AltWeeklies Wire
Redneck Heavennew
This week's new releases include titles about bowling, drag racing and Wild West freaks -- beer gut not included.
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
04-27-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Addictive Gameplaynew
It was with great anticipation that Xbox geeks awaited Major League Baseball 2K6, and the wait proved worthwhile.
Dig Boston |
Adam Diamond |
04-27-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Of Gospel and Gangsta Rapnew
There are a lot of firsts in this film set mostly in Harlem, but not even the presence of Eartha Kitt can bring this negligible and amateurish work to life.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Fishing Therapynew
Controversial former editor Howell Raines discusses his new book and life after The New York Times.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
04-27-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Family Affairnew
For more than a decade, Avail has steadily toured the world, playing its energetic blend of melodic hardcore for sweaty audiences of all sizes -- losing teeth and breaking bones along the way.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
04-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Charlotte Pride is Delayed, Not Deadnew
They're here, they're going to have a festival -- get used to it.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Karen Shugart |
04-27-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Drafting Warnernew
Former Gov. Mark Warner sort of, unofficially, launches his presidential bid -- what do the experts think?
Style Weekly |
Katie Ganntt |
04-27-2006 |
Politics
On the 'Mark'new
These Southern gothic stories bristle with Howle's usual sense of drama and detail.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Danielle Howle, Thank You Mark
Death Is the New Sexnew
Gilbert takes an unflinching look at the last taboo.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-27-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Mapping Sex Offendersnew
Doesn't anyone believe in rehabilitation anymore?
Where Is Jerry Bruckheimer?new
Cinemechanica is hyperactive as fuck, churning out smashmouth action rock full of complicated time changes and ramped-up sequences.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
04-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cinemechanica, The Martial Arts
Covert Cavortingnew
Lying about your secret life of jetsetting to Hollywood with coked-up Eurotrash homewreckers does not a healthy relationship make.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
04-27-2006 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns, Karma Cleanser
Death, Drugs, Rap and Redemptionnew
Is all this talk of sex, death and addiction merely calculated theatrics, or is Avalon truly the skinny, white Hollywood version of turning pain and hardship into art and money?
L.A. Weekly |
John Albert |
04-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mickey Avalon
Revved Up for Clean Airnew
As the California Air Resources Board presents a clean-air plan for the ports that some say isn't agressive enough, truckers get in gear to protest low wages.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
04-27-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor