AltWeeklies Wire
Do the Time Warp Againnew
Amy Winehouse may have produced the best soul album of 07.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Amy Winehouse, Back to Black
Texas Coup d'Etatnew
An election-law attorney details Tom DeLay's GOP engineering.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
03-29-2007 |
Nonfiction
Whose E-mail Is It, Anyway?new
Recent cases -- William Beebe, Dena Bowers and now the firing of U.S. attorneys -- highlight the troubling, often murky issues around e-mail and privacy.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
03-29-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Green Machinenew
The goal of making Oregon's utilities more environmentally friendly has got the state's largest electricity buyers saying Gov. Ted Kulongoski, legislators and enviros are selling out all ratepayers in an ill-conceived green-wash.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Undiscovered Countrynew
Having no label telling them when and how to put out records and no money to spend on coke and laser light shows, Drag the River is happily stuck in a rut of recording cheap and fast and touring cheap and fast.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
03-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Drag the River
Financial Flashback from Iraqnew
An Oregon guardsman faces a $4,000 bill for missing gear.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-28-2007 |
War
Tags: war in iraq, National Guard
Will Ferrell's Latest Stinks on Icenew
Blades of Glory is basically the same movie he's been making for years, and yet, I found myself laughing many, many times. So who's the idiot here, me or Ferrell?
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-28-2007 |
Reviews
Lethem is More Emo Than Younew
Especially coming after the arresting, atmospheric Motherless Brooklyn and the genuinely great coming-of-age story The Fortress of Solitude, Lethem's latest feels irksomely insubstantial -- but I can't write it off completely.
Dig Boston |
Stewart Mason |
03-28-2007 |
Fiction
Beyond the Valley of Vinylnew
Multiple Otomo is an ear-scorching blast of mind's-eye candy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
03-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Multiple Otomo, Otomo Yoshihide
New Plucknew
Anoushka Shankar strikes out on her own.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Marcus Crowder |
03-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Anoushka Shankar
Bits and Bullets Over da Baynew
Oakland's Native Guns win MP3.com's "Get Exposed," spray "Stray Bullets" on the street, and keep on grinding.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
03-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Native Guns
Oakland's Spent Almost $300,000 for a Study That's Long Overduenew
The study, which the City Council approved two years ago, was designed to be a comprehensive look at whether local contractors were shafted by the Jerry Brown administration.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-28-2007 |
Politics
Accidental Touristsnew
God Grew Tired exhausts one's patience with Africa chic.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
03-28-2007 |
Reviews
San Francisco's Wi-Fi Plan is About to be Blocked by a Group of Activistsnew
Folks who think it would be better to install an expensive, city-owned fiber network than to rely on radio waves have obtained backing on the Board of Supervisors to kill the mayor's Wi-Fi plan -- this is a bummer for San Francisco.
Tags: computers & technology
Mother Hips' Flaccid Nostalgianew
Dear Mother Hips: This letter serves to send word to the band and your multiple publicity-courtin' machines that I won't be covering the upcoming Mother Hips shows.
