AltWeeklies Wire
Fixing a Leaknew
Former Minneapolis City Councilmember Dan Cohen talks about being outed as the source of a leak about a political candidate's shoplifting conviction, and the subsequent legal battle against two Twin Cities dailies that ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
06-17-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Bothered and Bewildered
Why bury Will Ferrell’s comic brilliance just so the movie can be called Bewitched?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Real Girls Play Tacklenew
Linda Caruso can totally kick your butt. An East Boston native with painted toenails, a pierced belly button, and a thick townie accent, Caruso is a veteran linebacker on the Mass Mutiny, a 6-1 pro women’s tackle-football team.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
06-17-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Wal-Mart's True Naturenew
For every acre paved, another will be saved.
For the first time, a mammoth corporation has pledged to conserve wildlife habitat equivalent to the acreage it develops. The surprise is that it's Wal-Mart. But is this just a sneaky scheme to divide the left?
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
06-16-2005 |
Business & Labor
Pure Road Tripnew
Monte Hellman's hard-to-find Two-Lane Blacktop defines the American road movie. If you're serious about film, it's one movie not to miss.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Monte Hellman, Two-Lane Blacktop
Border Squeeze-Playnew
A move to streamline security at the Mexican border as jobs are being consolidated has some officials worried.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-16-2005 |
International
Tags: illegal, immigrants
In Need of New Answersnew
Militarizing the border won't work, so we'll have to think harder about immigration solutions.
Tucson Weekly |
Renée Downing |
06-16-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: illegal, immigrants
Environmental Cyclenew
San Francisco is the master of the art of hypocritical, Earth-friendly rhetoric. Official support for bicycle commuters could lessen the cognitive dissonance.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
06-16-2005 |
Environment
Band Gives You Something to Hold Ontonew
To handle noise and form it into composition is not easily done, and despite the many groups making the effort these days - Wolf Eyes, Black Dice, etc. - few do it as pleasurably as the Brooklyn quartet Gang Gang Dance.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gang Gang Dance, God's Money
Atlantans Revive Gangster Rapnew
The album's gritty production and even harder lyrics prove a formidable combination. Most of the songs have an ominous feel: menacing, but still thumping in the club.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
06-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boyz N Da Hood
Canada's The Dears Are Looking for Lovenew
Though it wasn't released in the U.S. until October of last year, the album had been generating buzz since its Canadian unveiling for its sheer pomposity in arrangement, vocals and lyrics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
06-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Dears, No Cities Left
Old Show's Nature Seems Rickety Vehicle for Featurenew
It's just like the 1950s series, only with an African-American cast, a modern setting and lame jokes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Another Road Home Is a Journey Both Personal and Politicalnew
Another Road Home has echoes of the sharp divide between black and white experience in the United States, and how one race can be oblivious to discrimination, and the other, daily, painfully aware of it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Another Road Home, Danae Elon
Duo Does Great Job of Keeping it Countrynew
What works best for the duo is the edgy "Two Different Things," which exposes the gap between dreams and reality, and the two-stepping "Party Time," capturing the dichotomy of commitment and freedom.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Movie Magic Keeps Howl's Castle Movingnew
What sticks with you are the film's moments of delicate epiphanies, like seeing a fire demon cook bacon and eggs, or watching a hopping scarecrow hang clothes to dry.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
