AltWeeklies Wire
Adam Marsland's Kickass Lifenew
While not all of the songs on Daylight Kissing Night are gems, the stand-outs are good enough to put the album over the top.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
Listen to Ratatat, Then Dancenew
Ratatat takes in global influences to create their own blend of electronic and rock.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Next Supermodel May Be Coming From a High School Near Younew
In the modeling industry, a mother agent is the scout who discovers a model, usually in her hometown, and then introduces her to bookers in large fashion markets. The bookers arrange the girl's work schedule — everything from magazine spreads to fashion show appearances — while the mother agent remains chief advisor and collects 10 percent of her earnings.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
09-12-2008 |
Fashion
See Nicolas Mope in 'Bankok Dangerous'new
This listless remake of a 1999 Thai film lacks substance and excitement.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
'Transsiberian': Tension With Dimensionnew
Alfred Hitchcock himself would be proud of Transsiberian and its mysterious, deceptive ways.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Anderson, Transsiberian
Disappointments and Surprises: Toronto International Film Festivalnew
When good directors go bad. At least, that's what it has felt like around here as one anticipated new film after the next by some of the world's name-brand auteurs — the Coen brothers, Spike Lee, Jonathan Demme — has laid a less-than-golden egg
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
09-12-2008 |
Movies
'The Women': Ladies Lightnew
From Diane English, just another chick flick.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Diane English, The Women
International Collectionsnew
A Tucson hospital turns Mexican creditors over to the feds.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-12-2008 |
Science
Election '08: Where Are the Real Issues?new
Ignore the idiot bloggers: A politician's religion, wealth and old traffic violations aren't important.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
09-12-2008 |
Commentary
Drug Trafficking and Crime Plague the Bordernew
The siege of the Chiricahuas can best be described as a low-level guerilla war, intermittent but always simmering, the scenes of trouble shifting regularly.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
09-12-2008 |
Immigration
Michelle Obama's Night Out in L.A.new
Michelle delivers her remarks as Sarah Palin is set to give her RNC address, and Michelle gives an indirect reference to Palin, noting that her husband is "not afraid of smart people."
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range Mcdonald |
09-12-2008 |
Politics
Sarah Palin: Just a 'Country' Girlnew
Palin's brand is an enduring one, reliable for selling everything from oil-guzzling pickup trucks to oatmeal cookies: rural, small-town America. But it is the unspoken backstory, at least as Palin and the GOP subtly tell it, that gives the brand its power. "Country" reads red, white and blue -- with the emphasis on white.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
09-12-2008 |
Commentary
Nashville's Scooter Riders Say They Might as Well Be Invisiblenew
You would think someone riding a praying mantis-like vehicle the color of a strawberry milk shake could make it through workday traffic without cheating death. Not in Nashville, where rising gas prices and the attendant popularity of pump-friendly scooters are creating all new hybrids of traffic hazards and road rage.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
09-12-2008 |
Transportation
You'll Never Be VP: A Letter to My Daughter, the Community Organizernew
As I listened to Governor Sarah Palin address the nation the other night, I had to confess that -- as your father -- I have clearly failed.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
09-12-2008 |
Commentary
There's No End in Sight to the Cuts at the St. Louis Post-Dispatchnew
On the morning of August 28, unwelcome news began circulating through the newsroom at the daily: layoffs were imminent. By the end of that day, five editors -- two with almost 30 years of service at the daily -- were asked to collect their belongings and leave the building. In a subsequent interview, executive editor Arnie Robbins refuses to rule out further editorial staff reductions.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
09-12-2008 |
Media
