AltWeeklies Wire
Hail to the Chefsnew
Award-winning food writer Bill Addison takes a road trip through six states and interviews eight "mouths of the South" who elevate regional fare with true grits.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bill Addison |
06-16-2005 |
Food+Drink
Take the Intimidation Out of Fried Chickennew
One fearless frier offers readers a yummy chicken recipe that will make you wanna slap-yo-mama.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
06-16-2005 |
Food+Drink
General Electric Writes Legislation for N.C. Congressmannew
Why would a North Carolina congressional representative introduce legislation to stall GE's clean-up of the Hudson River? And why would he let the company write it? Congressman Charles Taylor did just that.
Mountain Xpress |
Brian Sarzynski |
06-16-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Back in Blacknew
Stellar Batman Begins revives a fallen film franchise.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
06-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
Mighty Oceansnew
Well-read and back from the dead, the Go-Betweens opt for the lush life.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart
Blue City Conservativesnew
Meet Seattle's biggest closet cases: the Republicans next door.
Seattle Weekly |
Matt Rosenberg |
06-15-2005 |
Politics
The Few, the Recruitsnew
In the finest tradition of the free market, if the youth of America don't want to fight a war, and if their parents don't think it's a cause worth risking their children's lives for, don't resort to tricking them into it.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
06-15-2005 |
Commentary
The Undraped Crusadernew
This new Batman gains psychological depth, even if he loses a bit of his old static grandeur.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
06-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
That Elusive Outragenew
The media are reporting plenty of scandals, but no one seems to care.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
06-15-2005 |
Commentary
Vintage Is Innew
Huntington Beach pro skater Dave Reul lives to find, patch and skate abandoned swimming pools in the California low desert--on other people's money. Recently, actor Stephen Baldwin became the latest person to pay him to do just that.
OC Weekly |
Theo Douglas |
06-15-2005 |
Recreation
Knox Knocks Premarital Popsnew
Co-directors Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt lay bare the emotions and logic driving the national sex education fight for PBS's award-winning POV documentary series.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
06-15-2005 |
Movies
Seeking a Palestinian Pseudo-Dadnew
Even as history threatens to engulf everyone involved in the story, building up walls of alienation and fear, the film drives home a portrait of sweetness and estrangement.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Another Road Home, Danae Elon
Caped Crusader Returns as American Psychonew
Acclimated to the CGI environment, we now want more than just great special effects, we want to see the inner life and struggle of the person beneath the cape and mask, flaws and all. And you can't get more flawed than Christian Bale.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
Festival of Beatsnew
America's most respected drum and bass producers headline the Ignition Festival in Cambridge, Mass., hauling more beats than a medival farm wench.
Dig Boston |
Andy Barrett |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Indie Bands
Lone Wolf Still Howlsnew
Werewolf-like singer Michael Hurley shows patience is a virtue. The sense of suspense, of waiting for an answer, is what pulls you through the stark, beautifully irregular little cycles of Hurley's songs.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Hurley, Blueberry Wine
