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Bela Fleck Honors the Banjo's African Originsnew
Ever since banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck discovered many years ago that his instrument has origins in Africa, he has longed to make an album of traditional African folk music.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
White Rabbits' Sophomore Album Is Frighteningly Goodnew
It's Frightening is the kind of mature, monumental release that succeeds where many sophomore releases fail.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
06-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The Hangover' Will Leave You Laughing—and Perhaps Feeling Guiltynew
Some unlucky bastards rue the sins of male celebratory debauchery in The Hangover, a bachelor-party film that really doesn't focus on the party itself.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Easy Virtue' Neither Delights nor Disappointsnew
Easy Virtue does a few amusing things with the British manor-house comedy, but mostly it sticks politely to form and, in the manner of a good Englishman, neither excels beyond its station nor falls into disgrace.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-11-2009 |
Reviews
Touring Anarchists Stop in Louisville, Pushing Propaganda and Sipping Lattesnew
Jeff Redmond and Casey House are a pair of anarchist revolutionaries on a bright green school bus, promoting The Zeitgeist Movement. Recently they stopped in Louisville to drum up support.
LEO Weekly |
Farrah Johnson |
06-11-2009 |
Culture
The Strange Saga of Geronimo's Skullnew
Out there somewhere, lost for 146 years, there really is the head of a great Apache leader, taken in the most violent and ignominious means imaginable. With the exception of his family and a few historians, no one knows a thing about him.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
06-11-2009 |
History
Louisville Pastor's Celebration of Firearms Sparks Debate Over Guns and Godnew
Believing God and guns are fundamental parts of America's heritage, Louisville evangelical minister Ken Pagano has stirred a local and national storm of criticism by encouraging members of his congregation to bring their unloaded firearms to a rally at his church.
LEO Weekly |
Phillip M. Bailey |
06-11-2009 |
Policy Issues
The Demigods of Canadian Metalnew
Anvil! The Story of Anvil picks up two decades after Canadian metal group Anvil's career, and the band is right back where it started--in Toronto, playing the odd gig and working day jobs to get by.
Boise Weekly |
Jeremiah Wierenga |
06-11-2009 |
Reviews
Jessica Biel and Her Director Are Equally Uneasy with Cowardnew
The biggest deficit in Easy Virtue is Jessica Biel, whose clomping, smugly false grasp of Noel Coward's diction would likely have her banned from the grounds of any summer stock company worth its salt.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-11-2009 |
Reviews
The Hunted Chase Back with Closet-Cleaning Documentarynew
Outrage is a portrait of how modern politics is still getting it wrong when it comes to gay rights, made worse by the fact that many of the puppet masters behind anti-gay legislation are homosexual themselves.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-11-2009 |
Reviews
Happytownnew
A weekly overview of the screwed-up happenings in Orlando.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes and Lindy T. Shepherd |
06-11-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Orlando, Orange County
Florida Bicyclists Tell of Their Encounters with Carsnew
All too often in Florida, bicycles and automobiles don't get along.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
06-11-2009 |
Transportation
Tags: bicycle safety, Florida
Orlando City Council Watchnew
Thoughtful and biting commentary on Orlando's city council.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-11-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Orlando City Council
Why is Orlando Slashing Public Safety Budgets When It's Got $105 Million in the Bank?new
Records show that the City of Orlando has nearly $105 million in its operating funds reserve, money set aside to save the city from economic calamity. To many, these look like the rainy days the reserve funds are intended for, but the city doesn't agree.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffery C, Billman |
06-11-2009 |
Economy
The Sedarisland Diariesnew
Having conquered the writing world by becoming its outsider-humorist-in-chief -- building a name and an identity around his sense of personal alienation -- the only place David Sedaris seems to feel at home is on the road.
The Inlander |
Luke Baumgarten |
06-11-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Sedaris, memoirs
