AltWeeklies Wire
Dawn by Deadnew
Duck low for the remake of Assault on Precinct 13.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
01-19-2005 |
Reviews
Share and Share Alikenew
A file-sharing advocate predicts an end to lawsuits and money in artists' pockets by year's end.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ren Bucholz |
01-19-2005 |
Music
The Future of Music 2005new
More competition, more MP3s, more gigs and more gigabytes, more free-agent artists, more great sounds – expect 2005 to be a hell of a year for music.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-19-2005 |
Music
Tags: Joanna Newsom, comets on fire
Tough Love for the Artsnew
The arts are a business like any other. It's time to rethink how they're funded, and whether taxpayers should be on the hook for artistic ambitions gone wrong.
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
01-19-2005 |
Commentary
Abie Babynew
Don't ever call anyone gay. Look at the trouble it got C.A. Tripp into. The author of the The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln died in 2003 and now has to lie in the cold, cold ground while fellow historians kick at his dirt. Tripp claims in his book that Honest Abe was honestly a poofter.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
01-19-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
No Bad Deed Goes Unrewardednew
The Bush administration has done it again, nominating to a high position yet another key player in the War on Terror.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
01-19-2005 |
Commentary
Bohemian Rhapsodynew
Brightback Morning Light -- or Brightblack for short -- would probably be huge by now if it weren't a trio of big, lovable hippies.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
01-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ala.Cali.Tucky, Brightblack
The Tattoo Artist as Perfect Canvasnew
At age 12, Brad Fink was struck with a rare genetic malfunction that caused all his hair to fall out. Today he's St. Louis' pre-eminent tattoo artist, nationally acclaimed for his parlor magic -- his hairless skin an inker's dream.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
01-19-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Noam Chomsky on What Matters
Before an appearance in Santa Fe with Tariq Ali, Chomsky speaks about the U.S. response to the tsunami, the state of the country and healthcare costs that "could well bankrupt the economy."
Santa Fe Reporter |
Julia Goldberg |
01-19-2005 |
Politics
Complicated, Addictive, Riotous Rocknew
The liner notes of Batter the Drag's self-released debut EP reference "the Higley Ranch 'incident' of May 2003." Was it a farm machinery mishap? Cattle stampede? Turns out it was more like a riot -- appropriate for a band that rocks.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
01-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Masterpiecenew
Despite some psychological overreaching, this new biography of 20th century art giant Willem de Kooning stands as the definitive account of his genius and turbulent life.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
01-19-2005 |
Nonfiction
Travels With Charleynew
Novelist Peter Carey took his son to Japan and all he got were these lousy insights.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Carberry |
01-19-2005 |
Nonfiction
The Neighborhood Death Tollnew
Five of Terrell Fowlkes' friends were murdered in 2004 -- his best friend was shot in front of him and died at his feet. He's just one of many young men in East Baltimore trying to find meaning in a neighborhood where homicide is part of everyday life.
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
01-19-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How Two Tempe Women Found Scott Peterson's Missing Cementnew
A photo Genna McCallie took of a bag of cement in Scott Peterson's driveway drew her and her friend Kathy Monkman into a murder case they'd only intended to comment on online.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
01-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Female Pool Players Kick Ass With a Cue Sticknew
Players with nicknames like "The Empress," "The Irish Invader" and "The Black Widow' competed at the Women's Professional Billiard Association Classic Tour last month.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
01-18-2005 |
Recreation
