AltWeeklies Wire
Nevada Leaves Millions of Gay-Marriage Dollars on the Table in the Name of Moralitynew
Because of the utter hypocrisy, stupidity and basic mean-spiritedness of the Silver State's electorate, Las Vegas will miss out on untold millions of dollars in tourism spending that could've been for being on the forefront of the coming gay-marriage tsunami.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Steve Friess |
06-16-2008 |
LGBT
Carole Travis-Henikoff Moves from Roast Pig to Long Pignew
The independent scholar and gastronomist's first book was a cookbook. Her second is a history of cannibalism.
Chicago Reader |
Mike Sula |
06-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
Ashanti Proves She's Out of Step on 'The Declaration'new
Hip-hop and R & B merged years ago, but Ashanti's still playing catch-up.
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
06-16-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ashanti, The Declaration
Could Alla be a Mexican Os Mutantes?new
After seven years and $40,000, the Ledezma brothers unveil a masterpiece of Mexican-American psych pop.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
06-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tomcat Combat Feels 'Okay'new
The band's new album I'm Okay You're Okay plays against post-rock depression type.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Andrew Robinson |
06-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Using Community Gardens to Stop Illegal Dumpingnew
The work is unglamorous by nature -- digging up waste that's been tossed aside or recklessly plopped into overgrown weeds -- but its location doesn't help any: Frankstown Avenue marks the border between Pittsburgh and Penn Hills, with each side of the street belonging to a different municipality in some places.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Adam Fleming |
06-16-2008 |
Gardening
Will Dredging the Delaware River Mean More Jobs for Philly's Longshoremen?new
At the union's peak 50 years ago, there were more than 6,000 laborers in the local International Longshoreman's Association (ILA). Now it has around 700 members who jockey for jobs unloading every boat as though it might be the last ship to ever make call in Philadelphia. But things might improve once the Delaware River gets dredged 5 feet deeper.
Philadelphia Weekly |
G.W. Miller III |
06-16-2008 |
Business & Labor
'The Incredible Hulk' Reboots -- but Can't Improve -- the Marvel Superheronew
If you enjoy watching huge dudes wail on each other, you surely won't be disappointed; those hoping for something more, however, will sense the movie shrinking even as the CGI steroids kick in.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Mike D'Angelo |
06-16-2008 |
Reviews
Taras Grescoe Gets to the Bottom of the Seafood Industry in His New Booknew
Grescoe searches for ethical, sustainable ways to eat the seafood he loves in Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Chris Benjamin |
06-16-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Young People Fucking' Pushes RomComs Past the Usual Chaste First Kissnew
"For us, romance usually happens in the bedroom. It's hard to have a relationship movie without sex, but at the same time, sex-comedies are for virgins or something -- they're about kids trying to see their first boob -- they're really juvenile."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Hillary Titley |
06-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Martin Gero, Young People Fucking
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival Celebrates 35 Years of Pickin' and Swingin'new
The granddaddy of summertime festivals has continued to be one of the most remarkable celebrations of uniquely American music. There are few places where pop stars such as Barenaked Ladies share the same bill as Bela Fleck and Jerry Douglas.
Boulder Weekly |
Andy Stonehouse |
06-16-2008 |
Concerts
Why Jim DeRogatis Pleaded the Fifth in the R. Kelly Trialnew
What possible crime could the Chicago Sun-Times music critic have been concealing when he repeatedly -- 15 times in all -- answered questions put to him in court by invoking his constitutional protection against self-incrimination?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
06-16-2008 |
Music
Tags: journalism, media, Chicago, law, courts, R. Kelly, Fifth Amendment, Jim DeRogatis, reporter's privilege
Philadelphians are Trading in Their Cars for Scootersnew
It's tough to look manly on a scooter: They're small, they're cute, they're popular in Europe. Our car-obsessed cowboy culture should want nothing to do with them, but it's amazing what $4 a gallon will do to cultural identity.
Philadelphia Weekly |
John Steele |
06-16-2008 |
Transportation
Will the Hassle of Dealing with MLB Bury a Documentary About a Cubs Superfan?new
Just days before the Cubs season opener in 2005, amateur filmmaker Paul Hoffman premiered his documentary about Ronnie "Woo Woo" Wickers at a gala benefit at the Chicago Historical Society. Hoffman figured it was only a matter of time before Woo Life: One Life Saved by the Game of Baseball found a distributor and brought further attention to a cause near to his heart, the plight of Chicago's homeless. But in fact, in three years' time he'd be sitting on a thousand copies of the film.
Chicago Reader |
Jeff Carroll |
06-16-2008 |
Sports
All Eyes Are on Denver as it Gets Set to Host Dems in Augustnew
For months now, activists have been planning protests designed to draw the attention of the media that will be gathered to hear Sen. Barack Obama and Democratic leaders speak. In response, Denver police have purchased millions of dollars of "non-lethal" crowd-control technology. In the middle stands the American Civil Liberties Union, concerned about potential arrests and the treatment that protesters will receive.
Boulder Weekly |
Dana Logan |
06-16-2008 |
Politics
