AltWeeklies Wire
Internet Spawns Wave of Roboscalpingnew
While rubes are waiting in line for tickets to U2 and other hot concerts, scalpers' robots are buying up all the best seats from Ticketmaster online.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-06-2005 |
Music
To Sid, With Lovenew
It's a good thing that race is a relatively minor concern in the new Ashton Kutcher/Bernie Mac film Guess Who. But why is it taken for granted that it's black people who are the ones with the problem?
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
04-06-2005 |
Commentary
Matters of Life and Deathnew
We all can learn from the Terri Schiavo case, even if we don’t agree. The writer recounts the difficult decisions involving her ailing parents.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
04-05-2005 |
Commentary
Precious Medalsnew
Vietnam veteran Joe Wilkins, who built a distinguished career in academia and local and state government, claims he was twice wounded in combat and earned the nation's third-highest decoration, a Silver Star. The military says otherwise.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
04-05-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
From Muse to Non-Lolitanew
Keren Ann Zeidel's lyrics are both commonplace and enigmatic, a series of ordinary observations that accumulate meaning obliquely, transparent layer by transparent layer, like a Rembrandt painting or a Raymond Carver story.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
04-05-2005 |
Reviews
After the Shine Went Out of Everythingnew
Burkhardt, an assistant professor of English at the University of Illinois at Springfield, has turned her substantial knowledge of Maxwell's work and her unprecedented access to his papers into the first major critical study of this important author.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
04-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
An American Fatwanew
Media irresponsibility could place Michael Schiavo's life in danger for many years to come.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
04-04-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Attackers Shared Faith With Their Gay Victimnew
A single force shaped four young men in Washington State: the three who were just convicted of a hate crime and their gay victim, Micah Painter. They all had Evangelical Christian upbringings by very religious fathers.
The Stranger |
Eli Sanders |
04-04-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Am I Emo?new
An identity crisis involving post-neo-punk withdrawal.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-04-2005 |
Music
Tags: High Decibel, Vince Darcangelo
Low Frontnew
After a decade of frigid indie rock, the Duluth band's temperature is rising.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The River's Edgenew
While Okkervil River's Will Sheff ranks among modern music's most literary songwriters, he stops short of turning lyrics into inaccessible, unfeeling academic exercises.
SF Weekly |
Andrew Miller |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hip-Hop With Substancenew
The college graduate's latest disc takes an accessible approach to underground hip-hop.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lock Up Your Mother; Duran Duran Is Backnew
Part of Duran Duran's enduring appeal is that the group members still look good; they've aged from boyishly hot to strikingly handsome, meaning that girlhood crushes can advance seamlessly to extramarital fantasies.
Cleveland Scene |
Annie Zaleski |
04-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Unorthodox Priest Ran Racket on the Sidenew
Prison looms for the Reverend Sava Latovljevic, who admitted to running a scam in which he and a partner illegally profited from instant-bingo tickets sold on behalf of his church.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
04-02-2005 |
Religion
Security Company Takes Law Into Its Handsnew
Despite having no police powers, employees at Cuyahoga Valley Patrol have nonetheless been arresting people and conducting heavily armed raids, behaving like Marines in the Cambodian jungle.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
04-02-2005 |
Crime & Justice
