AltWeeklies Wire
Seeking Alternatives to Gas Guzzlersnew
With gas prices through the roof, a handful of Quebecers are converting their own cars to biodiesel vehicles. The DIY
combination of vegetable oil, animal fat and cooking oil is intriguing to green-minded drivers, although it hasn't taken off just yet.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
08-19-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Independent's First Annual Golden Growler Awardsnew
As Montana microbrews come of age, Independent drinkers survey the state of the brewing art.
Missoula Independent |
Independent Staff |
08-19-2005 |
Food+Drink
Now Ain't That a Crapper?new
How a million-dollar composting toilet in Glacier National Park turned into just another money pit.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
08-19-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Copper Giant Bails Outnew
Asarco, the mining company responsible for the cleanup of environmental messes across the West, files for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
08-19-2005 |
Environment
Tags: Asarco
Top 10 Reasons to Care About the Supreme Court
If you're the not the kind of person who typically gets worked up over arcane matters of constitutional law, then you might need a rundown of why the Court matters. Here, in no particular order, are 10 reasons to pay attention.
Columbia Free Times |
Dan Cook |
08-19-2005 |
Politics
Five Cent Problem, Three Dollar Solution
Thousands will light a candle in solidarity with Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, and ask a question many American voters wish that John Kerry asked last November.
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen, Publisher |
08-18-2005 |
Commentary
Dissent from the Ranks
It's not really surprising that the most striking criticisms of Bush's Iraq debacle have come from an Iraq War Veteran and from a gold star mother.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
08-18-2005 |
Politics
The Crime of Fitting the Description
Jorel Evans fit the description of a suspect in a car burglary. In fact, he’d been "fitting the description" for some time, as police have been trying to fit him and his brother for matching prison suits for the last two years.
Random Lengths News |
Terelle Jerricks |
08-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Huey Lewis Churns Out Easygoing Setnew
Adding a three-piece horn section to these energetic, if not terribly innovative, reworkings of hits, oldies and a few surprisingly tough recent tunes makes for a pretty terrific set.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Huey Lewis & the News, Live at 25
Trio Whir in Secret No Morenew
Because this album is two-thirds cover songs, it allows listeners a glimpse in to what makes the Secret Machines tick more than where the road is leading the group.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Passing the Test of Timenew
The more things change, the more they stay the same, and Repeater sounds better now than ever.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Band Wraps Messages in Sillinessnew
System of a Down marries the in-your-face moxie of Chuck D., embraces its Middle Eastern cultural legacy like Frank Zappa, and fancies itself a musical wannabe junta similar to Rage Against the Machine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
08-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hypnotize, System of a Down
Chris Lopez Polishes a Muddy Legacynew
The reluctant local music fixture and founder of the now-defunct Rock*A*Teens has long radiated a modest and artistically frazzled presence in his hazy songs. Now he reveals humbly brilliant songwriting on his solo album.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Obsession and Entrapment Fuel Superb Filmnew
Scottish director David Mackenzie's morbid, erotic film has an economical, compressed style that covers a great deal of action and subtext in a tight space.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: asylum, David Mackenzie
Film Chronicles a Doomed Romance in Reversenew
A bitterly pragmatic argument for the complexity of relationships, 5x2 doesn't make any bones about the grim course it's on.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: François Ozon, 5x2
