AltWeeklies Wire
Misconceptions Abound: Vampire Weekend's 'Contra'new
There are two rampant misconceptions about Vampire Weekend. One is that the group's music is Afro-pop, or has pretentions to be Afro-pop. The second is that it sucks. Neither is true.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
01-26-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Contra, Vampire Weekend
Will Dondria Have to Check Her Personality at the Door?new
What started with a $15 webcam and the simple idea to post YouTube vids of herself singing a cappella R&B covers turned into an Internet phenomenon after her rendition of Ciara's Promise garnered more than 1 million hits. That's when Jermaine Dupri came calling.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
01-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Internationals Give Virtue to Former Vicesnew
Jody Abernathy and Mark Mundy have been making music together since they were 14, more than two decades now. But they consider their latest work, featuring their new combo the Internationals, to be their greatest.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
01-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Two Atlanta Acts Hone Their Sound From the Outside Looking Innew
The Selmanaires' singer, guitarist and mini-Korg knob twiddler Herb Harris doesn't mince words as he shrugs his shoulders and exhales when asked about the divisive electronic sound of the Selmanaires' third, self-released CD Tempo Temporal.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Selmanaires, Tempo Temporal
'The Providence Effect' Stands, Doesn’t Delivernew
Thanks to films like Dangerous Minds and Stand and Deliver, the "inspirational teacher" movie genre has become one of Hollywood's most predictable formulas. The Providence Effect proves that educational documentaries can succumb to clichés just as easily.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-26-2010 |
Reviews
'Hideous Men' Transcribes Interviews With Jerksnew
John Krasinski’s adaptation comes off awkward and obvious. Krasinski (of "The Office") wrote, directed and co-stars in his adaptation of the book by the late David Foster Wallace, but wastes his cast's manpower on themes that could fit on the average tweet, with letters to spare.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-26-2010 |
Reviews
Will Atlanta’s LGBT Community Still Have a Voice Without 'Southern Voice'?new
When Georgia's first gay, African-American lawmaker, Simone Bell, formally took her seat in the state House of Representatives recently, the occasion marked a rare progressive milestone – for the South, anyway. Too bad no newspapers were paying attention.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry and Patrick Saunders |
01-26-2010 |
LGBT
Was Haiti's Earthquake Actually a Man-Made Disaster?new
People don't die because earthquakes shake them. For the most part, people die in earthquakes because the buildings they're in fall on top of them. By and large, Haitians lived and worked in shoddily built structures.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-26-2010 |
Commentary
Big Money and College Presidents: Can You Say Overcompensation?new
This is the first installment of "Dispatches from the Ivory Trailer" for 2010, a regular column focusing on issues in higher education and college town life. This column is an overview predicting the trends, continuing and emergent, which will dominate news coverage of higher education in the coming year.
The Athens NEWS |
Matt Zuefle |
01-26-2010 |
Education
Swedish Director Takes Us On a Guilt Trip Around the Worldnew
Lukas Moodysson’s Mammoth employs a polyglot cast, a wide-ranging backdrop and assorted convergent storylines to ruminate on the sad state of interpersonal politics — in this case, modern parenthood and the worldwide socioeconomic factors that affect it both positively and negatively.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
01-26-2010 |
Reviews
A Statewide Sales Tax Hike For the Arts, In This Economy?new
One hundred million dollars. That's how much money the Metro Phoenix Partnership for Arts and Culture hopes to generate from a new tax hike proposal quietly being prepared for voters. One hundred million freakin' dollars, each year.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
01-26-2010 |
Economy
A Cadre of Karate Instructors Wind Up Dead or Facing Prison Timenew
Twenty gallons of gasoline were poured into a 400-square-foot room. The pungent liquid soaked the floor, desk, and computer inside the small office. It was about 12:30 a.m. on the cool Sunday morning of June 14, and the room was dark.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
01-26-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Professor Helps Mainstream a New White Supremacist Political Partynew
At that summer IHR meeting, professor Kevin MacDonald began shedding his regular-guy façade. And with his introductions to Freedom 14 and other local neo-Nazis at that conference, he began the first steps toward emerging as a full-fledged bigot.
What Happens When an Undocumented Immigrant Teen Needs a New Heart?new
Eduardo Loredo's eyes are ringed with dark shadows. He blinks slowly through a deep fatigue that resists the bright room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The 14-year-old is dying. Slowly.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
01-26-2010 |
Immigration
Dalia Dippolito May Have Tried to Kill Him, But Michael Dippolito Is No Saintnew
When a relationship ended, "Delilah" headed back to Florida and married a new man. She soon reconnected with her old fling, though, and lately she had been asking for some strange favors. "She asked if I knew someone who can kill her husband for her," the man said.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Lisa Rab |
01-26-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Dalia Dippolito, Michael Dippolito
