AltWeeklies Wire
Fifty Years After His Disappearance, Poet Lives Onnew
Renewed attention to Weldon Kees is a peculiar literary revival tale, in which one enthusiast after another seems to discover his own life story in Kees, then proselytizes on behalf of the forgotten poet.
Charter School Dashes Kids' Dreamsnew
Charter schools have been a disaster in Ohio, with students failing proficiency tests at more than twice the rate of public-school students. Even by these low standards, Cleveland's International Prep is in a class by itself.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
08-02-2005 |
Education
The Macho in Menew
One female writer joins the Sacramento Kings of Drag to explore the gender divide and release the masculine within.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
08-01-2005 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Ask a Negro Leaguernew
A former all-star infielder for Negro League baseball teams in the 1950s answers questions about arrogant players and Tony LaRussa's shades.
Riverfront Times |
Prince Joe Henry |
08-01-2005 |
Sports
Tags: Barry Bonds, Tony La Russa
Black on Blonde?new
Pixies frontman Frank Black has taken the Pixies' triumphant return as an opportunity to release a Dylan-esque solo album of new material recorded in Nashville with a band of seasoned sessionmen.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
08-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Frank Black, Honeycomb
Find the Rivernew
Bill Callahan discovers new sounds and voices -- and cleans up with Chloe Sevigny -- on Smog's latest album.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-01-2005 |
Reviews
Reality Bitesnew
When a Kansas City man landed a role on the reality TV show Rebel Billionaire with the intent of raising money for a local nonprofit, he found out that TV is just not that feel-good.
Tags: Kansas City, Solace House
Tone Deathnew
The murder of Kansas City rapper Anthony Watkins, aka Fat Tone, made perfect sense, at least to his fans.
Pop-Culture Apocalypsenew
VH1’s "pop-stalgia" programming has turned the popular music video station into the History Channel for Generation X. But could the endless recursion of pop culture create a rift in the time-space continuum?
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
08-01-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Coffee Grinds Grand Theft Auto to a Haltnew
The morality police are steamed over Grand Theft Auto’s "hot coffee" hidden sexual content. Rockstar Games have become the 2 Live Crew of the gaming industry -- and they have only themselves to blame.
Boulder Weekly |
Todd Michael Shaffer |
08-01-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Well Versednew
Singer-songwriter Joe Pernice puts his creative-writing MFA to good use, delivering lyrics that cut even deeper with his distinctive, heartbreaking voice.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
08-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hello from Kazakhstannew
A dark story about a 15-year-old recruiter for outlaw prizefights paints a harrowing portrait of the former Soviet state.
Houston Press |
Bill Gallo |
08-01-2005 |
Reviews
A Tale of Two Bastardsnew
An extension of 1973's Scenes From a Marriage, the dialogue-filled Saraband is bogged down by its monstrous men.
Houston Press |
Melissa Levine |
08-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ingmar Bergman, Saraband
One Dead Guinea Pignew
A bad reaction to a drug trial sparks an investigation into Houston's Fabre Research Clinic and its founder.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
08-01-2005 |
Science
Fela with More Feelingnew
The AfroFunk Experience bombs dancefloors and kicks Afrobeat up a notch.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
08-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
