AltWeeklies Wire
What About John McCain's Mental Health?new
While some worry about the impact of McCain's age on his physical health and his potential longevity in office, others are more concerned about his mental health.
Providence Phoenix |
Mary Ann Sorrentino |
07-07-2008 |
Commentary
Del Toro's Hollywood Order: Gifted Director Holds Back the Dream
Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy sequel is a simultaneously exhilarating and underwhelming experience due to the idleness of its characters and nebulous sub-plot elements that contrast blankly against del Toro's trademark of baroquely drawn details.
Coldplay Evades Musical Immortalitynew
While Viva La Vida is by no means a Razorblade Suitcase-esque debacle, it still leaves you a little frustrated.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
07-03-2008 |
Reviews
Greg Gillis, the Mash-Up Magiciannew
The walls of a live music venue absorb a lot of sound during its time, but it’s safe to say that few walls have ever encountered the amount of sound that the Thirsty Hippo did when Gregg Gillis performed in the tiny Hattiesburg bar last week.
Jackson Free Press |
Vince Falconi |
07-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Girl Talk
Chuck Palahniuk's Latest Novel is Undeniably Weirdnew
While Rant is less shocking than other Palahniuk novels, it contains a cabal of eccentrics and a zeal for the outrageous.
Jackson Free Press |
Lindsey Maddox |
07-03-2008 |
Fiction
Merciless Death Invokes the Best of '80s Thrashnew
You'll have to look twice at this CD's liner notes to confirm you hadn't accidentally overlooked the purest of those speed-metal acts of yore.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
07-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Merciless Death, Realm of Terror
Surviving Sun City Girls Tour to Honor Fallen Bandmatenew
It could be argued that Sun City Girls were--alongside the Meat Puppets -- one of two of the most interesting, prolific and, perhaps, influential bands to emerge from the Phoenix independent music scene of the 1980s.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
07-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mister Lonely, Sun City Girls
'Hancock' Shows Dark Heroicsnew
While some people won't like it, Hancock made our critic happy.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Berg, Hancock
'Kit Kittredge': Hug a Hobonew
Just in time for the Fourth of July comes this most American of kids' films.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-03-2008 |
Reviews
With His Gun-Case Majority Opinion, Scalia Proved He's a Fraudnew
This man who claims to have studied the Constitution his entire life and to have dedicated his professional career to upholding the document exactly as it was written has, through some of the clumsiest legal verbiage ever put down on paper, shown his true stripe, that of an opportunist laying in wait.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
07-03-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Hogan Doesn't Know Bestnew
Hulk Hogan and his family are the celebrities who think they're better than us, who think they are above the law and consequences facing normal people. We fans saw your true arrogance through conversations that you knew would be taped. You're only now getting what you deserve.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
07-03-2008 |
Commentary
Imus-Gate, Revisitednew
That Don Imus; when he talks, people nationwide hear him loud and clear. He's such an inspiration.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
07-03-2008 |
Comedy
J.J. Salem Speaksnew
Salem's latest steamy beach read, Tan Lines was named a "Summer Reading Pick" by Good Morning America.
Jackson Free Press |
Vince Falconi |
07-03-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: J.J. Salem, Tan Lines
FairPoint's Phone-Line Takeover is as Bad as Regulators Fearednew
The Verizon-FairPoint merger, in which a North Carolina-based little-phone-company-that-could spent $2.3 billion of mostly borrowed money to take over the northern New England operations of one of the world's largest telecommunications companies, has been more disastrous than even we thought.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
07-03-2008 |
Business & Labor
Do You Have Any Treasures In Your Attic?new
If you've got old books, you might not win the library lottery, but you might have something worth a few hundred dollars.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-03-2008 |
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