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Borders and Bridgesnew
Peter Laufer makes the case that the border wall is too much like the Berlin Wall.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
10-17-2011 |
Nonfiction
Pimpadelic ... Seriouslynew

Like last night's Whataburger, Pimpadelic is back, though the band never really went away, only changed styles. Based on Drink! Drugs! Sex!, the Fort Worth quartet's 650th album, the style du jour is Motley Crue and Hank III.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
10-17-2011 |
Reviews
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Primus of their livesnew

With its first album in a decade, Les Claypool's group is in fine form.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
10-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pink Floyd: The Final Cutnew

You may have read music/screens editor Enrique Lopetegui's eloquent gushing on the veritably lyric-less, meandering interlude that is The Dark Side of the Moon.
San Antonio Current |
Steven Gilmore |
10-14-2011 |
Reviews
Footloose remake gives us something old and something newnew

Director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan) places his affinity for Southern settings front and center by transplanting the original film's Utah setting to a burg in Georgia.
An Open Letter To President Obamanew

Two years ago, you said your administration would not go after dispensaries in states where marijuana is legal for medicinal use. But last Friday, your U.S. Department of Justice attorneys reversed course in California.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jeff von Kaenel |
10-14-2011 |
Commentary
The View From Venusnew

Jacque Fresco designed a society without politics, poverty and war. Will it ever leave the drawing board?
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Gore |
10-14-2011 |
Economy
A talk with investigative journalist Arnold Mann about mold, environmental illness, and MCSnew

I was struck when I opened this book for the first time by how much San Antonio is in it. You really got into this story [of environmental illness] with this group of employees from the Southwest Airlines ticketing center.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-14-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Songstress Choffel Heading Eastnew

The national promise. It’s something entertainment journalists with local/regional beats get caught up in sometimes, wanting to see a deserving local act take off, making a name for themselves and their community.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
10-14-2011 |
Music
Payette County Natural Gas Company Faces Uncertain Futurenew

Drilling into the company that hopes to bring the natural gas industry to Idaho.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
10-14-2011 |
Features
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Children's Toxics Study Recruiting San Antonio Babiesnew
"We really don't know much about the environmental exposures that children have and how those may contribute to environmental diseases," said Dr. Donald Dudley, vice chair for research in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-14-2011 |
Children & Families
The Land of Abstinence and Unicornsnew

Lizz Winstead stands up for Planned Parenthood.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-14-2011 |
The War on Women
Mystery at Topaz Substationnew

A family is forced out of their home due to stray voltage emanating from a neighboring electrical facility.
Easy Reader |
Mark McDermott |
10-14-2011 |
Features
Jim Hood Makes His Marknew

Mississippi's attorney general, the only Democrat holding a state office, fights for re-election.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
10-14-2011 |
Elections