AltWeeklies Wire
So I Married a Terrorist ...new
Saraah Olson's strange trip through the U.S. war on terror.
OC Weekly |
Nick Schou |
04-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
DJ Konsept: Showin' Upnew
Edwin Morales knows how to start a party, even when smelly potatoes are involved.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
04-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Konsept
Texas is Amassing an Unprecedented Amount of Citizen Informationnew
Piece by piece, Gov. Rick Perry's homeland security office is gathering massive amounts of information about Texas residents and merging it to create the most exhaustive centralized database in state history, with no real oversight.
The Texas Observer |
Jake Bernstein |
04-24-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Laptops Change the Way We View Music. Duh.new
In an environment where even audience response is calculated by a computer and the music -- and don't get me wrong, it is music -- is made solely of ones and zeroes, what does the visual matter?
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
04-24-2007 |
Music
Don't You Wish Your Mayor Was Hot Like Menew
Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys -- where's the fun in that?
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
04-24-2007 |
Politics
Kickapoo Indians Give Landowners Some of Their Own Medicinenew
For almost 30 years, the tribe has been trying to build a reservoir so its members wouldn't have to collect rainwater to bathe -- and a lawsuit filed in federal court is trying to force the seizure of 1,000 acres of land to build it.
The Pitch |
Peter Rugg |
04-24-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
An Uncharacteristically Lively Albumnew
It seems dating fellow Drag City artist Joanna Newsom has worked out exceedingly well for the enigmatic singer-songwriter formerly known as Smog.
Dallas Observer |
Noah W. Bailey |
04-24-2007 |
Reviews
Rethinking the Death Penaltynew
The country as a whole edges away from capital punishment.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
04-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Texas' Stem Cell Stance Could Have Economic Effectsnew
If Texas continues to essentially criminalize stem cell research, the state could lose out on billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
04-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Cheese It, the Cops!new
"Have you ever fired two guns whilst jumping through the air?" Well, it's a darn fine way to pay homage -- and have a few laughs -- at the typical action-fest cop film.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz
Ghostwriting Haunts Council Aidenew
A complaint has been filed with the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission after David Namura wrote an op-ed piece for Councilman David Della on city time and equipment.
Seattle Weekly |
Aimee Curl |
04-23-2007 |
Politics
Pining for a Good Sunken Shipnew
It's not so easy to sink an old ship in Puget Sound, much to the chagrin of Washington's scuba divers.
Seattle Weekly |
Keegan Hamilton |
04-23-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Denver Gears Up for Three Political Conventionsnew
It'll be a party, party summer of 2008, with the Democratic, Libertarian and the virtual Unity08 conventions.
Police Finally Have Suspect in Two-Year-Old Murdernew
Brenda Denton was bludgeoned to death in her Denver apartment two years ago -- now police have a suspect, and it's not Brent J. Brents.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
04-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Apostle of Hustle: A Whole New Scenenew
Head Hustler Andrew Whiteman, a guitarist/vocalist who's also a member of the acclaimed Broken Social Scene collective, is irritated by allusions to Cuba that keep popping up in critics' responses to his album.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
04-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Apostle of Hustle
