AltWeeklies Wire
Grandma and the Tramp Stampnew
One generation's trash is another's middle finger.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
01-04-2007 |
Commentary
Pilgrim and a Preachernew
His country-music raising got him started, but Waylon Payne's talent -- and his demons -- drive him on.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
01-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Waylon Payne
Life On the Roadnew
Over the course of three years, Shydner and Schiff talked with many stand-up comics about the good, the bad and the interesting people, places and things they encountered while trying to make audiences laugh, and they've compiled them all here.
NUVO |
Joe O'Gara |
01-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
Whimsical Meets Macabrenew
Though not of the same caliber as his novels, this collection of short stories will engross any Gaiman aficionado.
Tags: Fragile Things, neil gaiman
Music As Magicnew
This six-issue comic mini-series reads like a bittersweet love letter to pop music, filled with moments of pride and shame, accompanied by sobering artwork.
NUVO |
Sean Hansen |
01-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
One of Bollywood's Bestnew
A straightlaced cop teams with a bad boy cycle racer in a breathlessly entertaining movie of monumental silliness.
Tags: Dhoom 2, Sanjay Gadhvi
Get Psychednew
Some California channels, seers and psychics peer into 07.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mark C. Anderson |
01-04-2007 |
Commentary
Baggage Claim: New Year's Dissolutionsnew
"I'm a 22-year-old female, and I've been dating a guy for five months -- I need your advice on how to break up with him."
Tags: advice columns
Reflections Incompletenew
Reflections is billed as the first greatest-hits disc for Blige, one of the greatest R&B stars of the past decade.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-04-2007 |
Reviews
Hard Sellnew
Newly elected Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue aims to change the city's fortune.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
01-04-2007 |
Politics
An Epic Messnew
The film adaptation of Perfume took years to make -- Stanley Kubrick considered it unfilmable -- and the result is a gory mess.
Tags: Tom, Perfume: The Story of A Murderer, Tom Tykwer, Alan, Kubrick, Lola, Rickman, Run, Stanley, Tykwer
'Real' Country Musicnew
Sweeney delivers a near-perfect collection of two-stepping, Lone Star State dancehall numbers in her pure, high, honky-tonk vocal style.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
01-04-2007 |
Reviews
Potent New Stylenew
Hyphy Hitz helpfully collects several popular singles rarely heard outside the West Coast.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Hyphy Hitz
Provocateurs to Profiteersnew
The North Carolina-based Sugar Hill Records was founded in 1978 by Barry Poss to record modern music that was grounded in traditional styles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
01-04-2007 |
Reviews
108th Comeback Tournew
The legendary, reclusive songwriter returns with strongest album yet.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
01-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: P.F. Sloan, Sailover
