AltWeeklies Wire
The Cajun David Vitternew
Meet Jeff Landry, the ambitious, Tea Party-backed U.S. Representative from Acadiana.
Holy Snoozer, Batman!new
It appears Bobby Jindal will win re-election without a fight — or anything else interesting
Bad Callnew
Coaches say a Salt Lake City high school ignored racism complaints.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Eric S. Peterson |
09-06-2011 |
Race & Class
Fight the Powerlessness - Boycott the Democrats
Many progressives are angry. They want to send Obama and his fellow phony Democrats a message next November. But they don't know how to counter the central argument of the two-party trap.
Soderbergh Gets Sick: Pandemic Isn’t Catching
"Contagion's" PG-13 rating predicts the film's less than horrific nature (following an overpromising opening sequence).
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-06-2011 |
Reviews
Heather Hardy: Get Out of the Roadnew
To say Heather Hardy is to the electric violin as Jimi Hendrix is to the guitar may be a bit of a stretch ... but not by much. The variety of sounds she can coax from her instrument is amazing, and not surprisingly, she uses the violin to lead, support and drive her third release.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
09-06-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: heather hardy
The Unkindest Cutnew
A Nashville company fires a recently paralyzed teenage employee, cutting off her medical coverage — and raising doubts about health care reform.
Nashville Scene |
Jonathan Meador |
09-06-2011 |
Business & Labor
Disco Demolition Knights draw from the gritty sidenew
Charleston rock trio Disco Demolition Knights formed last fall. Brian "BG" Graham, Bob Hylton, and Brooks DuBose had a heavy-duty style in mind.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-05-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Price of Intolerancenew
Racial tensions on Chicago's south side had been simmering for years when, on September 1, 1971, the animosity boiled over—forever altering the lives of two men.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
09-02-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: Duffie Clark, Sam Navarro
The Florida Times-Union’s Very Bad Daynew
The Florida Times-Union’s announcement that it was going to shed another 9.5 percent of its already anemic workforce was met, not surprisingly, with shock and disappointment. Employees, who’ve watched as dozens of high-profile, high-powered colleagues have jumped ship in recent months, reacted with slack-jawed horror as the ax fell on the diminished newsroom.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
09-02-2011 |
Media
Hell Holenew
Why did Arizona prison officials put a mentally ill man in a cell with a convicted killer?
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
09-02-2011 |
Crime & Justice
TKO: The 21st Century Gets its “Rocky”
Magnificent. The 21st century version of "Rocky" and "Raging Bull" rolled into one, "Warrior" is as solid as Tom Hardy's tensed ab muscles.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-02-2011 |
Reviews
Profiting From 9/11: The Winnersnew
For some people, the terrorist attacks have been a gold mine.
The Village Voice |
Graham Rayman |
09-02-2011 |
Policy Issues
Twin Sister: In Heavennew
In the dry heat of a desert summer, nothing sounds livelier, more effervescent, more eardrum-quenching than Twin Sister's debut full-length, In Heaven. A Brooklyn (by way of Long Island) chillwave quintet praised by all the right online tastemakers (i.e., Pitchfork), Twin Sister is led by adorable, chirpy-voiced Andrea Estella, who takes a few cues from disco-dazzled, Parallel Lines-era Blondie and is clearly having too much fun presenting dance-pop gems like orbit-inducing "Space Babe."
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-02-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Twin Sister
Marcus Books Is Making a Comebacknew
After being a victim of a Ponzi scheme, the nation's oldest African-American bookstore is recovering from its financial woes. But can it cope with black flight from Oakland?
East Bay Express |
Holly McDede |
09-01-2011 |
Business & Labor
