AltWeeklies Wire
Terrorist TV?new
A San Francisco broadcaster is forced to drop Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV network after State Department labels it "terrorist."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
02-23-2005 |
Media
Oscars, the Grouchesnew
Two curmudgeons offer a guide to the Academy Award nominees.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy and Kimberly Chun |
02-23-2005 |
Movies
Fight Nightnew
Deep in Oakland's postindustrial wasteland, writer A.C. Thompson takes you ring side to observe the spectacle of humans doing bad things to one another – for fun.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
02-23-2005 |
Sports
Tags: fight club, underground culture
Hollywood's Main Event
The movies of 2004 could muster only a few streaks of brilliance, among them Jamie Foxx's stellar performance as Ray Charles in Ray. In Sunday’s main event, The Aviator, Sideways and Million Dollar Baby will slug it out for best picture.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
02-23-2005 |
Movies
Waste of Time
The Jacket tries to get too serious about an inherently goofy premise.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
Anti-Abortion Activist Randall Terry Runs for Gated Community Board
The race for a Northeast Florida homeowners association board heats up when the nation's most notorious anti-abortion crusader joins the contest.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
02-23-2005 |
Sex
San Francisco Bay Guardian Suit Moves Forwardnew
Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer ruled Feb. 18 that a Bay Guardian predatory-pricing lawsuit may proceed against New Times Media, owner of the SF Weekly and East Bay Express.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Guardian |
02-23-2005 |
Media
Five Ways the Music Industry Is Changingnew
Starbucks is selling nearly as many records as it is lattes, but not for long, because the CD is almost dead. And you can hear it all by tuning in to KEXP-FM—from anywhere on the planet. Here's a brief survey of where the music business is now and may be heading in 2005.
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Bonazelli, Laura Cassidy, Philip Dawdy, and Michaelangelo Matos |
02-23-2005 |
Music
Transfer of Wealthnew
Bush has used enormous tax cuts primarily directed toward the wealthy and an expanded federal bureaucracy largely devoted to corporate welfare to drive up the federal deficit. He is then trying to alleviate that deficit by reducing education, health care, housing, and environmental protection.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
02-23-2005 |
Commentary
The Preston Gates Matesnew
A venerable Seattle law firm launched key players in the Tom DeLay scandal.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
02-23-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Gonzogatenew
Hunter S. Thompson and Woodward and Bernstein: the mixed legacy of boomer journalism's icons.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
02-23-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Diary of Aphrodisiac Testernew
Serious information about aphrodisiacs the author may or may not have acutally ingested
Tags: aphrodisiacs
Toys Are Usnew
Dildos and other sex toys are very, very far from being newfangled results of the sexual revolution--in fact, they came around before the wheel.
Tags: dildos
For the Girls: Straight Girls in Strip Clubsnew
Straight guys aren’t the only ones who enjoy watching female strippers
