AltWeeklies Wire
Take a Passnew
Take, with a very good performance by Minnie Driver, is a dreadfully misguided movie whose story of redemption is utterly irredeemable.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charles Oliver, Take
'Tropic Thunder': Apocalypse, and How!new
Instead of entering the jungle to find the heart of darkness, Ben Stiller goes in to take aim at the Achilles heel of Hollywood: its utter pomposity and self-importance.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder
'Vicky Cristina Barcelona': Girls in Every Portnew
Woody Allen's newest is by no means a bad film, but it’s irrefutable evidence that Allen has aged – or cloistered – himself into irrelevance.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-14-2008 |
Reviews
A Guide to Getting the Best Veggies From an Open Flamenew
Most vegetables are suitable for grilling, though there are a few delicate exceptions. Here's just a partial list of vegetables suitable for grilling, with tips on preparing each.
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
08-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: vegetables, grilling
Why Many of the Best Establishments are Meatlessnew
Summer is a great time for vegetarians. It's also a great time for omnivores like me to entertain vegetarian friends and family. Includes recipe for Stuffed Summer Squash Two-ways.
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
08-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
If Bottled Water is the Devil, What's a Thirsty Person To Do?new
Mounting evidence suggests bottled water -- between the waste produced by the bottles and the energy consumed to produce and transport it -- is a considerable threat to the environment. Green-minded folks have been trying to find alternatives to plastic bottles, but the alternatives are few -- and raise environmental questions of their own.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Charlotte Jusinski |
08-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Gay Rappers Carry the Torch for Bounce, but Not Everyone's Comfortable with Thatnew
At the end of the day, the sissies enjoy an uneasy acceptance, both for carrying bounce's torch and, of course, for keeping the dance floor jumping with women. But in the working-class African-American South, male homosexuality can be a difficult identity to maintain.
Elizabeth Royte Has (Bottled) Water on the Brainnew
In her new book, Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It, Royte investigates the causes and consequences of the bottled-water business' astounding growth.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Michelle Nijhuis |
08-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Loading Zone Reunites After 30 Years ... For One Nightnew
Since breaking up in the early 1970s, the Loading Zone has been mentioned most often not for its distinctive blend of garage rock, R&B, and jazz, but as the launching pad for Linda Tillery, who was a teenage soul belter when she took over as lead vocalist in 1967.
East Bay Express |
Andrew Gilbert |
08-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Recessionomics: Why Did My Mortgage Payments Go Up So Much?new
If you are like many people, you have a fixed-rate mortgage, which means that your principal and interest totals don't change from year to year. Then why did your mortgage payments seem to jump $300-$500 more in 2008? Blame our friend Mr. Escrow, and his pesky pals Mr. Rising Homeowners Insurance and Mrs. Out-of-Control Property Taxes.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
08-14-2008 |
Economy
Politics needs a fix ... and here's where to startnew
both presidential candidates running so hard to pick up new voters to their cause that they risk alienating their original supporters; a swindler telling the FBI he allegedly raised thousands for a Tampa Bay politician with the explicit promise that the pol would vote for his zoning changes; a supervisor of elections who testified in a deposition that he really doesn't know a heck of a lot about how his office works.
Is there any wonder why voters aren't super-psyched for the primary?
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
08-14-2008 |
Commentary
What Killed Tampa Bay's Zine Scene?new
You remember zines, right? Those self-published, cut-and-paste, photocopied booklets that resembled collated ransom notes? During the '90s and early '00s, you could find them in nearly every Tampa Bay coffeeshop, record store and music venue bathroom. But today you can find nary a one. What happened?
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Alex Pickett |
08-14-2008 |
Media
Hunter S. Thompson: Behind the Shadesnew
A new biography from William McKeen -- Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson -- surveys the literary legacy of gonzo's guru.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wade Tatangelo |
08-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Election '08: Pop Go the Politicsnew
Half-truths, outrageous hyperbole and hilarious cock-and-bull stories bring us fully into the election season.
John Edwards, the Gamblernew
When John Edwards finally confirmed that he had stepped out on his wife, initially I was disappointed, but not surprised. Power + overblown ego = misguided sense of invincibility & lack of caring for others. As for Elizabeth Edwards, I thought, Jesus, hasn't she been through enough.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
08-14-2008 |
Commentary
