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The Kids Are All Rightnew
Seattle's legendary art school was saved from a cruel fate: mediocrity.
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
10-12-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Support Your Local Newspapernew
If the printed newspaper had been invented as an improvement to the online newspaper, people would recognize its advantages.
The Memphis Flyer |
John Branston |
10-12-2005 |
Media
WMDs Found Embedded in New York Times' Newsroomnew
The paper's micro-managing of the Judy Miller saga tells us all we need to know about what the paper thinks of its readers.
The Village Voice |
Ward Harkavy |
10-12-2005 |
Media
Mothers Daynew
Kawabata Makoto, the high priest of Japan's Acid Mothers Temple, says his music is something he hears from the cosmos and re-creates so others might hear it, too.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
10-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Animal Rights and Wrongs at the Greatest Show on Earthnew
The circus is an outdated, primitive, hostile and indefensibly lame custom that our society should have abandoned long ago.
Westword |
Adam Cayton-Holland |
10-12-2005 |
Commentary
Denver's Columbus Day Parade Derided, Defendednew
Various interest groups in Denver argue over whether the annual parade is a celebration of a visionary navigator or a convoy of conquest that inspires community anguish.
ISO Substancenew
In many ways, Craigslist the movie is like Craigslist the Web site: genial, nonjudgmental, copious, quirky, human, and utterly decentralized.
Sign of the Cult-Busternew
An outspoken ex-Moonie, lawyer and anti-cult crusadeer, Ford Greene has gotten in trouble with the town of San Anselmo, Calif., for putting up signs making statements like "Christmas Is No Fun in Fallujah."
Little Brother Mans Upnew
Little Brother and the Justus League, a hip-hop movement from Raleigh and Durham, N.C., is redefining Southern hip-hop on its own terms.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
10-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Little Brother, The Minstrel Show
From 'Senator No' to Senator N&Onew
When a noted North Carolina historian wrote a book review blasting Jesse Helms' new memoir, The News & Observer in Raleigh balked and ran it next to a right-wing homage to Helms.
Dark Starnew
Through meticulous research Charles R. Cross, who also wrote the Kurt Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, has blown away the hearsay lazily sustained by earlier Jimi Hendrix books.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
10-11-2005 |
Nonfiction
Eloquent Crusadernew
George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck is caustic and captivating.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: George Clooney, David, Strathairn, Edward, Joseph, Good Night, and Good Luck., McCarthy, Murrow, R., senator
Blocker's Gambitnew
Calvin Blocker, Ohio's only native international chess master, is back in the game after being sidelined by depression.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
10-11-2005 |
Recreation
Legendary Baseball Organist Tickles the Keyboardnew
All great musicians have their quirks; for St. Louis Cardinals organist Ernie Hays, it's his notorious potty mouth.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-11-2005 |
Sports
Pits, Stop!new
When a woman shows up at a bar with unshaven armpits, men are alarmed.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Courtney Hambright |
10-11-2005 |
Fashion
