AltWeeklies Wire
Avett Brothers Proud to be Principled Folknew

Ex-Country punks search for balance amidst fame.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
07-22-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Avett Brothers
My Buddy, The Spynew

I didn't know Misha was a Russian agent. I just knew he wanted my apartment.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Grueter |
07-22-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Mikhail Semenko
Biomass: Is Its Bite Worth the Bark?new

It seems the word “biomass” is synonymous with burning trees in a plant, but the term is much broader than that. Biomass energy can come from more sources than just burning wood.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
07-22-2010 |
Environment
Work, Play and No Paynew

Meet Calgary Folk Music Festival’s volunteer army.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Elizabeth Chorney-Booth |
07-22-2010 |
Concerts
It Bitesnew

The retreat of State Farm from the Florida insurance pool leaves some dog owners scrambling to find insurance.
Orlando Weekly |
Erin Sullivan |
07-22-2010 |
Animal Issues
Tags: Pit Bulls
Heading to the Wine Marketnew

France illustrates two different ways of selling wine.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Kevin McLean |
07-22-2010 |
Food+Drink
Does Ohio Need an SOB as Governor?new

John Kasich is promising that if elected, he’ll make so many enemies trying to save the state from ruin that a second term might be out of the question.
The Other Paper |
By Lyndsey Teter |
07-22-2010 |
Politics
Growing Painsnew

An Oregon ballot measure is tearing a rift in the marijuana reform movement.
The Portland Mercury |
Stefan Kamph |
07-22-2010 |
Drugs
Basking In Basquiatnew

'The Radiant Child' is a glowing tribute to the late artist.
New York Press |
Dale W. Eisinger |
07-22-2010 |
Reviews
CNN Solves One 'Credibility' Problem and Creates Anothernew

If expressing an opinion destroyed Nasr's credibility, then why wouldn't policy advocacy also destroy Blitzer's?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
07-22-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: CNN, Octavia Nasr
Family Mattersnew

The Ozarks come off as another universe altogether in Winter's Bone, a momentous achievement for director Debra Granik, and a showcase for the talents of relative newcomer Jennifer Lawrence and character actor John Hawkes Lawrence plays Ree Dolly, a 17-year-old living in a rundown cabin in the woods...
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-21-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Winter's Bone
Protofascism Comes to America
Racism is only one facet of a far more sinister political strain. It's more accurate to categorize the Tea Party as something the United States has never seen before, certainly not in such large numbers or as widespread: a protofascist movement.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-21-2010 |
Commentary
Ahead of Its Timenew

There is something new to dissect and digest in almost every scene of Christopher Nolan's Inception, a film made with so much bravura that it's hard to dismiss any part of it A near-perfect heist movie, a near-perfect sci-fi movie and a near-perfect film noir, Inception is the work of an absolute clinician in total control...
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
07-21-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Inception
Half-Time in Hollywoodnew

If the Oscars were a game of golf, Hollywood would be stuck in a sand trap on the ninth hole.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-21-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Winter's Bone
Alvin Greene Staffs Up, Gives First Speechnew

Alvin Greene surrounds himself with new political advisers including a Harvard-educated attorney specializing in intellectual property law and gives his first public speech at a local NAACP meeting.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
07-21-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Alvin Greene, South Carolina