AltWeeklies Wire
The Tule Elk Hunt of 2010new
California officials allowed East Bay's tule elk herd to be hunted even though some environmentalist says the number of animals is in decline.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
11-04-2010 |
Environment
London, Axl, and Continued "Patience"new
Mere hours after landing at Heathrow I found myself onstage with a friend that I have been to hell and back with, and lived to tell the tale. Axl Rose and I just happened to be in hotel rooms next to each other. Unexpected? Oh, fuck yes.
Seattle Weekly |
Duff McKagan |
11-04-2010 |
Music
Tags: Guns N' Roses, Axl Rose
Missingnew
Lisa Stone turned to Facebook to reunite with her high school girlfriends; they turned to Facebook to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
Dallas Observer |
Andrea Grimes |
11-04-2010 |
Tech
Tags: Facebook, Lisa Stone
The Pure and Clear Films of Carl Theodor Dreyernew
The filmmaker's demanding, rewarding films visit the Pacific Film Archive.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
11-04-2010 |
Movies
Tags: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Mock Star: Carrie Brownstein is Making Fun of Younew
Don’t get offended, Portland: One of the generation’s most beloved indie rockers is about to ridicule America’s most unassailably indie city.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
11-04-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Testing Her Limitsnew
Harpist/vocalist/pianist Joanna Newsom likes to challenge herself.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-04-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joanna Newsom
The Joys of Zombie Bashing: "Dead Rising 2"new
Storyline? Who cares? It has zombies, bashing, blood and gore.
Boise Weekly |
Michael Lafferty |
11-04-2010 |
Video Games
Tags: Dead Rising 2, Zombies
Simply Put, MoogFest Made for a Scary-Good Halloweennew
This year, Halloween fell on a weekend, and to rephrase Bushwick Bill’s most apt verse, everyone came to Asheville for trick-or-treatin’. MoogFest brought tens of thousands of costumed ravers and revelers to downtown Asheville for a weekend of informed discussion and practical application of Bob Moog’s illustrious legacy.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
11-04-2010 |
Performance
Eastwood's Journey Into the Hereafter, and an Impassioned Howl From the Pastnew
Leave it to Clint Eastwood, one of the great American filmmakers, to upend any and all expectation in his latest film, Hereafter. This thoughtful, contemplative and seriously overlong human drama is a laudable attempt to address questions without answers.
YES! Weekly |
Mark Burger |
11-04-2010 |
Reviews
Guilford Democrats Mobilize Resources and Enthusiasm Against Concerted Republican Effortnew
The tidal wave of Republican anger at government in Washington and Raleigh crashed up against a Democratic beachhead in Guilford County, where superior registration numbers, frantic last-minute campaigning and reserves of enthusiasm denied the GOP the opportunity to pick up seats.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green and Brian Clarey |
11-04-2010 |
Elections
The Misadventures of Ari Mendelsohnnew
This is the first chapter from the picaresque novel by noted author and journalist Lionel Rolfe, which recounts the sexual and political travails of the irascible, blacklisted title character, a reporter still harboring his besieged idealistic belief in humanity's innate goodness and America's dubious potential for good amid a reality of avarice, pragmatism, cynicism, and materialism.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
11-04-2010 |
Excerpts
21st Century Situationists
Framed inaccurately by the press, The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear is best understood as a contemporary extension of the French Situationist movement of the ’60s, a mass inversion of rhetorical logic, meant to break the spectator’s passivity toward the spectacle and turn the obscuring force of mass media back on itself. Using pop cultural references and superficial Internet memes like the double-rainbow guy and “Hide ya kids, hide ya wife...” in the context of a once-powerful political forum was a Dadaist attempt to wipe the slate clean, to rise above the fruitless tit-for-tat schoolyard shouting match to which our political discourse has been reduced by the 24-hour news cycle and corporate spin-doctoring.
Amos Paul Kennedynew
Documentary about Amos Paul Kennedy, who is known for creating provocative letterpress posters that "address the conundrums and outrages of race relations in contemporary America with irreverent humor and verve.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
11-04-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Amos Paul Kennedy
What the GOP Sweep Means for Immigration Reformnew
In hindsight, it seems appropriate that Dia de los Muertos and the mid-term election fell on the same day. The national Republican sweep means that any meaningful effort for immigration reform is probably dead.
The Texas Observer |
Melissa del Bosque |
11-03-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, GOP
Wolf Parade: Barrage from Montrealnew
The Montreal-based Wolf Parade's new collection is a keyboard-driven blend of indie rock, weirdo pop, and art-punk, replete with more than a few dark, mysterious, and nervous moments.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-03-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wolf Parade
