AltWeeklies Wire
In Search of the Mesanew
A writer seeks out the mesa from the documentary, Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa.
Weekly Alibi |
Maren Tarro |
09-23-2008 |
Culture
Timothy Egan Digs into Small-town Americanew
As Egan researched the Dust Bowl, it turned into a story of what happens when people — pushed by their government — abuse the land and destroy an entire ecosystem; in this case, the grasslands of the Great Plains.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Aikens |
09-23-2008 |
Nonfiction
Tags: The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan
'Lakeview Terrace': Suburban Nightmarenew
Oh, to live to see such a rarity: a horror movie for grown-ups!
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
09-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil LaBute, Lakeview Terrace
Common Market Takes an Uncommon Viewnew
Ryan Abeo, who goes by RA Scion when he's emceeing, is deeply interested in demolishing the wall between him and his listener.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kiernan Maletsky |
09-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: hip-hop, Common Market
Nguyen Le's Journey into Soundnew
Le, born in Paris to Vietnamese parents, fits most closely into the esoteric reaches of the jazz nexus. His eclecticism and experimentation have graced collaborations with Meshell Ndegeocello, Carla Bley and Art Lande.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pueblo's Haunted Windchimes Embrace the Spirit of the Roadnew
Like a modern-day version of the Monkees, the Windchimes all live in the same Pueblo house, a comfortable refuge of the sort that Realtors like to call cozy.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brewing Up a Batch of Philly Palenew
Though my technical knowledge of brewing is limited to my knowing that I really, really enjoy the end result, I'd always understood that making good beer requires years of hands-on experience, insane attention to detail and unfair levels of patience.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
09-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
Guitarist Marc Ribot Reaches for Rock Anarchynew
With his latest project, Ceramic Dog, Ribot set out to strip away all the multiculti influences and get back to basics.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ceramic Dog, Party Intellectuals
Finding Joy in the Little Things at the Toronto Film Festnew
Speaking strictly in percentage terms, film festivals are defined more by the movies you don't see than the movies you do. That went double for the just-ended Toronto International Film Festival, where the initial buzz was mainly concerned with the lack of putative Oscar contenders.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
09-23-2008 |
Movies
Does the Michigan GOP Plan to Use Foreclosure Data as a Weapon?new
Allegations have surfaced that the head of the Macomb County Republican Party had disclosed plans to use lists of foreclosed homes as a way to keep some voters from casting ballots in the upcoming presidential election. But the Macomb GOP Chairman says his quotes were fabricated. What's really going on?
Metro Times |
Staff |
09-23-2008 |
Politics
Joe Meno Wallows in 'Demons in the Spring'new
But when Meno feels sad, he revels in it: He's made a career out of doing just that with Hairstyles of the Damned, a conversational punk-rock update of J.D. Salinger's most famous, and The Boy Detective Fails, a book that knows it's a book, but doesn't let that get in the way of breaking some hearts.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jakob Dorof |
09-23-2008 |
Fiction
Tags: Demons in the Spring, Joe Meno
How a Germantown Artist Found His Muse in a Stained-glass Menagerienew
Founded in 1980 by a husband and wife in their garage, Beyer Studio has grown over its 28 years to become a nationally renowned source for stained glass design and restoration.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-23-2008 |
Art
Glendale Stewart Lives Way Off the Grid in Detroitnew
Six years ago, Stewart took a look at the world around him and decided to drop out of it. He quit working, bought an empty plot of land at a city auction, parked an old trailer on it, built a wood privacy fence around it and made it his home.
Metro Times |
Detroitblogger John |
09-23-2008 |
Housing & Development
'Lakeview Terrace' Takes Liberties with One Couple's True Storynew
It seems Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace is an artistic rendition of the real-life story of John and Mellaine Hamilton, an interracial Altadena couple that has been locked in a number of bitter disputes with next-door neighbor Irsie Henry, an African-American former LAPD officer who has ended up in court over his disagreements with the Hamiltons.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
09-23-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Neil LaBute, Lakeview Terrace
Janis Joplin Crap N Vomit Brings the Noisenew
The Phoenix punk trio also brings the knee-length, airbrushed boob T-shirts.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
09-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
