AltWeeklies Wire
Miami Lifestyle Magazine Rakes in the Millionsnew
Some may dismiss the magazine's content as mindless fluff or starstruck drivel, but Ocean Drive has perfected a formula that's the envy of the publishing world.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
03-14-2005 |
Media
Acquisitions Prepared Pulitzer Inc. for Salenew
In the years preceding Pulitzer Inc.'s sale to Lee Enterprises, Pulitzer president and chief executive Robert Woodworth grew the company through strategic moves like buying a group of suburban St. Louis, Mo., papers. Second of two parts
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
03-14-2005 |
Media
Wimpy White Guys With Guitarsnew
At a German restaurant in Alameda, Calif., acoustic artists like Bart Davenport attempt to make their music heard above the roar of the crowd.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
03-14-2005 |
Music
Former Sexual Offender Has Trouble Finding a Homenew
Rehabilitated prisoner Cary Verse had to face an angry crowd of people in court and convince a judge he should be allowed to live in their neighborhood.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
03-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
The Countercultural Christiansnew
Catholic Workers live in voluntary poverty, refuse to incorporate, take the homeless into their homes, and fight for social justice. They turn the left's idea of Christianity on its head --
and shake things up within Catholicism at the same time.
Killing Time: Ike Reilly Assassination is America's Best-Kept Secretnew
Critics have had a hard time deciding whether the Ike Reilly Assassination are the best bar band in America or, more potently, a vehicle for a gifted songwriter to fuse the wise-ass ramblings of Dylan with the lovable underachiever fight songs of the Replacements.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
03-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
In Praise of Sin: Or Why the New Puritans Threaten Us Allnew
When was it decided that the dorks and the squares would be calling the shots? Who empowered these teetotaling chumps, these jogging crypto-fascists with spotless livers and unblackened lungs, to decide where we smoke and how we drink and what we eat?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
03-11-2005 |
Commentary
Riding the Pine: MLB2K5 is a Solid Second-Stringernew
You can't judge a video game by the pretty boy on its cover, and the truth is that MLB2K5 isn't bad; there are just some little things that could have been improved upon.
Boston Phoenix |
Ryan Stewart |
03-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
The Contender: Fight Night Round 2 Brings Itnew
Fight Night does a lot of things well, none more so than capturing the bone-crunching hits of professional boxing. This isn't a gleeful, Punch-Out-style interpretation of pugilism – it's a gritty and mimetic experience that emphasizes aerosolized blood and spit as much as ducking and weaving.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
03-11-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Got Shortednew
Making a hash of a "Get Shorty" rehash.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray
Morgue Mysterynew
Adrien Brody goes time traveling, maybe, in the uninspired The Jacket.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
Joseph Smith Gets His Close-upnew
The Work and the Glory is the biggest-budget film ever made—for and about Mormons.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
03-10-2005 |
Movies
Wrapped in Politicsnew
Charming Hostess' work bridges the realms of the heart and head, as they define their sound as "nerdy sexy commie girly music."
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
03-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charming Hostess, Sarajevo Blues
Dept. of Misappropriationsnew
Montana Senator Conrad Burns' help granting $3 million to one of the country's richest tribes generates a call for investigation.
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
03-10-2005 |
Politics
Unforgivable Shitenew
This sequel to Get Shorty is one of the least-cool things ever to see the light of day.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray
