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Ohio Musicians Celebrate the Weirdness of Devonew
Northeast Ohio has spawned its shared of iconic rock groups, but the world has still never seen or heard anything quite like Devo -- an art-rock group in a bar-band area that used primitive synthesizers and electronic drums of its own design to perform irradiated new wave and mutated rock covers.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
08-23-2005 |
Music
Third Whirled
Despite noble intentions, The Constant Gardener eventually starts running in circles.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-23-2005 |
Reviews
Acquitted Man Says He Knows Who Killed His Wifenew
A jury says Jeffrey Krotine didn't kill his wife, and he says her death is the result of an elaborate conspiracy that implicates his longtime employer as well as the prosecutors who tried to put him away.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
08-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Pearls from an Overlooked Oeuvrenew
Down in his basement, along with a shitload of his mom's old crap, is the makeshift recording studio where Bruce Cole recorded hundreds of songs beginning in the mid-1960s. Much of the material never saw the light of day.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
08-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bruce Cole
From High School Slut to Board of Education Anti-Evolutionistnew
In her tell-all autobiography, Connie Morris reveals that before she was an enemy of evolution, she was a black-haired siren -- frolicking in free love, drowning in drugs and enduring domestic violence before giving herself to Christ. But even Jesus couldn't tame her.
The Pitch |
Justin Kendall |
08-23-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Party's Hot; Arizona's Fashion Scene Is Notnew
Fashion insiders -- critical of the so-called scene -- say it's all about the party, not the designs. Anyone with even a hint of talent gets the hell out, heads for New York, Paris or L.A., and never looks back. But Angela Johnson has chosen to stay.
Phoenix New Times |
Joe Watson |
08-23-2005 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
Murder, Out of Camera Rangenew
A handyman with a violent past allegedly taking a metal pipe to his girlfriend in front of numerous witnesses on a grimy Fort Lauderdale street? Nancy Grace, Larry King, the National Enquirer, and the rest took no notice.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
08-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fear Not: Vaccinations Don't Give Children Autismnew
A prominent neurologist presents both sides of the case that mercury-based vaccines have caused a surge in autism -- and points out the dangers of believing in this myth.
New Haven Advocate |
Steven Novella, M.D. |
08-23-2005 |
Science
Public Access Redefinednew
Though a citizen's right to record a hearing is protected by Florida law, one Miami man's appeals hearing has been rescheduled twice because security won't allow him in with his camera.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
08-22-2005 |
Politics
Memo: Sidestepping HST's Sendoffnew
The depraved cult of press jackanapery is what took the punch out of gonzo a long time ago. We should be celebrating the seat-of-the-pants outlaw who savaged despots and wrote like Fitzgerald on liquid nitrogen, not theh tragic clown guzzling Cristal with the rest of the press corps in Aspen
Westword |
Gig LeCarp |
08-22-2005 |
Commentary
I Raq and Roll vs. We Can't Make It Herenew
Two Houston-based musicians -- Clint Black and James McMurtry -- offer different takes on the war in their music. On veteran says which he thinks is more accurate and why.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
08-22-2005 |
Music
At the Readynew
When the president of a Texas Minuteman group resigned because he couldn't stand the racist tendencies of other members in his chapter, it left many Houston residents debating the purpose of the volunteer border patrollers, and what good they might be doing.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
08-22-2005 |
Immigration
Disrespecting the Liquor Bannew
UC Berkeley is requiring all new freshmen to take an alcohol education course. So why are some upperclassmen so worked up?
East Bay Express |
Fritz Brantley |
08-22-2005 |
Education
Tags: AlcoholEdu
Covenant with Americanew
For four days in late July, 1,300 people gathered at UC Berkeley to proclaim that they believed in God, compassion, and, yes, social justice. But there's still trouble in getting across the message.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
08-22-2005 |
Religion
Tags: Michael Lerner
The Hot Spot in Dallasnew
Deep Ellum is a strip in Dallas full of rowdy bars and clubs and a dying music scene. Violence and break-ins scare bands and patrons away, so one writer investigates a typical night, topped off with cops and mace paintball guns.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
08-22-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
