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Sly of the Family Stone Gets What He Deservesnew
Seven discs of not-so-simple songs.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
04-23-2007 |
Reviews
I Love Television: Smallvillenew
Today we're going to talk about Smallville, and ... OH, STOP GROANING.
Orlando Weekly |
Wm. Steven Humphrey |
04-23-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Racial Development: Racism in Florida Industry?new
A lawsuit alleges that megadeveloper Cameron Kuhn's company is no place for Hispanics.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
04-23-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Take the Car Keysnew
Is it possible to exist in Orlando without a car?
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
04-23-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Madison's Wireless Network Loses Provider as it Works Out the Kinksnew
Over the past year, 1,300 of about 2,000 people canceled their subscriptions to ResTech Services, one of two service providers for the city's Wi-Fi system. On Wednesday, ResTech announced it will no longer provide service.
Tags: computers & technology
The Last American Newspaper Bureau in Canada Closes Up Shopnew
You read right: not a single American paper will staff Canada -- on the bright side, the AP "maintains a full-time bureau." Covering a country 4,000 miles wide, I guess that bureau works the phones a lot.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-23-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
In the Fight Against Global Warming, Activists Are Walking the Walknew
In Madison, some individuals are taking personal responsibility for the problems caused by global warming and are setting an example for others by altering the way they live their lives. Here are six of them.
Isthmus |
Linda Falkenstein |
04-23-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Don't Judge a Film by Its Venuenew
Black Book brings moral complexity to the mall and Offside brings lighthearted humor to the art house.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
04-23-2007 |
Reviews
Perfect Pop in DayGlo Dragnew
Even without the new-rave hype, Klaxons would probably still blow up.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
04-23-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: Klaxons
Chicago Courts the Olympics & Future Olympians Practice in School Hallwaysnew
While the Olympic boosters raise millions to bring the games to Chicago, the next generation of public school track students will share Gerald Turner's plight -- running the hard hallways and ripping the hell out of their legs.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
04-23-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
A Federal Drug Raid Turned a Comic into a Marijuana Missionarynew
During a stop on her way home from a radio interview last week, Tere Joyce found herself at the wrong end of a rifle, caught up in a surprise DEA raid on a medical marijuana dispensary.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
04-23-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Cop Kills Unarmed Man on Cameranew
Officer Alvin Weems shot an unarmed man point-blank in view of Chicago Transit Authority security cameras. Investigators recommended that he be fired -- but he was promoted instead.
Chicago Reader |
John Conroy |
04-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Media Complicity and Cowardice
Bill Moyers looks at who sold the war in Iraq to America and how they did it in Buying the War.
Tags: TV
Welcome to Independent.comnew
When it comes to modern media, the revolution will not be televised. It's already happening on your computer screen. That's something we realized at The Santa Barbara Independent last year, so today we bring you our new website.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Matt Kettmann |
04-21-2007 |
Tech
Exploitation Bologna: Steve Austin Goes Rambo -- Snuff Style
The Condemned might just be the first in a new line of exploitation movies to revive the genre.
Tags: Scott Wiper, The Condemned
