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Cubana Lust in Atlanta's Havana Clubnew
The kitsch is mega-thick at Buckhead's cultured digs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
J. Winter |
04-20-2011 |
Recreation
Mayday Parade Asserts a New Sense of Independencenew
Florida band Mayday Parade's current tour kicks off in Charleston and heads to the massive Bamboozle Festival in N.J. The mini-tour celebrates the release of their new EP Valdosta, a mostly acoustic, six-song collection.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
04-20-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mayday Parade, Valdosta
U.S. Opinion Leaders Emphasize Importance of Tar Sands Reviewnew
Premier Ed Stelmach is incensed that Barack Obama won't swallow his pro-oil industry and anti-environment rhetoric when it comes to Aberta's tar sands.
VUE Weekly |
Ricardo Acuna |
04-20-2011 |
Environment
Cuyahoga County's Fight Over Document Fees Yields a Dubious Alliancenew
Five years before Cuyahoga County Recorder Pat O'Malley resigned in May 2008, he quietly closed a deal that garnered little interest at the time. It was a pact with Data Trace, a California company that specializes in snapping up title and tax documents, then customizing and re-selling the information.
Cleveland Scene |
Anastasia Pantsios |
04-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
Comedy Central's 'Workaholics' Doesn't Worknew
Basically, they're the kind of guys most of us wish would just hurry up and go extinct.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
04-20-2011 |
Reviews
Is Good Radio Winning?new
I got into commercial radio in late 2002. I was the last generation of radio people that could walk in the door, get a job from the ground up, and learn every department. Then the world changed, and we as an industry were not ready for it. More so, we didn't accept it.
Charleston City Paper |
Joel Frank |
04-20-2011 |
Media
Tags: commercial radio, radio industry
Texas Still Executes Mentally Retarded Criminals ... For Nownew
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ban, Texas has continued to send mentally retarded criminals to death row. Will Daniel Plata's case correct this injustice?
The Texas Observer |
Renée Feltz |
04-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Yelle: 'Safari Disco Club'new
Unless you're fluent in French, you'll miss the details of Yelle's lyrics -- but the nature of this Gallic dance-pop trio's second album is obvious: pure fun.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-19-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Safari Disco Club, Yelle
Cloud Nothings' Dylan Baldi is Defiantly Self-Sufficientnew
The 20-year-old Clevelander behind the precocious power-pop outfit writes alone, plays all the instruments and, up until this year's self-titled full-length, out on Carpark, does his own producing.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
04-19-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cloud Nothings, Dylan Baldi
South Carolina Redistricting Will Marginalize African-Americansnew
One of the running themes of the 2010 Census is that African Americans are moving back to the South, and while conventional wisdom would suggest that things are improving for minorities in the old Confederacy, the realities in South Carolina and the City of Charleston tell a different story.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-19-2011 |
Policy Issues
Texas Right-to-Life Groups are Pushing Policies That May Lead to More Abortionsnew
In their lust to defund Planned Parenthood, Texas right-to-life groups and conservative lawmakers are pushing policies that -- in an ironic twist -- could lead to more abortions.
The Texas Observer |
Alexa Garcia-Ditta |
04-19-2011 |
The War on Women
Loco for Locavore: 9 Ways to Taste the Food of the Futurenew
In a world where big brand mayo companies are pushing their locavore roots, we've got to cut through the noise. To help you freshen up your locavore diet we're feeding you nine freshly-picked ideas that source no further than 100 miles from your front door and grow as close 10 feet from your back steps.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
04-19-2011 |
Food+Drink
Long Island Serial Killer: Beach Bodiesnew
There will be a few things different about beach season on Long Island this year. The Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular, canceled due to budget concerns, will return this summer, and cadaver dogs will be walking along the bay, as digital police signs ask visitors for information on the potential 10 bodies found decomposing on what is now a 15-mile-long crime scene.
Long Island Press |
Jaclyn Gallucci |
04-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Connie Scott: The Sheepish Revolutionarynew
A Tea Party freshman grapples with the bitter realities of governing in Austin.
The Texas Observer |
Daniel Setiawan |
04-19-2011 |
Politics
Filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern Review the First Part of Their Legacynew
Although their films have predominantly, and famously, dealt with pressing social issues and human drama, Stern and Sundberg do not necessarily see themselves as "issue-oriented" filmmakers.
