AltWeeklies Wire
World Cliquenew
DJ Cheb I Sabbah globalizes the dance floor with club-oriented world music that blends modern technology and ancient tradition.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
06-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Skate Borednew
Adding only melodrama and pretty young boys, this fictional version of a documentary about the birth of skateboarding in 1970s California is no improvement on the original.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
06-06-2005 |
Reviews
Texas Begins Probe Into Dallas Dealingsnew
Dallas City Hall is investigated for some good old-fashioned corruption. Witnesses say it has oppressed legitimate businesses, solicited work for off-duty cops and pressured businesses into paying bribes.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
06-06-2005 |
Politics
Teach Them Less and They'll Pass the Testsnew
The No Child Left Behind Act is a silent neutron bomb going off inside our school systems. Low performance scores could cause dumbed-down curricula to be fed to immigrant children with the specific aim of helping them pass standardized performance tests.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-06-2005 |
Commentary
Racicot's Returnnew
Bush right-hand man and former Montana governor Marc Racicot tells an audience in Kalispell, Mont., that state and local resistance to the Patriot Act is based on “inaccurate and ill-informed information.”
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
06-03-2005 |
Politics
Current Dangernew
Montana's Blackfoot River -- of A River Runs Through It fame -- is threatened by the crumbling Mike Horse dam. Again.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
06-03-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Blind Eye on Suicide Watchnew
With three inmate suicides in two months, Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman is under fire. He swears his department had no idea of the suicide risk. Documents suggest otherwise.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
06-03-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Good Old Boy Mentalitynew
In Junior Ray, Mississippi-born Memphis English professor John Pritchard has brought to life one of the most tangible, offensive, realistic and rascally characters to ever step out of a 1950s Delta patrol car.
Jackson Free Press |
JC Patterson |
06-03-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: John Pritchard, Junior Ray
Dead Drunk and Crazynew
James Crumley’s novels are brutal, ironic, psychotic and sly. The men are scheming, hard-bitten and as tough as a rattlesnake convention. The women are even worse.
Jackson Free Press |
JC Patterson |
06-03-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: James Crumley, The Right Madness
Nooooo!!! A Review of "Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith" for PS2new
Time after time, crappy games are released under the “Star Wars” title. Attention all designers: Slapping a popular franchise name onto your high school science project is not an excuse for a game.
Jackson Free Press |
Nick Judin |
06-03-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Don't Get Nukednew
Just as it did in the days that the Dems ran the yard, the filibuster needs to stay.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
06-03-2005 |
Commentary
Apocalypse Nownew
Up until four years ago, Chris Metzler was only vaguely familiar with the Salton Sea. But the area's sordid rep intrigued Metzler, a Missouri-bred filmmaker who, at that time, earned his keep editing "awful American B-movies" and music videos in Los Angeles.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
06-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Poke Salad Bessienew
Euell Gibbons lauds poke as "probably the best-known and most widely-used wild vegetable in America." Yancy demystifies it with a little help from his old babysitter Bessie.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
06-03-2005 |
Food+Drink
Roky Erickson Produces Near Timeless Musicnew
Roky Erickson exudes a charming if unhinged persona. His bizarre yet poetic lyrics result in music of unusual intensity and integrity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Los Lonely Boys Grow Upnew
Los Lonely Boys have followed the musical traditions of other Latino artists who have attained crossover appeal. The Garza brothers celebrate their heritage and contemporary influences.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
06-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Los Lonely Boys
