AltWeeklies Wire
Fiennes Does Shakespeare: Revenge Takes its Bloody Toll

Confucius: "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
11-28-2011 |
Reviews
Money, Politics and Sludgenew

How a $1.3 billion proposal to privatize Nassau County's sewage system could flush the county's future down the drain.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski |
11-28-2011 |
Business & Labor
Need a Gift Idea? There's an App for Thatnew

Er, rather, why not gift an app or two for the holidays?
East Bay Express |
Will Butler |
11-28-2011 |
Tech
The Citadel's Shamenew

The Citadel has tarnished its reputation by failing to act in response to sexual abuse allegations.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
11-28-2011 |
Crime & Justice
No Permit, No Problemnew

Though tents are no longer welcome downtown, Occupy Colorado Springs plans to stick around.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
11-28-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Colorado Springs
Occupy: A Tale of Two Mayorsnew
Jean Quan was vilified for not raiding Occupy Oakland sooner, while Ed Lee escaped criticism for allowing Occupy San Francisco to remain.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
11-28-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Occupy Gets Its Own Medical-Marijuana Strainnew

One of the few dispensaries left in San Diego is offering Occupy OG.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
11-28-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Drake: Take Carenew

Drake raps in a pinched, syrupy drawl, but his music strongly resembles the electronica infiltrating out of Ontario, his home province.
East Bay Express |
M.T. Richards |
11-28-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Drake
A Conversation With Hank Shawnew

Plus a discussion on the shifting demographics of the "largely male, rural, agrarian, white and conservative" hunting community.
Boise Weekly |
Randy King |
11-28-2011 |
Food+Drink
Epics, Artists, and Revolutionariesnew

Ten of the best books of 2011.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-28-2011 |
Books
Tags: Best books of 2011
Rob Halford Hammering Away on Well-Tempered Metal
With screaming twin lead guitars, jackhammer rhythm, songs glorifying reckless badassedness and a four-octave-range frontman clad in more leather than Ron Burgundy’s book collection, Judas Priest have been objects of profane idolatry for nearly four decades.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Love Songs for Game Boysnew

"Chip music" might sound like a novelty, but The Glowing Stars treat it as a craft and an artform.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Glowing Stars
Trails and Ways and the End of the Worldnew

The Oakland pop quartet is simultaneously temporal and forward-thinking.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Apple Rocks, Againnew

The tablet wars heat up as holiday gadgetry gets more mobile than ever.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
11-28-2011 |
Tech
Can Mark Gottfried Move N.C. State Beyond Third-Wheel Status?new

The essential ingredients missing in and around the Wolfpack program the last several seasons were a sense of stability and authority.
Tags: Mark Gottfried, N.C. State