AltWeeklies Wire
Tainted Giftsnew
D'Ambrosio supplies wringing empathy from the cloth of everyday manias.
Seattle Weekly |
John Freeman |
05-10-2006 |
Fiction
Yakima Strikes Backnew
Most of the publicity and acclaim about Washington wine has gone to the investment bankers and retired engineers who knew how to talk the romance of winemaking, not the farmers in the Yakima Valley.
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
05-10-2006 |
Food+Drink
Labor Warnew
For the first time, non-union immigrant workers are building Manhattan's high-rise towers.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
05-10-2006 |
Business & Labor
Perpetual Summer Crueltynew

A London web phenom's walk in the park is no walk in the park.
The Village Voice |
Frank Kogan |
05-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: LDN, Lily Allen
Microsoft's $1.6 Million Mannew
Although they have since dropped him in an effort to reverse a PR meltdown, the software giant employed righteous conservative Ralph Reed as a consultant for years.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
05-10-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Cortex-Cutting Cobrasnew
Black Angels gives us more desperate gutter psych-rock from Texas.
The Village Voice |
Eric Davidson |
05-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Passover, Black Angels
CIA Secret Prisons Exposednew

Are the disappeared dead, or are they alive?
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
05-10-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Icy Seductionnew
Goldfrapp touches the tip of the mainstream.
Seattle Weekly |
Mikael Wood |
05-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Goldfrapp
That Sinking Feelingnew

Poseidon's second voyage yields a brand-new disaster.
Seattle Weekly |
Michael Atkinson |
05-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Poseidon, Wolfgang Petersen
Rachel Corrie's Legacynew
The 23-year-old's 2003 death in Israel poses challenging questions -- in court and out.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
05-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Gas, Sweat and Tearsnew

Mehdi Shahbazi is fighting Shell in court over signs he put up at his gas station accusing them of price gouging -- and for that, Shell has crippled his business and put him on the verge of homelessness.
Monterey County Weekly |
Raul Vasquez |
05-09-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Some Kind of Wonderfulnew
Saxman Bobby Zankel is a Buddhist and a warrior.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
05-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bobby Zankel
Desert Trippingnew

I'm trying to grasp the who, what and -- more importantly -- the why of Coachella.
L.A. Alternative |
Michael Mannheimer |
05-09-2006 |
Music
Everybody Knows This is Warnew
Is Living With War any good, and does it even matter?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Michael Pelusi |
05-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Young, Living With War
Another 48 Hoursnew
Instant Films returns for another round of breakneck filmmaking.
L.A. Alternative |
Wayne Melton |
05-09-2006 |
Movies