AltWeeklies Wire
Brendan Mullen Revisits the Burn-hot, Burn-fast Punk Life of L.A.new
As he did in his earlier books, We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk and Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs, Mullen documents, with hundreds of photos and fliers and memento mori, the history of the Masque.
Willamette Week |
Nancy Rommelmann |
05-28-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Refresher Course in the Ladies of 'Sex and the City'new
For crying out loud. It's been a decade since those four Man-hungry-hattanites strutted, sipped and slutted their way into our hearts forever. But do you remember where we left them?
Willamette Week |
Sara Moskowitz |
05-28-2008 |
Movies
Catchy Punk Antiheroes Red Dons Take It to the Streetsnew
Doug Burns, once frontman for punk band the Observers, and the rest of the Dons—bassist Hajji Husayn, drummer Richard Joachim and guitarist Andy Foote will be diving right into this aberrant world of co-ops and basements for a monthlong tour supporting their debut full-length, Death to Idealism.
Willamette Week |
Robert Ham |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Point Juncture, WA Creates Weird Tapes Projectnew
Instead of releasing normal full-length records on cassette, what if they used tapes as a creative jump -- off for their friends' home experiments -- those that, otherwise, would never escape the bedroom?
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Christopher LaMarca's Camera Captures the Standoff Over Old-growth Forestsnew
Armed with only his Hasselblad camera, LaMarca followed the protesters as they set up roadblocks on logging roads and bridges and held continual "tree sits" to stop the Biscuit timber sale.
Willamette Week |
Joseph Watts |
05-28-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Eugene Tsui Says It's Time for Thinking Bignew
How big? The architect proposed a 2,340-foot tower for Oakland and a two-mile high structure that could house all of San Francisco.
East Bay Express |
Eliza Strickland |
05-28-2008 |
Housing & Development
Only Communal Action Can Solve Global Warmingnew
Our focus must remain not on "What Can I Do as One Person?" but rather on the tougher question of "What Can We Do as One People?"
East Bay Express |
Jay Youngdahl |
05-28-2008 |
Environment
Minnesota's 10 Most Powerful Republicansnew
Many Republicans hope that hosting the party's national convention will signal a resurgence of Republican power in Minnesota. If so, the current will surely pass through the people on these pages—the shadow figures of the state's conservative power base.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
05-28-2008 |
Politics
Details of the Big SDSU Drug Bust Emergenew
The District Attorney conveyed the impression that the DEA had uncovered a single huge drug ring, led and organized by Kenneth Ciaccio and centered in six fraternities. The reality, as it turns out, was a little different.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
05-28-2008 |
Drugs
Environmental Icon to Plead Guilty to Arson and Conspiracynew
Tre Arrow's decision last week to plead guilty to the longstanding federal charges comes as a blow to his fellow activists, some of whom have spent years fighting for his release while Arrow proclaimed his innocence.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
05-28-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Wineaux: Riesling Earns Ravesnew
Wine geeks love Riesling because of how beautifully it expresses a vineyard's terroir.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
05-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
R.E.M. is Not Exactly Back, but Not Yet Out of Timenew
On Accelerate, the band sounds happy just being part of the landscape.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Accelerate, r.e.m.
Huge Debt Loads Weigh Down Today's Graduatesnew
The dirty secret of today's economy is that the odds are stacked against the under-35 set. College graduates are hitting the books just to stay even with their parents’ economic performance. They’re paying more for less.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
05-28-2008 |
Education
When it Comes to Islam, Good Fences Make Good Neighborsnew
On the Right, terrorism is considered a mass insurgency, unique to Islam, and the ultimate goal is to destroy democracy. On the Left, terrorism is seen as a reaction to American imperialism; they believe Islam is no different from any other religion. Both are right and wrong.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
05-28-2008 |
Commentary
The Biscuit Burners Tread New Ground, but Remain Rooted in Bluegrassnew
With angelic harmonies over fiddle and dobro, the Biscuit Burners cook up tasty eats for the ears.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
05-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
