AltWeeklies Wire
A Dozen Delicious Tracksnew
If you like your rock music served up with a healthy dose of political protest, Lou Reed-style lyric delivery and Springsteen-esque guitar, then get hooked into James McMurtry.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: James McMurtry, Just Us Kids
Seamless Collaborationsnew
The vibe of this first full-length album from The Watson is wholly American--and that encompasses a whole lotta elements.
Tucson Weekly |
Kristine Peashock |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Watson Twins, Fire Songs
Legislature Guts Bill for North Carolina's Burgeoning Video Game Industrynew
With more than 30 video game-related companies based in the Triangle, the potential exists for the area to become the East Coast hub of game development. The question is whether the state government can develop an incentives package to help this nascent industry grow.
INDY Week |
Zack Smith |
07-18-2008 |
Video Games
Creative Trippinessnew
The Warlocks and their droning, psychedelic rock continue to fascinate.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
07-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
For Summertime Blueberry Thrillsnew
Blueberry Kuchen never fails to please or come out beautifully. Deborah, an artist and artistic home cook, gave me this recipe a lifetime ago, scribbled on the back of an envelope I still have, splashed with purple fruit stains, and I think it may have been handed to her that way.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
07-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
On Wolf Paradenew
Literate, visceral and exceptionally productive, this pack upsets conventions.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
07-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wolf Parade, At Mount Zoomer
Elevated by Effectsnew
In 3-D, Center of the Earth is great fun; in 2-D, it's stupid and silly.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
A Hero With Issuesnew
Its look, intelligence and consistency help The Dark Knight become the best Batman film.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Tim Russert Didn't Deserve the Accolades Heaped Upon Him After His Deathnew
Russert was never interested in journalism: He was interested in power and influence. His background, career choices and, most significantly, interviewing style bear this out.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
07-18-2008 |
Media
Spoiled Trailblazernew
A note to former University of Arizona hooks recruit Brandon Jennings: Have fun in Europe!
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
07-18-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile?new
Along its winding road to crucifying the American judiciary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired grinds some very blunt axes, makes some dizzying leaps to judgment and does a lot of silly editing with movie clips.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
'Mamma Mia!' Big-Screen Musical Drains the Fun Out of ABBAnew
For all its halfhearted stabs at catering to the transatlantic youth market (with a little gift tucked in for the stage show’'s voluminous gay following), Mamma Mia! is a (Shirley) valentine to 50-something we're-not-done-yet broads.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Heath Ledger Cements His Legend Playing Nemesis to Christian Bale's Gotham City Heronew
What a brooding pleasure it is to return to Nolan's Gotham City -- if pleasure is the right word for a movie that gazes so deeply and sometimes despairingly into the souls of restless men.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
L.A.'s Fight for Public Green Spacenew
The most park-impoverished major city in America, Los Angeles devotes only 4 percent of its land to public greenery. By contrast, parkland comprises 17 percent of New York City and 9 percent of Boston (where 97 percent of the city’s children have immediate access to a park--as opposed to one-third of kids in Los Angeles).
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
07-18-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Digital Leather Prove Synth-pop's Not Deadnew
Its latest release, Sorcerer, succeeds thanks to its ability to mix up tempos and styles, and the band injects each song with hooks more infectious than the airborne Reaper virus.
Washington City Paper |
David Dunlap Jr. |
07-18-2008 |
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