AltWeeklies Wire
Observations and Stories About Sex and Dating in the 21st Centurynew
I'm obsessed with talking about sex and dating. You're obsessed with it too, whether you like to admit it or not. Everyone is.
Portland Phoenix |
Your Secret Admirer |
03-05-2009 |
Culture
'Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon'
With solid game mechanics undercut by awkward enhancements, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon is the least luminous entry in a long-burning series.
The Inlander |
Marty Demarest |
03-05-2009 |
Video Games
How the Blind Eyes Evolved from Metalhead Kids and Orchestral Geeks to the City's Tightest Rock Trionew
As its snappy name implies, the Blind Eyes' Modernity is sleek and to-the-point, and full of the trio's shuffling rock tunes — which combine power-pop melodies, punk tenacity and mod-rock precision.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
03-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Legendary St. Louis Attorney Will 'Probably Die in That Chair'new
Legendary St. Louis attorney Frank Anzalone can't envision a time when he'll no longer be practicing law.
Riverfront Times |
Matt Kasper |
03-05-2009 |
Culture
Tags: St. Louis, Frank Anzalone
Tennessee Gov. Considers Turning His Back on the Unemployednew
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen says he may turn down millions of dollars in federal stimulus money rather than expand unemployment benefits in ways that many other states did long ago.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
03-05-2009 |
Economy
Charred Bodies Leave Lingering Questions About an Executionnew
In short: Nearly every piece of physical evidence against Steve Henley was tainted. But if police botched their end of the case, Henley's tale was evaporating as well.
Nashville Scene |
Brantley Hargrove |
03-05-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Irving Azoff Reveals Ticketmaster Secret at Senate Judiciary Hearingsnew
One of the lesser-reported revelations of last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the proposed merger of the two corporate behemoths of the concert business, Ticketmaster and LiveNation, came during a conversation with Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff about service fees.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
03-05-2009 |
Music
Framed Like a Rembrandt, 'Everlasting Moments' Looks Great, But Misses the Big Picturenew
Lovely to look at but too slow and deliberate to get lost in, Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments is a tribute to still photography filtered through a portrait of working-class life wracked by war and want in early-20th-century Sweden.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
03-05-2009 |
Reviews
The New Cocktailiansnew
The farmers market–loving, sleeve garter–wearing ladies and gentlemen of the bar are taking over L.A.'s restaurants one glass at a time.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonathan Gold |
03-05-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Los Angeles, bartenders
Three People Vie to Be a Couple in the Freefalling 'Two Lovers'new
From its first frames to its downbeat denouement, this is the most fatalistic film I've ever seen that offers its protagonist two beautiful women to choose between.
The Music Industry Isn't Done Harassing College Students Over File Sharing. Should It Be?new
Last December, the Recording Industry Association of America announced it would no longer continue its massive legal campaign against downloaders. But that doesn't mean you should grab that album off BitTorrent quite yet.
Tags: RIAA, illegal downloading
Mi Ami Weathers Touch & Go's (Mis)fortunenew
Mi Ami are a quintessential Touch & Go band, and as such are built low to the ground to weather bumps that destroy less hardy acts.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
03-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
North Carolina Town Seeks Authority to Override Homeowners' Associationsnew
Aldermen in Carrboro, N.C. are asking for the authority to "provide by ordinance that no deed restriction or covenant can have the effect of limiting or prohibiting the use of green or sustainability features on a residential property."
INDY Week |
Sam Wardle |
03-05-2009 |
Environment
A Proposed Law Could Widen the Gap Between Business and Labornew
The proposed Employee Free Choice Act would ease the rules for union organizing. With just 3.5 percent of its workers paying union dues, North Carolina is the least unionized state in the nation and in the crosshairs of the EFCA debate.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
03-05-2009 |
Business & Labor
Zoe Heller's 'Believers' Captivates Despite a Weak Plotnew
Heller’s treatment of fraught and contradictory emotions, together with her unabashed exploration of intellectual musings, endows the story’s eponymous believers with an all-too-rare profundity.
New York Press |
Rayyan Al-Shawaf |
03-05-2009 |
Fiction
