AltWeeklies Wire
Gay Hate in Miami Beachnew
Even as complaints about discrimination against gays have increased in Miami-Dade -- up from five to a record 29 last year -- county commissioners have chopped the Miami-Dade Equal Opportunity Board annual budget from about $600,000 to $300,000
Miami New Times |
Natalie O'Neill |
10-20-2008 |
LGBT
How to Get Tourette's Syndrome Under Controlnew
Tourette's can be complicated, misdiagnosed, under-diagnosed and widely misunderstood.
Pasadena Weekly |
Patti Carmalt-Vener |
10-20-2008 |
Advice
Foo Fighters Songs McCain Should Use Instead of 'My Hero'new
The band has not-so-discreetly asked McCain to stop using their music to rally his troops. We'd like to call on the McCain camp to do the right thing and pick a more appropriate Foo Fighters tune for stumpin'. Here are a few recommendations.
Seattle Weekly |
Chris Kornelis |
10-20-2008 |
Music
After Extended Break, Dressy Bessy's Tammy Ealom Feels Like She's Starting Overnew
Most articles suggest that Ealom is as bubbly as the hook-o-rama tunes she pens -- and in conversation, her easy laughter and occasional giddiness seem to confirm this impression. But she also displays a steely tone at times, making it clear that despite her fun-loving reputation, she's serious about her music.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
10-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Butthole Surfers Are Older, But Not Necessarily Wisernew
The classic lineup is back together, and that's about all that remains the same.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hughey |
10-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
How the Web is Changing Black Youth Culture, and Vice Versanew
Wayne Marshall, a writer, DJ, ethnomusicologist, and probably the only person on staff at Brandeis University who's been written up by the Fader talks Web 2.0 and black youth culture.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
10-20-2008 |
Music
The GOP Puts All its Political Eggs in the Specious Attack Basketnew
Whether the event -- real or cooked up -- is a sexual indiscretion, tenuous association with someone with an unsavory past or extremist religious views, Democrats seem to get stuck and their GOP counterparts are able to just slip-slide their slimy way through the muck. Why is that?
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
10-20-2008 |
Commentary
Jolie Holland Transitions from Musician to Iconnew
Holland's new album The Living And the Dead (her first to really utilize a producer) is so good that everything that came before it seems like a pleasurable blur, although all of her previous, more immediately folky work is deservedly acclaimed and worth checking out in earnest.
Boulder Weekly |
Arjuna Orland |
10-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Is the Midway Airport Lease Really a Good Deal for Chicago Taxpayers?new
Midway Airport is arguably one of the city of Chicago's better-run operations -- it is profitable to the tune of about $100 million a year. So why would the city be in such a hurry to pawn it off, railroading the $2.5 billion transaction through the City Council with little scrutiny or debate?
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
10-20-2008 |
Policy Issues
Election '08: Your Right to Votenew
Truth, lies and conspiracy theories -- what you need to know before you cast your ballot.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
10-20-2008 |
Politics
Election '08: Talking Taxes and Truthnew
Maybe the presidential race will get closer, but so far Obama's success demonstrates that the Republican campaign against taxes is failing. That's a profound and historic shift.
Artvoice |
Bruce Fisher |
10-20-2008 |
Commentary
'W.' is Not a Political Screed, but Rather an Empathetic Character Studynew
Bush fans, assuming there are any left, are unlikely to be much offended by W. It's the Bush haters -- the only potential audience for this, really -- who are likely to be upset.
'The Secret Life of Bees' is Stinglessnew
The story and social context of Bees probably have substantial potential, but the movie's treatment of them is both superficial and muddled.
Is California's Solar and Clean Energy Act a Critical Tool or Critically Flawed?new
Two environmentalists face off on Proposition 7, which will be voted on by Californians in November.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Tam Hunt and Cliff Chen |
10-20-2008 |
Environment
In Paulson We Trustnew
Did the treasury secretary let Lehman Brothers fail, exacerbating the nascent crisis, knowing it would punish liberal financier George Soros and benefit his old firm, Goldman Sachs?
