AltWeeklies Wire
Classic Methods for Nu Dekadesnew
Oakland duo wrestles with terms like "conscious hip-hop," and modern forms of marketing.
East Bay Express |
Will Butler |
01-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nu Dekades
Valero Working Overtime to Stop Climate-Change Legislationnew
Move over Koch Brothers, San Antonio's Valero Energy wants to keep the future oily.
San Antonio Current |
Robert Crowe |
01-18-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Valero, Oil industry
Medical Marijuana Crackdown in Southern Californianew
Feds move to take assets of four dispensaries in Orange and L.A. counties.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
01-18-2012 |
Drugs
Support the Marine Urination Brigade
Memo to U.S. forces: OK to invade foreign nation that posed no threat. OK to occupy said country for years. OK to impose a corrupt puppet government. OK to kill the locals. Probably OK to piss on them. Just don't film it.
The Case Against Ron Paul and Candidates Who Tell It Like They See Itnew
In the world of politics, authenticity is a double-edged sword, one that a candidate wields to cut down the competition and to commit political hari-kari, the defining act of nearly every outsider candidate, from Ross Perot to Christine O'Donnell and Herman Cain.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
01-18-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Ron Paul, Election 2012
Marco Rubio Withdraws Support for PIPAnew
Florida Senator Marco Rubio — who co-sponsored the Senate’s PROTECT IP Act, known as PIPA — wrote today that, having "heard legitimate concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the Internet," he has "decided to withdraw my support for the Protect IP Act."
The American Independent News Network |
Marcos Restrepo |
01-18-2012 |
Policy Issues
Gauchiste's mix of metal and electronics is free to possibilitynew
"I know a lot of metal guys who would hear the Gauchiste and go, 'So, is this a soundtrack? Are these sound effects you guys made?'"
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
01-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gauchiste
The Artist is deserving of the feverish praise it has inspirednew
A French silent film as Oscar's Best Picture of 2011? I'm voting oui.
Georgia Bungled Response to Downtown Homeless Campnew
Governor should focus on addressing barriers that cause homelessness
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chuck Bowen |
01-18-2012 |
Homelessness
Tags: Homelessness, Homeless in Atlanta
Confusion: Steve McQueen is a Deceased Actor, Not an Accomplished Director
Director/co-screenwriter Steve McQueen makes half movies. The sophomore follow up to his over-praised 2008 debut film "Hunger," about Irish Republican Army leader Bobby Sands's prison hunger strike, attempts to disguise its lack of narrative rigor with an unsatisfying minimalist approach.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
01-18-2012 |
Reviews
Not a tent citynew
1961 was a long time ago in Greensboro. The city was still reeling from the 1960 Woolworth’s sit-in that would eventually change history. There was no airport, no mall and lots of unused land.
Things have changed on almost every front. But last week the city of Greensboro issued a letter to business owners citing a forgotten piece of municipal code that dates back to 1961 concerning something that has become commonplace in the ensuing years: tents.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
01-18-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: greensboro tent cities
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close's premise is apposite and affectingnew
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close tackles 9/11, a cinematic third-rail used as the milieu for films both brilliant (United 93) and inept (World Trade Center; Remember Me).
And Newt Gingrich is about to make his last exitnew
In South Carolina, we live for this quadrennial moment in time, the Republican presidential primary. Not since April 12, 1861, have so many eyes been on our little state. And this political event evokes many of the same passions as did the firing on Fort Sumter a century and a half ago.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
01-18-2012 |
Commentary
Forsyth County DA Challenged on Racial Justice Stancenew
The Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity have increased pressure on Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill to disavow a Nov. 14 letter which urges N.C. state legislators to support Senate Bill 9, which critics say amounts to a repeal of the Racial Justice Act.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
01-18-2012 |
Race & Class
Sock! Bam! Pow!new
One girl's journey into the world of kickboxing.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
01-18-2012 |
Sports
Tags: Women's Kickboxing
