AltWeeklies Wire
Taking on John Adams at the Gardnernew
If there was ever any badass in the contemporary classical music scene, Alarm Will Sound is your ensemble.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alarm Will Sound, Classical Blast
Love Hurtsnew
Ryan Reynolds gets his best comedic role yet in the predictable but amusing Just Friends.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Just Friends, Roger Kumble
Droll Divorcenew
The Squid and the Whale is lacking in squid and whales, but it's got plenty of amazing performances.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Trimming Futures?new
Students brace for a Republican-driven decrease in federal aid.
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
12-01-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Bush Exposednew
Katrina exposed that the emperor had no clothes -- and now we have to deal with it.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
12-01-2005 |
Commentary
Dancing for Deliverancenew
"Holy Divine," the second song on Protokoll's new self-titled CD, is likely to make you dance and sing your troubles away.
Dig Boston |
Devin King |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Protokoll
Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Togethernew
The time-honored musical tradition of one-off duets has produced some notoriously shitty collaborations, yet Calexico and Iron & Wine is not one of them.
Dig Boston |
J. Bennett |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Defrauded Youngnew
To lie is to murder. That is the theme of Cindy Sheehan's defiant, witty, compassionate, and deeply patriotic first book, Not One More Mother's Child.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Paul Rockwell |
12-01-2005 |
Commentary
Scant Coverage of Air War in Iraq Debate
Public discussion assumes
that reducing the number of American troop in Iraq will mean a drop in
the Pentagon’s participation in the carnage. But it ain’t necessarily
so.
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
12-01-2005 |
Commentary
She Should Be Played on Phonographnew
Listening to this album is like going to your grandmother's country home, sitting on her front porch swing and staring up at her in awe as she and a few friends recount tales of their lives with the use of fiddles, piano, banjo and guitar.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Al Kaufman |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Blurring the Linesnew
Call Bishop Don a band of dilettantes. The guys dip their toes into a variety of forms to cadge together a sound reminiscent of an old bar band.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bishop Don, Flowers from the Devil
A Cleveland Storynew
A Christmas Story was Bob Clark's passion project, and it became an accidental classic. Here are some strange but true tales about the beloved holiday film.
Cleveland Free Times |
James Renner |
12-01-2005 |
Movies
Light and Airynew
While not designed for all climates and moods, American Analog Set forges music of subtle, unassuming beauty.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: American Analog Set, Set Free
New DVD Showcases More Music-Video Auteursnew
Despite the varying qualities of its new editions, the Directors Label series remains an essential guide to charting the ambitions -- both failed and realized -- of the music video industry.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Blood on the Wall Isn't As Dark As You Thinknew
Brother and sister team Brad and Courtney Shanks -- two of the three points that support the Blood on the Wall triangle -- know all about complementary genes and nostalgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blood on the Wall, Awesomer
