AltWeeklies Wire
Fearing Fear Itself: Social Security and Other 21st Century Disasters
President Bush and his Republican allies are busy scaring Americans with the invented Social Security "crisis" of 2018 and 2042...but what about the very real and very scary crises of 2020, 2026 and 2037?
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
02-03-2005 |
Politics
Extreme Close-up
Tarnation director Jonathan Caouette turns his life story and video diary into a trippy $218.32 epic.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
02-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jonathan Caouette, Tarnation
An Early Look at New York's "Street Metal" Duo Early Mannew
Columbus, Ohio, emigres Adam Bennati and Mike Conte found a new home, a new band, a new sound and now a new record label in New York City.
Columbus Alive |
Mahssa Taghinia |
02-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lifestyles of the Right-wing and Libidinousnew
The funny thing is that some of the divorce delay bill would really crimp the lifestyles of the right-wing and libidinous. Take Newt Gingrich, for instance.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
02-03-2005 |
Commentary
Lawmakers Make Sure Everyone Has Right to Knownew
If, as they say, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, then Georgia lawmakers could be flirting with disaster over various "right to know" legislation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
02-03-2005 |
Politics
Oral Traditionnew
Legs McNeil says the pornification of America isn't coming. It came.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Alex Richmond |
02-03-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Legs McNeil, The Other Hollywood
Block Therapynew
Budget woes in the Philadelphia prison system mean that jailed sex offenders won't receive the therapy they need.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mike Newall |
02-03-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Roger Kahn, Birdslayernew
Up until two weeks ago, Roger F. Kahn was known as the guy who lost to Bob Barr in the race for a U.S. House seat in 2000. Nowadays, Kahn is referred to as the guy who killed all those hundreds of birds.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
02-03-2005 |
Politics
The Tweaking and Twisting of an Atlanta Air Pollution Studynew
Carbon, which is emitted by automobiles, was the only pollutant mentioned in a recently revealed study of Atlanta's air. There was no mention of the link between lung ailments and sulfur pollutants, which are emitted by coal-burning power plants - such as those run by Georgia Power.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
02-03-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
How They'll Lose: Eagles vs. New Englandnew
All season long, in a bold experiment in reverse psychology, Brian Hickey has predicted losses for the Philadlephia Eagles. They're now going to the Super Bowl. Coincidence? We don't think so.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Hickey |
02-03-2005 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Jesus Geek Superstarnew
Michael Marcavage has revealed many different faces: the savvy pundit, the devout muckraker, the confused adolescent, the calculating bigot. But just what does the Great White Hope of the radical right believe in?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
02-03-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
How University of Georgia Became White Chick U.new
Now, while the university has skyrocketed in national rankings and academic prestige, its student body has shed any semblance of diversity. Blacks and rural whites are becoming as rare at UGA as Florida Gator bumper stickers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
02-03-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Out of Thin Airnew
The writer fell 15 feet while climbing in the North Cascades last summer, and might have died were it not for the people he met along the way.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
02-03-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
An Italian Duo Speaks the Lingua Franca of Psych Rocknew
Jennifer Gentle aren't the first or only foreign band to write and sing in English, of course. But of the present-day ESL practitioners working within the psychedelic pop patois, they're certainly the most fun.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
02-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jennifer Gentle, Valende
From Park Slope to Park Citynew
Sundance is still a great destination for indie cinema, beneath the avalanche of bling.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
02-03-2005 |
Movies
