AltWeeklies Wire
'Nick & Norah' is Tragically Unhipnew
Michael Cera and Kat Dennings are fantastic in Nick & Norah -- but then there's the vomit-gum.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-09-2008 |
Reviews
Tucson Lifeguards Take Skills and Goodwill to Indianew
Financed by its own fundraisers and car washes, the 15-member Swim India team will fan across that country's southern reaches, teaching everything from basic safety-and-rescue techniques to CPR in orphanages and schools.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
10-09-2008 |
International
Joan Baez Gets By with a Little Help From Friendsnew
At the age of 67, Joan Baez has a stunning collection of recordings that rivals anything she has ever done.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-09-2008 |
Reviews
'All Hope Is Gone' is a Return to Form for Slipknotnew
Forget what the Bible has to say regarding hellfire and brimstone: Slipknot has now redefined the term.
Tucson Weekly |
Jon Hobson |
10-09-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: All Hope Is Gone, Slipknot
Bang Camaro Takes the Best of the '80s and Makes it Their Ownnew
The secret ingredient in Bang Camaro is its infectious group vocals that call to mind the spunky rock choruses pioneered by such acts as Bon Jovi and Def Leppard.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bang Camaro
'Religulous' is Funny and Confrontationalnew
Organized religion and some of its many followers take a kick in the nards from Bill Maher in Religulous, a funny and sometimes brutal indictment of all things God-related.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-09-2008 |
Reviews
'Blindness' is Bleak, Realistic, Well-Done and Very, Very Depressingnew
Other than some extremely misguided narration by an extremely miscast Danny Glover, it's a surprisingly intelligent effort for a film that cost $25 million and features some bankable stars.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-09-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Fernando Meirelles, Blindness
Charges Against Border Activist are Mysteriously Droppednew
As the judicial dust settles in the Kathryn Ferguson case, one thing has become abundantly clear: This crude affair amounts to little more than a shameful, low-brow, law-enforcement bullying, followed by an appalling lack of accountability from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
10-09-2008 |
Immigration
They Call Him Dr. Germnew
As microbiologist Charles Gerba cheerily explains, billions of nasty microbes await you every day.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
10-09-2008 |
Science
Guy Ritchie Manages to Upend Thuggish Machismo in 'RocknRolla'new
Guy Ritchie didn't make the mistake of putting his wife Madonna in RocknRolla; but his latest gangster film queers a sense of Macho to match Madonna's sense of Slut. Hopefully, Ritchie's fantasy won't roll back human progress; but this time it's shaped an unexpectedly enjoyable movie.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-09-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Guy Ritchie, RocknRolla
Castanets Built This 'City' on Rock 'n' Rollnew
Castanets nomadic mastermind Ray Raposa, no stranger to fusing his freak-folk with dissonance, noise or near-emptiness, is at his logical conclusion on Refuge. All his signature elements are incorporated, but the spare, hushed nature of his work is intensified.
New York Press |
Greg Burgett |
10-09-2008 |
Reviews
Love is All Tries to Keep the Embers Burning with its Second Albumnew
With A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night, the success of the previous album was in the back of the band's mind. "It's an impossible task to make a second record after the first one has been well received."
New York Press |
Christine Werthman |
10-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Billionaires for Michael Bloombergnew
It's one thing to have the New York mayor change a term limits law and run again, but does the media have to lap it up so easily?
New York Press |
Jamaal Young |
10-09-2008 |
Commentary
Sarah Palin Boosts Planned Parenthoodnew
A viral email has urged people who disliked the Alaska governor's under-no-circumstance view on abortion to donate to Planned Parenthood, in her honor.
Boston Phoenix |
Shuchi Saraswat |
10-09-2008 |
Politics
The Inside Story of the Great Schlepnew
Chances are, by now you've heard about the Great Schlep, the Sarah Silverman–endorsed political/social experiment to send Jewish grandkids to Florida to get out the yenta vote. But did you know, smarty pants, that the movement originated in Cambridge?
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
10-09-2008 |
Politics
