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Ingrid Michaelson Knows the Way into America's Heart is Through 'Grey's Anatomy'new
After 25 million viewers heard her song "Keep Breathing" on the hit show's third-season finale, Michaelson's second album shot to indie fame. With no support from a label, Michaelson suddenly was everywhere.
Style Weekly |
Anne Larimer Hart |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Virginia's Special Ed Crisis is Pushing Out the Ones Who Need it Mostnew
Adriana Long's case illustrates what happens when the special needs of one student meet headlong the harsh reality of a school system on a fixed budget that simply can't accommodate a growing population of students eligible for special education services.
Style Weekly |
Chris Dovi |
06-11-2008 |
Education
David Milne Dissects the Life of Walt Rostow, Who Never Examined His Role in Terrible Violencenew
Walt Rostow's advice as LBJ's chief advisor led to aggressive military action Vietnam, culminating in massive bombings that left the taint of death and failure on LBJ's presidency.
The Texas Observer |
Thomas Palaima |
06-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
Going to the 'Edge of Heaven' with Fatih Akinnew
Akin's latest film is a fierce, generous melodrama, the second of a trilogy about émigré culture patterned after Fassbinder's trilogy of movies about post-World War II German history that began with The Marriage of Maria Braun.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fatih Akin, The Edge of Heaven
The Dems Finally Get it Right on Michigannew
Ironically, Michigan, which wanted to be first, had its delegates finally awarded almost last.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
06-10-2008 |
Commentary
Chicago's TIF That Keeps On Takingnew
The city has found a way to extend the life of its oldest, fattest tax increment financing district.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
06-10-2008 |
Housing & Development
Proposed Foreclosure Moratorium Bill in Michigan Recalls 1930s Legislationnew
You know things are getting bad when legislators start drafting new bills modeled on laws originally enacted as a way to help people survive the Great Depression. But that's the spot we're now finding ourselves in when it comes to the issue of home foreclosures.
Metro Times |
Staff |
06-10-2008 |
Economy
Richard Price is One of Our Best Chroniclers of Street Lifenew
Price's recently released and bestselling eighth novel is Lush Life, another sprawling work. A restaurant worker is gunned down in a gentrifying neighborhood on the Lower East Side of New York, and two streetwise cops hit the pavement to find out what happened. The answer isn't simple, as it never is in Price's stories.
New Haven Advocate |
Jim Motavalli |
06-10-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Detroit Rock 'n' Roller Danny Kroha is Back with The Readiesnew
Kroha is already well-known on the Detroit scene; you'll recall his work with Gories and, more recently, the Demolition Doll Rods. Following the dissolution of the latter group and a brief spell trying to go solo, the guitarist's back with a new band, which is now beginning to kick up some real racket about town.
Metro Times |
Brett Callwood |
06-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Photo Tome Sheds Light on a Dark Scenenew
Photographer Peter Beste has compiled seven years of capturing fake blood and real shit, inverted crosses and mixed messages that reveal Norwegian black metal bands to be the Ramones of death metal: simple and conceptual, an expression of acceptance and rejection, cartoonish and dead serious.
Metro Times |
Tony Ware |
06-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
Since When Does the President Have the Power to Silence People Who Want to Talk?new
It's fascinating to see the various uses George W. Bush's administration has made of the phrase "executive privilege." Most recently, Karl Rove has ignored a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee to testify about the prosecution of Don Siegelman, the former governor of Alabama, a Democrat who also happened to be that party's best chance to regain the governor's mansion. (Rove has already brushed off a subpoena from the Senate.)
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
06-10-2008 |
Commentary
Hip-Hop is My Crazy Girlfriendnew
Like many young passionate relationships, as we got older, hip-hop and I drifted apart. My sensibilities remained progressive, my humor became more biting, and my patience for ignorance became shorter than ever. And hip-hop? Well, we all know what happened to hip-hop.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
06-10-2008 |
Music
Were DeShawn and Marvin Reed Wrongfully Convicted?new
A paralyzed shooting victim first identified the two accused assailants now in prison in the blink of an eye. Now he's having second thoughts.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
06-10-2008 |
Crime & Justice
It Had to Be Lou
The Incredible Hulk rekindles the spirit of a mediocre TV series.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-10-2008 |
Reviews
Grant Will Fund Education for Santa Barbara's Inmatesnew
A longtime supporter of Santa Barbara City College donated $278,000 to create a designated classroom at the County Jail so that City College adult education instructors can soon provide educational opportunities for inmates.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Nick Welsh |
06-10-2008 |
Crime & Justice
