AltWeeklies Wire
Holy Bummer, Batmannew
Why so serious? Maybe because Heath Ledger's dead.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
07-16-2008 |
Reviews
LaJean Lawson Follows the Bouncing Breastnew
For more than two decades, Lawson has searched for new and better ways to keep women’s boobs from bouncing when they run.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
07-16-2008 |
Sports
A Portland County Proposes Calorie Counts on Chain-Restaurant Menusnew
Portland's dual reputations as a food-lover's mecca and a bastion for progressive politics may soon be married on menus across the city.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
07-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Portland Spends Another $119,000 to Train Baristasnew
On July 9, the City Council voted unanimously to renew a $119,000 program that seeks to make service-with-a-smile espresso jockeys out of a couple dozen "at-risk youth"--bureau-speak for troubled and/or troublemaking teens.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
07-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Lean, Mean Meat-Free Bodybuilding Machinenew
Robert Cheeke is a bodybuilder, but he has an even better reason to be proud of his massive muscles--they're made of soy. Cheeke isn't just vegan; he's preaching the good news that eating a plant-based diet doesn't mean being a noodle-armed wimp.
Willamette Week |
John Minervini |
07-16-2008 |
Sports
John McCain, War Zero
John McCain, we're told, is a war hero. But he served in Vietnam--an illegal, dishonorable war.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-16-2008 |
Commentary
Leslie Feist Spent Years on the Road Before "1234" Hitnew
Now her touring days are numbered.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: indie rock, Feist
The Unexpected Death of Bassist Johnny Schou is Just Plain Heartbreakingnew
In an inexplicably unkind twist of fate, Schou died on the very day that the band he co-founded released its national debut, Madeline, on Wind-Up Records.
Tags: Madeline, Tickle Me Pink
Denver's Own Royal Tenenbaumsnew
The late Timber Dick's children are carrying on a brilliant family legacy that includes Nancy Dick and Tom Lantos.
New Order's Peter Hook Speaks About the Band's Final Live DVDnew
Even though New Order has officially split up, bassist Peter Hook isn't exactly resting on his laurels. The 52-year-old travels the world as an in-demand DJ, amid writing and recording new music with Freebass.
Miami New Times |
Annie Zaleski |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hialeah Man Wrongly Convicted of Murdernew
An investigation reveals Hialeah homicide detectives rushed to charge Santo Hernandez with murders and didn't pursue leads that might have implicated a different triggerman.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
07-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
All Water Under the Bridge for Denver's The Fluid.new
The evolution of The Fluid is an involved tale--one that emerged from the burgeoning Denver-Boulder punk movement of the mid-'80s.
Seattle Weekly |
Michael Roberts |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Seminal Seattle Grunge Group Green River Reunites for a One Nightnew
Eight months ago Mark Arm, current Mudhoney front man and Sub Pop warehouse manager, e-mailed his old friends Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Alex Vincent, Steve Turner, and Bruce Fairweather to see if they'd be interested in bringing their now-legendary band Green River together for Sub Pop's anniversary.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don't Know What to Get for the Convict on Your List?new
Consult Prison Legal News.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
07-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Frank Colacurcio and His Million-Dollar Empire of Fleshnew
Getting accused by the feds of running a high-stakes prostitution racket is just business as usual.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
07-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
