AltWeeklies Wire
National Democrats Abandon South Carolinanew
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has announced that not a single South Carolinian candidate will receive "financial, communications, and strategic support" from the DCCC as part of the group's Red to Blue campaign. Not one.
Charleston City Paper |
D.A. Smith |
06-25-2008 |
Commentary
Do Yuppie Hybrid Buyers Really Need a Tax-Break Carrott Anymore?new
Like many states, Oregon has long offered generous tax credits -- on top of existing federal tax credits -- to buyers of new hybrids. But if demand is already high and climbing as fast as the price of gasoline, why keep giving away money?
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
06-25-2008 |
Transportation
Inside the Murky Legal World of Cyber-Snoopingnew
Law enforcement agencies have a number of legal tools at their disposal, recently broadened with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act amendment bill that lets telecoms off the hook. They have made so many requests of Comcast, in fact, that last year the company decided to distribute a document called Comcast Cable Law Enforcement Handbook, which details how the fuzz can get your stuff.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry |
06-25-2008 |
Tech
'Mongol' Shows Us the Sensitive Side of Genghis Khannew
When the closing credits rolled for Mongol, I expected to see the words "Sponsored by the Mongolian Association for the Rehabilitation of Genghis Khan's Image."
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-25-2008 |
Reviews
Matt Taibbi and Jim Webb Come Out Fighting in New Booksnew
In A Time to Fight, Webb marshals his impressive grasp of history in the service of forceful positions on current challenges, while in The Great Derangement, Taibbi delves mostly into post-9/11 fringe groups on the right and left.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin and Dan Dueholm |
06-25-2008 |
Books
A Real Cure for High Gas and Food Prices
Other countries have low gas and food prices fixed by the government. Maybe they're on to something.
'Lookout' Brings a New Plot Twist to the Silver Jews Saganew
Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea is an ecstatic experience in the literal sense, an often joyous, crisp rock album that leaves David Berman poised on another precipice, ready to start another chapter or, should he desire, a new book altogether.
C-Ville Weekly |
Brendan Fitzgerald |
06-25-2008 |
Reviews
The Lavish Imagination of Timur Bekmambetov's 'Wanted'new
Wanted is a tonally aggressive, wildly expressionistic, deeply satisfying film, a sleekly machined action powerhouse, words I hardly expected to type this summer.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
06-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Timur Bekmambetov, Wanted
The Dials Toss More into the Petri Dishnew
Amoeba Amore not only builds on the band's previous work, but across-the-board boasts the band's best work, each song a fist, some of them featuring colossal crescendos of multiple vocal parts, thrilling moments that overwhelm with jarring conviction.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
06-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amoeba Amore, The Dials
'Wall-E' is Pixar's Crusty Follow-Up to Tasty 'Ratatouille'new
A plush cousin to Idiocracy, the latest humbling eyeful from Pixar says that Americans are going to die for their consumption habits, except for a few fat fumblers shot out into space.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
06-25-2008 |
Reviews
Exchanging Gifts with Humorist David Sedarisnew
David Sedaris is in high spirits, despite the fact that he's just about to embark on a book tour of 29 cities in the span of a month to sign copies of his sixth release, When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
Weekly Alibi |
Kyle Tonniges |
06-24-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Eat, Drink and Be Gay Married!new
After 27 years together, one couple finally has its big, fat, Mexican, recovering-drug-addict, HIV-positive, ex-transgender gay wedding.
Trendzilla: You Sexy Mothertuckersnew
Chances are, if you're a guy, your parents have hounded you your whole life to tuck your shirt in.
Former Korn Guitarist Brian Welch Finds Jesusnew
Welch's journey started six years before his baptism, the night he punched his wife in the face.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dickerson |
06-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Christianity, metal, Jesus, meth, Korn, born again, crystal meth, alternative metal, Brian Welch, explicit lyrics
Flogging Molly Fans will Love the Brazen Headsnew
While many write off Irish folk-rock and Celtic punk as a musical flash in the pan already grease-fired, there's a musical prowess and cultural authenticity to the Brazen Heads' music that commands the listener's attention.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
06-24-2008 |
Reviews
