AltWeeklies Wire
Two Thumbs Downnew
Jeremy Mack documents Bill Carlton as he battles his way into video-arcade history.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
03-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: High Score, Jeremy Mack
Paradise Nownew
Feverish fans of The New World turn Terrence Malick's box office bust into a cult film.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
03-08-2006 |
Movies
Dubya’s Dubai Debaclenew
Maybe this port deal isn't really that big a threat, but neither was Hussein -- but that didn't stop Bush from turning Iraq into a showcase for religious fratricide.
L.A. Alternative |
Robert Scheer |
03-08-2006 |
Commentary
Will Work for Foodnew
Inside Whole Foods, the best nutrition comes at the highest price -- one too high for its own workers.
L.A. Alternative |
Stan Cox |
03-08-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Octavia E. Butler, 1947-2006new
Butler's 12 science-fiction novels encourage a compulsion to tear through one after the other, to never want to be away from her sprawling universes and her staggering humanity.
The Village Voice |
Dream Hampton |
03-08-2006 |
Books
The 60-Day Sprintnew
The Washington state legislature passes measures for gay rights, alternative energy, political reform and better unemployment benefits.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
03-08-2006 |
Politics
Alternate-Universe Teen Chick Litnew
Michelle Tea's first novel treats us to one breathless day in the life of 14-year-old Trisha and her new best friend, Rose, as they do just about everything anyone warned you against.
Seattle Weekly |
Angie Kritenbrink |
03-08-2006 |
Fiction
Screen Shotsnew
Artist "Show-n-tell" collects the mostly anonymous webcam photos and chat-room transcripts she gathered by contacting lonely souls in this book.
Seattle Weekly |
Heather Logue and Rachel Shimp |
03-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Show-n-tell, webAffairs
Smoke Ringsnew
You wouldn't be wrong to call them sillybillies, but Electric Six's lyrics aren't empty eccentricities.
Seattle Weekly |
Anthony Miccio |
03-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Electric Six
The Plan to Nowhere?new
The Seattle region's ambitious 10-year plan to end homelessness is in serious trouble, undercut and underfunded -- and things are about to get worse, thanks to the Bush administration.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
03-08-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Downward Mobility
Washington’s 5th District tells the twisting tale of the Republican Party since 1994.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor jr. |
03-07-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
Oscar Grouch
The question isn’t why Crash won, but why we should care.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-07-2006 |
Commentary
Get Your Philnew
Songwriter Phil Roy, who has been covered by everyone from Ray Charles to Los Lonely Boys, is combining his two loves -- cooking and performing -- in intimate shows at his apartment.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Nicole Pensiero |
03-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Taking Libertiesnew
Philly's rock extremists play effects-laden maelstroms punctuated by pick-driven bass and voices that caterwaul and mumble.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
03-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Northern Liberties
Was It Worth It?new
When two soldiers knocked on her door, Adeline Maher thought her son Bill had come home from Iraq to surprise her -- but when she didn't recognize them, she realized they were there with a grave message.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Alexandra Zendrian |
03-07-2006 |
War
