AltWeeklies Wire
Where Is Redemption?new
Marvin Francis is in the state penitentiary for a 1986 murder -- these days the self-taught artist's sculptures draw international acclaim and fetch thousands of dollars.
LEO Weekly |
Kathleen Adams |
12-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Blind Justices?new

The prosecutors who sent police torture victims to prison are now the judges who keep them there.
Chicago Reader |
John Conroy |
12-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Dope Peddlersnew
Zion I: louder than whistle tips.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
12-04-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Zion I
The Perils of Punditrynew
There's always someone in the real world who knows your subject better than you.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
12-04-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Since You've Gonenew
The New Cars recapture the glory of late 70s/early 80s skinny tie pop with an all-star cast -- just don't call them a supergroup.
Boulder Weekly |
David Kirby |
12-04-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The New Cars
Looks Good on Papernew
The hiring of former investigative reporter Bill Marimow as Inquirer editor has offered some hope -- but is it enough to buoy spirits about the paper's future?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steve Volk |
12-04-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
AIDS: A Retrospectivenew
The story of AIDS is one of fear, desolation, illness, suffering, and death; but also of compassion, hope amid hopelessness, unprecedented cooperation and courageous caring.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
12-04-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
New World Ardor
Gibson captures the simple (500-year-old) story of an intense personal quest in Apocalypto.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson
Nice New Outfit
One and one makes twee: MacKaye and Farina get fuzzy.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Whachoo Say?
A pleasant enough tour d'horizon of the f-word.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: fuck, Steve Anderson
Candy's Too Dandy
It takes more than dirty hair and outbursts of blubbering to evoke the junkie life.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: candy, Neil Armfield
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
The Nativity Story should have been left in the dark.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Express Lame
10 Items or Less wants to be an offbeat character study but forgets to study its characters.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: 10 Items or Less, Brad Silberling
Childish Destiny
Call it Antichrist Superstar.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Note to Self
With Fugazi's "indefinite hiatus" stretching to its fifth year, bassist Joe Lally had to get a new job. He's becoming a frontman -- the hard way.
Washington City Paper |
Andrew Beaujon |
12-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Lally