AltWeeklies Wire
From the Market: Hog Wildnew
Some bacon can be eaten with a clear conscience -- even if you're Jewish.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
05-14-2007 |
Food+Drink
Don't Blame the Fluffnew
Are Americans "distracted" from the news or do they just not want to hear it? Also: the passing of a pioneering gay publisher and editor.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
05-14-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
A Very Long Engagement: The Cannes Film Festival Turns 60
Round-the-clock screenings, celebrity interviews, crowded press conferences, elite parties, luxurious lunches, word-of-mouth buzz and chance encounters with icons of cinema fly by in a dizzying blur.
Generational Bubble: Searching for an Anti-hero in a 70s Mold
Luke Wilsons written, acted and debut-co-directed homage to offbeat 70s era satires, ala Rancho Deluxe, is a study in movie-by-committee entropy.
Standing Up to the Mannew
Homeless unite against mayor's sit-lie law.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
05-11-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Buzz Killnew
Parks department shuts down pot fest.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore and Matt Davis |
05-11-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Calling All Cooksnew
Southern Living's annual recipe contest is part competition and part national survey.
The Memphis Flyer |
Paul Gerald |
05-11-2007 |
Food+Drink
Looking for a Spidey Alternative? 'Lucky You.'new
The Las Vegas gambling drama pumps pure oxygen into a multiplex sucked dry by the CGI-first/ask-questions-later superhero sequel.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers |
05-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Curtis Hanson, Lucky You
Torn and Frayednew
A man is caught between two worlds in the Danish melodrama After the Wedding.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
05-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: After the Wedding
Heavy Things: Amy LaVerenew
The throaty-voiced singer and bassist wants to be your Tennessee valentine.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
05-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amy LaVere
The War at Homenew
A Memphis couple's divorce case involves allegations of financing terrorism, a federal lawsuit against a local judge, right-wing talk shows, and a nationally known attorney with a questionable agenda.
The Memphis Flyer |
Mary Cashiola |
05-11-2007 |
Culture
Girls Rock: Gibson Guitar Summer Campnew
This isn't charm school: the girls create bands and self-esteem.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
05-11-2007 |
Music
Chinese Catfish Pollute Mississippi Shelvesnew
File this one away under "Globalization, Horrors of."
The Memphis Flyer |
Preston Lauterbach |
05-11-2007 |
Food+Drink
Nazi Economics: New Insights into the Third Reichnew
It was actually the United States that made Hitler do it -- at least in his twisted mind.
Shepherd Express |
Roger Miller |
05-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
Fountains of Wayne's 'Traffic and Weather'new
The latest record increases the quartet’s streak of near-perfect LPs to four.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
05-11-2007 |
Reviews
