AltWeeklies Wire
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann: Crazy Like a Foxnew
Many worry that her remarks are detrimental to the national Republican Party's credibility, which is why not everyone inside the GOP is thrilled at the prospect of Bachmann becoming the face of their party. Nevertheless, GOP higher-ups have shown no effort to muzzle her, which suggests she fills an important role.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
11-18-2009 |
Politics
Texas Could Soon Have 12 New Coal-Fired Power Plants. What Gives?new
The Texas coal rush threatens to throw a monkey wrench into the nation's long-delayed efforts to stem global warming. If all 12 plants are built, they would add upwards of 80 million tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere every year.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
11-18-2009 |
Environment
'The Blind Side' May be 'Feel-Good,' but That's Not the Same as Feeling Real
The enemy isn't emotion; it's empty-headed uplift. And that's where Hollywood dramatizations have their own blind side.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-17-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: John Lee Hancock, The Blind Side
Quack! Media Plans on Complete Musical Success in This New Recession Economynew
In an era when the bloated infrastructure of the music industry as we have known it for the last 50 years is imploding, it's refreshing to see a back-to-basics approach succeed, as in the case of the Ann Arbor multimedia company.
Metro Times |
Chris Handyside |
11-17-2009 |
Music
What We're Really Talking About When We Talk About the Killing of Annie Lenew
As Annie Le's story appeared all over the internet and on 24-hour news updates, blogs, commentaries, Facebook and Twitter posts, the fact that she was an Asian-American female was to become an important part of her narrative, speaking to uniquely American anxieties about sex, violence, gender and race.
New Haven Advocate |
Pang-Mei Natasha Chang |
11-17-2009 |
Race & Class
Renaissance MEN: Le Tigre's JD Samson and Friends Fuse Music and Visual Art, Dance-Pop and Politicsnew
What would a man do? That's the question that powered first a DJ duo, then a band, and now a full-blown art collective.
Baltimore City Paper |
Judy Berman |
11-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Juan Cole: Afghanistan 'Needs a Light Touch'new
"You just have to accept that there's going to be a certain amount of disorder in the countryside as long as people are organized tribally. And if you put 100,000 or 150,000 Western troops in there, that's just more people to feud with."
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette and W. Kim Heron |
11-17-2009 |
War
The Troopers in Broken Lizard Have Frat-House Humor Lickednew
The five members of New York-based comedy troupe Broken Lizard are much like the writers and actors for Reno 911! The only difference is, Broken Lizard is actually funny.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
11-17-2009 |
Performance
Tags: Broken Lizard, comedy
As PR Grows and Journalism Shrinks, Who Will Separate Fact from Fiction?new
The H1N1 vaccine rollout in Canada has been a complete gong show, a cacophonous torrent of contradictory messages flying in all directions. The communication has gone completely haywire, and it's not just government spreading confusion.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
11-17-2009 |
Media
How South Philly Became the Center of the Alt-Wrestling Universenew
This sub-genre flips the focus back from operatics to athleticism, catering to those for whom the Monday Night Raws and SmackDowns and even the TNAs of the world have gotten too far removed from what they love about the sport, or the art, or however you care to refer to it. (Just don't call it "sports entertainment.")
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
11-17-2009 |
Sports
Director Joe Berlinger Talks About 'Crude,' His New Documentarynew
"I wasn't necessarily sure there was a film. It was more like a humanitarian impulse, basically. So I'm as surprised as anyone that the film’s had the life that it’s had. Although, once I got deep into it, obviously I thought there was a feature-length film."
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe Tropea |
11-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Is Houston About to Become America's Coffee Capital?new
While Seattle may be the center of American coffee culture, it's Houston that's becoming the center of coffee commerce. William Dunaway, a Honduran coffee exporter who relocated to Houston to set up a micro-roasting operation here, is convinced Houston will soon dominate the U.S. coffee business.
Houston Press |
Robb Walsh |
11-17-2009 |
Food+Drink
Connecticut Tackles the DNA Questionnew
Connecticut is one of 29 states that doesn't collect DNA at the time of arrest for felonies. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, among others, would like to see that changed.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel D'Ambrosio |
11-17-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Boston's Rat Population Explodes Amongst Economic Collapsenew
With more and more foreclosed and abandoned properties making it harder for planners and exterminators to combat pestilence, anecdotal and empirical evidence suggests that Boston's rodent problem is only getting worse.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
11-16-2009 |
Animal Issues
John Woo's 'Red Cliff' is a Must-See Chinese War Epic
Compared to typical big spectacle Hollywood blockbusters like 2012, Red Cliff contrasts its visually stunning epic-scale compositions with a far greater sense of historic purpose.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
11-16-2009 |
Reviews
