AltWeeklies Wire
He Just Don't Stopnew
Charles "Wigg" Walker sticks to what he does best: belting out super soul and funk songs that resonate with the sound and passion of an era that's long forgotten.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charles Walker
Green Monster to Green Zonenew
Two red Sox fans gave up selling "Yankees Suck" T-shirts and got jobs in war-torn Iraq.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Real Anti-Hillary Stands Upnew
There's no telling how many anti-Hillarys the Democratic Party will see between now and 2008 -- right now, it's John Edwards's turn.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
08-10-2006 |
Politics
The Feel-Good Movie of the Summernew
Stone makes a movie on a politically loaded subject and tries really, really hard not to make it political, and he's still called a conspiracy nut, this time for not politicizing his subject.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, World Trade Center
Refreshing Classicsnew
Take two angelic voices, back them up with an ensemble of the finest acoustic musicians in the world, and give them a baker's dozen of traditional and contemporary songs -- insert in CD player. Let your mind be blown.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Taking Mashing to New Levelnew
Mashups aren't a new thing, but Gregg Gillis takes his computer-made mixes to delirious highs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Girl Talk, Night Ripper
Breeding Injusticenew
Only the most hard-hearted would press for sterilizing the “feeble-minded” or preventing the mentally retarded from marrying, but similar arguments are regularly made in favor of banning same-sex marriage.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael J. Amico |
08-10-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Blasts from Recent Pastnew
If Boot Camp Clik was more ambitious, its efforts wouldn't sound as frustratingly conservative as this.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Boot Camp Clik, The Last Stand
Close Shavenew
Far richer than an ordinary mystery plot, La Moustache ponders the existential notion of how much our world is defined in isolation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Emmanuel Carrére, La Moustache
Indie Family Valuesnew
Little Miss Sunshine is eclipsed by its own quirkiness.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
First Respondersnew
What would you expect from an Oliver Stone film about 9/11? Guess again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, World Trade Center
Alone in Autismnew
While researchers struggle to find out why as many as one out of 166 children develop autism, parents and their kids struggle to cope.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
08-10-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
New Rootsnew
Portland's paper sold by the homeless isn't only about the homeless anymore.
Willamette Week |
Jake Thomas |
08-10-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Military Incursionnew
It's time to decide whether to turn the military loose on your child.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
08-10-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Distant Justicenew
A Portland lawyer is trying to help one Guantanamo detainee return to his life as a fruit trader.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
08-10-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
