AltWeeklies Wire
Meet the New Bossnew
The new head of the Illinois Film Office is politically connected -- just not the way the Sun-Times reported.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
01-22-2007 |
Movies
Heroin Hellnew
After five years lost in the wilds of addiction, Chamber Strings front man Kevin Junior tries to pick up where he left off.
Chicago Reader |
Bob Mehr |
01-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chamber Strings
Glean Sweepnew
Do you know your supermarket's waste policy?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
01-22-2007 |
Food+Drink
Fan-Freegan-Tasticnew
The art and politics of dumpster diving.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brook Midgley |
01-22-2007 |
Food+Drink
Here Comes the Sonnew
Neal Pollack tries to be the ultimate indie dad.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Willa Rohrer |
01-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Alternadad, Neal Pollack
Oscar Buzzkillnew
The Academy Awards are bullshit, but we care anyway.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
01-22-2007 |
Movies
A Challenger Appearsnew
Sony BMG wades into podcasting's indie free-for-all.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
01-22-2007 |
Music
Ridiculed and Belittlednew
Is contemporary R & B the best American music ever made?
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
01-22-2007 |
Music
Alternative to What?new
In his memoir about trying to be a cool dad, Pollack reveals that he's just like every other parent.
Chicago Reader |
Martha Bayne |
01-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Alternadad, Neal Pollack
Saget on Segernew
Two icons. Two similar-sounding names.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
01-22-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Dirty Deeds?new
A whistleblower lawsuit is going to trial in Louisville this week, and the outcome could answer this question: Is governmental ethics an oxymoron?
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
01-22-2007 |
Politics
Life Cyclenew
Three decades after his mother's near-death ordeal in Cambodia's killing fields, Pisey Tan lost his legs in Iraq -- he has no regrets.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
01-22-2007 |
War
Comix Timingnew
The big breaks and small wonders of art guy Howard Cruse.
Birmingham Weekly |
Glenny Brock |
01-22-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
This One Goes to Elevennew
Bobby Bare Jr. releases The Longest Meow.
Birmingham Weekly |
Brent Thompson |
01-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bobby Bare Jr.
Intoxicating Rhetoricnew
Some might argue that playing a drinking game is no way to watch and digest a speech as important as the State of the Union -- then again, Americans appear to have been in a coma since Bush took power. Why change now?
Pasadena Weekly |
Editorial |
01-22-2007 |
Commentary
