AltWeeklies Wire
Rapstreet Boys: 50 Cent and the Game Diss and Tellnew
The question is this: Outside the WWE, what’s the last time such a massively unimportant feud occurred between two jacked dudes with stage names, shifty alliances, and self-mythologies that are way more entertaining than their actual skills?
Boston Phoenix |
Nick Sylvester |
03-21-2005 |
Music
High Times: the Magazine for Serious Cannabis Smokersnew
After a brief stint as a slick, celebrity-driven version of the Nation, the pot-appreciation magazine High Times is back to its roots -- and readers are inhaling deeply.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
03-21-2005 |
Media
Girlz in the Vineyardnew
McHardy details the historic and present low-down on women in the wine business.
Jackson Free Press |
Lesley Tolar McHardy |
03-19-2005 |
Food+Drink
Don't Call Me Ma'amnew
Donna Ladd despises being called ma'am not because it makes her feel old but because it makes her feel uninspired, boring, improperly revered, even disrespected -- at least for what she actually is.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-19-2005 |
Commentary
W-O-M-E-N: In Mississippi, Are Women on the Side?new
The role of women has progressed in Mississippi, but how far? Are women still left out?
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
03-19-2005 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Folkcatcher: a lyrical legacy -- the story of the Campbell Folk Schoolnew
The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N. Car., has turned 75 years old. Modeled on Danish folkehojskoles, the principal founder was the model for the lead role in Maggie Greenwald's film "Songcatcher." Courses at the school cover all the things folks make and do: crafts, music, cooking, etc.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
03-18-2005 |
History
The Dead Wouldn't Describe War As Funnew
In essence, our soldiers in Iraq are being ordered -- not asked -- to participate in a war crime.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
03-18-2005 |
Commentary
Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolfowitz?new
Dubious financial and accounting achievements occurred on Paul Wolfowitz's watch before he became president of the World Bank.
The Village Voice |
Jason Vest |
03-18-2005 |
Politics
Mr. Baker's Neighborhoodnew
He is the mastermind behind the new world of Dungeons and Dragons and author of a new fantasy novel. Keith Baker gives the Boulder Weekly's resident geeks an insider's tour of Eberron.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
03-17-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
When You Wish Upon a Starletnew
In The Starlet, 10 aspiring actresses shack up in a Spanish-style pad that once belonged to Marilyn Monroe. Each week, the contestants take acting classes and undergo screen tests opposite such top-shelf thespians as Jaime Pressly and David Gallagher.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Diablo Cody |
03-17-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Super Zeros
The lastest AdHouse anthology presents lesser-known supeheroes by indie artists not known for their superhero work
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
03-17-2005 |
Fiction
What the Hella?new
Indie-rock weirdoes Hella return with an ambitious double album.
Columbus Alive |
Kevin Elliot |
03-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Confessions of an eBay Opium Addictnew
A pleasure trip to the Internet auction site eBay sent the author into the hell of opium addiction.
Reno News & Review |
Peter Thompson |
03-17-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
The Real Roadkill Cafenew
Columbus activists are finding meat they say is cheaper and healthier in a strange place -- the side of the road.
Columbus Alive |
Bret Liebendorfer |
03-17-2005 |
Food+Drink
A Bridge Too Farnew
In a high-concept collision of two cultures,Bride and Prejudice takes the form of a Bollywood musical and also represents the umpteenth filmed remake of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
03-17-2005 |
Reviews
