AltWeeklies Wire
Vintage Va-Voomnew
The glamorous faux eyelashes, stiletto heels and good-humored antics of a bygone era are making a comeback. This time, burlesque is for everyone. Cecilia Bravo, founder of the Fluffgirl Burlesque Revue, shares with the Inlander what she's learned about the fine art of delivering good tease.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
03-31-2005 |
Performance
Tags: burlesque
What Can State Senator Brown Do For You?new
Eastern Washingtonians have always griped about how lawmakers in Olympia care only about the West Side. Then, seemingly overnight, Sen. Lisa Brown of Spokane's 3rd District became one of the most powerful politicians in the state.
The Inlander |
Joel Smith |
03-31-2005 |
Politics
Dirty Pretty Thingnew
Shivaree's Ambrosia Parsley is anything but the torch singer next door.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shivaree, Who's Got Trouble?
After the Partynew
Three of our weary music writers share their unique South by Southwest impressions.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary, Linda Ray and Stephen Seigel |
03-31-2005 |
Music
Tags: Various Artists, SXSW
Intestinal Fortitudenew
On the "25th anniversary" of Forbidden Zone, Richard Elfman has some surprising things to say.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Forbidden Zone, Richard Elfman
Banal Dinnernew
Guess Who could have been a comedy with a powerful message, but it chickened out.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Guess Who, Kevin Rodney Sullivan
M.Con Reduxnew
Is it possible that the Miss Congeniality sequel is deeper than it seems? Not really!
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Just a Minute, Mennew
As immigration opponents descend on Southern Arizona for the Minuteman Project, local politicians squabble.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-31-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Minuteman, border issues
War on the Poornew
Under proposed national budgets, the rich will get richer, while the undereducated get screwed.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
03-31-2005 |
Commentary
Tubeway Armynew
Please please pleasepleaseplease do not yank my tube unless I tell you to, see?
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
03-31-2005 |
Commentary
Bloody Valentinenew
Strap yourself in for quite possibly the grittiest, muskiest, most blood-soaked, mind-roasting ball-busting thighmaster of a comic book you don’t ever have to read.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Worst Homicide Squad seriesnew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
03-31-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Songstress Hasn't Lost Sight of Qualitynew
Even with all of her endeavors into the business end of the industry, Rhonda Vincent hasn't lost sight of quality. She believes bluegrass is growing because people seek authenticity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rhonda Vincent
Jeff McLeod Fosters Oddball Sounds in Podunk, Ala.new
Alabama has long fostered a secret history of oddball music, and guitarist Jeff McLeod lies at the center of it all, picking it apart and reassembling it one warped riff at a time.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jeff McLeod, Red Tablet
Pretty in Pink Answer to Neighborly Brother in Lovenew
Beauty Shop limps feebly along when plot details intrude to gum up the film's frothy, escapist works.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Beauty Shop, Bille Wolfe
