AltWeeklies Wire
A Workaholic Who Likes to Have Funnew
Erick Morillo is a top DJ and producer, one of the few American leaders in an international dance scene traditionally dominated by Europeans.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
01-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Not Rocknenew
True to form, Samuel L. Jackson presents his Don't Screw With Me credentials once again playing Coach Carter. This time, though, he does it for the betterment of humankind.
Houston Press |
Bill Gallo |
01-18-2005 |
Reviews
Brad Bird, Painter of Light...and Bea Arthur
Painter Brad Bird's website squats on Thomas Kinkade's nickname, giving accidental Googlers an eyeful of bizarre paintings of Christopher Walken's robot workshop and Rod Stewart dressed as a clone trooper.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
01-18-2005 |
Art
Just Add Bong Water: Punk Rock Recipes
Veteran vegan and punk Niall McGuirk makes the link between the two rebellious lifestyles explicit in a cookbook collecting recipes from rockers.
Columbus Alive |
J.Caleb Mozzocco |
01-18-2005 |
Nonfiction
House Rulesnew
Zhang Yimou's House lets loose the passions restrained in arthouse-meets-grindhouse kung fu flicks like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and his own Hero.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
01-18-2005 |
Reviews
Demon's Claws Antithetical to Canada's Wussy Waysnew
Montreal's Demon's Claws give angry Americans one more reason to move to Canada.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
01-18-2005 |
Reviews
Cruising Out of the Undergroundnew
Columbus emcee Copywrite mixes it up with major-label interest.
Columbus Alive |
Wes Flexner |
01-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Author Explains How Conservatives Got So Terribly Oppressednew
According to author and historian Thomas Frank, who spoke at Ohio University Jan. 13, over the last 20 years or so a faction of conservatives, aided by the media, has managed to strip economics out of politics, and replace it with cartoonish "cultural" issues.
The Athens NEWS |
Jim Phillips |
01-18-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Scorched-Earth Philosophy Sucks Life From Wetlandsnew
Wetlands are vanishing from the Houston region faster than from any other urban area in the nation, biologists say. The area's drain-fill-and-pave approach to wetlands management could soon become standard practice nationwide.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
01-18-2005 |
Environment
Doyenne of Blending Fiction, History and Visual Artnew
Susan Vreeland is part of a growing movement of authors who have found success using the lives, loves and masterpieces of great artists to fuel their writing.
Baltimore City Paper |
J. Bowers |
01-17-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Athletes Driven to Drink Have a Field of Choicesnew
Forty years after the invention of Gatorade, athletes have dozens of sports and energy drinks, along with the newest "fitness" waters, to choose from. What's all the buzz about?
The Georgia Straight |
Gail Johnson |
01-17-2005 |
Science
Bush Administration Revokes Torture Policy Authored by Nevadannew
The Bush administration revoked its permissive torture policy just days before attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales faced Senate questioning about his espousal of the policy, which was written by Nevada lawyer Jay Bybee.
Reno News & Review |
Dennis Myers |
01-17-2005 |
Politics
Anti-Evolutionary Teachings Reenter Schools in New Formnew
Creationists have changed their strategy in order to gain acceptance from the scientific community and to get their materials into public schools. Gone is talk of God and the Bible. Anti-evolutionary advocates instead speak of "intelligent design."
Reno News & Review |
Deidre Pike |
01-17-2005 |
Education
How to Tell If Your Wife's Really Pregnantnew
Kevin Montgomery of Melvern, Kansas, claims he had no idea something was terribly wrong about his wife Lisa's "pregnancy." After all, there's a lot on the mind of the average rural Kansas man.
My Big Fat Hip Weddingnew
In her memoir of growing up as one of the white minority on the upper West Side of New York, Susan Jane Gilman speaks to heterosexual feminists and second-generation hipsters.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
01-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
