AltWeeklies Wire
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Calculated Risks
Environmental activists in St. Bernard Parish are doing their own tests for contamination after Hurricane Katrina. Eighth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-24-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Submerged
Houston Astros Daily Updatenew
With the Astros, it's best to take the Irish Fatalism approach, where you assume the worst is going to happen. And when something good happens, you feel more relieved than happy.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
10-24-2005 |
Sports
Strange Brewnew
Great performances by male leads Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth can't save this film about an obsessed celebrity journalist from a B-movie script.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
10-24-2005 |
Reviews
War Porn Webmaster Charged With Obscenitynew
Chris Wilson, the Web administrator who reportedly allowed U.S. soldiers to submit pictures of mutilated corpses in exchange for free porn, was arrested in Florida.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
10-24-2005 |
War
Men of Mysterynew
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ride a quiet wave of on-line hype.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
10-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Think Globally, Scheme Locallynew
Businessman Ralbert Brooks-Hamilton owes nearly $500,000 in loans he secured through a program to pump cash into Oakland's downtrodden neighborhoods. Lately, according to federal agents, he's posed as an investment-seeking Nicaraguan diplomat.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
10-24-2005 |
Politics
Requiem for a Dreamernew
This movie about a girl and a racing horse needs to be put down as soon as possible.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-24-2005 |
Reviews
CEO Disappears After Apparent Visa Scamnew
Dozens of Indians paid thousands of dollars to Suman Varanasi, CEO of Zenstra Solutions Inc., in exchange for work visas and software design jobs that never materialized.
Dallas Observer |
Rick Kennedy |
10-24-2005 |
Immigration
Take Me Homenew
England has been raving about half-Texas, half-Manchester band The Earlies for two years. Now it's Texas's turn.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
10-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Going South to Save Companion Animalsnew
Our president and most media reports say life is improving along Mississippi's Gulf Coast since Katrina struck. They should ask the people who have to live there. An animal rescue mission reveals the human chaos still churning in the hurricane zone.
Tags: FEMA, katrina hurricane
Folk Foodnew
Iron & Wine serves biscuits and gravy to saccharin-tweaked audiences.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Josh Johnson |
10-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Iron & Wine
Crisis Indeednew
The DC universe goes off the deep end.
Boston Phoenix |
Douglas Wolk |
10-21-2005 |
Fiction
Blood on the Snownew
Chef Boy Ari explains how to prepare an unbeatable beet, cooked in a crust of gros sel.
Missoula Independent |
Ari Levaux |
10-21-2005 |
Food+Drink
More Letters From Harriet Miersnew
Dear Macy's:
I recently purchased one of your high-quality microfiber sofas (model #4475-E) and I have to say that it is the best sofa EVER!
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-21-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Getting Back in the Gamenew
This dewy story of a girl and her horse has its snout stuck on Page One of the family-flick playbook: Well-meaning dad does something to disappoint his sensitive kid; kid bolts from the room in tears; they reconcile a few scenes later; repeat as necessary.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-21-2005 |
Reviews
