AltWeeklies Wire
A Bristol Nonprofit Wants to Replicate Your Brain and Bequeath It to a Robotnew
Some transhumanists are interested in eliminating certain diseases, or in slowing down the aging process. More ambitious ones, such as Bruce Duncan or the folks at the Willington, Connecticut-based World Transhumanist Association, believe that technology could eventually help us outlive death.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
07-18-2008 |
Tech
A Burlington Couple Satisfies Cravings for Not-quite-meatnew
When a conscious carnivore falls in love with a vegetarian, something has to replace the sausages at breakfast. The result: hearty, flavorful and filling "veggie patties" that don't taste or look like flesh but satisfy meat-eaters.
Seven Days |
Suzanne Podhaizer |
07-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
Bitter:Sweet Found Each Other on Craigslistnew
Although they've hit the road only once before, the band's had a large amount of commercial success in television and on the internet, with songs featured in TV shows like Lipstick Jungle, while the new album was the No. One seller on iTunes last week and will be featured at Starbucks stores nationwide.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Gabrielle Paluch |
07-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The New Batman Film is Deeper, Darker, More Action-packednew
We learn that Batman's dual existence is taking a toll on him, both physically and spiritually ... and the latter is the more dangerous.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Saving L.A. From Nuclear Terrornew
These days, working as a policy wonk on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, I am sometimes asked whether the danger of nuclear terror is "real" – or whether, instead, certain modern-day Machiavellis are manipulating our most nightmarish fears, to promote their own cynical political agendas. What if it's both?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Tad Daley |
07-18-2008 |
War
'Mamma Mia!': For the Dancing Queen Withinnew
This film adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of a catalog of Swedish disco hits retains all the fun but remains astonishingly silly.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Phyllida Lloyd, Mamma Mia!
Milwaukee Zine Fest Gets Suport From Local Bandsnew
The fest runs from Friday, July 18, to Sunday, July 20. It will feature zine vendors, workshops, readings, films, demonstrations and group discussions.
Shepherd Express |
Tea Krulos |
07-18-2008 |
Books
Life Ain't Pretty in Gotham Citynew
Although the visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, this new Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our new age of anxiety.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
We'rewolves' Marathon Summernew
The band name We'rewolves resulted from a misunderstanding between the group's members, Eliah Koerner (vocals, keyboard), Dan Perlstein (drums) and Ryan "Smitty" Smith (bass).
Shepherd Express |
Tea Krulos |
07-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: We'rewolves
Think You Know John McCain?new
Last week, only one senator failed to vote on a bill that would prevent pay cuts for doctors who take care of 44 million Medicare patients—older Americans, those with disabilities and military families.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
07-18-2008 |
Commentary
WMC Already Collecting Dividends from Buying the State Courtnew
The state Supreme Court, state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and the big business lobby Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) handed Wisconsin residents a $350 million tax hike—and gave corporations a new tax break.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
07-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
The Long and Winding Road of 'Brick Lane'new
Brick Lane shows us the life of a Bangladeshi woman, who moves to London to marry a man she's never met, keep house, raise a family, and eventually act on her squelched yearnings.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick Lane, Sarah Gavron
Werner Herzog Sits on the Bottom of the Worldnew
Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Queer Cinema Figurehead Returns With 'Savage Grace'new
You can almost smell the desperation in the twisted psychosexuality of Savage Grace, the film purportedly based on the true story of a mother-son relationship that went tragically wrong.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Savage Grace, Tom Kalin
Caltrop's Not Exactly a Metal Bandnew
The band is reluctant to call itself metal, but Caltrop admits its music is heavy and loud. The songs are melodic, but the high volume of old amplifiers lets the tunes crackle in mild distortion. In a word, it rocks.
INDY Week |
Bryan Reed |
07-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
