AltWeeklies Wire
Got Wood?new
Rockin' the keytar makes Woodhands' Dan Werb hot.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
03-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Woodhands
Stealing Beautynew
Gowdy takes empathy to the max in her deeply unsettling new novel by taking us inside the head of a developing pedophile.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
03-05-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Barbara Gowdy, Helpless
Big Hairy Dealnew
American Hair Metal allows us to visually recall a movement and aesthetic that dominated the Western world, then disappeared virtually overnight -- it's amazing that something so bizarre, self-indulgent and wankerish can be so beautiful.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
03-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: American Hair Metal, Steven Blush
Activists: We Didn't Cause Japanese Whaling Ship Firenew
Our critics call us eco-terrorists, but I believe it's our duty and we've been given the right under the UN Charter for Nature to uphold international conservation laws.
NOW Magazine |
Captain Paul Watson |
03-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Time for Global Lights-Outnew
Banning old bulbs could mean the difference between discomfort and world famine.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
03-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
FON: Turning Rebellion into Moneynew
The Madrid-based Wi-Fi "community" will pay you $1 for each customer you help steal from Starbucks and give you a free wireless router if you live next to a branch of the coffee chain -- but what's behind the revolutionary rhetoric?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jean Luc Renault |
03-05-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Gore's Convenient Untruthsnew
Why isn't the eco golden boy nailing governments for rewarding carbon-belching Big Agro?
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
03-05-2007 |
Environment
Straight From Hellnew
Philly's most insane author and publisher looks like a librarian.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
03-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Spears of Destinynew
Britney truly is the son of God.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
03-05-2007 |
Commentary
Does Anyone Really Know Chaka Fattah?new
He hopes his out-of-the-box ideas will win him the Philly mayor's race -- but with little detail backing them up, some wonder whether they can really work.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
03-05-2007 |
Politics
Confessions of an American Torturernew
While the politicians and generals swore it wasn't happening, Tony Lagouranis was torturing detainees in Iraq -- just like they wanted him to.
Chicago Reader |
John Conroy |
03-02-2007 |
Politics
TV/DVD Week: March 8-14
Fabulously witty previews of Las Vegas, Blood Ties, The New Adventures of Old Christine and The Riches on TV; reviews of Borat, Fast Food Nation and The Loop on DVD.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
03-02-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Portland Press Herald To Launch Faux-Altnew
A branch of the Portland Press Herald that couldn’t keep a weekly newspaper afloat in the suburbs has shifted to a new publication geared to compete directly with the Portland Phoenix.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
03-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
On Whole Foods' Conglomerationnew
Just last week, Wild Oats got a bucket of pig's blood poured on its head like Sissy Spacek in Carrie. Whole Foods is calling it a "merger" ... right -- just change the "g" to a "d" and squint a little to see the truth.
Portland Phoenix |
Jessica Porter |
03-02-2007 |
Food+Drink
Bankruptcy Won't Hurt Eggers's Fundraisingnew
Scores of independent publishing houses have been hurt by the bankruptcy of the corporation that owns Publishers Group West, including McSweeney's, which publishes Eggers's new book, the proceeds from which are to go to charity.
Portland Phoenix |
Christopher Gray |
03-02-2007 |
Books
Tags: Dave Eggers, What is the What
