AltWeeklies Wire
Altered Realitynew
Orlando's New Roman Times is an indie-rock band in a city not known for indie-rock. Yet.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: New Roman Times
Reissue puts avant-rock into contextnew
With Bastro's two albums onto one CD, a powerful pre-post-rock punch is packed.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-02-2005 |
Reviews
Babylon Rapnew
Canadian hip-hop collective Euphrates displays its Iraqi roots on new album.
Orlando Weekly |
J.J. Marley |
03-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Euphrates, Stereotypes, Inc.
Kristin Hersh Rides Into a Golden Oceannew
Kristin Hersh scratches her rock & roll itch with her new band 50 Foot Wave's new album, Golden Ocean.
Orlando Weekly |
Christopher John Treacy |
03-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: 50 Foot Wave, Golden Ocean
New World Order: No Linking Without Permission
Blogger Michael Bates is battling over linking and excerpting the Tulsa World's content on the Web. The World's attorney claims the daily newspaper owns exclusive rights to the content and usage without permission equals copyright infringement.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Deborah Benjamin |
03-02-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Dean and the Elephants in Dixienew
Donna Ladd discusses Howard Dean's controversial comment to the Democratic National Committee's Black Caucus: "The truth hurts. And sometimes it needs to."
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-01-2005 |
Commentary
"Pro-Marijuana" Children's Story Winds Up in Congressnew
Reviews of Ricardo Cortes' children's book, It's Just a Plant, have been expectedly mixed. The most pointed came, unsurprisingly, from an elected official out to politicize the book.
The Village Voice |
Jamie Pietras |
03-01-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Dean Does Dixienew
Casey Parks interviews Howard Dean, Charles Evers and the head of the Jackson State University Young Democrats about race politics in the South.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
03-01-2005 |
Politics
The Last Days of Loservillenew
The Bowery, once America's slummiest street -- home to hustlers, drunks, and bohemians -- has turned into a new millionaire's row
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
03-01-2005 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Folk Wisdomnew
An interview with Geno Kennedy, author of "Welcome to the Mountains, Now Behave," a funny and poignant guide to mountain survival and etiquette. Armed with wit and a no-nonsense delivery, the book's author is as wise and colorful as his prose. This book will make you laugh. And it just may save your life.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
03-01-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Seymour Hersh's Stream of Consciousnessnew
Preparing for a public appearance, Hersh says he won’t follow an outline, but instead will just "talk about what’s going on" -- as he does in this interview with Elizabeth Kramer, in rapid-fire sentences infused with fervor.
LEO Weekly |
Elizabeth Kramer |
03-01-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Hunting for the Truthnew
Hunter Thompson was the quintessential advocacy journalist. There was nothing remotely reliable about his reporting. Some would say the same thing about Fox News, The New York Times, LEO, Rush Limbaugh, Dan Rather and the wide world of bloggers.
LEO Weekly |
John Yarmuth |
02-28-2005 |
Media
Surprisingly, Game Onnew
Video games are as susceptible as any medium to the winter doldrums. The year 2005 is different. Never before have we seen a glut of top-shelf titles so soon after Christmas.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
02-28-2005 |
Video Games
Fallen Star: A Schizophrenic Star Fox Disappointsnew
Star Fox: Assault is baffling -- a game that seeks to undermine itself at every turn. Those aspects of the game based solely upon the franchise's rail-shooter roots can be almost deliriously fun; as for nearly everything else, well, how many synonyms are there for "disaster"?
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
02-28-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Great Rock Writ Welshnew
Every track on Songbook -- the Super Furries' singles compilation -- is rife with tiny surprises. The big surprise is that they're not the biggest rock band in the world. Also reviewed is Shivaree's Who's Got Trouble?
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
02-28-2005 |
Reviews
