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Pole Dancing: Good for the Body, But What About a Woman's Soul?new
In the last few years, pole dancing has emerged from strip clubs to become a nationwide exercise trend. But how powerful can a woman be when she's dangling by a leg and touching her "teaser"?
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
11-10-2008 |
Sports
'Role Models' is Smarter and Bawdier Than Your Average Boys-to-Men Movienew
In every way, this is just another formulaic romp about two selfish slackers getting their priorities rearranged by a couple of kids -- instead of breaking new ground, it polishes it with sandpaper.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-10-2008 |
Reviews
Calexico Takes Its Music South of the States and Across the Pondnew
While the Bush administration spent most of the last decade tarnishing America's reputation on the global stage and building fences along our border with Mexico, Tucson's Calexico did the opposite.
Dallas Observer |
Noah W. Bailey |
11-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Calexico, Carried to Dust
Obama's Florida Gamble Pays Offnew
McCain was too late. The new prez spent heavily in Florida and eked out victory here.
Miami New Times |
Tristam Korten |
11-10-2008 |
Politics
Kaufman Conquers: 'Synecdoche, New York' is a Surreal Surprisenew
Kaufman's directorial debut is as conceptually daring and narratively complex as his screenplays for Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. Elements of all three films can be spotted in this one, but with his own hand on the joystick Kaufman burrows further into his idiosyncratic world than ever before.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
11-10-2008 |
Reviews
Ecoholic: Boiling the Greenest Teanew
"My roommate wants to get an electric kettle, but I prefer stovetop models. Which is greener?"
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
11-10-2008 |
Advice
Brit Cult Fave Holly Golightly Tries it Twangynew
By her own admission, Holly Golightly isn't overly familiar with country music. But that hasn't kept her from affecting a twang and recording Dirt Don't Hurt, a rootsy album of hayseed duets with her partner in musical crime, Lawyer Dave.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
11-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sonic Boom: Why Theater is Getting Loudernew
The basic problem with sound, engineer Nick Keenan maintains, is that everyone hears it differently, and no one really knows how to talk about it.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
11-10-2008 |
Theater
When Chicago's Slush Fund Dries Upnew
The TIF kitty is still growing, per the county clerk's annual report -- but it may not be growing fast enough to cover the bets Chicago has made against it.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
11-10-2008 |
Policy Issues
Election '08: We Knew it Would End This Waynew
They said the 2008 presidential campaign would never end. On Tuesday night America proved them wrong.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
11-10-2008 |
Commentary
A Historian Discusses the FDR/Obama Comparisonnew
After the global economy crashed, pundits began to compare Obama with Roosevelt, the man who saw his nation through both the Great Depression and World War II. But how apt is that comparison? Historian William E. Leuchtenburg explains.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
11-10-2008 |
Politics
An Open Letter to President-Elect Obamanew
Before Tuesday's election results were announced, we asked our fellow Milwaukeeans: If you could sit with the next president for two minutes, what would you tell him about your area of expertise? Here's what they had to say.
Shepherd Express |
Staff |
11-10-2008 |
Commentary
The Nightwatchman Gives Tom Morello an Activist Outletnew
As much as Tom Morello enjoyed his stint with Audioslave, the post-Rage Against the Machine band he founded with Chris Cornell, Cornell's scorching, introspective arena-rock left Morello hungry for the activism of his previous band.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
11-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Awaiting the Heavenly Country' Examines the American Death Cultnew
With generous illustrated examples, Professor Mark S. Schantz depicts an America preoccupied with death. In this America, Shakespeare and militaristic Greek classicists like Herodotus were popular reading, and families of the 1830s and 1840s treasured photographic portraits of the freshly dead, including infants and children.
Shepherd Express |
Eric Beaumont |
11-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
Enter the Allospherenew
Colorful and scientific, the $10-million machine at University of California-Santa Barbara gives glimpses into brain activity and atomic relationships, with much more promised for the future.
Santa Barbara Independent |
D.J. Palladino |
11-10-2008 |
Education
