AltWeeklies Wire
TV on the Radio Defies Convention on 'Dear Science'new
Supernaturally good bands can get away with weird stunts, and the new album is full of them: Electronic drums, surf-rock guitar tones, pop-piano lines, and other ’80s ephemera accompany Tunde Adebimpe’s signature wailing vocals.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Riggs |
10-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: TV on the Radio, Dear Science
How an Obama Sweatshirt Got One Woman Banned from United Dairy Farmers For Lifenew
Hours after Hurricane Ike, in a city largely out of power, a woman wearing an Obama shirt chose not to endure an unsolicited John McCain sales-pitch from an employee of the notoriously conservative company. For that, she was threatened, harassed, and eventually banned from the company's stores for life.
The Other Paper |
Kitty McConnell |
10-02-2008 |
Politics
'A Thousand Years of Good Prayers': Bother Figurenew
A universe of regret, loneliness, and unease can exist between two family members sitting at a dinner table—especially when one of those people is visiting from a foreign country, experiencing his daughter’s adopted home for the first time.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-02-2008 |
Reviews
'Religulous' and 'Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist': He of Little Faithnew
Bill Maher vents some righteous anger at religion in his new documentary.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Charles, Religulous
The Collapse of the Nationals Marketnew
When are Nats tickets like bad mortgages? When you can't unload them, even for free.
Washington City Paper |
Staff |
10-02-2008 |
Sports
It's Time for Comfort Food: Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoesnew
For the budget conscious in these times of rising food prices, it's a great way to stretch a pound of meat. While we're at it, why not make a generous recipe that can serve for two or more meals -- leftovers for the office or a planned-ahead second dinner?
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
10-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
Ron Rash's Sensational Appalachian Talenew
In the late 1920s, before George Pemberton's Boston Lumber Company constructed its western North Carolina logging camp—the setting for Ron Rash's haunting fourth novel, Serena—it set aside a portion of its land for a graveyard.
Tags: Ron Rash, Serena: A Novel
The Urban Sophisticates Stretch Their Boundaries on 'Classic Material'new
Though the move toward more traditional production bridges the Sophisticates back across the gap toward mainstream hip-hop, there's still plenty of variety on Classic Material.
Big Pooh Strikes Out Solo on 'Rapper's Delight'new
Rapper Big Pooh's mixtape is the Little Brother emcee's latest litmus test for a serious solo career post-Little Brother, if that day ever comes.
How Blag'ard Survived Brushes With Fame, F-150s and Fatherhoodnew
Blag'ard's injuries have been numerous and fancifully acquired. The Chapel Hill duo of singer/ guitarist Joe Taylor, 36, and drummer Adam Brinson, 26, seems destined for near-misses and closeness-to-catastrophe.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
10-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Digg's Top Users Banned for Ever and Evernew
Since early September, nearly 100 users have been banned from the San Francisco–based news-sharing site Digg.com. Speaking out across the blogosphere, some are confused: Did minor crimes warrant erasing their profiles? Others are expressing melodramatic mourning for their "fallen comrades."
'Rock Band 2' Keeps it Rollingnew
No need to double-check your calendar -- Rock Band 2 really is available only 10 months after the release of the original.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
10-02-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games, Rock Band 2
Tegan and Sara are Back in the Habitnew
Narcissism and novelty are not what have compelled the two biological halves Tegan and Sara to navigate their entire adult lives in an eponymous folk pop band.
New York Press |
Robyn Hillman-Harrigan |
10-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tegan & Sara
'Four Kings' KO's the Last Golden Era of Boxingnew
With boxing in one of its periodic public downturns, George Kimball cooks up some compelling nostalgia by recounting an era when great American fighters bestrode the planet.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
10-02-2008 |
Nonfiction
My Bloody Valentine Massacres Eardrums in NYCnew
The Lilys hour-long allotment was the formalist of formalities—an unnecessary, sure-to-be-disregarded warm up for an un-warm-up-able crowd of over 3,000. How could you possibly be warmed up for My Bloody Valentine?
New York Press |
Greg Burgett |
10-02-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: my bloody valentine
