AltWeeklies Wire
With doomsday fast approaching, here are the films you can take refuge in this yearnew
According to analysts from BTIG, a strategic research company that predicts trends including those in the entertainment industry, movie attendance is headed for a significant decline in 2012.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
01-12-2012 |
Movies
Do S.C. Primary Voters Want Ronald Reagan or Establishment Choice?new
Reagan. Ronald Reagan. Say that enough and you could be president.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
01-12-2012 |
Elections
iPhone Hellnew
Five years after the iPhone, are we any better off?
NOW Magazine |
Joshua Errett |
01-12-2012 |
Tech
WTF is WTP?new
The checkered history of Colorado's chameleonic advocacy group.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-12-2012 |
Politics
The question remains: 'Are you shaved?'new
HuffPo is wrong: It's not a passe question, it's an eternal one.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Melysa Martinez |
01-12-2012 |
Sex
Bond of Brothersnew
A first-person account of how schizophrenia has defined our relationship, for good and bad.
Chico News & Review |
Ken Smith |
01-12-2012 |
Health
Problem of Proportionnew
Minorities dominate prison populations, nationally and in Colorado.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Debbie Kelley |
01-12-2012 |
Race & Class
Tags: Minorities in Prison
Roman Polanski's 'Carnage' more torture chamber than chamber piecenew
With a title like Carnage, even if the weapon of choice is words one might expect to see some type of intellectual bloodbath.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
01-11-2012 |
Reviews
Laurent Dubois discusses Haiti: The Aftershocks of Historynew
"A lot of what we see today is the result of recent history, the last 30, 40 years. It's not a kind of inexorable story that is how it had to happen from 1804. In the 19th century, Haiti was quite economically successful."
INDY Week |
Jay O'Berski |
01-11-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Haiti, Laurent Dubois
Monoslangnew
With the addition of vocalist Lesley Pond, Raleigh's Monoslang slides from pop-structured post-rock into trip-hop territory.
Tags: Monoslang
Jerry Brown's Plan Threatens Climate Change Goalsnew
The elimination of redevelopment could derail smart growth and encourage suburban sprawl.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
01-11-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Jerry Brown, climate change
Political Boundariy Fight May Delay Texas Primary Electionnew
With the high-profile Texas redistricting case hitting the U.S. Supreme Court this week, there are still no legally approved maps to guide the state's April 3 primary, which continues to edge closer.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
01-11-2012 |
Elections
Tags: Elections, 2012 texas primary
Common: The Dreamer, The Believernew
Common has always walked a tightrope. His "I Used to Love H.E.R." is a love song (a rap rarity in '94) that charted his love's spiritual and moral decline (his betrothed being the genre, not a woman).
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
01-11-2012 |
Reviews
Wojciechowski's The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentuckynew
Although the full title occasions three objections all by itself, Gene Wojciechowski's book is nevertheless essential reading for anyone interested in college basketball—and especially, in these environs, for local sports lovers.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
01-11-2012 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Gene Wojciechowski
Guided By Voices: Let’s Go Eat the Factorynew
2011 was a tough year for alt-rock nostalgics: R.E.M.'s break-up, Sonic Youth's expected split, even Pavement's reunion tour turned bittersweet on news that there would be no formal reunion or forthcoming release.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
01-11-2012 |
Reviews
