AltWeeklies Wire
Workers Allege Violations at Oakland Airportnew
The port and other governmental agencies are actively investigating several airport concessionaires for alleged wage, overtime, anti-union violations.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-09-2012 |
Business & Labor
The Origin of Cats' Purrs and Strange Wordsnew
Why/how do cats purr?; what’s the origin of “funny bone”? And “moron,” imbecile,” and “idiot”?; what do the numbers mean on top of high-rise helipads?
San Diego Reader |
Matthew Alice |
08-09-2012 |
Commentary
Baseball Opened Doorsnew
Ex-Yankee Bruce Robinson finds himself in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
San Diego Reader |
Dave Good |
08-09-2012 |
Music
Can reissues stretch fans too thin?new
As ever-frank heavy metal critic Kim Kelly recently wrote, "Quit reissuing things. Not everything is a fucking 'classic.'"
Tags: Album reissues
In Theaters Now: Total Recallnew
Total Recall is filled with gritty CGI, bad acting, and beautiful people. This film contains the requisite witty black sidekick, explosions, and cars without wheels. What it doesn’t contain is a purpose.
Random Lengths News |
Danny Simon |
08-08-2012 |
Reviews
Stop the Pressesnew
The Oregonian may not be a daily newspaper much longer.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
08-08-2012 |
Media
Tags: The Oregonian
A writer with power in Ruby Sparksnew
The amusing but ultimately tepid comedy Ruby Sparks has a provocative and potentially harrowing premise.
The Rise of Southern Cheesemakersnew
On Saturday evening, the American Cheese Society's 29th annual conference and competition took over a Raleigh ballroom with 14 tables devoted to different styles--from American originals to feta, cheddar, washed rind and smoked cheeses.
INDY Week |
Emily Wallace |
08-08-2012 |
Food+Drink
Southern Mannew
How will Jimmy Haslam, a Republican plutocrat fare, in blue-collar Cleveland?
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
08-08-2012 |
Politics
Spider Bags' Shake My Headnew
At its foundation, Shake My Head is a collection of straightforward bar-rock songs. Walking (well, staggering) rhythms lend a vintage R&B swing behind overdriven guitar lines that mine '70s rock and pop.
Tags: Spider Bags
Traveling the Taco Trailnew
It looks run-down to the average tourist, but locals know there's culinary gold in this vibrant region between Glen Ellen and Sonoma.
North Bay Bohemian |
Stett Holbrook |
08-08-2012 |
Travel
Oakland Police Department: Worst in the Statenew
Recent revelations about racism and millions in misspent funds raise questions about whether a federal takeover of Oakland police would be a bad thing.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon and Steven Tavares |
08-08-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Alt-folk siren Brandi Carlile taps into her country rebel rootsnew
Sure, no one's going to mistake Brandi Carlile's new album Bear Creek for Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, but to her, old-school country is as nonconformist as "Anarchy in the U.K."
Charleston City Paper |
Miles Britton |
08-08-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Andy Hull, Brandi Carlile
An Old Truth Made New Againnew
How many people assassinated Mexican presidential hopeful Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta in 1994?
San Diego Reader |
Bill Manson |
08-08-2012 |
International
Lethal Blownew
With $2.9 million behind Proposition 34, California may become the 19th state to abolish the death penalty.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
08-08-2012 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Prop. 34
