AltWeeklies Wire
A Long Time Overcoming
Though a collection of folk tunes might not be enough to turn things around, the blueprint for contemporary artists to help revive the labor campaign is all here.
Washington City Paper |
Ryan Grim |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Beats Working
If these dudes have perfected anything over the past 15 years, it's the ability to choose some tip-top, smoked-up backing tracks.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Boot Camp Clik, The Last Stand
OH Hum
Ohio pushes only a few of the right buttons.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Billy Kent, The OH in Ohio
Wonder Boy
After descending from full-on laughs to forced giggles, Ferrell and McKay successfully resuscitate the audience with never-fail outtakes that should leave you happier than a celebration dinner at Applebee's.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Droll-y Rollers
Little Miss Sunshine's script so deftly captures the emotion behind each setback that it's less like a sitcom than like a clan's real day-to-day life squashed into 101 minutes.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Hear and There
Stettner decided to "open up" the narrative, thus rendering an intriguingly elusive tale into something that's as predictable as a teen horror flick.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Twin Tone
Rather than question glam rock's adolescent self-analysis, the filmmakers simply second it, yielding a film that's less analysis than sham artifact.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Oliver's Twist
Surprise, surprise -- in World Trade Center, Oliver Stone shows that he can turn down the bombast.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, World Trade Center
The Killer Insidenew
Troy Victorino was just convicted of killing six people, with the jury recommending the death penalty -- he spoke with us from prison.
Orlando Weekly |
Elizabeth Randall |
08-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Salvation Nationnew
Salon.com senior writer Michelle Goldberg talks about the rise of Christian nationalism as detailed in her first book, Kingdom Coming.
Food for Thoughtnew
When Wal-Mart's charisma-challenged CEO starts touting organic food, you know the stuff is no longer the domain of back-to-the-land hippies.
NOW Magazine |
John Dicker |
08-04-2006 |
Nonfiction
Talladega's Other Knightnew
Lovable loser John C. Reilly restarts his comic engine opposite Will Ferrell in Talladega Nights.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
08-04-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Vinyl Staticnew
Yo La Tengo prepares to kick your ass.
Illinois Times |
Marissa Monson |
08-04-2006 |
Music
Not Good Enough to be Awfulnew
Midlake goes for the quaint, agrarian, and the obtuse.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
To Tandoor or Not to Tandoornew
Here's how to prepare Indian-style shrimp.
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
08-04-2006 |
Food+Drink
