a simple fantasy premise to show how complex the world is.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
06-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flight, Sherman Alexie
Magic Wolf Updates Cock Rock for New Generationnew
While the trio isn't trying to intellectualize rock 'n' roll by any means, the band's not as mindless as it may pretend to be.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
06-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Magic Wolf
Ben + Vesper Grows on You As They Grow With Each Othernew
The two band members are a married couple, but on their first full-length they don't sound all that thrilled about it.
New Haven Advocate |
Brian LaRue |
06-26-2007 |
Reviews
'Wings' of Stonenew
Prasad conjures up impressions of Connecticut between the world wars, showing both its tradition-holding and progressive faces.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
06-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chandra Prasad, On Borrowed Wings
New Haven Takes Center Stage in Immigration Debatenew
The media attention depicting the city as a place of tolerance and forward thinking is welcome and encouraging; the attention from anti-immigrant groups and ICE is a reminder that even the most sensible policies can have fierce and powerful opponents.
New Haven Advocate |
Brian Slattery |
06-26-2007 |
Immigration
Hostilities of Escalationnew
I'm in a hurry, I got a plane to catch, and I just enjoyed the "Extreme Cheese & Beef Quesadilla" ($1.29) at my friend Taco Bell -- so get the fuck out of my way, please and thank you.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
06-26-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
On GOP Vote Suppressionnew
It may be sad that the "white male Christian" establishment is so desperate to hold onto power that they will tilt the American justice system to meet their own ends -- but the good part is that in the end, the US attorneys scandal will likely put a nail in their coffin once and for all.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
06-26-2007 |
Commentary
Motorcycle Helmet Law at Issue Again in Michigannew
Just a year after Gov. Jennifer Granholm vetoed similar legislation, a bipartisan group of five dozen representatives this spring reintroduced a measure in the Michigan House that would allow motorcyclists over 21 to ride without helmets if they pay for a special permit.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
06-26-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
You Need This Wooden Spoon Across Your Assnew
Rev. Mike Summers decided to take his spanking seminar public this spring to raise awareness about the dos and don'ts of striking your own children with hard objects.
The Pitch |
Burnt Ends |
06-26-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
'La Vie en Rose': She's Just That Goodnew
The line to lavish praise on Marion Cotillard's Edith Piaf starts right here.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
06-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan
LOS Rejected the Reality Show Lifenew
The rhyme spitter walked off Diddy's reality TV show Making the Band, only to later find himself signed to Bad Boy Records.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
06-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Los
