AltWeeklies Wire
Greenwashednew
Jared Huffman, candidate for state senate in California, is making leftist proclamations, but he's got some unsavory ties to big business.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
02-16-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
I Know It When I See Itnew
So this is what it's like to be raised on notions of love formed by epic romance she-porn?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gilllespie |
02-16-2006 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
"The Book of Ralph"new
AltWeeklies Award - Format Buster
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
02-16-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Wait for the Fire Next Timenew
This Richard Price story about simmering racial tension that boils over during the course of a police investigation is scattershot and erratic.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Freedomland, Joe Roth
It's a Dog's Worldnew
We smell penguins, even though Eight Below's animals are really a pack of sled dogs in a dandy new man-and-dog movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Eight Below, Frank Marshall
Invitation to the Dancenew
This is a majestic movie about a once celebrated ballet company that changed the face of modern dance.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Out in the Coldnew
With nearly $30 million to spend on heating oil for poor people this winter, you'd think the Maine State Housing Authority would have bargained a pretty good price with the oil dealers, right?
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
02-16-2006 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Falling Too Close to the Treenew
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the Lashes may be the most earnest band on the planet.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jonathan Garrett |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Get It, The Lashes
A Band Revisednew
This is a far more relaxed and musically confident Maximo Park than the one captured on A Certain Trigger.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jonathan Garrett |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Maximo Park, Missing Songs
Dancehall Authenticitynew
It's hard to dance softly to drum and bass -- and even harder to maintain the stamina to step, bounce and break from the opening set through the headliner's finale.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
T. Lagon |
02-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: MC Race One
A Lack of Visionnew
The British producers Gary Hughes and Andrew T. Mackay put together a project in Bombay that incorporates a 28-piece string section into their gauzy, downtempo lounge music.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bombay Dub Orchestra
Who is Roy Owens?new
Andrew Quinn bristles at the suggestion that Good Times is a country-rock album.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Good Times, Roy Owens Jr.
Pulling No Punchesnew
Grievous Angel fails to provide any more tangible insight into Gram's troubled psyche.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
02-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Bonfire of Inanitiesnew
Gotta hand it to Julianne Moore -- she's turned in a piece of overacting even the Oscars would be embarrassed to honor.
Orlando Weekly |
Steven Schneider |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Freedomland, Joe Roth
The Critic as Artistnew
By drawing out preconceived notions and puts them under the microscope, Kogan truly shines as not just a critic of music, but of the culture at large.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
