AltWeeklies Wire
'The Women': Shtick and the City
The Women attempts female fabulousness, only shallower and not as funny.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-08-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Diane English, The Women
The Angry Grammarian: I Copyedited the Lawnew
And the law won.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
09-08-2008 |
Advice
Roll Up Some Summer Rollsnew
Collect your noodles, herbs and wrappers and roll.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
09-08-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: recipes, summer rolls
Super Consumers: A Lyrically Subversive Radio-Ready Anthem Factorynew
With a name like Super Consumers and a debut EP called Terrorism, you might expect something like anarchist punk.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
09-08-2008 |
Reviews
A Slew of Fall Soul Releases are Worth Getting Excited Aboutnew
Hell must have frozen over if Maxwell is heading out on tour. But fall has more scheduled including Raphael Saadiq, Robin Thicke, Nikki Costa, more.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
09-08-2008 |
Music
Rachael Sage's 'Chandelier' is Pleasant Enoughnew
There's an entire genre of musicians who cite Ani DiFranco as an influence including Sage, whose existence as a touring and recording artist is owed almost exclusively to DiFranco.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
09-08-2008 |
Reviews
Count Dante Recounts His Seven Years in an Incredibly Strange Fight Clubnew
In his new memoir Beer, Blood, and Cornmeal, Bob Calhoun describes a moment where wrestling grappled with surrealism, and surrealism won out with a suplex powerslam.
Chicago Reader |
Dan Kelly |
09-08-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Babylon A.D.' is True to its Literary Source Only in Being Badnew
The film is based on Babylon Babies, a 2001 cyberpunk novel by Maurice G. Dantec, a Frenchman who now lives in Montreal, having renounced France as a sinkhole of secularism and socialism too decadent to protect itself from slow-motion takeover by Islamic immigrants.
Chicago Reader |
Cliff Doerksen |
09-08-2008 |
Reviews
Pat's Pass: Why the Buchanan Double Standard?new
Come on, media colleagues. Do some Google searching, read his books, and take a stand. Otherwise, there's only one conclusion viewers can come to: that MSNBC and PBS tacitly endorse Pat Buchanan's racist perspective.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
09-08-2008 |
Commentary
'Ping Pong Playa' Slams Stereotypes About Asian Americans and Sportsnew
Ping Pong Playa is fast-moving and truly funny family fare. Yu's direction packs each scene with action that's both physical and mental -- visual puns, a bit of slapstick, verbal zingers and a lot of humorous moments drawn from real life.
Pasadena Weekly |
Jana J. Monji |
09-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Republicans Ride Out the Storm at Conventionnew
GOP faithful flock to St. Paul amidst protest, storms and controversy.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
09-08-2008 |
Politics
If Journalism is Dead, Then Why Am I Teaching it to Hundreds of College Students?new
The public may have turned against traditional media but it doesn't mean they don't want news and information. The challenge now is to figure out how to earn the money to generate the information, and discover the most efficient ways to deliver it. It's a new media world and, I would argue, the most inspiring time in history to be an aspiring journalist.
Philadelphia Weekly |
G.W. Miller III |
09-08-2008 |
Media
Why I'm Pained by Palinnew
The gun-toting right-wing mama isn't exactly what we feminists had in mind.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
09-08-2008 |
Commentary
How Far Will Montana Go for Healthy Cows?new
The state's livestock industry wants to eradicate brucellosis from Yellowstone, but more than the bison stand in the way.
Missoula Independent |
Patrick Klemz |
09-08-2008 |
Animal Issues
'Towelhead': Racist Sexploitation Movie is Unspeakable
As its openly racist title implies Towelhead is an exploitation movie that wears its shock value on its guilty sleeve.
