AltWeeklies Wire
Black Lips' '200 Million Thousand'new
Garage-rock Nazis can revel in the muffled hue that envelops the album from beginning to end. What sets 2MT apart are the smooth melodies that guide each song.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-25-2009 |
Reviews
What Is the Swat Valley?new
The Swat Valley is a magical place in northern Pakistan where every child is born with the innate ability to batter down doors, rescue hostages and safely apprehend suspected drug kingpins. Additionally, the area's notoriously boy-crazy, clique-y teenage girls inspired the hugely popular Swat Valley High teen fiction series.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
02-25-2009 |
Commentary
New 'Halo' Packs a Bigger Blastnew
In the hands of veteran PC developer Ensemble, Halo Wars is a strong — if somewhat stripped-down — exercise that really immerses itself in the lore of the Halo universe.
C-Ville Weekly |
Aaron R. Conklin |
02-25-2009 |
Video Games
Budget Cuts Target Virginia's Neediest Kids...To Save $8 Millionnew
One of the most troubling aspects of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine’s budget proposal is that we do without any state-run emergency mental health beds for those under 18. Both child advocates and mental health watchdogs say this is a terrible idea that will crowd hospitals, correctional facilities and, some worry, morgues.
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith |
02-25-2009 |
Economy
Former San Diego Mayor's Sister Gives Senior Center the Bootnew
For much of the last 30 years, Mavourneen O'Connor's Kind Corp. has operated housing and a community center for low-income seniors on a Downtown site, but four years ago, they inexplicably refused to renew a partner nonprofit’s lease.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
02-25-2009 |
Politics
Marines Dump Donations in the Miramar Landfillnew
For years, Jeff Seymour collected donations of reading materials and other items from area businesses to be shipped to U.S. troops overseas. Now he wants the Marines to explain to him why they unceremoniously dumped thousands of the donations into the Miramar Landfill.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Silva |
02-25-2009 |
War
Thank You Rides Far-Out Waves of Ambiguitynew
Terrible Two's best quality is precisely that we don't know what to make of it. That's the point of the album and what makes the band a close fit with post-rock's steez.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Brandon Bussolini |
02-25-2009 |
Reviews
A Filmmaker and Her Subject Chronicle an Epic Immigrant Experiencenew
The Betrayal fascinates like other rare, intimate documentaries shot over long periods -- Michael Apted's Seven Up series being the most famous example.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
02-25-2009 |
Reviews
Health and Human Services Budget Cuts Will Show on SF Streetsnew
As budget cuts create ripple effects in the lives of health and human services staffers and the clients they serve, a City Hall fight over raising city revenue continues between the Board of Supervisors and the mayor.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rebecca Bowe |
02-25-2009 |
Economy
Foreclosure and Eviction Crisis Leaves Lots of Pets Homelessnew
Shelters all over the country are reporting rising numbers of dogs, cats, horses, and all kinds of family pets made homeless by the home foreclosure crisis.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Andrea De Brito |
02-25-2009 |
Economy
Tags: economic issues, pet ownership
Zero Defex Bassist Says Zen Can Stop You From Being a Dicknew
Unlike Brad Warner's previous two published books (he’s also written three unpublished science-fiction novels, one of which he thinks is pretty good), Zen Wrapped in Karma is more a memoir than a spiritual manual. If you’re not into punk rock, meditation or Ultraman, it’s definitely the most accessible.
San Antonio Current |
D.X. Ferris |
02-25-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'No. 5''s Alterations Are an Awkward Fitnew
No. 5 is new, and as such it deserves the kindness offered to new things, but an audience can make only so many allowances for poor construction. A departing patron said it best, to no one in particular, en francais: "It is a good thing she is dead."
San Antonio Current |
Courtenay Martin |
02-25-2009 |
Theater
San Antonio Returns to Its Ailing Yanaguananew
In the coming years, local regulators, educators, and volunteers hope to revive Yanaguana from the crippled body of our cruelly neglected and abused San Antonio River.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-25-2009 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Development, San Antonio River
'Gomorrah' Recognizes the Mob for What It Is: A Quiet Scourgenew
The real-life Neapolitan crime organization, known as the Camorra, is depicted here as a hovering presence above the locals, dropping down into ordinary lives only as sudden flashes of death, but otherwise reigning from above, its fearsome presence unseen but influencing every action.
Willamette Week |
Andy Davis |
02-25-2009 |
Reviews
A Well-Meaning Bill Would Strengthen Anti-Bullying Rules in Oregon Schoolsnew
A new bill in the Oregon Legislature would require that public schools report to state officials what groups of students are being targeted by bullies.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-25-2009 |
Education
