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Stik Figa Aims to Make Hip-hop Fun Againnew
John Westbrook Jr., a 25-year-old rapper known as Stik Figa, recently totaled his car. He's unemployed. And yet, he's happy.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
08-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Melvins Still Do Things Their Own Way on 'Nude with Boots'new
In a parallel universe that gets everything wrong, Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover would be capping the Melvins' first quarter-century mulling over whether to wear tuxes or L.A. Dodgers jerseys to their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Phoenix New Times |
Serene Dominic |
08-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nude with Boots, The Melvins
The Top Ten Beres Hammond Tunes of All Timenew
Within reggae, few people could argue that Hammond is revered as one of the greatest balladeers to ever live — if not the best.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
08-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Reggae, Beres Hammond
Hillary Guerilla Fight? What Hillary Guerilla Fight?new
I hate to burst a bubble, but this Hillary vs. Barack b.s. is a complete and total contrivance manufactured by those in the media who are determined to define this party as one that is divided.
The Memphis Flyer |
Cheri DelBrocco |
08-26-2008 |
Politics
Scarface Opens Onlines Doors for New Artistsnew
He's the owner of and principal investor in www.heregomydemo.com, a new web site that allows musicians — of any genre, not just rappers, he stresses — to upload MP3s, videos, photos, blogs and bios for free, and sample the wares of the site's other members.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
08-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Duke of Gonzonew
What author would you like to have over to your house? Vonnegut, Hemingway, Angelou? Thanks to the University Press of Mississippi’s Literary Conversations Series, the question is no longer moot, and you don’t even have to make dinner.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
08-26-2008 |
Nonfiction
Runway Project Celebrates 'Project Runway'new
Runway Project is National Mechanics' screening party for the fifth season of Bravo's fierce reality TV show. Getting into the game is easy: Name your team (the more ProjRun-related the better) and name your "model," a hysterically disproportionate knockoff Barbie that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "hot tranny mess."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Rebecca Grites |
08-26-2008 |
TV
Raising a Mannew
As a single mother attempting to raise an astute son, I find that I am never sure what I’m doing.
Jackson Free Press |
Queen Folayan |
08-26-2008 |
Commentary
Sweet Talking with the Film Banditsnew
The film collective of 15 or so just finished casting for Pinheads!. Their first short is the story of a group of second-rate villains — a pickpocket, a dine-and-dasher, a movie pirater and the aforementioned cupcake thief — who play in a bowling league against an equally unimpressive lineup of heroes.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Monica Weymouth |
08-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: film festivals, cupcakes
Steve Coogan Suffers the Slings and Arrows of Being a Dopey Shakespeare Hopefulnew
Coogan spends the film in a tug-of-war with the script; he's forced into some blatantly obvious humor, from the broad commercial parodies to the endless mangling of his character's consonant-heavy name. But he also maximizes the thinly veiled rage burbling under Marschz's veneer of undying optimism.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
08-26-2008 |
Reviews
Chimp Owner Faces Criminal Chargesnew
Arizona Game and Fish officials claim that Kristy Pruett, a severely diabetic woman, illegally imported her "service animal": a chimp named Joey.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
08-26-2008 |
Science
Citizen Initiatives Kicked Off Ballot in Arizonanew
Why have record numbers of citizen initiatives been kicked off the ballot? The problem could go much deeper than invalid signatures.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
08-26-2008 |
Politics
Gone to Hell: Mental Illness and Harris County Jailnew
Even though Alexander Hatcher is bipolar and schizophrenic, he wasn't given his meds for his first three months in jail. He got in fights with the guards. Now he's sentenced to prison for a long, long time.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
08-26-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Live Arts' First Sold-out Show Ramps Up Greek Tragedynew
Emmanuelle Delpech-Ramey's speed-wheeling deconstruction of Oedipus at Colonus goes beyond Sophocles' wandering gloom to find a future and newfound faith in this hard urban setting, with local skateboarders acting as the play's Greek chorus.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
08-26-2008 |
Theater
Deutsche Bank Lets Kansas City Rotnew
Deutsche Bank is the largest owner of foreclosed properties in Greater Kansas City. In Jackson County, the bank holds titles to 350 foreclosures. Some of their properties are sickly enough to depress an entire block.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
08-26-2008 |
Housing & Development
