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The Flow of Freerunningnew
Parkour, freerunning, PK -- it's all the same thing: part martial art, part acrobatics, part extreme sport. And it's making its way from Europe to cities and towns across New England.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
07-11-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Party Like It's 1964new
Originality is in short supply these days, so ripping off the Beatles -- especially when a band does it as competently and as pleasurably as the Redwalls do -- is no worse than ripping off any number of currently fashionable influences.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Redwalls, De Nova
Cut and Pastenew
Embellished with clarinet, trumpet, cello, and saxophone, these 13 tracks vacillate between effervescent chamber-pop and rattletrap free jazz, folktronic freakouts and luminous art songs, skittish beat pastiches and free-association ramblings.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-11-2005 |
Reviews
Torturous Truthnew
Senator Richard Durbin was not misunderstood. It wasn't the Nazi reference that got him in trouble -- it was telling the truth.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
07-11-2005 |
Commentary
This Goes to 11!
The punk is still there at the Warped Tour, fortified with an infusion of the harder stuff and a stronger presence for female rockers and underground hip-hop evolution. Here are 11 lists and 11 bands not to miss.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
07-08-2005 |
Music
Tags: Various Artists, Vans Warped Tour
Hard to Hatenew

If you turn off your brain and your conscience, it’s possible to enjoy the burbly bass line and urgent whisper that Kaine and D-Roc use to deliver their heinous message.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Embryonic Death

Che Guevera would've been proud of the Eastern European sensibility Walter Salles brings to Dark Water, written by a guy who apparently has some buried, unresolved issues with his Mama's womb.
Dayton City Paper |
Aaron Epple |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dark Water, Walter Salles
Battling Demonsnew
Spielberg tackles homeland insecurities.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Wrong Turnnew
James Lee Burke's latest gets lost at the crossroads
Missoula Independent |
James Lee Burke's latest gets lost at the crossroads |
07-08-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: James Lee Burke, Crusader's Cross
The Unocal Connectionnew

An issue that figures in both war and commerce is who will control a proposed pipeline that would deliver oil and gas to feed the burgeoning industrialization of India and China.
Missoula Independent |
George Ochenski |
07-08-2005 |
Commentary
That Obscure Object of Desirenew
This second directorial feature by Agnes Jaoui is just as ambitious and character-centered as her first.
Dayton City Paper |
Aaron Epple |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Agnès Jaoui, Look at Me
Growth Rules!new
An Independent Weekly investigation of an obscure North Carolina board finds that business trumps the public interest on the state's Rules Review Commission, which has the last word on all state rules and regulations.
INDY Week |
Jennifer Strom |
07-08-2005 |
Policy Issues
Meanwhile, Back at the Raunch
Wedding Crashers recalls a golden era of unapologetic crude comedy -- at least for a while.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: David Dobkin, Wedding Crashers
Life Imitates The Daily Show
You too can become a prominent Republican business leader in your community, for a small fee.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
07-08-2005 |
Commentary
Home Sweet Hotel
A Website writer offers a modest proposal for how to thank Justice Souter for the eminent domain ruling.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-08-2005 |
Commentary