AltWeeklies Wire
Takeover Charleston Turns Onenew
Takeover Charleston, the popular roaming happy hour event, is turning one.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-15-2011 |
LGBT
Is it Time to End the Tax Breaks for Active and Retire Military Members?new
From 2008 to 2010, exchanges at Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base and the U.S. Air Force Academy sold nearly $600 million worth of goods to active-duty and retired military families, with most of those sales not subject to local and state sales taxes. Nor did the exchanges, run by a branch of the military called the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), pay any local property tax, personal property tax or income tax.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
04-15-2011 |
War
Print vs. Pixels: Should Green-Minded Readers Switch to E-Books?new
I love books. I still have the paperback of Wuthering Heights I bought in 1978 for 95 cents, though I can access its complete text on my iPhone. I remember the sights and smells of all my favorite bookstores and libraries, from Burlington to Boston to Berkeley to Paris. So, why am I considering buying an e-reader?
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
04-15-2011 |
Books
Charleston Pride is Back with Prom Night Fundraisernew
Lots to update you on this week in the gay community. First, Charleston Pride is back with three days of events leading up to the May 14 pride parade, rally, and after party.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-15-2011 |
LGBT
Tags: Gay Charleston, Charleston Pride
Roger Miret & the Disasters Keep Punk Alivenew
"The secret to our legacy and longevity is that we're real and genuine and people want to be a part of something real," says the Phoenix-based singer. "Being honest will get you a long ways."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
04-15-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Historic Tucson Building Sits at the Center of a Rent Disputenew
"I could go quietly, but I'm conflicted, because I think we've been doing great things here."
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
04-15-2011 |
Housing & Development
Senate Leader Agrees to Lindsey Graham's Hostage Demandsnew
From an early age, we were taught not to give in to the demands of hostage takers. But that, apparently, is not how it works in the U.S. Senate.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-15-2011 |
Policy Issues
The Decemberists Heat Upnew
A No. 1 record takes America's indie-folk heroes to the next level.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-15-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Double Drain: Program Pays Cops Pensions While Still on the Forcenew
Under a city program called DROP, San Francisco cops receive salary and pension at same time, sometimes earning up to $400,000 a year. Should they?
SF Weekly |
Joe Eskenazi |
04-15-2011 |
Policy Issues
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Combine Ambition and Consistency on New Albumnew
Imagine if angst hadn't blanketed the alternative music of the late 1980s and 1990s -- and a bright earnestness had been the core impulse instead. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart exist at the heart of that alternate reality.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
04-15-2011 |
Reviews
The Greatest? If You Don't Say Weezy Then Just Don't Say It at Allnew
5,000-plus hip-hop purists, cool dads and their preteen chaperonage, scantily-clad party girls and stone-faced Gs in the Coliseum crowd.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
04-14-2011 |
Reviews
New Music Raleigh's Classical Crossover in a Rock Clubnew
New Music Raleigh recruited Shara Worden for Penelope in large part because the piece, like the group itself, blurs the lines between classical and rock music.
Emeline Michel's Rich Haitian Fusionnew
The nickname Queen of Haitian Song doesn't sit well with Emeline Michel: "I said, 'OK, if I'm a queen, I'm a queen of the heart. I want to have the biggest heart ever to share with everybody, and give that wherever I go to my music."
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
04-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Emeline Michel
Mount Moriah's Leaders Get Personal About Their Exquisite, Intimate Debutnew
Heather McEntire and Jenks Miller explain the voyages and stories of their self-titled debut LP during an extended conversation about the evolution of Mount Moriah and its songs.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
04-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mount Moriah
Five Words with Drivin' n' Cryin'new
Kevn Kinney talks apostrophes, a hit, The American Dream, vocal surgery and "rust (or mold) never sleeps"
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
04-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kevn Kinney, Drivin' n' Cryin'
