AltWeeklies Wire
Hiding the Sausagenew
How ALEC, a well-funded right-wing organization, is grinding out state laws.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-16-2011 |
Policy Issues
Attack on the Dreamnew
Though unexploded, Kevin Harpham's backpack bomb sent ripples across Spokane, Wash. Inside the plea deal with the attempted Martin Luther King Day parade bomber.
The Inlander |
Chris Stein |
09-16-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Food Trucks Prohibited, Says Oaklandnew
While cities around the country are embracing mobile food vendors, Oakland still treats most of them as scofflaws.
East Bay Express |
John Birdsall |
09-16-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: food trucks in oakland
Perry the Executionernew
Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
09-16-2011 |
Policy Issues
Ross Kressel Scandal at CofC Mirrored Reality TVnew
While it’s true that student government at the College of Charleston is not usually a televised verbal slugfest, it followed a pattern over the last week that any casual fan of Big Brother or Survivor would recognize — and on Tuesday night, cameras were rolling. In the Senate, as on the island, variations on one phrase kept popping up: "I didn't come here to make friends."
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-15-2011 |
Tech
Twenty Years Later, Julie Dash's Film Daughters of the Dust Continues to Inspirenew
It is 1902, and the Peazant family is celebrating. Black women in white dresses twirl on the white sand, bordered by blue water and blue sky, clapping hands and playing games. They are preparing to pass over to the mainland, and what's past is prologue, says Viola Peazant. The Christian missionary and cousin is returning to her family to mark the occasion, photographer in tow. Meanwhile, Nana, the matriarch, sticks to her home in the woods. She fears what may be lost when her clan migrates north without her.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-15-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Northern Exposurenew
Moondoggies frontman Kevin Murphy recalls the Alaskan exile that drove him to Americana.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
09-15-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Moondoggies, Kevin Murphy
Austin’s Other Music Fest Celebrates its 10th Anniversarynew
After 10 years of Austin City Limits, you should know this by now: Get your tickets early. At press time, there are still a few individual tickets for Sunday, and if you look at the lineup (see ticket info box), you’ll realize the $90 tag is actually a bargain. Too late? Too bad.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas, Ashley Feinberg, Chuck Kerr and and Enrique Lopetegui |
09-15-2011 |
Concerts
Never Mind the Hype: Attack the Block Doesn’t Delivernew
Written and directed by Joe Cornish, who co-created the weirdo British sketch comedy series The Adam and Joe Show in the ’90s, Attack the Block desperately wants to be for sci-fi thrillers what the hilarious 2004 satire Shaun of the Dead was for zombie horror movies.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-15-2011 |
Reviews
It's About Time Somebody Called Out Jim DeMintnew
In 2009, Sen. Jim DeMint released his book Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide Into Socialism. It was the most fatuous piece of political propaganda I have ever seen, and I devoted a week's worth of my precious words exposing DeMint's silly claptrap for what it was.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
09-15-2011 |
Commentary
McPhee Exposes Nature’s Human Interfacenew
Of the many photography shows in Fotoseptiembre this year, one of the most compelling is Laura McPhee’s “River of No Return” on view at Southwest School of Art.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
09-15-2011 |
Art
Child's Play with Jim Coheenew
With The Swan, the 67-year-old debut novelist writes from the perspective of a child.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
09-15-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Waiting for Daybreaknew
Memorial task force chairperson wants all members to comply with the Sunshine Law.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
09-15-2011 |
Policy Issues
Status Update: Firednew
A schoolteacher loses his job for pushing boundaries, both online and in real life.
Bodypainting Champions Banned From Facebooknew
Scott Fray and Madelyn Greco won the World Bodypainting Festival in Austria — and then got bounced by Facebook.
YES! Weekly |
Ogi Overman |
09-15-2011 |
Culture
