AltWeeklies Wire
Clearing the Air: Ionizers and Ozonenew
Drummed out of the cancer cure corps due to non-performance, ozone has risen again like an air-cleaning phoenix.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
11-18-2005 |
Science
Hip Hop-portunity: A Pittsburgh Film Festival Gives Hip-Hop Its Duenew
Hip-hop was once about public access to the creative cultural expressions of the city, but that element has become increasingly less accessible to the public. Nowhere is that truer than in independent hip-hop documentaries and narrative films.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Brentin Mock |
11-18-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Hip Hop Film Festival
God Pod Sparks Lawsuitnew
The Santa Fe Reporter's story on a Christian prison program helps fuel a lawsuit against one of New Mexico's faith-based initiatives.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Silja JA Talvi |
11-17-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: prison, faith-based
50,000 Voltsnew
Taser guns have become a favored control device for local law-enforcement officers, but something's gone wrong with this "nonlethal" weapon. In Sacramento, as well as across the nation, the dead bodies are mounting.
Sacramento News & Review |
Sasha Abramsky |
11-17-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
First, Last, Alwaysnew
Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, winner of this year's National Book Award for nonfiction, holds nothing back.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
11-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
To Die on the Plainnew
Marlene Braun's struggle to save the Carrizo Plain drove her to suicide.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
John Peabody |
11-17-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
New Day Risingnew
Indie-rocker, acoustic guitarist and electronic deejay Bob Mould encapsulates his wide-ranging writing career with his tour for "Body of Song."
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Three New Games That Let You Get Rich, or Die Tryin'new
Foil an international conspiracy in 50 Cent: Bulletproof; battle through war-torn Europe in Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers; and satisfy your lust for an ultra-lazy gaming experience in World Championship Poker 2.
Dig Boston |
Seth MCM. Donlin |
11-17-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Back In Black
Phoenix and Witherspoon bring the appropriate fire to the epic love story of Johnny Cash and June Carter, but director James Mangold's film never ignites.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Comedy Thriller Is Dead Before the Final Reelnew
The Dying Gaul may have been a great play, but onscreen, it proves to be a dying film.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Lucas, The Dying Gaul
Thar Be Monsters!new
An Ohio State researcher helps discover a brand new (but really old) sea monster.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
11-17-2005 |
Science
Behind Enemy Linesnew
Amateur filmmaker Mike Shiley uncovers a real Iraq, without media spin.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
11-17-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Grubsheddingnew
As a noun, "Grubshed" describes the geographical area whence your food originates, and the trail it follows to your table. As a verb, it conveys caring, almost to the point of obsession, about where your food comes from.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
11-17-2005 |
Food+Drink
Johnny Cash Gets What He Deservesnew
Joaquin Phoenix portrays the infamous Man in Black in Walk The Line.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: James Mangold, Walk the Line
Honky-Tonk Love Storynew
Joaquin Phoenix is terrific as the musician Johnny Cash, whose rise, fall, and resurrection we watch as he does the Benzedrine 12-step in order to earn the love of country-and-gospel sasspot June Carter.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: James Mangold, Walk the Line
