AltWeeklies Wire
This Blood's for Younew
Garbage drummer-producer Butch Vig's battle with hepatitis helped unite the band at its darkest hour.
Cleveland Scene |
Annie Zaleski |
05-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
PC Home Theatrenew
Hollywood will soon be rolling out its summer blockbusters to wow us with impressive cinematics and thundering THX sound. But why go to the movies for sensory overload when you can get the same experience at your computer?
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
05-11-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
New Releasesnew
May continues to be a hot month for video games, with well over two dozen games released to date. Whether you're a fan of gritty RPGs, sweeping historic war games or silly cartoon adaptations, this week has got something for you.
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
05-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Monster-in-Law Causes Critic to Search His Degenerate Soulnew
In this light sitcom-style flick, J Lo rolls up her chinchilla-trimmed sleeves to grapple with Hanoi Jane, while Wanda Sykes dislocates her vagina.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert Luketic, Monster-in-Law
Neil Hamburger: Crazed Comedian Punches Hollywood in the Titsnew
Neil Hamburger, the master of audience discomfort, is back with brand-new material (and no more riffs on Calvin Coolidge). And if you're not laughing, well, maybe you just don't speak English.
Dig Boston |
J. Bennett |
05-11-2005 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Skirmishes in Ohio's War on Natural Healthnew
Ski-masked cops rushed into the office of a man who claims to do mechanotherapy and arrested him for allegedly practicing chiropractic without a license. Such aggressive tactics have pushed natural-health providers underground.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
05-11-2005 |
Science
Jade Empirenew
You can't go wrong with a stacked ninja-babe kicking all kinds of ass -- except when mastering her moves is something along the lines of memorizing the quadratic equation.
Dig Boston |
Seth McM. Donlin |
05-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Eating Mr. Ednew
No one in America wants Black Beauty for dinner. The meat of the horses auctioned off in Sugarcreek, Ohio, is nearly all sold to countries like France, Belgium, Italy and Japan, where horse is a delicacy.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
05-11-2005 |
Animal Issues
The Basement Tapesnew
Kenautis Smith, the hardest-working producer in St. Louis hip-hop, knows how to create a beat.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
05-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kenautis Smith
The Love Buzznew
Veda is known for luring some bystanders at bar gigs with its frontwoman, Kristen May, whose talent matters more than her gender.
The Pitch |
Andrew Miller |
05-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Turkish Anti-Evolution Group Joins the Debate in Kansasnew
A spokesman for a murky Turkish creationist group was expected to testify before a subcommittee of the Kansas State School Board in its unorthodox "trial" over science teaching standards.
Wild, Wild Jim Westnew
Outed and accused of sexual abuse, the mayor of Spokane, Wash., might have dodged one of his own barbaric bullets.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
05-11-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Meet the Lapin Brothersnew
Rabbis Daniel and David both count superlobbyist Jack Abramoff as a friend, and both now are turning up in news coverage of the Tom DeLay scandal.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
05-11-2005 |
Politics
Endurance Testnew
If there's one thing that'll make TJ Hill and his band xrayok successful, it's that understated virtue called patience. Well, that and some kick-ass songwriting, of course.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
05-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Outraged Citizens Hold Mexican Church-Goers Hostagenew
In a hunt for illegal immigrants, three off-duty baggage inspectors held an entire South Phoenix church congregation at gunpoint. The Maricopa county attorney's failure to prosecute the inspectors puts him on the fringe.
Phoenix New Times |
Michael Lacey |
05-11-2005 |
Commentary
