AltWeeklies Wire
Fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias Speaks Outnew
In his new book, In Justice: Inside the Scandal That Rocked the Bush Administration, Iglesias opens up about the political motivations behind his December 2006 firing from the U.S. Department of Justice and the firestorm that followed.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Julia Goldberg |
06-05-2008 |
Politics
Look Who's Stalking 'The Strangers'new
The Strangers is minimalist almost in the extreme. It uses one set, five characters and almost no dialogue. This one is all about the ambience of fear, not the excess of bloody special effects.
C-Ville Weekly |
DEVIN O'LEARY |
06-04-2008 |
Reviews
Trekking Through 20 Years of House Musicnew
John Larner and Slater Hogan's secret to keeping their music relevant? Balance fresh cuts from the new school with classic sounds of Chicago and Detroit. Simmer high-octane bass with jazz, funk and fluidity and there’s good reason why history repeats itself.
Chicago Newcity |
Jenn Danko |
06-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Steve Conrad on Detailing Comedy in 'The Promotion'new
It's a gratifying surprise to find that Chicago-based screenwriter Steve Conrad's auspicious directorial debut, capturing the rivalry between two men, mild-mannered, levelheaded Doug (Sean William Scott) and eccentric Québécois transplant Richard (John C. Reilly), for a manager's job at a supermarket, is a likeable, often-tender, lovingly paced comedy of no small charm, a small miracle in an age of accelerated pacing and masticated punch lines.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
06-04-2008 |
Reviews
Singer-songwriter Jason Eady Followed a Few Rabbit Trails To The Crossroadsnew
Backed by his band the Wayward Apostles, Jason Eady's new album, Wild-Eyed Serenade, wanders from honky-tonk to swamp soul and alt-country ramble with a crackle and an assurance you’d expect from far more experienced hands.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
06-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Meat-in-a-Can Spam Is Backnew
The economic downturn means more people saving money by skipping restaurant meals and eating Spam at home.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
06-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Hormel foods, Spam
Enfant Terrible's Latest Film Is Not Strange Enoughnew
Diego Luna plays a Michael Jackson impersonator in Gummo director Harmony Korine's strange new film, Mr. Lonely.
Willamette Week |
Andy Davis |
06-04-2008 |
Reviews
Writers Come of Age in 'Reprise'new
Young Norwegians strive for artistic success, and question its definition, in the new film Reprise.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
06-04-2008 |
Reviews
We Don't Get 'Lost,' But We Won't Stop Watchingnew
The evolving, labyrinthine layers of "Lost's" plot that is Lost have finally, in season four, made theorizing as futile a practice as sending Lindsay Lohan to rehab or voting in Florida.
San Antonio Current |
Cynthia Hawkins |
06-04-2008 |
TV
Roots Album Taps the Sound of Angernew
Incisive lyrics, assertive vocals, ear-grabbing hooks and pummeling beats are the hallmarks of Rising Down.
San Diego CityBeat |
Alan Sculley |
06-04-2008 |
Reviews
San Diego's Piano Crooners Sing Memoriesnew
These local musicians have extraordinary stories to tell and share a passion for performing, even in less than glamorous venues.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
06-04-2008 |
Music
Save Your Haggling For the Auto Lotnew
Many shoppers rarely pause to consider a certain mathematical law of the universe: For every great deal someone gets, someone else gets shafted.
San Antonio Current |
Ari Levaux |
06-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: farmer's market, produce
Collection of Human Remains Represents Continued Genocide for Somenew
A brief survey of archeologists across the state found a range of feelings about Native peoples and their continuing efforts at repatriation. Some resent the efforts of so-called non-affiliated groups, or “Pan-Indians,” who they say make a lot of unsubstantiated noise. At the other end are those that make daily, conscious efforts to work on those projects that the tribes themselves take interest in — and steer completely clear of human remains.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
06-04-2008 |
Science
Two New Books Rummage Through the Rubble of No Wave New Yorknew
With its loose aesthetic boundaries, abbreviated timeline, and incestuous collaborations, the No Wave years are ripe for the kind of anthropological studies offered by two recent illustrated histories, Marc Masters' No Wave (Black Dog, 205 pages, $29.95) and Thurston Moore and Byron Coley's No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York 1976-1980 (Abrams Image).
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
MAX GOLDBERG |
06-04-2008 |
Nonfiction
Erykah Badu Lets it All Flynew
But no matter how broken-down Badu's New Amerykah gets, there is always an undercurrent fed by the missions for social justice that Badu feels she has been called upon to fight.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
KATE IZQUIERDO |
06-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
