AltWeeklies Wire
FBI Solicits Informants To Spy On RNC Protest Groupsnew
They were looking for someone to show up at "vegan potlucks" throughout the Twin Cities and rub shoulders with RNC protesters, schmoozing into their inner circles, then reporting back to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
05-23-2008 |
Politics
Hemlock Offers a Perfect Antidote to Our Poisonous Eranew
With America sinking into an abyss of war and recession, this Las Vegas band offers aggressive, eardrum-mashing solace of the highest order.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
05-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Hemlock, No Time for Sorrow
The World Needs Billy Braggnew
Bragg's first new record in six years breaks no new ground, but it shows that Bragg has lost neither his commitment to his ideals nor his knack for writing fantastic songs.
Tucson Weekly |
Kristine Peashock |
05-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Billy Bragg, Mr. Love and Justice
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's Don't Separate Band Life and Personal Lifenew
The eight-piece Indianapolis-based group practices an ornately arranged and charmingly shambling version of pop-rock, alternately dubbed chamber pop and urban folk.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Catch the Legendary Dickies While You Still Cannew
Talking to the two remaining original members of the Dickies, America's longest-running punk band, is like taking a stroll through the punk-rock history books.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dickies
'Flawless' Features One of Michael Caine's Best Performancesnew
Unfortunately, it also features a mediocre and occasionally limp performance by Demi Moore, who gets a lot more screen time than Caine, which seems unfair, because she's married to Ashton Kutcher, and Michael Caine's real name is Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr., so, honestly, who's more deserving: someone who's boffing Ashton Kutcher, or poor Maury Micklewhite?
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Flawless, Michael Radford
Indy is Back and As Exciting as Evernew
While it hits a few snags, the latest in this cherished film series is certainly worth the wait and contains enough big-wow moments to cancel out the negatives.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-22-2008 |
Reviews
University of Arizona Scientists' Probe Set to Land on Marsnew
Finding life is pretty much the holy grail (and marketing angle) of space science, but even if scientists don't detect life signs, this mission will provide clues to the conditions that future manned missions to Mars may face.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
05-22-2008 |
Science
Jello Biafra Answers Michael Savagenew
When news broke of Senator Ted Kennedy's brain tumor, talk-radio host Michael Savage used the occasion to plumb the depths of tastelessness by playing 1979's "California Uber Alles" by -- you got it -- Dead Kennedys. That band's frontman had this to say in return.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Gould |
05-22-2008 |
Media
Blisternew
Billy braves a seedy bar to try and find humor in napkin art.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-22-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
This Little Undergroundnew
Review of FMF.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
05-22-2008 |
Music
Tags: FMF, This Little Underground
Abrahm Lustgarten Rides the Rails to Tibet on the Eve of the Beijing Olympicsnew
Lustgarten spent four years traveling to China and Tibet researching the Qinghai-Tibet Railway -- a 50-year plan to build the highest train line in the world and solidify Beijing's hold on the disputed region.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
05-22-2008 |
Nonfiction
Be Your Own Pet Meets the Sophmore Cursenew
With Get Awkward, the band's songs are still bracing and efficient and singer Jemina Pearl is still an unhinged, full-throttle screamer who's unashamed to make a shouted "WHOOO!" part of a chorus.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet, get awkward
Will Robots Take over the World and Eat Our Children?new
Our pitiful carbon bodies are evolving much more slowly than the silicon and steel gizmos we're inventing. And the guys in the lab coats and pocket protectors are starting to worry we've opened Pandora's hard drive.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-22-2008 |
Tech
Tags: robots, computers & technology
The Baby-faced Wunderkinds of Black Tidenew
With their major-label debut, Miami's baby-faced heavy metal savants Black Tide have produced an introduction that should provide the critical mass needed to unleash the hurricane that's been stirring Florida’s music scene for the past few years.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
05-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Tide, Light from Above
