AltWeeklies Wire
Remembering Molly Ivinsnew
All of the fancy eulogies made a Texas-sized sendoff she richly deserved -- but her inimitable style and personality, magnified in a media culture that worships personality, sometimes obscured what was most important about Molly Ivins.
INDY Week |
Hal Crowther |
03-15-2007 |
Commentary
Hotel Hellnew
Police tackle a troublesome Portland hotel.
The Portland Mercury |
Dan Savickas |
03-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Tritt Holds Steadynew
His consistency is obvious in the stellar 20 tracks on this new release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
03-15-2007 |
Reviews
Show Me the Money!new
Does Potter lack the cash to pass charter reform?
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
03-15-2007 |
Politics
An Original and Incisive Essay Collectionnew
A book by a poet about poetry should, above all, excite readers about poems, and that's what The Napkin Manuscripts does best.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
03-15-2007 |
Nonfiction
Balls and His Wordnew
L.A. rapper fast-forwards, leaving hip-hop in the dust.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Busdriver, RoadKillOvercoat
Double Jeopardynew
Cops receive two lawsuits in nine days.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
03-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Beat Up Punknew
Antelope -- the new trio from ex-El Guapo guitarist Justin Moyer -- is a staple of the evolving Dischord meme, and like most of the Dischord pop bands, they share punk's embrace of directness and concision.
INDY Week |
Jack McDonald |
03-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Antelope
404 Noise Festival: Difficult Listeningnew
The experimental sound showcase celebrates music without limitations.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-15-2007 |
Music
Banal Love Trianglenew
Chris Rock fails to roll in romantic comedy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Rock, I Think I Love My Wife
Zork Asks ... About 'Faggots'new
We know that when Ann Coulter called John Edwards a "faggot," she didn't mean he was a "bundle of sticks" or "pieces of wrought iron" -- but what did she mean?
Tyrone Hayes on Discovering Atrazine's Risksnew
When agribusiness giant Sygenta commissioned biologist Tyrone Hayes to study the effects of atrazine, it got more than it bargained for.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
03-15-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Walter Witschey Is Having the Time of His Lifenew
The bespectacled director of the Science Museum of Virginia is about to retire -- but his other life as a rattlesnake-dodging, jungle-searching Maya archaeologist is just starting to take off.
Style Weekly |
Richard Foster |
03-15-2007 |
Science
Tags: science museum, Walter Witschey
Justicia Deferrednew
Rebecca Roth, charged in connection with an international Ponzi scheme, has spent 13 months in a Mexican prison.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
03-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Group Demands Gore Suicidenew
It's the "only way he can be true to his beliefs," the Tennessee Center for Policy Research says.
Nashville Scene |
The Fabricator |
03-15-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
