AltWeeklies Wire
Ghost Worldnew
This romantic comedy about a winsome, charming ghost and the man who loves her sidesteps abundant potential clichés through sheer dint of the acting skills on display.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Waters, Just Like Heaven
Motion Slickness
The fanciful world of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride doesn’t need much story.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Principle Playa
Kanye West was just a kid with a relative wealth of opportunities who worked hard and became a superstar. But he's slowly opening his eyes to the woes of others.
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Shaking the Tree
Activists opposed to Oklahoma City’s proposed logging of Lake Atoka don’t consider the tree removal an environmentally sound idea. But officials claim the logging will control erosion near the metro’s main water source.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Deborah Benjamin |
09-16-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Schoolhouse Crocknew
Apartheid in American schools is no accident, according to Jonathan Kozol.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kathryn Eastburn |
09-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Agriculture Warsnew
For many homeowners new to farm country, there's just one problem: farms.
Someday Is Comingnew
What does is mean when disasters you've heard predicted for years actually start showing up?
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' onnew
Women figure large in the Illinois poet’s verse; their sexuality, sensuality, and friendship are
the sources of joy and pain.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
09-16-2005 |
Poetry
Cold Gets Hot Againnew
There is a sense that real human emotions, rather than standard-issue adolescent rage, were at work during its production of Cold's latest album.
Illinois Times |
Matthew Everett |
09-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Doveman's Gentle Hodgepodgenew
The mood is melancholy, not desperate in Doveman's banjo-driven album.
Illinois Times |
Renee Spencer Saller |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Death Chamber Musicnew
Finland's Apocalyptica are more than a mere marriage of classical and heavy metal.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
09-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Loud and Proud: R.L. Burnside, 1926–2005new
Rural Burnside began recording in 1967 when musicologist George Mitchell visited his North Mississippi home to make field recordings. He stopped last December, when a heart attack robbed him of his vitality. On Sept. 1, he died.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
09-16-2005 |
Music
What Stinks and What Rocks at Toronto Film Festivalnew
Director Cameron Crowe fast became the joke of the 30th Toronto International Film Festival while several unexpected indie gems and countless Asian sensations garnered praise.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
09-16-2005 |
Movies
Media Moguls, Not Looters, Killed Media's Truth Tellersnew
For the first 120 hours after Hurricane Katrina, TV journalists were let off their leashes by their mogul owners, but once the crisis point had passed, most broadcasters went back to business as usual.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
09-16-2005 |
Media
Radio-Free Astrodomenew
Prometheus Radio and Houston's KPFT fight to prove that low-power FM is just the tool for a community in need.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
09-15-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
