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Head in the Sandnew
This documentary honors the desert race the Baja 1000 with overheated prose.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-11-2005 |
Reviews
Of ’Box and Bocks: the Synergy of Beer and Gamingnew
Video games and beer are the perfect, all-American combo. GameFace examines why and explores the evolution of the author's taste in both.
Boulder Weekly |
Todd Michael Shaffer |
04-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
High Decibel: The B-sides of Our Livesnew
A listen to the Dropkick Murphys' new collection of B-sides is cause for reflection on mortality, mature decision-making and pop superfluousness.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-11-2005 |
Reviews
Conversation Pieces: Tori Amos in Song and Otherwisenew
The quirky diva discusses her new CD, her new book, her many frames of reference, terrorists and orange knickers.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
04-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Discrimination Lawsuit Highlights Sovereignty Issuesnew
In a case that challenges Indian sovereignty, former employees of a California casino are suing the gambling operation and its tribal owners. Allegations include sexual harassment and gender discrimination.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
04-11-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Against the Grainnew
A heckler who demanded that folk group d.biddle play faster might have been surprised to learn that singer/guitarist Duncan Barlow is a punk-rock veteran.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
04-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Celebrity Suicide Coverage Marked by Rationalizationsnew
A suicide prevention expert is concerned about the possible repercussions of rapturous coverage of Hunter S. Thompson's death.
Rose in Bloomnew
The title characters in this highly literate film are an unreconstructed hippie remnant from the 1960s and his dreamy-eyed teenage daughter, who live in self-imposed exile on an island off the mid-Atlantic coast.
The Grapes of Mirthnew
Jonathan Nossiter's documentary exposing the globalization of the wine industry is subversive, funny and humane.
Marty Anderson Is Okaynew
The prolific young songwriter Marty Anderson has been so ill with Crohn's disease he feared he wouldn't live to see the release of his band's first two albums.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
04-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Keepin' It Meannew
Strange as it may seem, given the duo's apparently abundant confidence, Jamie "Hotel" Hince and Alison "VV" Mosshart thrive on tension, and not just the sexual kind.
Cleveland Scene |
Andrew Miller |
04-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Kills
21-Year-Old Takes On Microsoftnew
For the past four months, David Zamos has been fighting four Microsoft attorneys who claim he violated trademark and copyright laws by selling two unopened pieces of software on eBay for $203.50.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
04-08-2005 |
Science
Xanga.com Cuts to the Heart of High School Darknessnew
Xanga.com software has become the blogging system of choice for the underage. On hyperpersonalized Web pages, teens obsess about suicide and sex and take the opportunity to harass each other.
Blue Cross Sues Over 'Rent-a-Patient' Scamnew
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is suing nine California clinics and 21 doctors it accuses of performing unnecessary surgery on patients who were paid to participate in the scam.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
04-08-2005 |
Science
Cold Case: Tulsa Race Riot Survivors Closer to Reparationsnew
A chilling tale of Tulsa race riots reaches all the way to Pittsburgh, and the U.S. Supreme Court. It may very well change the way the country approaches race relations
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Brentin Mock |
04-08-2005 |
Race & Class
