AltWeeklies Wire
Running the Gauntletnew
This is everything you need to know to get you (and your stash) to Bonnaroo safely.
Nashville Scene |
William Dean Hinton |
06-14-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Peace, Love and Understandingnew
Bonnaroo is the largest-grossing music festival in the U.S., raking in a whopping $13.4 million last year. Here's why.
Nashville Scene |
Jack Silverman |
06-14-2006 |
Music
A Swell of New Versenew
Each sample in this book has enough immediate appeal to entice and soothe skittish newbs and enough canonical footing to make it OK for seasoned masochistic enthusiasts.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-14-2006 |
Poetry
Tags: Various, Wave Books
Chillin’ with Calvin Trillinnew
Check out Calvin Trillin's book.
It's full of poems from the Nation.
On the Bush administration.
Dig Boston |
Lissa Harris |
06-14-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Calvin Trillin
God, Incest and Elvisnew
The cinematography in The King is sedately beautiful, often stunning, without ever wresting your attention away from the story.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Marsh, The King
Ass-Kicking en Francaisnew
District B13 is everything an unassuming genre picture should be -- fast, funny, unpretentious, possessed of a feisty political subtext, and primed at a moment's notice for megaton ass-kicking.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
06-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: District B13, Pierre Morel
Transformed Into Animalsnew
The Heart of the Game is a documentary about the Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high school basketball team in Seattle.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-14-2006 |
Reviews
Sometimes Electric, Always Slipperynew
Eels habitually reinvent themselves, and yet still remain a rock band.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
06-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eels
Minimalism with Animal Staminanew
Charlemagne Palestine isn't the father of minimalism, but he's certainly one of its wackier uncles.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charlemagne Palestine
This Game Sucksnew
Don't rent this game, don't buy it -- don't even look at it in the store.
Dig Boston |
Adam Diamond |
06-14-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
What Fish Talk Aboutnew
Let's just accept the fact that I heard a conversation between two fish the other day -- these fish were hanging out in a backyard pond, talking about the things fish talk about.
Style Weekly |
Brandon Reynolds |
06-14-2006 |
Gardening
Smells Like Twang Spiritnew
This group juggles pop and country and melodies, campfire punk and bluegrass with uninhibited rock 'n' roll of the Stonehenge-crushing "Spinal Tap" variety.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
06-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mongolia or Bustnew
Vermonter Seth Beck gears up for the Mongol Rally, a roadrace from London to Ulan Bator.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
06-14-2006 |
Travel
Vice Breakernew
Political commentator and blogger David Sirota exposes the brothel of Washingon politics.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
06-14-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
It's No Mitzvahnew
Most of the film's scenes are awfully slow and empty of interes, and its rhythm and timing are nonexistent.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-14-2006 |
Reviews
