AltWeeklies Wire
Nick and Norah's Adventures Get Tiringnew
The characters crisscross Manhattan through adventures and emotional highs and lows — including a string of celebrity cameos and a rather creative sexual encounter in a recording studio — that rightly leaves audiences feeling just as worn out by the time the sun finally rises.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
10-01-2008 |
Reviews
'Blindness': Fade to Whitenew
Blindness, a screen adaptation of Portuguese author Jose Saramago's novel, explores the probable effects of a widespread and incurable epidemic in the present day, though the storyline's most far-fetched aspects suggest the film is really an obtuse metaphor never fully elaborated.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
10-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Fernando Meirelles, Blindness
'The Lucky Ones': Back From Iraq, But Lost in Americanew
The Lucky Ones is a road movie, but, though Colee, Fred Cheever, and T.K. Poole cover more than 1,700 miles after deplaning at JFK, the film is remarkably indifferent to the physical landscape of the United States.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
10-01-2008 |
Reviews
Nina Simone Box Set Reveals Struggles of Strong Female Musiciansnew
To Be Free begs to be read like musical literature, telling the tale of a woman who built a sturdy foundation for strong female artists everywhere and makes the listener ask when the rest of the building is supposed to go up.
San Antonio Current |
Abbie Kopf |
10-01-2008 |
Reviews
Why Didn't Ben Folds Release an EP Instead?new
If Ben Folds' third solo disc had been pared down from 12 tracks to say, six or seven, Way to Normal might have ranked among the top releases of the fall season.
San Antonio Current |
Clint Hale |
10-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Folds, Way to Normal
Ani DiFranco Infuses 'Red Letter Year' with Jazznew
Deep, layered arrangements of jazz-infused rhythms have replaced her trademark staccato, fierce-fingerpicking concoctions.
San Antonio Current |
Jessica Ramos |
10-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ani DiFranco, Red Letter Year
TV on the Radio Want to Sex You Upnew
If Death Cab For Cutie wants to possess your heart, then TV On The Radio wants to possess your phone number.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
10-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: TV on the Radio, Dear Science
James McMurtry Taps into a Collective Angernew
Singer/songwriter McMurtry had toiled for 15 years, releasing bluesy country-rock albums and playing shows, and was getting discouraged. In advance of the 2004 election, he released the powerful, "We Can't Make It Here Anymore," as a free download on his site, and it launched him into greater prominence.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
10-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Art and Propaganda of World War Inew
Together with Frank Faulkner, Allison Hays Lane has been assembling The Winds and Words of War for more than two years. The exhibition travels on to Chicago at the end of October, and will be memorialized in a book from Seattle's Marquand Press.
San Antonio Current |
Sarah Fisch |
10-01-2008 |
Art
Homeowners Are Being Unfairly Faulted for Wall Street's Greednew
Those nasty subprime borrowers, the financial class bellows, how could they have done this to us? While the catalyst for our present debacle may have been housing loans, they in no way were the cause.
East Bay Express |
Jay Youngdahl |
10-01-2008 |
Economy
Oakland Band Real Blood Decided to Build its Career Undergroundnew
Despite their penchant for playing illegal shows, the members of Real Blood are hardly rock 'n' roll rebels. Rather, they're responsible, thoughtful musicians who upon careful consideration decided this was the best way to build their band.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
10-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
That's Bill Maher in the Spotlight, Losing His Religion.new
The catechism running through the movie is the question of who is more annoying: God or Bill Maher?
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-01-2008 |
Reviews
Jared Mees' Songs Have Humble Beginnings, But Grand Finalesnew
Mees' songs grow out of the hook, but sheer viral catchiness isn't what he seeks from them: He wants songs you relate to right off the bat.
Willamette Week |
Brandon Seifert |
10-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Unzipping the Mysteries of 'The Big Penis Book'new
Edited by Dian Hanson, the oversized, flesh-colored tome is a treasure trove of every big dick that ever worked the streets of smut, porn or anything that called for the services of someone with an unnatural growth between their legs.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
10-01-2008 |
Original Work
Meet the Oregonians for McCain After Backing Clintonnew
A search of campaign records turned up seven such people. Together they've given McCain just 0.4 percent of the $920,444 he's raised here. But the fact that their existence points to a problem for the Obama campaign that runs deeper than a handful of bitter donors in one blue West Coast state.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
10-01-2008 |
Politics
