AltWeeklies Wire
The Legacy of the Late King Fahd of Saudi Arabianew
What would you say if you found out that a Middle Eastern despot who supported Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda with billions of dollars over several decades had just died?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
08-11-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
In the Thin of It
Kate Hudson and an overqualified supporting cast move into yet another ho-hum haunted house movie.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Meet the Parrots
This old-school style doc gives a bird's eye view of tropical flocks.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Changing the Environmental Landscape, One Building at a Timenew
Designed to conserve water and energy, "green buildings" are constructing a cleaner world.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
08-11-2005 |
Environment
Tags: in, energy, technology, environmental, and, green, for, Campus, Massachusetts, design, artists, Collaborative’s, Harvard, Humanity, Initiative, leadership, Renewable, trust
The Graffiti Hunternew
One man has spent the past four and a half years on an obsessive quest to document Boston's ever-vanishing urban art.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-11-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Jesus Is Just All Right with Democrats, Toonew
Many Americans think that Democrats are skeptical of, if not downright hostile to, religion, particularly the Christian variety. Tennessee Democrats are doing something about it.
Nashville Scene |
Roger Abramson |
08-11-2005 |
Commentary
The Last Temptation of Cobainnew
Last Days does not leave us with the illusion that we know Kurt Cobain. If anything, it snatches him away.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Last Days
What the Scene Knows: Excerpts from a Two-part Seriesnew
In a 1997 award-winning report, the Nashville Scene reveals the police's working thoery on the death of Janet March, whose husband is now charged with her murder.
Nashville Scene |
Willy Stern |
08-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Charged! Details of Murder Suspect's Long-Awaited Arrestnew
For nine years, former Nashville lawyer Perry March eluded arrest in his wife's disappearance and presumed murder. Now, he's been deported from Mexico and charged with her killing and abuse of her still missing corpse.
Nashville Scene |
John Spragens |
08-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sometimes You Have to Do It With Stylenew
One writer describes her most embarrassing ass-bearing incident on a date with a frat boy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
08-11-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Montreal Visionary Seeks to Reform Co-op Movementnew
Douglas Jack thinks the cooperative movement need a philosophical overhaul, and he proposes an Inca-inspired method of accounting for contributed labor.
Montreal Mirror |
Kristian Gravenor |
08-11-2005 |
Business & Labor
This Takes the Cakenew
After tasting a gorgeous hunk of the "Very Good Chocolate Cake" from The Gift of Southern Cooking, a food writer sets out to determine if it will be the best she ever bakes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
08-11-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Kitchen Witch
Despite Swipes by Snobs and Filmmakers, Merlot Still Delightsnew
Although wineries might be ripping out Merlot vineyards and cutting back on their single varietal production, it still reigns as one of the uber grapes that will stand the tests of taste.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
08-11-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
Gay Man Fired For Writing About Gay Porn Industrynew
Rich Merritt's sexuality was a non issue with his employers, the Atlanta law firm of Powell Goldstein LLP, until he informed them of the impending release of his autobiography, Secrets of a Gay Marine Porn Star, which includes graphic descriptions of the gay porn industry.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
08-11-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Attorney Fights for Guantanamo Detaineesnew
Barbara Olshansky of the Center for Constitutional Rights says she's watched a visit to Guantánamo "change even the most staunchly conservative person to, well, somewhere even to the left of me."
The Village Voice |
Christine Lagorio |
08-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: human rights, prisoner of war
