AltWeeklies Wire
Cartoon: Democrat Lady and Her Republican Friendnew
After eight years of apologizing for Bush, Republicans get their revenge.
Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush
Cartoon: Fort Hood, Afghan Editionnew
A Talib goes berserk at a training camp, and a nation mourns.
Tags: Afghanistan, Fort Hood
The Difference Between Deaths Here and 'Over There'
Thirteen soldiers die in Texas and it's all we talk about. Two million die in Afghanistan and Iraq and we don't notice -- and we don't even want to hear about it.
Two North Carolina Cities Wonder: Who's Watching the Cops?new
Alleged misdeeds at two local police departments raise the issue: Whose job is it to hold police accountable? Citizens in Durham and Chapel Hill have long been calling for better public oversight of the police in their towns, but the best way to do that is up for debate.
INDY Week |
Samiha Khanna and Joe Schwartz |
11-12-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Fanfarlo is Fanning the Flamesnew
The bookish British band is on its U.S. tour in support of its first release, Reservoir, which hums with a certain romantic, coal-smudged, steam-punk quality.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
11-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Scott Glenn on Small Towns, Big Cities and Silver Screensnew
Glenn, whose acting resume includes Apocalypse Now, The Hunt for Red October and The Bourne Ultimatum, is keeping his commute in-state for a change. In this Q&A, the Ketchum resident talks about working in Idaho with a director whose an Idaho native.
Boise Weekly |
Jeremiah Wierenga |
11-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Microchips Among Us: New Trash and Recycling Carts Will Track Owner Usagenew
As 170,000 new trash and recycling carts are delivered throughout Ada County, Idaho, each household is unknowingly receiving a tracking device for monitoring weekly waste habits. In their new carts.
Boise Weekly |
Mika Belle |
11-11-2009 |
Tech
Courthouse Bomber to Speak About Social Changenew
After it was initially canceled, a controversial talk by a radical activist will go on at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Ray Luc Levasseur, who became a radical in part due to his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam, will talk on campus in connection with a symposium on "social change."
Boston Phoenix |
Rick Wormwood |
11-11-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Holy Terror? Inside the Media's Muddled Thinking on the Fort Hood Shootingsnew
After Nidal Hasan allegedly murdered 13 people at Fort Hood, commentators offered dangerously muddled assessments of what happened and why. Now it's time for a sober look at why Hasan killed -- and what role his Muslim faith might have played.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
11-11-2009 |
Media
The Melvins' Remix Record 'Chicken Switch' Breaks Every Rulenew
Chicken Switch is ideal for Día de los Muertos with highlights such as Merzbow's "SNOW REM REM IBVZ," which starts out sounding like a midnight game of goblin croquet and ends up hissing in the manner of an Atari 2600 console dropped from a tall building then plugged into a broken Zenith.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
11-11-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Chicken Switch, Melvins
Headlights Combines Electronica, Chamber-Folk and Drone-Popnew
Wildlife feels spacious, with an emphasis on concise melodies and building momentum.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-11-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Headlights, Wildlife
'Keep in Mind Frankenstein' Has a Pastoral Soundnew
Not one to offer up much in the way of new tricks, Grand Archives' Mat Brooke instead maintains a remarkable level of quality control on the band's new album.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
11-11-2009 |
Reviews
Thao Nguyen's Third Record with Her Two Bandmates is Better and Fasternew
It's been almost two years since the release of We Brave Bee Stings and All, and their new record, Know Better Learn Faster, burns even more brightly.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
11-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Disregard the Crappy Marketing Campaign; 'A Christmas Carol' is an Enchanting Movienew
This is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, with a little 3-D whiz-bang thrown in for good measure. When the frantic sequences are squished together in a short preview trailer, they are just annoying. Within the film, effectively spread apart, the sequences become exhilarating.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-11-2009 |
Reviews
'An Education' is a Coming-of-Age Romance with an Effectively Creepy Feelnew
My biggest problem with horror movies is that I do like scary movies, and I just don't find horror films to be very scary. But An Education is terrifying. It's the most effectively frightening film I've seen since that Larry King/Tom DeLay sex video was accidentally shown on Oprah.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-11-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: An Education, Lone Scherfig
