AltWeeklies Wire
Your Degree Is Obsoletenew
In a mercurial job market, your college diploma may be useless before commencement's over. How can colleges prepare students for careers that haven't been invented?
Boston Phoenix |
F.S. Wolfe |
05-01-2008 |
Education
Moodswing: A History of Wrecksnew
And other topics of conversation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
05-01-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Is Barack Obama in Danger of Being Outmanned?new
Clinton is trying to emasculate Obama -- portraying him, in so many words, as a wimp.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
05-01-2008 |
Commentary
Dolly Parton Rolls Out the Big Gunsnew
What's truly amazing about Backwoods Barbie is that it manages to pander to every element of Dolly Parton's fan base without sounding insincere or compromised.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
05-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dolly Parton, Backwoods Barbie
A Lack of H-2B Visas is Creating a Seasonal Worker Slump on Cape Codnew
Immigrant labor is the backbone of the summer tourism industry, a remaining bright spot in a dire economy. But a federal crackdown could mean trouble.
Dig Boston |
Lindsay Berrigan |
05-01-2008 |
Immigration
Clean Air at the Port Could Cost Small Truckersnew
As the Oakland port wades into a battle over clean air, some truckers are worried that they'll bear the brunt of the costs.
East Bay Express |
Emma Brown |
05-01-2008 |
Business & Labor
Piebald Says Goodbyenew
I can't explain my emotional connection with Piebald. Say what you will about post-rock-punk-pop baloney, but to know Piebald was to love them.
Dig Boston |
Jan Rosenfeld |
05-01-2008 |
Music
Tags: Piebald
'Girls in Trucks' Tracks a Former Debutante's Adjustment to Adult Life in New Yorknew
Katie Crouch's debut novel has all the believable bad decisions, the unflinching sex, the spunk, and polish of an authentic Gen-X memoir, but it's fiction.
East Bay Express |
John Minervini |
05-01-2008 |
Fiction
'The Ten Year Nap' Explores the 'Opt-Out Revolution'new
This is a novel of manners as much as a literary take on a sociological dilemma, and as a portrait of the modern heterosexual urban bourgeoisie, much of it is wickedly bang-on.
East Bay Express |
Jolisa Gracewood |
05-01-2008 |
Fiction
The Politics of a Pregnant Mannew
The Beaties have pushed our buttons and our boundaries about sexuality and gender identity because we're so used to thinking in binary terms: man/woman, masculine/feminine and gay/straight. The world's more complicated than that, as Thomas Beatie is certainly showing us.
'Dark Matter' Explores Strange Territorynew
Chen Shi-Zeng wrote Dark Matter to investigate the unhappy flip side of the immigrant experience, in particular the forces at work beneath the cheerful surface of cross-culturalism that he lampoons so devastatingly in the film.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Chen Shi-Zeng, Dark Matter
Last-minute Addition Prince Steals the Show at Coachellanew
Coachella is known for pulling off seemingly impossible reunions of bands like Rage Against the Machine and the Pixies. This year's big thing was supposed to be Portishead, but they were quickly demoted from their headlining spot to make way for Prince, and rightfully so.
East Bay Express |
Gelu Sulugiuc |
05-01-2008 |
Music
Wineau: Great Values from Chile's Central Valleynew
In these parts, certain Pinot-loving types may consider Merlot a grape to sniff at. But in Chile, it's a crucial element in a growing and increasingly acclaimed export market.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
05-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Democrats' Historical Blindnessnew
Dems who forget the past are condemned to keep forgetting it.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
05-01-2008 |
Commentary
The New Guard of Black Democratsnew
Barack Obama's success is a tremendous boon to young black leaders, North Carolina State Rep. Ty Harrell Harrell says. But many more, and even younger, ones are needed too. "The next generation of leaders is what I'm about, and hopefully I'm a springboard for others."
