AltWeeklies Wire
The Fresh & Onlys' Different Rocknew
The difference between surfaces and what's below them is a theme that runs through The Fresh & Onlys' music, a bright amalgam of garage, folk and psych. There's something idiosyncratic, however, in their meld of rock history and of-the-moment vision.
INDY Week |
Marc Masters |
11-03-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Fresh & Onlys
Not Quite Geniusnew
'Megamind' offers a few laughs, but the film feels sloppy and rushed.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
11-03-2010 |
Reviews
The Walkmen: Lisbonnew
Aside from the uneven A Hundred Miles Off and the one-off lark of Pussy Cats, the Walkmen have quietly released nearly a decade's worth of excellent music, equal parts truculent and frangible.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
11-03-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Walkmen
Not a Pretty Sightnew
The deplorable Saw franchise is back--now in uninspiring 3-D!
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-03-2010 |
Reviews
South Carolina Election Results and Analysisnew
If you were expecting to wake up this morning with Alvin Greene as your U.S. Senator, put down the bong and get ready for disappointment.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
11-03-2010 |
Elections
Ultra Lightening the Loadnew
You only think you need all that heavy gear for overnight camping. What if you could lighten your hike-in pack load by 20 pounds? You can, you just don't know it yet.
Boise Weekly |
Steve Silva |
11-03-2010 |
Recreation
Blinders On, Immigrants Outnew
Georgia lawmakers' revive their anti-immigrant obsession.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
CL Editorial Board |
11-03-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Katy Stephan Goes Smallnew
Local cabaret singer recasts herself by writing a song a week.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-03-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Katy Stephan
Allen Ginsberg Rocks the Literary World in Howlnew
This is not the soup-to-nuts version of Ginsberg's life but instead a tone poem of what Ginsberg meant to the age he lived in — and to successive ages.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
11-03-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Howl
A Couch Potato's Guide to Novembernew
Your TV guide for November sweeps.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
11-03-2010 |
TV
Tags: TeeVee
How Canvassers Get Your Moneynew
They've got a pitch, and a strategy that would make a football coach proud.
East Bay Express |
Matthew Green |
11-03-2010 |
Politics
The Snuggie Goes Dumbienew
Local rap video wows the infomercial blankie company.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-03-2010 |
Performance
Birds & Batteries: Panoramanew
Mike Sempert has one of those chalky, quavery, drawling, nasal, rough-hewn voices that we so often associate with modern rock.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-03-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Birds & Batteries
Howlnew
In the end, this movie is interesting, but it commits the original sin of cinema.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
11-03-2010 |
Reviews
The Obama Postmortem
Barack Obama may well be reelected in 2012. Considering that the current GOP frontrunners are Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney, the odds favor him. But the Obama experiment is effectively dead. There will be no change, and so there is no hope.
