AltWeeklies Wire
Mold Attacks!new
If school officials in Gilbert, Arizona had played straight, Mesquite Junior High kids and teachers would have run for their lives. Numerous students, teachers and maintenance workers believe they were made ill by mold in the building.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
10-18-2005 |
Science
Prescription-Drug Optimistnew
JamisonParker's debut full-length is an atmospheric mood swing of fluffy sugar highs and suicidal lows -- a psychotropic emo trip befitting the melancholy of autumn.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
10-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: JamisonParker, Sleepwalker
Lights... Camera... Murder!new
Featuring more than 40 bone-chilling scenes and Hollywood-style horror sequences, Indigo Prophecy is a game you'll want to play with the lights on.
Boulder Weekly |
Todd Michael Shaffer |
10-18-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Blood on the Tracksnew
A racing freight train couldn't stop Sean Rowe, but can he survive the wild world of book publishing?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-18-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Past Primenew
This movie should have been about something more than an older woman digging on a younger man, much to the disapproval of the younger man's mom.
Miami New Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-18-2005 |
Reviews
How Cocaine Made Miami: The Drug Dealersnew
A former big-time drug trafficker and a young contemporary dealer describe Miami's cocaine trade, which has racked up a toll of arrests and murders. Second in a two-part series
Miami New Times |
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, Kris Conesa, Rebecca Wakefield and Francisco Alvarado |
10-18-2005 |
Science
The O.G. of Lovenew
Houston native Johnny "Guitar" Watson gets his due with a new two-disc set. Not as well-known as his contemporaries, Watson was nevertheless one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, even anticipating the advent of rap.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
10-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Switch Hitternew
Attorney Jim Blackburn has been the strong right arm of the environmental movement in Houston for decades. But a new book by Diane Wilson is dredging up a part of Blackburn's past in which his actions don't appear quite so noble.
Houston Press |
Greg Harman |
10-17-2005 |
Environment
Pick Me Upnew
The turnout at Houston's swingers clubs swells with the young, hip and restless. Couples in their twenties and thirties seek excitement but often find jealousy.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
10-17-2005 |
Culture
Another Celebrity Mayor for Oakland?new
Candidate Ron Dellums portrays himself as a reluctant messiah, but Oakland is a tough city that needs a tougher mayor.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
10-17-2005 |
Commentary
Fabulous Fivenew
A transgender band faces tough challenges on the path to rock stardom.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Sugarcane Academy
A one-room schoolhouse for evacuees' children will reopen in New Orleans next month, signaling families' desire to return to the damaged city. Seventh in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-17-2005 |
Disasters
Fast and Furious: Ted Berrigan's Collected Poemsnew
Twenty-two years after Ted Berrigan’s sudden death at 48, his Collected Poems, a 760-page brick of a book, is here. It will solidify and expand his legend.
Boston Phoenix |
William Corbett |
10-17-2005 |
Poetry
Scooter, Judy Miller and The New York Timesnew
A Sunday New York Times report portrays Times management's uneasy and sometimes undisciplined relationship with a controversial reporter who put the paper's reputation and credibility on the line.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
10-17-2005 |
Media
Crowe's Songsnew
The CD Elizabethtown is only the latest to reveal director Cameron Crowe's love affair with soundtracks.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-17-2005 |
Reviews
