AltWeeklies Wire
Trendzilla: Skater-Boy Fashionnew
To acknowledge is to sell out, to be lame and, yes, to be a poseur (note proper spelling).
Post-Perfect Circle, Billy Howerdel Puts Himself Out Frontnew
He's stepped out as Ashes Divide's singer, now that the group is on tour.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
08-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
KaiserCartel Skips School to Bring Its Hopeful Harmonies Out Westnew
Elementary school teachers Courtney Kaiser and Benjamin Cartel won't be returning to the classroom this fall. Instead of tutoring kids in music and art, they'll be continuing their summer tour into the autumn as indie-pop duo KaiserCartel.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Mandy Moench |
08-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
George Thorogood's Making New Music, But He Knows What You Want to Hearnew
Thorogood is considering at what point he should quit making new music and instead rely on his back catalog to fill the set list for his live shows.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
08-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: George Thorogood, The Hard Stuff
Formerly Demonized Fat is Actually Good For Younew
Lard--rendered pig fat--is mostly unsaturated oleic acid, the same exact fat in olive oil--monounsaturated, the healthiest of all fats. Lard: the new health food. Who'd a thought? Includes recipe for Lard Pie Crust.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michelle Gienow |
08-12-2008 |
Food+Drink
Lieberman: Hadassah Flushed, Not Menew
A sitting Senator blames his wife for an on-air toilet flush. Hey Joe, everybody poops.
New Haven Advocate |
Rachel Slajda |
08-12-2008 |
Politics
Ask a Mexican! A Short History of Comics In Mexiconew
"Other than the infamous Tijuana bibles and now Memín Pinguín, I don't know much about comics from south of the border. How about a short history of comics in Mexico? Do our neighbors share our love of superheroes in Spandex?"
There Are No Honest Players Among Human Smugglersnew
Illegal immigrants are subject to pain and death at the hands of their "rescuers" if they don't pay up in full.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
08-12-2008 |
Immigration
A New Six-Disc Set Documents Two Years of Live Suicide Havocnew
Filling six discs with 13 complete sets from New York and Europe, Live 1977-78 is perhaps, as the back cover text admits, "Not for the fainthearted or casual fan." (Is there even such a thing as a casual Suicide fan?)
Baltimore City Paper |
Marc Masters |
08-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: suicide, Live 1977-78
Postmodern John McCain: The Presidential Candidate Some Arizonans Know ... and Loathenew
I've been a writer and editor at New Times for 15 years. For much of that time, I wrote about Arizona politics, which is to say that I wrote about John McCain. It's still odd to see the guy in the spotlight, because for quite a while, I was pretty much the only one covering him.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
08-12-2008 |
Politics
Rock Critic Byron Coley on the No More Bush Tournew
As George W. Bush's departure looms, Coley has concocted a sequel to "More Hair Less Bush" with another cavalcade of artists who "honk the horn of freedom with both hands." Said honkers include guitar wizard Jack Rose, noise magician Karl Bauer (aka Axolotl), and avant-folk duo MV/EE, along with poets such as Valerie Webber and Charles Plymell.
Baltimore City Paper |
Marc Masters |
08-12-2008 |
Books
C. Fraser Smith Chronicles the Marylanders Who Fought For Civil Rights in 'Here Lies Jim Crow'new
Having Baltimore Sun columnist and WYPR senior news analyst Smith's new book in my possession has been as interesting and eye-opening as the book itself. The book drew people's attention everywhere I went.
Baltimore City Paper |
Petula Caesar |
08-12-2008 |
Nonfiction
John Bruce Johnson: 1931-2008new
Johnson founded the Baltimore Playwrights Festival and rescued the Vagabond Players in the 60s.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Barry |
08-12-2008 |
Theater
Nas Revels in Frictionnew
There are a multitude of obvious reasons why Nas would choose to christen a record about race relations in America with an unprintable epithet, but there are subtler implications, as well.
Philadelphia City Paper |
J. Edward Keyes |
08-12-2008 |
Reviews
Soulful Folkie Mutlu Chases the Dreamnew
His debut CD, Livin' It, has a similar funky-folky feel, but with a soft, hip-hop groove.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
08-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
