AltWeeklies Wire
Wind-up or Pitch?new
Boston is swarming with thousands of "buzz" marketers dispatched by a local agency to sell new products while acting like customers.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-10-2005 |
Economy
Tags: Buzz
Cell-block Beatdownnew
Inmates claim sadistic beatings have been commonplace in Boston’s jails -- can civil lawsuits make things right?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
11-10-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Performance Artist Takes Lunar Adventurenew
Space and NASA provide The End of the Moon its ostensible subject matter, but as is the case with Anderson's other performances, the album ultimately explores life in America.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alex Rawls |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Less Is Morenew
Broadcast is adept at combining aspects of retro pop with futuristic pops, which makes the comparison of Tender Buttons' static-basted machine beats and scuffed synth melodies with Alphaville -- featuring a mecho-organic computer at its heart -- all the more appropriate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: broadcast, Tender Buttons
A Punk-Only Doctrine Morphs into the Electronic Dancenew
There's nothing on Juan Maclean's album Less Than Human to suggest a once-doctrinaire punk is behind it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alex Rawls |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juan Maclean, Less Than Human
Potluck Dinners in the Parknew
Taco Soup may be just the perfect dish to bring to the next potluck dinner at the RV park.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
11-10-2005 |
Food+Drink
Palestinian Slackers Pursue Martyrdomnew
The aimless, wheel-turning feel eventually detracts from Hany Abu-Assad's real message: that rather than faceless terrorists, there are people with reasons - even misguided, cruel or vindictive ones - for their violence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
A Yam By Any Other Namenew
Ever wonder why sweet potatoes are sweet? Why they’re known sometimes as yams? Lynette Hanson puts your curiosity to rest.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
11-10-2005 |
Food+Drink
Reconstructing Bay St. Louis: Answers, Pleasenew
Along the beach in Bay St. Louis, houses are nothing more than piles of rubble, and many streets remain impassable. Still, more than 300 citizens crowded into an open meeting in a battered church to discuss rebuilding their community.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
11-10-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
The Michael Moore of the Ghettonew
While thousands of people die in a war, others suffer the side effects of deadly medications and the ramifications of environmental alterations.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
11-10-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Bush's Report Cardnew
Noted Mississippi rapper Kamikaze issues George W. Bush a report card, and we're sorry to say, Mr. Bush, that you've received a big, fat F!
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
11-10-2005 |
Commentary
John Dicker: Taking On The Other Uncle Samnew
John Dicker takes on the Waltons, Target and the poor healthcare practices of Wal-Mart in this interview with the Jackson Free Press.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks and Todd Stauffer |
11-10-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Wes Anderson Looms Largenew
Intellect and citified sophistication prove insufficient weapons for staving off despair in this black domestic comedy about the sudden eruption of the D-word in a bookish family living in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Born in the Living Room -- and Under the Radarnew
To many families, giving birth at home feels safer and more comfortable than the hospital. But to do that in parts of New York state, women need to look underground for a midwife.
Georgia's Prisons Fail to Treat Inmates With Hepatitis Cnew
Being denied treatment for such a disease -- particularly if a prisoner forcibly contracts it in prison -- could be construed as cruel and unusual punishment, says an attorney with a prisoner rights advocacy group.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
11-10-2005 |
Science
