AltWeeklies Wire
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Eggplant?new

New uses for the big purple veggie.
Isthmus |
Terese Allen |
09-01-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Eggplant
Invisible Handjobnew

Did the stimulus package satisfy?
Dig Boston |
Alexandra Kiki Tarkhan |
09-01-2010 |
Economy
The Lack of Wit is a Weeds Killernew

When most of the fun is in the subplots, maybe it's time for the writers to come up with some real breakthrough for Nancy Botwin.
Tags: Weeds
The Wizard of Oddnew

Ecomodder squeezes 20 extra miles per gallon from truck.
Planet Jackson Hole |
Benjamin R. Bombard |
09-01-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Conor Miller
Site Collects Alan Simpson Quotations
StuffAllanSimpsonSays.com went live August 27.
Planet Jackson Hole |
Benjamin R. Bombard |
09-01-2010 |
Politics
D-Day for Democrats?new

Health care reform debate sets backdrop of key South Carolina Congressional races.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
09-01-2010 |
Politics
Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzmennew

Many American Jews, particularly in New York City, caught mambo and cha-cha fever during the 1950's.
East Bay Express |
Lee Hildebrand |
09-01-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Juan Calle
Algonquin Books' 25th edition of New Stories From the Southnew

Are guest editor Amy Hempel and series editor Kathy Pories pointing us to a change in Southern literature?
Tags: Amy Hempel
Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dustynew

Whether it is prurient raps by T.I. on the vamping sex-jam "Tangerine," or emotionally wrought singing by Jamie Foxx on the dramatic "Hustle Blood," or naturally far-out exchanges from George Clinton and Too $hort on the plinking "Fo Yo Sorrows," Big Boi gets plenty of mileage from his guests.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Big Boi
Where the Song Demandsnew

Tim Baker started the band Hey Rosetta! because he had "a pile of songs, no money and no jobs on the horizon."
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-31-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hey Rosetta!
The Facts About Proposition 19new
Proposition 19 will regulate cannabis similar to alcohol. It does not change state law regarding medical cannabis.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
08-31-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Proposition 19
California Cannabis Goes Pro . . . With Baseball Cards?new
California's $14-billion-a-year cannabis economy has created all-star marijuana strains with as much cachet as marquee athletes.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
08-31-2010 |
Drugs
Roll Acosta: The Dawnnew

Jacob (Roll) Acosta is a singer-songwriter and classically trained guitarist who fronts an acoustic folk-pop trio that bears his nickname.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Roll Acosta
Bushwick Bill teeters on the brink of deportationnew

A Southern rap pioneer's resident status is now in the hands of an immigration judge in Atlanta
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
08-31-2010 |
Unclassified
The Washington Post Still Hates and Does Not "Get" The Internetnew

Washington Post reporter Mike Wise was just suspended for a month because he Tweeted out a "fake scoop."
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
08-31-2010 |
Media
Tags: Washington Post, Mike Wise