AltWeeklies Wire
Hitting the restart buttonnew

Downtown Library re-opening re-energizes Palo Alto's branch system
Palo Alto Weekly |
Jocelyn Dong |
07-08-2011 |
Education
The Right Snuffnew

Who is Artly Snuff, and why does he matter?
Austin Chronicle |
Margaret Moser |
07-08-2011 |
Performance
The Lessons to be Learned From the Casey Anthony Verdictnew

The banality of our lives.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
07-07-2011 |
Commentary
The Surreal Councilnew
In the fight over police, some Oakland politicians do an about-face.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
07-07-2011 |
Policy Issues
How I Walked 500 Miles and Got My Soul Cleansednew

Right now, I could murder that little old lady in the confessional.
Charleston City Paper |
Jon Santiago |
07-07-2011 |
Religion
Tags: Spain, Pilgrimage
YACHT: Shangri-Lanew

YACHT's latest is more pop, and more of a party album, than 2009's See Mystery Lights, which was a bit more avant, a bit puckish.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
07-07-2011 |
Reviews
Managed Mayhemnew

Godsmack's Sully Erna looks at life from both sides.
Colorado Springs Independent |
L. Kent Wolgamott |
07-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Godsmack, Sully Erna
Neighborhood Watch Dogsnew
Boris, a male pit bull, and Winston, an old yellow Labrador, serve as companions on neighborhood watch.
Tags: Pit Bulls
The Bronzed Chorus Find a Spark in Old Technew

The entire affair is astoundingly rhythmic and controlled, with bursts of languorous low-end fuzz complimenting Allen’s breakneck tempos, but it’s not the cold, oblique listening experience that has come to signify chip music.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
07-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Feathers: Hair Cool or Hair Cruel?new

Much to the roosters’ dismay, this feathery trend doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
Eugene Weekly |
Staff |
07-07-2011 |
Fashion
Our HAUSnew

Houston gets its first co-op — decades after other cities took the plunge.
Houston Press |
Mandy Oaklander |
07-07-2011 |
Housing & Development
Endpapers: Summer Readingnew

What’s new? Supergods, a Swedish whodunit, and a shocking good time.
The Memphis Flyer |
Flyer Staff |
07-07-2011 |
Books
Food trucks have taken over Nashville — but there are still bumps in the roadnew

The Nashville food truck craze shows no sign of slowing, with new models either rolling out of the garage or getting fitted with stoves seemingly every other day.
Nashville Scene |
Steve Haruch |
07-07-2011 |
Food+Drink
Great White Hopenew

Canadian rapper Classified makes a run for the border.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
07-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tim Pawlenty Makes His Case for Unlimited Governmentnew
The former Minnesota governor is a liberal.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
07-07-2011 |
Commentary