AltWeeklies Wire
Hollywood, We Have a Problem
The typical Hollywood release wasn’t simply mediocre this year; it was downright miserable. In the ongoing war between intelligent design and dumb and dumber writing, the latter is way ahead on points.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
11-29-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Various Directors, Various Films
A Small-Town Talenew
Experienced journalist Margaret Menge was asked to resign from Manchester, New Hampshire's Union Leader because of her "New York attitude." When community journalism meets an aggressive reporter, sometimes it can get ugly.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
11-29-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Charles Burns’s Grand Experimentnew
Black Hole is an illustrated novel focused on sex, the emotional ramifications of sex, our sex dreams, and every Freudian and Jungian sex trope under the sun.
Boston Phoenix |
Matthew Shaer |
11-29-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Hole, Charles Burns
A Scum-Shock Queen Grows Upnew
Lisa Crystal Carver doesn’t have to pee in litter boxes anymore because she has plenty of volunteers to do it for her.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
11-29-2005 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Giving Good Offensenew
Sarah Silverman, the nice Jewish girl out shopping at Loehmann’s with her mother meets Jenna Jameson, says she goes for laughs but gets them by way of shock.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
11-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Liam Lynch, Jesus Is Magic
Pavement, Repurposednew
Pavement always seemed a bit amateurish, childlike, and in constant danger of falling down. But they never did, and now they're deified American rock royalty.
Phoenix New Times |
Rob Harvilla |
11-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: California, jazz, Cyrus Chestnut, blues, Ali Jackson, Gold Sounds, James Carter, Pavement, Reginald Veal, Stockton
Saving Moms on Methnew
Methamphetamine is arguably the toughest addiction to kick, but research shows that mothers placed in long-term residential treatment along with their young child or children have the highest rate of recovery.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
11-29-2005 |
Science
Gay Influx Makes Florida Community Prospernew
Benefiting from the overflow of an exploding gay population in neighboring Wilton Manors, Broward County's Oakland Park has seen property prices skyrocket and tax revenue soar.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
11-29-2005 |
LGBT
Dead Againnew
In April, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the original four members of Bauhaus found themselves back in black for the first time since 1998.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
11-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Donna Shalala vs. Donna Shalalanew
University of Miami president and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala won't comment on an attempt to unionize the university's contract custodial workers.
Miami New Times |
Forrest Norman |
11-29-2005 |
Education
All Yoursnew
After sitting through this witless, irritating remake of a domestic comedy, don't be surprised if you find yourself shouting out for tougher reform schools, lock-down orphanages and mandatory sterilization.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
11-29-2005 |
Reviews
Case of Condemned Gang Leader Becomes Death Penalty Lessonnew
Former Crips leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams, who was convicted of murdering four people, may be executed in December, but not before he's gained the sympathy of Oakland, Calif., schoolchildren.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
11-29-2005 |
Education
Hijacking at the Hospitalnew
AltWeeklies Award - News Story -- In-Depth
Fort Worth Weekly |
Pablo Lastra |
11-28-2005 |
Media
God And Caesar: IRS Targets Liberal Church
The IRS has targeted a progressive church for "campaign intervention," ignoring much larger violations on the right
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
11-28-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Hiding in Red China
It is curious that both the governor of California and President Bush went to China at exactly the same time and for likely the same reason. Both men were ducking scrutiny of their political setbacks.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
11-28-2005 |
Commentary
