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Phish Storynew
A fight on Shakedown Street leaves one man in stitches and another fearing for his family.
Cynicism and Horror: Tom Six Goes Back to the ATM
“The Human Centipede” is a cinematic provocation in line with banned films such as “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Nekromantik.”
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-29-2011 |
Reviews
Death Metal: Uranium Mining May Start in Oregonnew
Like gold mining, uranium mining falls under the aegis of the 1872 General Mining Law that considers hardrock mining the highest and best use of the public’s land. When it comes to the General Mining Law the issue is usually not whether there will be a mine, but how bad the mine will be.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-29-2011 |
Environment
The Evolution of John McKaynew
How a Republican aristocrat turned into a marijuana activist.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
09-29-2011 |
Drugs
Road to Extraditionnew
Every year in Miami, dozens of murderers, smugglers and rapists flee to their homelands.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
09-29-2011 |
International
The Last Circus' Killer Clowns Represent Something Deepernew
When one of the film's clowns announces, "If I weren't a clown, I'd be a murderer," it becomes clear that we're in for an episode of Clowns Gone Wild with a tinge of political allegory.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Young |
09-29-2011 |
Reviews
Charleston-based Water Missions International Fights Cholera and Corruption in Haitinew
For people living in certain villages and small towns in Haiti, few things are more reassuring than the bitter, gripping taste of chlorine in a glass of water. Indeed, the more their drinking water tastes like a swimming pool, the better.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry and Paul Bowers |
09-29-2011 |
Policy Issues
Blair Crimmins Won't Play Wallpaper Musicnew
Blair Crimmins and his troupe have stayed busy this year playing around the Southeast in support of a new EP titled State Hotel. The single "Old Man Cabbage" is a steamy number with an exotic melody.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
School Closures Make Sensenew
Oakland Unified won't be able to solve its problems until its shutters small schools that it can no longer afford.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-29-2011 |
Education
In his new novel, Nightwoods, Charles Frazier returns to the Appalachians for inspirationnew
Frazier has a natural dramatic instinct, and Nightwoods is a shrewd piece of writing—shrewder still for its I-see-what-you-did-there literary and cultural references.
Peter Calthorpe Takes on Climate Change with His Vision of Urbanismnew
Peter Calthorpe is probably the most respected urban planner in the world, which has led municipalities from California to China to ask for his assistance in creating livable, sustainable cities.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
09-29-2011 |
Environment
Sam Coffman is Luring Folks Back to the Land in the Face of Global Insecuritynew
One definition of survivalism has to do with making it in nature without all of society’s fluff: going primitive.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
09-29-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Substance-less Style Drawn Out in 1970s Flashback Xanadunew
The San Pedro Playhouse’s season opener — a musical evisceration of the 1980 cinematic stinker Xanadu — reveals a few truths.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
09-29-2011 |
Performance
Group Set to Capitalize on Apparitions at Yorktown Hospitalnew
YORKTOWN, Texas — The idea of a haunted hospital conjures up waves of dread — and not just for those still-too-recent memories of Andrew McCarthy’s performance in that Kingdom Hospital mini-series.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
09-29-2011 |
History
In Case This is the Year You Finally Put Those Binoculars to Use ...new
When fall hits, Nature trades in her summer decor for rich, autumnal color.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
09-29-2011 |
Recreation
