AltWeeklies Wire
Junk sciencenew
Political groups take truckloads of money and misrepresentations to your mailbox.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
10-24-2012 |
Elections
How to Kickstarternew
Tips from entrepreneurs on becoming a crowdfunding success story.
LEO Weekly |
J. Christian Walsh |
10-24-2012 |
Features
Simon Saysnew
I cannot believe my good fortune when, at the Guilford County GOP headquarters, Eddie Simon slides into the seat next to me carrying what appears to be a genuine, honest-to-goodness three-ring binder.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
10-24-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Guilford County, eddie simon
Factchecking the Factcheckers
Whether people are deciding which of the two corporate major-party candidates to vote for, or they're looking outside the system to a third party, voter boycott or revolution to overthrow the entire system, they can't make an intelligent decision without knowing the pertinent facts.
Chris Kluwe Takes a Standnew
Minnesota Vikings punter pries open the last closet in America: major league sports.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andy Mannix |
10-23-2012 |
LGBT
Indiana Appeals court rejects Planned Parenthood defundingnew
"The State does not have plenary authority to exclude a class of providers for any reason...." the three-judge panel opines in its ruling.
NUVO |
NUVO Editors |
10-23-2012 |
Policy Issues
Reflections on the final presidential debatenew
Although this last presidential debate
included its share of sniping from candidate to candidate, it lacked the drama
and the fireworks of the first two.
NUVO |
John Krull |
10-23-2012 |
Commentary
Island Adventure: San Miguelnew
T.C. Boyle plays it straight.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Erik Spanberg |
10-23-2012 |
Books
Skrillexnew
Run into a dance crowd, yell "Skrillex" and shield yourself from projectile vomiting, shrieking teens and arms-flailing party bro howls. Follow it with the question, "What is dubstep?" and throw on a flak jacket for the barrage of opinions...
Gambit |
Staff |
10-22-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Toots and the Maytalsnew
Toots and the Maytals, we call them, but to the island of Jamaica, they were and always will be simply the Maytals: the rah-Jah Temptations of ska, reggay champions before there was reggae music, the most soulful and sensational vocal group to come out of the Caribbean in the 1960s. Led by the restive rasp of Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the original trio (Hibbert, Henry "Raleigh" Gordon and Nathaniel "Jerry" Matthias) fell short of the stateside chart heights and pop-cultural impact of Bob Marley and the Wailers, though a handful of its Jamaican-record 31 No. 1 hits — chiefly "Sweet and Dandy," "54-46 (That's My Number)" and "Pressure Drop," all products of a fertile, rapid-fire recording period from 1968-70 — became ubiquitous cover selections and worldwide rocksteady standards...
Silversun Pickupsnew
A heavy downpour nearly canceled the Silversun Pickups' 2009 Voodoo performance. "We were in the bus, and we weren't sure if we were going to play because it was raining so hard," vocalist-guitarist Brian Aubert says...
Gambit |
Staff |
10-22-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Connection Lost The Wachowski Siblings and Tom Tykwer Play the Wrong Loops
“Cloud Atlas” wants to be more than it is. For a movie pitched as a Meta-Meta exploration linking all of humanity through the ancient past to the recent past to the faraway future, it nosedives before getting out of the gate.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
10-22-2012 |
Reviews
The 10 Worst College Majorsnew
A recent study in the journal Liberal Education finds that many liberal arts colleges are either changing their missions or disappearing altogether.
What is Ohio Thinking?new
Ohioans are being barraged by election pollsters and poll results. But what's it all mean, really?
The Other Paper |
Melissa Dilley |
10-22-2012 |
Elections
Tags: Ohio 2012 Election, Ohio Polls
