AltWeeklies Wire
Love, War and Self-Immolationnew
Stars frontman Torquil Campbell gets off on odd pairings, which helps explain Set Yourself On Fire.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
02-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stars
Beats To Eat Bynew
Sound can indeed influence flavor, as shown by these four restaurants.
Dig Boston |
Ruth Tobias |
02-22-2006 |
Food+Drink
A Twist Long Overduenew
Most first-person shooters released these days offer little more than a half-baked plot to justify their carnage, but Black, while hardly revolutionary, is something of an exception.
Dig Boston |
Seth MCM. Donlin |
02-22-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Hitsville UK?new
Art Brut, the Cribs and Brakes spearhead Britain's new underground.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
02-22-2006 |
Music
Tiger Beatnew
After the Sundance short-shrift, American independent films get their due in Rotterdam.
The Village Voice |
Dennis Lim |
02-22-2006 |
Movies
Second Naturenew
A haunting documentary revisits age-old questions of an essential self.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
02-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rupert Murray, Unknown White Male
Look, Ma -- No TV!new
Video Bomb might seem to resemble other video-hosting sites like the suddenly omnipresent Youtube and Google Video -- but it has something they don't.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-22-2006 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Hell No, We Don't Blownew
A Minnesota TV station refuses an ad that criticizes the media for reporting bad news about Iraq.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
02-22-2006 |
Media
Scarlet Lettersnew
Google-mapping sex offenders just adds to the crime-stat porn that makes us believe we stand besieged by a shadow nation of criminals -- an illusion which could be more dangerous than reality.
The Village Voice |
Julian Dibbel |
02-22-2006 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Confessions of a Food Addictnew
Leith's food-addiction odyssey is a kaleidoscopic view of a topic that's both complex and simple.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
02-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: The Hungry Years, William Leith
Throwing Bombsnew
Spiotta's second novel describes the radical culture of Northwest political activism from the inside.
Seattle Weekly |
Ross Simonini |
02-22-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Dana Spiotta, Eat the Document
Comfort in Songsnew
Zach Rogue has "given up the game of trying to be cool."
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
02-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rogue Wave
Start It All Over Againnew
Post-punk historian Simon Reynolds examines tracks from 1969 to 2006 with an agitated mind and a rigorous approach.
Seattle Weekly |
Andy Battaglia |
02-22-2006 |
Music
The Immigrant Votenew
Proposed initiatives in Washington state would crack down on illegals at the polls and on welfare rolls.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
02-22-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: 2006elect
A War on Irannew
The Bush administration's hostility to negotiation and the possibility of its attack on Iran -- and the likely result -- must be widely publicized before it's too late.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
02-22-2006 |
Commentary
