AltWeeklies Wire
E3, Take 2new
Sometimes it really does pay to explore all the nooks and crannies of a trade show. Review of uber cool tech gear from less heard-of company Joytech.
Dig Boston |
Seth MCM. Donlin |
06-01-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Stolennew
When the folks at Blue 52, the developers of this stealth-action title, named their first project Stolen, I don't think they quite understood how apropos the name would be.
Dig Boston |
Seth MCM. Donlin |
06-01-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
The Dick You Can't Take Backnew
Not even the planet-sized brain of poli-sci student Josh Berthume could prepare him for the messy social consequences of getting a little too familiar with a social better.
Dig Boston |
Josh Berthume |
06-01-2005 |
Commentary
Tom Cruise-ologynew
Was it really the best idea to call psychiatry "a fraud," given his participation in a religion whose founder believed we were all once space beings who somehow ended up on Earth as clams?
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
06-01-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
A Good Cop Wastednew
The 1999 WTO debacle brought down Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper, one of America's most progressive cops. Now he's published a memoir offering a frank look at his rise and fall, and the challenges of reforming law enforcement.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
06-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Snookered in Seattle: The WTO Riotsnew
A former Seattle Police chief offers an inside account of the WTO protests of 1999 and how they got out of hand.
Seattle Weekly |
Norm Stamper |
06-01-2005 |
Excerpts
Tags: Breaking Rank, Norm Stamper
The Class Warriornew
Ron Howard strips a genuine working man's hero of his social significance. But our Wal-Mart nation will probably still cheer.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
06-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
Music Stores Mad at Starbucksnew
Starbucks has a six-week exclusive right to carry an acoustic version of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. The deal has angered members of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores.
The Village Voice |
Andy Gensler |
06-01-2005 |
Music
In Search of Boston's Lost Breweriesnew
At the turn of the last century, there were more than 30 neighborhood breweries in Boston. They don't exist anymore, but the buildings that house them do. You just have to know where to look.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-31-2005 |
Food+Drink
John Kerry and Mitt Romney Gear Up for ’08new
Just seven months after yet another Massachusetts presidential contender was rejected by the electorate, it looks as if the Bay State political establishment will not avail itself of the opportunity to sit this one out.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
05-31-2005 |
Politics
High Decibel: Adventures in Extreme Journalismnew
If you want extreme, forget action sports like skydiving or BASE jumping -- try journalism. With that in mind, Mountain Dew should shift the focus of its sponsorships from extreme athletes to extreme journalists.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
05-31-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Revenge is Sweetnew
Though some intentional mystery remains within the sextet of Star Wars films, Lucas delivers the answers fans have been awaiting, and the events of the series’ third and fourth chapters match up as seamlessly as possible.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
05-30-2005 |
Reviews
Zin Is Innew
McHardy explains why zinfandel is the perfect summer wine.
Jackson Free Press |
Lesley Tolar McHardy |
05-30-2005 |
Food+Drink
A Hip Mama's Talesnew
The lessons in Bee Lavender’s autobiography are not about making dead animals look life-like but about getting through this life.
Jackson Free Press |
Skyla Dawn Luckey |
05-30-2005 |
Nonfiction
With or Without You, Haleynew
Well, Gov. Barbour, all us under-55 Mississippians got your message loud and clear last week. We don’t matter. You don’t care about us and what we think of you because, well, not enough of us are likely to vote for you.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
05-30-2005 |
Commentary
