AltWeeklies Wire
Diamonds are a Ghoul's Best Friendnew
Why be buried when you can have your ashes turned into a diamond?
Las Vegas Weekly |
Richard Loncraine |
09-04-2009 |
Shopping
Toil and Trouble: 'Extract' and 'My One and Only'new
Mike Judge has another workplace comedy; My One and Only is simply belabored.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-04-2009 |
Reviews
How the District's Children Dienew
Every year between 130 and 160 children and youth die in the District -- by murder, by suicide, by infection, by falls, by a fire that broke out from a candle being used to heat a house, by neglect.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
09-04-2009 |
Children & Families
Animated Cartoon: Mercenary Madnessnew
Recent news reveals that the US government has been using Blackwater USA (now called Xe) to do everything from assassinate Al Qaeda members to load Hellfire missiles onto Predator drone planes in Pakistan. What next for the firm that does everything? New animated editorial cartoon by Ted Rall and David Essman goes there.
Busdriver's Rapid-fire Raps Take Aim at Pretty Much Everyonenew
Too intelligent and inventive to resort to Weird Al Yankovic parody, Busdriver's more inclined toward irony and derision, along with wicked wordplay and a healthy dose of self-awareness.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Success at Colorado Springs Medical Marajuana Dispensariesnew
"We have, I think, something like 13 [medical marijuana] dispensaries in Colorado Springs -- in one of the most conservative cities in the country."
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-03-2009 |
Drugs
Focus on the Family's New Point Man Softens Rhetoric, Somewhatnew
Jim Daly's vision seems to be one of a kinder, gentler Focus on the Family — albeit one that is still hell-bent on barring abortion and blocking gay marriage.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
09-03-2009 |
Religion
Cartoon: Swine Flu Scammingnew
Some expert scientists say that half of the U.S. population could be infected with swine flu this winter. But there's good news: Since the only way the government will treat you for free is when there's a newsworthy epidemic, this might work out to a form of de facto health insurance! We certainly won't be getting anything out of the Obama Administration.
Tags: swine flu, Healthcare
Field Guide to Facebooknew
Log on at your own peril! We take you on a surfing safari and break down the site's 19 most browser-busting bozos.
Boston Phoenix |
Kara Baskin |
09-03-2009 |
Tech
A Chat With Bobcat Goldthwait, the Jean Renoir of Sicko Humornew
Goldthwait, who parlayed his wild-haired-screamer persona into a zillion comic-relief roles on screens big and small in the eighties, has spent this decade behind the camera. World's Greatest Dad, starring old friend Robin Williams, draws forth from the fertile manure of deviant practices some tender blossoms of understanding.
Boston Phoenix |
Betsy Sherman |
09-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Elephant 6's The Circulatory System Returnsnew
Talking to Will Cullen Hart is like talking to a tape collage. It is sometimes hard to sort out what is medication, what is self-medication, what is Hart, what is something else.
INDY Week |
Jesse Jarnow |
09-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ted Kennedy: Awesome and Inspiringnew
Though an invitation-only affair, Kennedy's funeral in the heart of urban Boston was intended for mass consumption -- a fitting contrast for a man who led a privileged life yet fought for the working class and poor.
INDY Week |
Matt Saldaña |
09-03-2009 |
Commentary
Mistaken Identity in Chapel Hill Hits Race Nervenew
Charles Brown was just walking home, being black on Rosemary Street on a Monday night in June when Chapel Hill police mistook him for the wrong man, handcuffed him and detained him for an hour.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
09-03-2009 |
Race & Class
Gerald Peary's Ode To The Film Criticnew
Rock critics rarely cut gold records. Likewise, few football reporters go on to quarterback Super Bowl winners. But with his eight-years-in-the-making documentary on film criticism, long-time critic and professor Gerald Peary incinerates the barrier between subject and reporter, demonstrating more than mere comprehension of the art he's scrutinized for decades.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
09-03-2009 |
Reviews
'The Hunter' Flawlessly Brings a Crime Novel to Comicsnew
The Hunter quickly becomes a cascade of sex, murder, and international intrigue, and you just have to root for our antihero—he's just so good at what he does.
The Portland Mercury |
Paul Constant |
09-03-2009 |
Fiction
