AltWeeklies Wire
What Does It Mean to Be a Christian?new
The words "Christian" and "liberal" have become mutually exclusive. But if you actually read the Bible, you'll find this should not be the case.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
05-19-2005 |
Commentary
Rolling Yet Againnew
With the Rolling Stones announcing a tour, we're experiencing déjà vu.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
05-19-2005 |
Commentary
Statistics Are at the Heart of Baseballnew
Lovers of baseball dwell on statistics the way teen-aged girls dissect each and every nuance in a glance from that cute boy across the cafeteria.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
05-19-2005 |
Nonfiction
MREs -- Don't Look, Just Eatnew
Calorie-packed MREs (Meals, Ready to Eat) do the right thing for today’s men and women who must have nourishment to do their jobs, while training or in combat situations where there’s not a field kitchen in sight.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
05-19-2005 |
Food+Drink
Battle Rhymes Primed for the Big Timenew
Copy has “a way with words like alphabet soup on a triple beam.” His quiver is bloated with hedonistic darts for anyone who likes to unscramble wordplay.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Copywrite
Raze's Hellnew
Would you pay good money to see the combined cast of Tiny Toon Adventures and Muppet Babies get torn apart by a mob of vicious apes? Well, if you answered yes to any one of these questions, then you need to pick up a copy of Majesco's latest third-person shooter, Raze's Hell.
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Sonlin |
05-19-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
ON “PWN3D!!1!”new
That’s pronounced "owned" -- an exciting variant of schadenfreude; as cultural attitudes go, it’s blowing up. All across the Web, people are tuning in for quick peeks of other people hurting or humiliating themselves.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
05-19-2005 |
Commentary
Heart of Darthness: Confessions of a Former Skywalkernew
While most girls her age were playing house, writer Cathy Resmer played Star Wars. When kids from her neighborhood acted out scenes from the movies, she was always Luke.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
05-19-2005 |
Media
The Man Behind the Self-Cleansing Filmnew
Meet the Utah-based head of CleanFlicks.com: the man who claims to have started the whole DVD-sanitization craze among various Values Belt boobs.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-19-2005 |
Media
Band Traded its D.C. Art-Punk Roots for Brooklyn Stylingsnew
Formerly the three-piece musical deconstructors El Guapo, Supersystem takes the minimalist rhythms of the former band, adds a new member and festoons its sound with ample clamor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Always Never Again, Supersystem
Nifty Noirnew
Perhaps sensing they were boxing themselves in as Jesus and Mary Chain clones, Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo, aka the Raveonettes, strip away the squealing reverb and punk influences of their debut on this sophomore release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Raveonettes, Pretty in Black
Urban Cowboysnew
The underground city-bike-racing scene hits the streets of Boston.
Boston Phoenix |
Matthew Shaer |
05-19-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Band Rides to Underground Fame on the Back of Two Co-Talesnew
Andy Herod's repeated viewings of the movie Dark City following a break-up eventually provided The Comas' collection of songs with a sci-fi storyline -- the death of love perpetrated by intergalactic robots.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
05-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Newsweek's Not the Issue; U.S. Policy Isnew
Newsweek's screw-up is a gift to right-wingers looking to blame the media for Bush's foreign-policy failures.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
05-19-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Fans Make Own Star Wars Filmsnew
Many fan productions are spoofs, but Star Wars: Revelations keeps a straight face for what might be the most elaborate fan film ever made.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
