AltWeeklies Wire
Die, Weed, Dienew
An alien moth munches an invasive fern -- one that is threatening Florida's Everglades -- into extinction.
Miami New Times |
Wyatt Olson |
06-27-2005 |
Environment
Dubble Trubblenew
Troubled Hubble packs a one-two wallop of great music and an even better live show.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Say What?new
Three books look at the way language shifts, unfolds and changes as people adopt ever more efficient ways of pronouncing words.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
06-27-2005 |
Nonfiction
When Words Collidenew
With Believer Books, Dorna Khazeni enters the rarely profitable world of translation to bring France's literary bad boy Michel Houellebecq to America.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
06-27-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dorna Khazeni
Border Statenew
The support network struggles to catch up with Arkansas’s status as a prime destination for Latino immigrants.
Arkansas Times |
Warwick Sabin |
06-27-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
A Masterpiece That Wasn'tnew
Reflections of a failed marriage add up to a failed movie by a usually successful young French director.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
06-27-2005 |
Reviews
Rebirth of Slicknew
The reorbiting Digable Planets are "cool like dat" once again. More than a decade after winning a Grammy, the trio makes its comeback.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
06-27-2005 |
Music
Better Late Than Nevernew
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas arrives on Xbox and PC.
Boston Phoenix |
Aaron Solomon |
06-27-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Seabiscuit Should Be So Luckynew
Just call them the Horse Pressurers: This new breed of equine healer does acupressure, massage, the holistic works, and often runs on ambiguous legal turf.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
06-27-2005 |
Science
Final Fantasy Music Leaps From Game Console to Live Concertnew
Final Fantasy is the first video game to spawn symphonic concerts from its music, incorporating a full orchestra and a chorus, plus three video screens showing scenes from the games and live-cam shots from inside the orchestra itself.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
06-27-2005 |
Concerts
Protecting the Birds from the Beesnew
Sex ed presents a conundrum in cities where sheltered kids sit alongside those with too much life experience
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
06-27-2005 |
Sex
Comets on Fire Bring the Ruckusnew
Like the Mars Volta (another band constantly associated with mind-alteration), Comets on Fire's sound is the distillation of a wealth of knowledge about music and an idea of the boundary-less plane it can inhabit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
06-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Free the Pill!new
It's highly effective and "safer than aspirin." Selling it over the counter could prevent hundreds of thousands of abortions annually. So why on earth can't women get their birth control without a prescription?
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
06-27-2005 |
Sex
Spotlight on: Tinsley Ellisnew
Some live double albums are criticized for not whittling the material down to a single disc. Based on the roaring performance of these 11 songs, the album could have gone twice the distance and leaves listeners wanting more.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
06-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tinsley Ellis, Live - Highwayman
The Case Against the Plutonium Space Race
Even though the use of plutonium-238 in space could endanger the lives of people on earth, the United States has greatly expanded its nuclear space program.
Boise Weekly |
Karl Grossman |
06-26-2005 |
Environment