AltWeeklies Wire
Cobra Starship's Ephemera Has Its Placenew
Hot Mess is a consummate piece of throwaway pop music: vapid and empty, but fun.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
08-05-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Hot Mess, Cobra Starship
Vicious Fun with the Dead Weathernew
Members of well-known decibel-heavy groups constitute the Dead Weather, who have just released a sludgy, nasty and--not shockingly--loud album of excellent blues-rock.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
08-05-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Horehound, The Dead Weather
'The Legend of God's Gun': Spaghetti Trailblazingnew
Whether you're into jazz, film scores or instrumental music in general, this Gun's aim is dead-on.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
08-05-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Spindrift, The Legend of God's Gun
Bowerbirds' Natural Soundsnew
Bowerbirds get inspiration from the wilds for their acoustic, spare arrangements.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Upper Air, Bowerbirds
'Funny People': Seriously Humorousnew
Funny People masterfully mixes heavy moments with ample hilarity.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-05-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny People, Judd Apatow
Snow, Blood, Nazisnew
Dead Snow is a by-the-book horror film—a third of which is entertaining!
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-05-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Dead Snow, Tommy Wirkola
Robert Mapplethorpe's Conspirators in Coolnew
The controversial photographer's traveling show includes way too many bland celebrity pics.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
08-05-2009 |
Art
Text Your Friendsnew
Something is wrong with the youth of today.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
08-05-2009 |
Comedy
Nova Scotia's Organic Milk Industry Faces Bureaucratic Bullnew
Cows' milk is different from most food Nova Scotians buy.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Lezlie Lowe |
08-05-2009 |
Food+Drink
Dissent in the Shambhala Communitynew
New website Radio Free Shambhala illuminates a disagreement over the relationship between Buddhism and Shambhala.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
08-05-2009 |
Religion
Africville's Racism Documentednew
Africville: Can't Stop Now, a documentary about Eddie, Nelson and Irvine Carvery's lifelong search for compensation.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Hilary Beaumont |
08-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rewriting the Book of Lovenew
Synth-pop quartet Book of Love has reunited and is touring, including a trip down memory lane to discuss when members of the group originally formed in Philadelphia as no wave band Head Cheese.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
08-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Colony: When Big Brother Met Mad Maxnew
So, in some respects, there's reason to celebrate the arrival of Discovery Channel's new show, The Colony. For starters, it has less to do with "vote somebody off each week" competitions like Survivor and more in common with ongoing social experiments like PBS' Frontier House.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
08-04-2009 |
TV
Have You Got the Guts to Try Moxie?new
Franklin Fountain is the sole Philadelphia vendor of Moxie, a "nerve food" with a highly distinctive character and a storied history dating back to 1876.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Felicia D'Ambrosio |
08-04-2009 |
Food+Drink
Being the Average Dudenew
John Bear lives the life of an average American for one week. So what does the average American eat, drink and do during a week?
Weekly Alibi |
John Bear |
08-04-2009 |
Culture
