AltWeeklies Wire
Ex-Arsonist MC Puts a Flame to the Fusenew
Q-Unique burns bright on his first solo album, trading in-your-face battle lyrics for more introspective rhymes.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
08-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Q-Unique, Vengeance Is Mine
Thunderbirds Are Now!new
Spaz-rockers represent Detroit without being filthy or depressing.
Dig Boston |
Jamin Warren |
08-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Justamustache, Thunderbirds
Grimm Jobnew
Terry Gilliam's latest brings no magic to his fantasy of fabled fabulists.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
08-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Grimm
Get Awaynew
A lot of important stuff happened this summer -- like the president's vacation, the discovery of the pizza-flavored Cheeto, and the indroduction of Pitch Black flavored Mountain Dew.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe Macleod |
08-24-2005 |
Comedy
True Liesnew
Middle-aging enfant terrible Bret Easton Ellis tells the story of his life -- sorta.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret |
08-24-2005 |
Fiction
Determination Powers Jazz Singer Ethel Ennisnew
Ethel Ennis' fame falls far short of that earned by fellow jazz singer Billie Holiday, but Ennis has had a much longer and more contented life than her contemporary. That's a trade-off she's glad to make.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
08-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Count Them In
Growing numbers of Mexican immigrants are in the US illegally -- but their money is legit.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dan Frosch |
08-24-2005 |
Immigration
Drinking in a Kabul Barnew
In August 2005, the author hung out at a Kabul bar with drunken soldiers, military contractors and a few other shady types -- and gained unusual insight into an already forgotten war.
Maui Time |
Barukh Shalev |
08-24-2005 |
International
Tags: international
Taylor's CAFTA Problemnew
NC 11th District Congressman Charles Taylor failed to vote on CAFTA, the most hotly contested issue in congress this year and a matter of immense concern to his constituents. How did he manage to miss that vote?
Mountain Xpress |
Brian Sarzynski |
08-23-2005 |
Politics
Biologists Enlist Fish to Fight Aquatic Weedsnew
Unchecked, hydrilla can fill lakes and ponds with dense, green curtains that choke out native species and snare boats and swimmers. But it appears to have met its match in another equally exotic species -- the sterile grass carp.
Mountain Xpress |
Kent Priestly |
08-23-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Into the Blogospherenew
Blogging is the new way to do news in Western North Carolina and around the world. Bloggers are part reporter/part diarist and run the gamut from politics to the arts and education.
Mountain Xpress |
Steve Shanafelt |
08-23-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Inside Jokenew
The hilarious new film, The Aristocrats, proves, our hesitance to offend sometimes robs humor of its vitality.
Tags: Paul Provenza, The Aristocrats
University of Colorado's Public Relations Gaffes Pile Upnew
Since a complete catalogue of CU's stumbles would fill a library, Westword has skimmed off the cream of the crap -- a chronological top-ten list of the university's most memorable PR gaffes since December 2001, when football players and recruits arrived at a party that's still producing headlines.
Tags: Education
Pulling into a Remote Controlled Futurenew
Will a new generation of curbside sensors end our parking problems -- or help the government monitor our every move?
Tags: Health & Science
Middle Eastern Students Face Discrimination at Public Schoolsnew
There is room for legitimate debate about the proper responses to the potential for domestic terrorism, but one clearly indefensible reaction has been widely seen and little discussed.
SF Weekly |
Cristi Hegranes |
08-23-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
