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Starving for Justicenew
LAX hotel workers on hunger strike to protect living wage law are fired.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
12-15-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Check Yourselfnew
SxCheck.com is a new route to fast and confidential testing for HIV -- and a new model for online medicine.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
12-15-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Into the Light of 'Day'new
At the start of one century, Pynchon's latest novel illuminates the dawn of the last.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
12-15-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon
The Cycle of 'Changes'new
This new Fahey set captures the guitarist revisiting his roots near the end of his life.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
The Gospel Truthnew
Gelb's Sno Angel took shape on a wing and a prayer.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
12-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Howe Gelb
Whammy Winnernew
Guitar Hero II is a music game where Jimmy Page wannabes rock on a guitar peripheral, which features five fret buttons on the neck, a bar for strumming and a whammy bar.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
12-15-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Brutal Beautynew
Baichwal talks about her enthralling expose of the modern industrial revolution, as seen through the epic photography of Edward Burtynsky.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
12-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Scattered Dreamsnew
Neil Gaiman's latest isn't as sturdy as his earlier fantasy fiction.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-15-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Fragile Things, neil gaiman
Milking Itnew
They may have weaned themselves off garage-rock purism, but Montreal's les Breastfeeders still deliver a mother of a live rock 'n' roll show.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
12-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Les Breastfeeders
Getting Centerednew
The midterm elections made it clear that voters want solutions over partisanship, and politicians, remarkably, are responding.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
12-15-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
Coping With Holiday Madnessnew
Mental health experts offer tips on dealing with this difficult time of year.
Montreal Mirror |
Chris Barry |
12-15-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Lunch With Lynchnew
The director unravels the meaning of his new movie, Inland Empire -- ha ha, not really.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Lynch, Inland Empire
The Vinyl Frontiernew
A hopeless record collector meets Warren Hill, the Montrealer who discovered one of rock history's rarest records and almost sold it on eBay.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
12-15-2006 |
Music
In the Crosshairsnew
How a beauty salon owner got caught up in a twisted murder-for-hire scheme.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
12-15-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Be Very Afraidnew
If ever there were a case to disillusion the public about its state stewards, the case of death row inmate Paul House is it.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
12-15-2006 |
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