AltWeeklies Wire
Two Portland Bakeries Say No Eggs, No Gluten, No Problemnew
Bread ain't just bread anymore -- especially if you're part of the city's growing legion of vegans or gluten-intolerant.
Willamette Week |
Deeda Schroeder |
06-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Democratic Veepstakes Winners
Colin Powell and other vice president picks so crazy they might just work for Obama.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
06-11-2008 |
Commentary
Seeds of a Portland Immigration Battle are Sproutingnew
One year after a federal immigration raid at Del Monte Fresh Produce, three ex-workers at the North Portland food-processing plant are trying to lead a class-action lawsuit against the fruit company and the staffing agency that hired them.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
06-11-2008 |
Immigration
The Sound of Autopilot is Weezer's 'Red Album'new
Weezer is bafflingly awful: Cuomo and his crew have made an album completely devoid of charm, wit, and originality.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
06-11-2008 |
Reviews
The Swindles on Songwriting, Senioritis, and the Nebulous Nature of Americananew
With a family, a day job, and 46 years under his black cowboy hat, Mitch Webb — particularly when it’s a gig-free week — doesn’t get out as often as he once did.
San Antonio Current |
Clint Hale |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Writer Steven Conrad on 'The Promotion'new
Conrad discusses his latest vision (and this week's release), which stars John C. Reilly, Seann William Scott, and everyone's favorite Office sweetheart, Jenna Fischer — in addition to sweet-ass casting, twisted humor, and coming to terms with adulthood.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
In Defense of M. Night Shyamalannew
Like an otherwise artsy band who garners commercial success on the strength of one atypically radio-friendly song, with The Sixth Sense Shyamalan established a base of moviegoers who have since strained to find the same sort of big-box-office spookiness and twists instead of recognizing what each subsequent film has actually had to offer.
San Antonio Current |
Cynthia Hawkins |
06-11-2008 |
Reviews
Getting Screwed: A Cap Historynew
Based on a quick survey of local shelves, screw caps are no longer just for cheap white wines meant to be drunk tomorrow. At the extreme end, Plumpjack, a cult California cabernet, has begun splitting some of their cases between Stelvin and cork.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
06-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
Bands Fume Over Bounced Checks from Bay Area Indie Music Festivalnew
The main promoter behind the inaugural event has yet to pay almost half the talent that performed there last year, including the headliners. These artists have made repeated attempts to contact the company, locally based 3 Udders Productions, without getting a cent.
Rapper Buckshot Thinks, Talks and Records for Successnew
Few rappers give better interviews than Black Moon and Boot Camp Clik alum Buckshot.
SF Weekly |
Ben Westhoff |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
imeem Cashes In as Mixtapes Go Viralnew
Labels and artists say imeem.com is lighting up their radar lately thanks to the San Francisco tech company's reinvention of the humble mixtape. Each month 22.5 million people log in and create playable lists of their favorite tracks (muxtapes), then share them with their friends via e-mail, MySpace, Facebook, and instant message.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
06-11-2008 |
Music
Haley Bonar Lets the Sun Shine innew
After a long, cold winter, Midwesterners are reveling in the chance to finally frolic in the lilac-scented breeze of a warm summer day, and Bonar is joining in the celebration by unleashing the fourth and most vivid album of her career.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andrea Myers |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gary Vaynerchuk is the New-Media Mogul Who Spits for Joe Six-Packnew
Let's dispense with professional jealousy right off the bat: part of me wanted to hate Vaynerchuk's new book, 101 Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World, because all of me wishes I'd written it. But here's the rub: it's wildly entertaining, and so is he.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
06-11-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Death of a Landlordnew
Plenty of people want to kill their landlord. Not many are accused of actually doing it, hacking him to pieces, offing a roommate at the same time, then dumping both bodies 30 miles away in the sticks.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
06-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Lawyer Behind the Historic California Case Talks Same-Sex Marriagenew
"I have lived the case and worked on it and thought about it every day for the last four years," says Shannon Minter, the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
06-11-2008 |
LGBT
