AltWeeklies Wire
Is a New Cold War Starting?new
The so-called new Cold War isn't new at all. It amounts to long-repressed grievances that finally are coming to the surface, due to energy concerns.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-24-2008 |
Commentary
Tags: John McCain, energy, Georgia, foreign policy, Venezuela, international, Vladimir Putin, Cold War, Russia
Corkscrew: Wine's Lascivious Labelsnew
Within the past 10 years or so, wineries have also begun dipping into our large pool of repressed sexuality by slapping "naked," "sin" and big-boobed women on their labels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
09-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Wines of the Southern Cotes du Rhonenew
Red wines of the Cotes du Rhone, especially those from the southern end of the valley, have long been personal favorites, but I didn't know why until I read the following recently: Wines of the Rhone "offer an animalistic sort of pleasure" and "put us in touch with our primitive selves."
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
09-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
'Sons of Anarchy' is Not the New 'Sopranos'new
Sons of Anarchy is the antithesis of The Sopranos. Well, no. The antithesis of The Sopranos is something like The 700 Club. As far as crime family dramas go, though, these two are fire and ice. Sopranos was good. This is not.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
09-24-2008 |
TV
Tags: FX, Sons of Anarchy
Philip Roth Goes Back to Collegenew
One of Portnoy's favorite words takes on new resonance in Roth's 29th novel.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard Beck |
09-24-2008 |
Fiction
Tags: Philip Roth, Indignation
Is Anyone (Besides Will Smith) Prepared to Wear the Title of Box Office King?new
The status of Hollywood's leading men is somewhat dire. That is, of course, unless studio-made stars like funnyman (if you can call him that) Dane Cook are the solution.
San Antonio Current |
Clint Hale |
09-24-2008 |
Movies
Interviewing Dick Smothers, the Favored Sonnew
When CBS canceled top-rated Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in April of 1969, Tom and Dick Smothers were shocked. Nearly 40 years later, Dick, says that's probably why he and his brother remain famous.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
09-24-2008 |
Performance
Spittin' Game: Too Human and Rock Band 2new
Too Human is friendly to role-playing newbies while Rock Band 2 adds a few tracks for everyone.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
09-24-2008 |
Video Games
For Jenny Lewis, It's All About the Castingnew
When the former child star plays Lucinda Williams, Blue period Joni Mitchell, or even Stevie Nicks-led Fleetwood Mac, she nails the role, but when she's cast against type, the results aren't so hot.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
09-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Jenny Lewis, Acid Tongue
Kings of Leon Find Inspiration in Americananew
With songs conjuring trips along dusty back roads or, at the very least, a night chalking up pool cues, Only by the Night doesn’t veer far from the southern-fried rock Kings listeners have come to expect.
San Antonio Current |
Cynthia Hawkins |
09-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kings of Leon, Only by the Night
Voter Intimidation Tactics Afoot on Pennsylvania College Campusesnew
The Drexel Dems website has an item up about a flyer taped to several tables across campus, essentially saying that anyone who goes to vote on Nov. 4 will be arrested if they have any outstanding traffic violations or warrants.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
09-24-2008 |
Politics
Clothes-minded: Ryann Wayke Denimnew
The return of fall is the return of denim.
San Antonio Current |
Leigh Baldwin |
09-24-2008 |
Fashion
What's Wrong with White Wine?new
I'm one of the very few I know who's highly partial to white wines, and I've always taken a share of grief for it.
San Diego CityBeat |
Martin Jones Westlin |
09-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, white wine
Why My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything to Dismiss: A Fan's Sonic Memorynew
I don't even know if I'm going to see MBV this week. If I don't, I suspect I'll still hear their noise, or feel it, from across town. If I can touch that instrumental passage of "You Made Me Realise," I'll grab on to a point within it. That point will be my nostalgia. It'll levitate, compress, and then shatter.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
09-24-2008 |
Music
'Choke': How to Turn a Cult Novel into a Movienew
Making your first film is challenging enough. But writing and directing a movie about a sex addict who intentionally chokes on food in restaurants to engender sympathy and make money? Well, that's something else entirely.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
09-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Choke, Clark Gregg
