AltWeeklies Wire
More Music, Less Mathnew
The language of music composition is a math-based dialect. So when exploring the link between music and personality, why not talk to a numerologist?
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
10-04-2005 |
Music
Played for Foolsnew
The film offers such a pretty story of the 1913 United States Open, and one that's completely bogus.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
10-04-2005 |
Reviews
Mystery of Chief Financial Officer's Death Deepensnew
Phoenix CFO Kevin Keogh didn't dive to his death off his moving Mercedes because of a brain parasite, as city officials previously contended.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
10-04-2005 |
Politics
What's the Deal With Harriet Miers?new
George W. Bush's Supreme Court pick has never been a judge, but she's often been a political campaign contributor.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
10-03-2005 |
Politics
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Toxic Art
No one wants New Orleans' music to end, but what will sustain the cultural life of the city now that neighborhoods where the artists lived are in ruins? Fifth in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
10-03-2005 |
Disasters
Hyped Circulation Counts Cheat the Publicnew
Westside Gazette, a black-owned publication in Broward County that runs local government ads, makes widely varying claims about its circulation.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-03-2005 |
Media
Body Armor Company Has Vested Interest in Warnew
The war has been good to Point Blank Body Armor of Pompano Beach, Fla., but concerns have been raised about the quality of its protective gear.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
10-03-2005 |
War
Tags: Florida, Iraq, labor, Department of Defense, Baghdad, Broward County, David Goldenberg, David H. Brooks, DHB Industries, medic from upstate New York, New York Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau, Pfc. Stephen Tschiderer, Rep. Alcee Hasting's legislative director, U.S. Marine Corps recall Interceptor vests, union demands
Proof Positivenew
In the tradition of A Beautiful Mind and Good Will Hunting comes Proof, a psychological drama about a math genius and the people who worship, care for, and endure him.
Miami New Times |
Melissa Levine |
10-03-2005 |
Reviews
Lotus-Eaters and Literatinew
Novelist Bret Easton Ellis has skewered the demimonde of Los Angeles and New York City. Why couldn't he do the same for South Beach, Florida?
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
10-03-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Houston Dodges a Bullet and Finds Traffic Hellnew
In the Week of Hurricane Rita, Interstates 10 and 45 turned into the Superdome, with 24-hour saunalike drives in cars filled with bitchy relatives.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly, Josh Harkinson, John Nova Lomax and Todd Spivak |
10-03-2005 |
Disasters
Publisher for the Perpetratorsnew
Ray Hrdlicka launched a magazine for California county jail inmates, but a free-speech dispute has put his business plan in solitary.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-03-2005 |
Media
A Man Named Suenew
Citizen Fred Whitaker, blacklisted for filing dozens of "frivolous" lawsuits, hopes to clear his name -- by filing more lawsuits.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
10-03-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: California, Bay Area, a Bay Area forensic psychiatrist, a professor at University of Californai Berkeley's Boalt School of Law, Alameda County Superior Court, crusaders, Dr. Mark Levy, nuisance to the judicial system, public watchdogs, Republican State Senator Charles Poochigian, Stephen Bundy, Superior Court Judge James Richman, vexatious lawsuits
Fortunate Sonsnew
Franz Ferdinand are this year's Franz Ferdinand.
Boston Phoenix |
Scott Frampton |
10-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Developer and His Beautiful Wife Have Dallas Buzzingnew
An influential Dallas developer shows up at city events with his gorgeous Chinese wife, who was a bathhouse "masseuse" when he met her.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
10-03-2005 |
Politics
Don't Give a Damnnew
Hip-hop personas of pimps, drug dealers and thugs have become the modern-day blackface, MC Big Pooh says.
Orlando Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
10-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
