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RNC Dispatch: Democracy in St. Paulnew
While Republicans gestured inside, police stole the streets from the people.
LEO Weekly |
Sam Stoker |
09-07-2008 |
Politics
'Surfer, Dude': Lens on Some Hard Bodiesnew
Matthew McConaughey joins with the director of Hand on a Hard Body in this ode to near-naked bodies, weed, and surf-speak. Oh, and it's also a work of fiction.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-05-2008 |
Reviews
'The Little Red Truck' Goes Round and Roundnew
The documentary chronicles the work of the Missoula Children's Theatre, which travels the country to introduce children to the joys of musical theatre.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
09-05-2008 |
Reviews
'Frozen River': Single Moms Skate on Thin Icenew
In order to make ends meet, two women in upstate New York smuggle illegal aliens across the St. Lawrence River into the U.S. in this unusually thoughtful and expertly acted movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
The Levitt Shell Opens Up After a Million-dollar Renovationnew
The rehabbed venue that hosted Elvis Presley's first paid concert, classic hippie-era blues and folk festivals, and other memorable events is being reborn as a family-oriented venue.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
09-05-2008 |
Music
What It Means to Be an Urban Foragernew
Urban foraging is the practice of searching for edible plants, vegetables, and fruit that are growing on private and public lands. It's really big in Portland, Oregon, and similar movements have cropped up in other U.S. cities such as Seattle, Santa Fe, and Los Angeles.
The Memphis Flyer |
Sarah Christine Bolton |
09-05-2008 |
Recreation
Italian Wines: Beauty in a Bottlenew
The holiest of Italian wines -- Barolo, Barbaresco, and Brunello di Montalcino -- are being released. These are some of the most sought-after wines in the world and are quickly snatched up, coveted, and salivated over.
The Memphis Flyer |
Michael Hughes |
09-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
'How to Live Single' Feels Like a 'Sex and the City' Knock Offnew
Liz Tuccillo's "fiction" lacks originality in characters and plot-but also appears to mirror her life. After a disastrous ladies' night out, Julie, who works for a publishing company, pitches the idea of writing a book on how to be single.
Shepherd Express |
Kenya C. Evans |
09-05-2008 |
Fiction
'Outsourced': A Comedy of Job Lossnew
Outsourced is a bright comedy about greedy American corporations, low-wage Indian workers, cultural incomprehension and the bonds that can form across all barriers by people of good will-especially, but not only, if they fall in love.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
09-05-2008 |
Reviews
Pigs on Ice’s Punk Spectaclenew
Like many of their peers in Milwaukee, Pigs on Ice are clearly influenced by the Jesus Lizard and other seminal acts from Touch and Go's back catalog.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
09-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: punk, Pigs on Ice
Blisternew
Is this the beginning or is it the end? Splashed up like a barnacled seashell on the vacant coast of Bar-BQ-Bar’s early-Wednesday-night liquor drip, a few – very few – thoughts come to mind.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-05-2008 |
Comedy
The Black Keys Meet ZZ Topnew
You aren't anybody if you aren't recording with the Black Keys.
Shepherd Express |
Joe Uchill |
09-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
This Little Undergroundnew
Local trio Basements of Florida is the latest intelligent rock band worth real attention (Aug. 29, Taste). Comprising only drums and dueling bass guitars, they powered through songs that were propulsive and dynamic.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
09-05-2008 |
Performance
The Orlando Police Beatnew
Aug. 24; 2:20 a.m.: Good news! According to Orlando Weekly's most recent focus group -- prospective interns and some guy on a bus -- the kids totally dig this column! This, and Blister -- but more importantly, this! Ah, the sweet smell of validation -- and job security! Let's celebrate while we can.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
09-05-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice, armed robbery
'Baghead' is a Sometimes Awkward Marriage of Horror and Talkinessnew
Brothers Mark and Jay Duplass made one of the foundational movies of the so-called "mumblecore" movement with 2005's The Puffy Chair, and their follow-up, Baghead, finds them struggling to break out of what's become a somewhat stifling and limiting label.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
09-05-2008 |
Reviews
