AltWeeklies Wire
Wines So Good You May Forget the Pricenew
Whatever the excuse, splurge wines have their time and place. But one man's splurge can be another man's swill.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
04-28-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
Stripper Gets Things Off Her Chest, Implicates Docnew
A Diamond Cabaret stripper with a new set of breasts found herself addicted to Percocet, a painkiller her doctor would no longer prescribe. That's when a fellow dancer told her about a local doctor's prescriptions-for-porno deal.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
04-28-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Does Misleading Someone Bring Bad Karma?new
A reader discovers her boyfriend flirted with a personal trainer, hoping to get a discount on training sessions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
04-28-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns, Karma Cleanser
Why Is the State Department Altering Its Report on Terrorism?new
The report on global terrorism to be issued April 30 will be different from the previous 20 or so. For the first time, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has ordered the report's authors to omit any terrorism statistics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-28-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Life Puts Boxer on the Ropesnew
Tony Duran's athletic ability -- in wrestling, running, football -- was excellent, and boxing seemed to focus all his energy. Boxing was a sport of brutal extremes, physical risks and unlikely monetary payoffs, but it was also the stabilizing factor in his life.
Tags: sports & fitness
Nine-Year Bomb Fiasco Continues with 'Time-Out' for Terroristnew
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing has been nothing but mistakes for nine years, from the emergency phone operators who first hung up on Eric Rudolph to the recent plea bargain that allowed a right-wing domestic terrorist to air his twisted views as if he were just another conservative blogger.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
04-28-2005 |
Commentary
A Tale of Tattoo Obsessionnew
Go to the gym. Go to the grocery store. Go to the office. Tattoos are everywhere. Movie stars have them. Athletes have them. Soccer moms have them. Today, the tattoo is just another accessory.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Coley Ward |
04-28-2005 |
Art
Holy Steamrollersnew
The religious right attempts a coup against the federal judiciary. Will it succeed -- or prompt a backlash?
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
04-28-2005 |
Politics
SF Conservatory Preps Students for Quiet Marketplacenew
The arcane system of conservatory education floods the tight market with one fairly unemployable graduating class of single-minded violinists and bassoonists and flutists after the next, and audiences for classical music have been shrinking for years.
House of D: One of the Worst, Yet Most Important, Films Evernew
David Duchovny's reason for horking up an unwatchable piece of maudlin trash and then pulling the plug on all interviews may be far more sinister than simple gross ineptitude. (Then again, maybe not.)
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
04-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: David Duchovny, House of D
Freed Willnew
An Imperial Teenster makes the dance pop scene with Hey Willpower.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
04-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dance Fevernew
Stephen Chow's love of cinema floods the scenes of Kung Fu Hustle like so many kicks and chops, moving almost chronologically through a history of not only martial-arts movies but movies in general.
Tags: Stephen Chow, Kung Fu Hustle
The Joys of Summer
Maybe the hot-month movies that critics love to hate aren't so evil after all.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
04-27-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Onward, Secular Soldiers!new
America's Christian religious mania is a call to arms for right, left, and center.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
04-27-2005 |
Commentary
Fear and Self-Loathingnew
Three new books wallow in our fat-phobic culture. But it's not all bad news for Big Beautiful Women and Big Beautiful Men.
Seattle Weekly |
Lynn Jacobson |
04-27-2005 |
Nonfiction
