AltWeeklies Wire
Tech Disconnectnew
San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom looks to secretive, for-profit corporations to deliver his populist promise of free wireless Internet for all.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara and Matthew Hirsch |
11-09-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Les Is Morenew
Les Kinsolving has had a long, strange, and maybe even meaningful career as a right-wing media gadfly.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gadi Dechter |
11-09-2005 |
Media
Dr. Seuss, Pre-Med
A new collection of early works reveals Dr. Seuss as more than just another brand name or massively influential children's book author: He was a real, living artist whose work wasn't always all that great.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
11-09-2005 |
Original Work
A Plank-worthy Novelnew
Fan-Tan is a novel that blends old-fashioned swashbuckling with ejaculations of racial slurs, profanity, gambling and deviant sex. It was originally conceived over 25 years ago as a collaboration between Brando and Cammell.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
11-09-2005 |
Fiction
Creative Writingnew
Bat Boy Lives! reminds the world just how prolific, and wide-reaching, Perel's Weekly World News reportage has been. After all, it gave us word of Elvis' being alive, pizza at the Last Supper, human cloning and alien infestations of the U.S. Capitol.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
11-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Bat Boy Lives!, David Perel
Exactly as the Title Saysnew
According to publisher McSweeney's Books, Bicycles Locked to Poles is a "mournful but pleasing collection, which features many of the best photographs of bicycles locked to poles ever taken." Enough said.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
11-09-2005 |
Original Work
Portrait of a Mannew
Saint Morrissey covers the traditional timeline of Moz's life, from the early days of books and boredom, through the Smiths years and his resurrection as one of the most influential artists of the past few decades. But it is decidedly a fan's book.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Putting the 'F' in Family Dramanew
Forty Shades of Blue is a film that proves honesty isn't everything.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Forty Shades of Blue
Going Off the Rails on a Yuppie Trainnew
Derailed is a Hollywood thriller--but it's watchable!
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mikael Hafstrom, Derailed
All Setnew
After 10 softly played years, the slow-drone pros of American Analog Set have just begun their kinda-sorta definitive farewell tour, but they're avoiding the "everyone-get-into-a-fight-and-break up" cliche.
Dig Boston |
Jed Gottlieb |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: American Analog Set, Set Free
New Orleans Weirdoes Safe, Sound and Unsoundnew
Despite having been ousted from their hometown by a rather unfriendly natural disaster named Katrina, Quintron and Miss Pussycat continue to play around with their music...and puppets.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Trouble With Jerry
The selection of Jerry Falwell to speak Monday at the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma's 2005 Pastor's Conference threatens to divide local congregations along ideological lines.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Greg Horton |
11-09-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Rockin' the Boatzznew
Boatzz's urbane art-pop has alternately been described as "trippy elevator music," "the Zombies meet Blur," and "Joe Jackson rolling in an Escalade listening to Supergrass and doing some serious party favors."
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sweet Revengenew
Ringworm is one of the bands that helped smelt heavy metal and hardcore into one lethal weapon. But the band is as well known for its long periods of downtime as its albums.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
11-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mortgage Company Breaks Trust With Amish Familiesnew
World Home Lending has lured several Amish families in Ohio into mortgage loans they claim they didn't understand. But when two men in the community warned others to be cautious, the company sued them for slander.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
11-09-2005 |
Business & Labor
