AltWeeklies Wire
Punks in the Outfieldnew
On the diamond, John Albert may be an amateur ballplayer, but he makes a major-league literary debut with Wrecking Crew, a memoir that will appeal to fans of baseball, punk rock and hard drugs.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
08-15-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Albert, Wrecking Crew
Der Furornew
When vice president of the World YWCA compared Israelis to Hitler in a company newsletter, one Phoenix YWCA became a war zone.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
08-15-2005 |
International
Tags: Maricopa County, YWCA
Six Feet, Over
How will HBO’s Six Feet Under end? Let us count the ways.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
08-15-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Knight Riddancenew
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
08-15-2005 |
Media
Across the Universenew
The Secret Machines slow time and stretch space with psych-rock monuments -- and their music makes you think.
Miami New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
08-15-2005 |
Reviews
Forever Missingnew
One woman hoped to get help from the FBI in her husband's mysterious disappearance in 1983. Instead she got crooked agents working with violent drug dealers. Second in a four-part series.
Miami New Times |
Bob Norman |
08-15-2005 |
International
Down Is Upnew
System of a Down is rock's least likely success story.
Houston Press |
Michael Roberts |
08-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kiss and Tellnew
Critics want the diocese to explain why a Houston Roman Catholic priest accused by many adult nuns of sexual misconduct is still celebrating Mass.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
08-15-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Disabled Civilian Worker Fights for His Rightsnew
Celester Hall went to Afghanistan to help the troops and make his fortune. He came back deaf, in diapers and looking for benefits.
Houston Press |
Margaret Downing |
08-15-2005 |
International
Southern Discomfortnew
A transplanted son revisits his Carolina roots in the ambitious drama Junebug.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
08-15-2005 |
Reviews
RIP Sideshowsnew
Oakland's illegal street parties have vanished -- at least for now -- but no thanks are due to the new law targeting spectators.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
08-15-2005 |
Politics
The Last Standnew
Eddy Zheng has hundreds of supporters, an army of lawyers, the governor's okay, and a new wife. So why does homeland security want to deport him?
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
08-15-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Working Bluenew
The Aristocrats goes inside the dirtiest joke ever told and reveals a nugget of unadulterated joy.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-15-2005 |
Reviews
Legend in the Makingnew
As a teenager, John Legend was already recording with Lauryn Hill. Seven years later, he's only gotten bigger.
Dallas Observer |
Michael Roberts |
08-15-2005 |
Reviews
Nyuk Nyuknew
Why do Three Stooges jokes best explain an upcoming Dallas charter election for a new system of city government?
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
08-15-2005 |
Politics
Tags: Texas, Dallas city government
