AltWeeklies Wire
As the Internet Coupon Industry Explodes, Businesses and Consumers Pay the Pricenew
When Ryan Munday spent $29 on a Dealathons voucher in April to get his oil changed and summer tires put on, it sounded like a good deal. But what he ended up with was a damaged car and three months of grief.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Gina Sutherland |
07-14-2011 |
Economy
Our guide to the Pitchfork Music Festivalnew
In the past few years Pitchfork has started booking a stage at Primavera Sound in Spain and collaborated with All Tomorrow's Parties for a festival in the UK, and this fall it launches a festival in Paris. But Chicago is still the influential online music magazine's home base, and the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival is the seventh large-scale event it's hosted here.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, Bill Meyer and Leor Galil and Mara Shalhoup |
07-14-2011 |
Music
The Gospel Accordion to Buckwheatnew
The Louisiana Zydeco king lays down his burden and picks up the pieces.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Sexuality of Androgynous Singingnew
What is it that makes gender-ambiguous voices so different and appealing?
What’s a Little Hate Among Friends?new
Gov. Rick Perry is promoting a prayer assembly on Aug. 6 at Reliant Stadium in Houston. How commendable! And pious! Just tell Static where to kneel! After all, Perry asked everybody to pray for rain during this summer’s wildfires and, well, you’re not on fire, are you?
Fort Worth Weekly |
Staff |
07-13-2011 |
Religion
Green Monster: The Emerald Ash Borer in Upstate New Yorknew
In one corner of a long, barely lit room, standing in a spot that had been swept clean of the peeled ash bark that littered the rest of the space, Mike Callin, head forester for the Department of Environmental Conservation in Lake Katrine, addressed his team.
Syracuse New Times |
Alex Gecan |
07-13-2011 |
Environment
How Green Is Your Pot?new
A new collective is trying to sell sustainable, organically grown marijuana, but patients are hooked on indoor weed that wastes energy and pollutes the planet.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
07-13-2011 |
Drugs
A Photographer Seeks to Emancipate the Modern Slavenew
For most of Middle America, black men are little more than the images projected from popular media outlets—a tattooed, incarcerated (and unintelligible) Lil Wayne, irresponsible fathers on Maury, and faceless men that fill prison beds at an alarmingly high rate. But for one gay white man, the black man is a source of elegance and beauty and a reminder of our larger cultural history.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Darren White |
07-13-2011 |
Art
The Blogfather: MetaFilter founder Matt Haughey looks to the future.new
Thirty-five miles from Portland is the home of one of Oregon’s hottest tech properties. It’s a long way from the “Silicon Forest” of local startups. It’s an even longer way from those who work in Silicon Valley, their offices bustling with Razor scooters and wunderkinds having mad, Red Bull-fueled coding parties.
Willamette Week |
Ruth Brown |
07-13-2011 |
Tech
And the merry love the fiddlenew
The Swannanoa Gathering has lured its share of legends in its 20 years. The folk-art workshop series, held each summer on the campus of Warren Wilson College, has hosted Mike Seeger, David Holt and Fiona Ritchie, host of NPR’s Thistle & Shamrock.
Mountain Xpress |
Stacy Claude |
07-13-2011 |
Performance
How Will Georgia's New Immigration Law Impact Restaurants?new
"Everyone's scared. We don't want to leave our families here. Everyone's talking about it. We don't know what the law means, we just feel scared. Everyone in the kitchens here, they're all Mexican. What's going to happen if we all have to leave? I don't know."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Besha Rodell |
07-12-2011 |
Immigration
The Bulimic Brainnew
Jacky Duong has been fighting the urge to throw up since she was fourteen, and recent research suggests the battle is largely with her brain.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Gross |
07-12-2011 |
Science
Tags: Eating Disorders, Bulimia
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Bay of Pigsnew
Superior to its predecessor, but by a miniscule percentage.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
07-12-2011 |
Reviews
Horrible Bosses, but Decent Movienew
Despite a few clunkers, the jokes are generally tight, and the five actors, especially Spacey and Farrell, are perfect for their roles...
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
07-12-2011 |
Reviews
Jimmy Thackery Keeps Winging Itnew
Jimmy Thackery is a great modern blues artist. Or at least that's how he's perceived, though he's forever frustrated by the narrowness of that notion. It's just part of his legacy as a founding guitarist for seminal Washington, D.C., bar band the Nighthawks.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
07-12-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jimmy Thackery
