AltWeeklies Wire
Sweet Sciencenew

It takes just a few minutes to learn how much you don't know about beer.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
10-01-2010 |
Food+Drink
Knock, Knock. Who's there? The FBInew

A Durham man is targeted by the feds as part of widespread raids in the U.S.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-01-2010 |
Civil Liberties
Black EL x Durkin: Color Commentarynew
If you have yet to hear Black EL x Durkin's first project, you've probably never read a hip-hop blog.
Boston Phoenix |
Erin Baldassari |
10-01-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Black EL X Durkin
Head Casenew

Experts say ex-football players with head injuries often end up in the criminal justice system. Former USC lineman Chris Brymer is exhibit A.
Farm Aid’s Changing Crusadenew

The benefit concert celebrates its 25th anniversary in Milwaukee.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
10-01-2010 |
Music
Tags: Farm Aid
Government Plane Circling Bay Area Pot Farmsnew
East Bay residents complain of regular overflights from plane that apparently works for feds.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-01-2010 |
Drugs
Write-In Candidate Spices Up S.C. Senate Racenew

Promising to "bring home the bacon," celebrity chef and Charleston resident Nathalie Dupree has thrown her chef's hat into the ring for U.S. Senate.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
10-01-2010 |
Politics
The Social Network and the "F" Wordnew

The billionaire geek who invented Facebook (The Social Network) meets the juvie outcasts of the living dead (Let Me In).
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
10-01-2010 |
Reviews
Former Immigration Official Sentenced to Prisonnew
Bedri Kulla, a former immigration services official, tried to woo a 23-year-old undocumented immigrant from El Salvador. And when she ignored his advances, he attempted to have her deported.
Now he is going to jail.
INDY Week |
Rebekah L. Cowell |
10-01-2010 |
Immigration
Friends with Benefitsnew
When you can't dress, eat, or go to the bathroom on your own, privacy takes a back seat to trust.
Boston Phoenix |
Eugenia Williamson |
10-01-2010 |
Commentary
Lost in the Trees: All Alone in an Empty Housenew

The sweeping 'All Alone in an Empty House,' by Chapel Hill's Lost in the Trees, is one of the year's most pleasant surprises.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
10-01-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Lost in the Trees
Alien Jane: Evolvenew

When the women-led Tucson band Alien Jane blends alternative, grunge, punk and proto-metal in the ol' concrete mixer, the back-to-basics rock sound it produces is aggressive but catchy.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-01-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alien Jane
Discourteous Discoursenew

The social networking approach to film criticism is not about democracy.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-01-2010 |
Movies
Tags: Armond White, Rotten Tomatoes
Palpable Funnew

Indie collective Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros rise 'Up From Below.'
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
09-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The New American Pessimism

Americans have lost faith in "their" government's willingness or ability to address their needs and concerns. But Americans' pessimism is deeper and broader than I thought. And their rage is burning white hot.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
09-30-2010 |
Commentary