AltWeeklies Wire
Northern Exposurenew
Toronto Film Festival heralds a middling film season ahead -- but with a few striking exceptions.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
09-21-2005 |
Movies
The Neocon's Bathtubnew
New Orleans shows what the radical oligarchs have in store for the rest of us.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
09-21-2005 |
Commentary
Dylan & Menew
A music critic spent the summer riding his bike around Sacramento, obsessing about the magic in the music of one Robert Zimmerman. He was searching for inspiration. Did he find any?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jackson Griffith |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Dylan
Bible Study Case Goes Back to Square Onenew
A jury ruled a family-owned restaurant could fire a manager who held Bible study for her employees, but a U.S. district judge has thrown that verdict out.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
09-21-2005 |
Religion
The Vagina Dialoguesnew
Sex between two women isn't taboo anymore. Instead, it's become so trendy that it's changing the way we understand feminism, gay rights, and even human sexuality itself.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
09-21-2005 |
The War on Women
In Bad Hands With Auto Insurancenew
United Auto Insurance's practice of fighting every claim has created hardships for thousands who bought policies from storefront brokers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
09-21-2005 |
Business & Labor
Unions Glom Onto Jim DeFede's Legacy at the Miami Heraldnew
The firing of a beloved columnist has some staffers at the Miami Herald talking about the need for a union.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
09-21-2005 |
Media
Astrodome Radio Station Silencednew
As activist James Ellinger imagined it, a community radio station would have helped reunite family members and link evacuees to jobs, schools and health care.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
09-21-2005 |
Media
Soapboxnew
Want to ban something? Ban straight women from gay bars.
Dig Boston |
Edward John |
09-21-2005 |
Commentary
Dead Puppets Make Better Loversnew
Tim Burton knows how to tickle eyeballs with rich and playful visuals, but he can't carry an innovative plot to save his life.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
09-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tim Burton, The Corpse Bride
Moving Beyond Bug Powder, Car Wrecks and Porking Robotsnew
David Wildman sits down with David Cronenberg to get to the root of the director's extreme debauchery and weirdness.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pop on Icenew
Straight from the frozen tundra, naively sexy Norway native Annie (Lilia Berge-Strand) busts out sugary sweet pop that sends a shiver down our spines.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Isolee Shows Dance Nerds What's Whatnew
Hamburg producer Rajko Muller aka Isolee breaks away from lame-ass dance music and greases tired dance floors with hot electro-tracks.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Isolee, We Are Monster
Finally, a Hybrid With Some Horsepowernew
Boston rappers Audible Mainframe weave together a whole new hip-hop sound with fresh lyrics, a mad horn section and a charismatic MC.
Dig Boston |
Chris Farone |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Audible Mainframe, War to be One
Howl Finds Former Fuzz-Rockers Revvin' for Heavennew
Fate can be fickle, even for rock stars, but the stars seem to have finally aligned for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club...at least for now.
Dig Boston |
Chris Haire |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Howl
