AltWeeklies Wire
It's Bill Parker's Time to Walk Off the Stage of Historynew
Los Angeles is debating whether its new police administration building in downtown should bear the name of William Parker, the police chief from the '50s whose name has adorned the old building at 150 N. Los Angeles St. for more than half a century.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
04-17-2009 |
Commentary
Women Come Out of This Pregnancy Clinic Fearing Eternal Damnationnew
Exactly what kind of medical facility lures women with the promise of free pregnancy tests and leaves them with a Bible and an existential crisis?
Pasadena Weekly |
Tina Dupuy |
04-17-2009 |
Sex
'Alphabet Juice' Is a Sesquipedlaian Delightnew
Reading Alphabet Juice is like chaperoning a jungle gym full of words at play; you attentively watch them run among and slip and slide as you sit back and enjoy the cool evening breeze.
Jackson Free Press |
Sarah Litvin |
04-16-2009 |
Nonfiction
Eclipsing Slave History: 'Sugar of the Crop'new
Sana Butler set out to tell the stories of the children of slaves in America. Her book, however, is all about her, which is a shame.
Jackson Free Press |
Walter Biggins |
04-16-2009 |
Nonfiction
Bacon Forevernew
Exploring the unlikely marriage of sweet and savory flavors with a recipe for Chocolate Chip and Bacon Cookies.
Jackson Free Press |
Neola Young |
04-16-2009 |
Food+Drink
Finance Pimpin'new
Dudley 'Do-Right' McBride and Cootie McBride report on the disturbance caused when the Finance Pimp showed up to take a house back.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
04-16-2009 |
Comedy
No Repeats: Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 'It's Blitz!'new
On their third album, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have congealed into a true unit whose collective voice somehow grows louder through controlled, focused maturity.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
04-16-2009 |
Reviews
Leaving the Lights On: Cannibal Corpse's 'Evisceration Plague'new
If you're an extreme metalhead with any sense of history, Evisceration Plague likely sounds better than it is.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
04-16-2009 |
Reviews
The Horrors Dig Vinyl and Other Old-School Music Formatsnew
The five young Londoners in The Horrors say they play music largely because of their mutual love for many of the same things adored by rabid music fans like you and me.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mall Nut: 'Observe and Report'new
Observe and Report delivers a healthy dose of laughs—and gasps.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-16-2009 |
Reviews
Compelling Case: '12'new
12 is like 12 Angry Men, except that it's Russian, and it takes place in a high school gym.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-16-2009 |
Reviews
Forest Service Land Is Fertile Ground for Pot Plantsnew
Between 2006 and 2008, the Gila County Narcotics Task Force took down 43 pot farms, eradicating 82,904 marijuana plants. All but a handful were on Tonto National Forest land.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
04-16-2009 |
Drugs
Mexico's Just Coffee Raises the Bar for Free Tradenew
The simple idea of Just Coffee was to help farmers in at least one Chiapas village make enough money so that they could stay on their land. Today, that idea is a success story; the community of Salvador Urbina is thriving rather than just surviving, and Just Coffee's concept promises to revolutionize the free-trade movement.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-16-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Post-Oil Food: Surviving When Veggies Cost More Than a Carnew
Our lives have been inextricably linked to oil since the first commercial wells were drilled in the early 1900s. Now some experts believe the oil supply (produced over billions of years) is dwindling.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Alyssa Julie |
04-16-2009 |
Food+Drink
Province Relents a Bit on Gender Surgerynew
After angering Alberta's transsexual community by axing funding for gender reassignment surgery in the 2009 budget, provincial Health Minister Ron Liepert has backtracked a bit.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
04-16-2009 |
Sex
