AltWeeklies Wire
Sheheen: Who Do You Trust?new

Gubernatorial candidate questions Haley's ability to lead as questions grow about her delinquent tax filings, revelations of misleading employment history and insider contracts.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
10-14-2010 |
Policy Issues
Junk Joint Serenadenew

After all these years, Social Distortion main man Mike Ness still manages to clean up pretty good.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
10-14-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Social Distortion
Barack Obama: Twisting Words in the Wind on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'new

President Obama covered a lot of ground on gay and lesbian rights in the middle of the four o'clock hour on Thursday. In the end, he wound up saying one thing and doing another.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
10-14-2010 |
LGBT
Tags: Barack Obama, DADT
Maple Stave Speaks With Its Musicnew

As a band, they're better than ever before on their new LP1. As analysts of their own music, they still struggle.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
10-14-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maple Stave
Man With a Plannew

To save community centers, Eric Phillips needs to sell Council on staff and salary reductions -- and himself.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
10-14-2010 |
Policy Issues
Bilal: Airtight's Revengenew

Phily soul singer Bilal Sayeed Oliver is widely regarded by jazz musicians as the best young male vocalist in the world.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-14-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Jill Scott, Bilal
Chained to the Mast With Jim Nisbetnew

The local noir novelist is a cult favorite in Europe.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
10-14-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jim Nisbet
Bram Stoker Descendent Pens a Bloody, Sexy Sequelnew

Dacre Stoker did not get the writing gene from his great-granduncle, Dracula author Bram Stoker. And he'll be the first to admit it.
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson |
10-14-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Duncan Storm
Prop 21 Seeks to Aid California Parks in Perilnew
But is taxing motor vehicles the right solution to an obvious problem?
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
10-14-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Elections 2010, Proposition 21
The Ironies and Energy of La Excelencia's Hard Salsanew

Powered by old-fashioned methods and ideals, La Excelencia has attracted the label "steam salsa" from one critic—they're taking an obsolete power source and retrofitting it for the modern age.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
10-14-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: La Excelencia
Thrash Pickupnew

Warning! One of the members of Spellcaster or Evil Survives may steal your indie-rock girlfriend.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-14-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spellcaster
The Regents' Clubnew

Conflicts of interest and high-risk investing on the University of California's Board of Regents are nothing new, but they may be getting worse. And it all leaves students paying the bill.
Sacramento News & Review |
Peter Byrne |
10-14-2010 |
Education
Ideas, Pleasenew

The director of 'An Inconvenient Truth' tackles the topic of the broken public-education system.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
10-14-2010 |
Reviews
Will Folks Releases Affidavit Detailing Alleged Nikki Haley Affairnew

In an affidavit released this afternoon by FITSNews' Will Folks, the controversial blogger and one-time spokesman for Gov. Mark Sanford provides new details about his claims that he had an "inappropriate physical relationship" with GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-14-2010 |
Politics
Mental Mentornew

Thanks to Zach Galifianakis, this film's kind of a funny story.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-14-2010 |
Reviews