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The Dirty Little Heaters Live Better Through Rock 'n' Rollnew
This high-energy, high-emotion soul-punk-rock act comprises three rock 'n' roll lifers who committed to this band after tough bouts with life, love and other bands that didn't last.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
11-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Former Miles Davis Saxophonist Bill Evans Blends Jazz, Bluegrassnew
Evans isn't your average young musician: The 50-year-old leads Soulgrass, a jazz/ funk/ bluegrass hybrid that, over the years, has featured some of the finest musicians in the world.
INDY Week |
Andrew Ritchey |
11-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Quantum of Solace' Gives Us a Neurotic Bondnew
One can adore Bond lore while also recognizing the need to conjure a new paradigm.
How the Movie 'Soul Man' Paved the Way for President Obamanew
It's not far-fetched for a movie lover to think that Obama's rise was prepared -- if not predicted -- by the a 1986 race comedy about a guy who fakes his way into Harvard.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-13-2008 |
Commentary
'Slumdog' Gives Guilty Liberals Absolution Through Game-Show Gimmickrynew
There hasn't been a social drama this decadently over-hyped since City of God. Boyle plays the same game of pandering to liberal sensibilities while entertaining safe, middle-class distance.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-13-2008 |
Reviews
Brightblack Morning Light Makes Music Off the Gridnew
The band's latest album title (Motion to Rejoin) refers to the back-to-the-land movement, and Nathan "Naybob" Shineywater and Rachael "Ra Ra" Hughes fully embrace the philosophy, having lived off the grid on a New Mexico mesa 9,000 feet up for almost three years, with four solar panels powering their home recording.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
11-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
What Nov. 4 Meant to Me -- and Americanew
Americans have great cause for celebration, as does the world. As for black folks, in the coming days we shall no doubt see the importance of the election both understated and overstated.
INDY Week |
Derek Jennings |
11-13-2008 |
Commentary
Can a D.C. Charter School Tackle the World's Toughest Language?new
Mary Shaffner, the executive director of Yu Ying Public Charter School, uses the word "trauma" when referring to the students' potential problems adjusting to school. These kids are joining the one in five people on this planet who speak Mandarin Chinese.
Washington City Paper |
Marina Koestler Ruben |
11-13-2008 |
Education
'Quantum of Solace' and 'My Name Is Bruce': Staid in Characternew
Bond's latest and Bruce Campbell's self-satire prove it's hard to escape old personas.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-13-2008 |
Reviews
A Dresden Doll Goes Solo on 'Who Killed Amanda Palmer'new
Deviance is also a key topic on Amanda Palmer's debut solo album, but she examines it in a somewhat more personalized -- and occasionally even tender -- manner.
Washington City Paper |
Casey Rae-Hunter |
11-13-2008 |
Reviews
The Bill Mike Band Reaches Across Party Lines to Find a New Sense of Unitynew
The band's new album, Truce, is really all about searching for Obamatopia.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andrea Swensson |
11-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Bill Mike Band, Truce
Clash of the Duck Tours in San Francisconew
The Bay Quackers tours were a big duck in a small pond until another duck tour -- Ride the Ducks -- migrated to the city this summer.
The Minneapolis Somali Community is Facing a Dark Web of Murdersnew
They came to escape civil war, so why are they killing each other in the streets?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
11-13-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Knux: From Street Warfare to Soirees with Socialitesnew
Krispy Kream and his brother Rah Al Milio have morphed from Cajun survivalists to Hollywood up-and-comers, becoming the toast of the underground rap scene in only a few years.
SF Weekly |
Ben Westhoff |
11-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Life After (Peak) Oil: Rethinking Priorities and Kicking the Fuel Habitnew
For those in North Carolina who take the Hubbert Peak seriously, and who see it as occurring not only within their lifetimes but in the next few years, neither future seems likely. Rather, they are preparing for a world without oil by steeling themselves for something in the middle, a world after cheap gasoline and the conveniences that come with it.
INDY Week |
Gerry Canavan and Jaimee Hills |
11-13-2008 |
Environment
