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No Remorsenew
The Dwarves' most eclectic and unbounded LP pairs chest-pounding rap battles that diss everyone from Good Charlotte to the Queens of the Stone Age with foreboding gospel that imagines Christ as an MC.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
10-25-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Underdog Senate Candidate Hiked Alone Across Ohionew
Democrat Eric Fingerhut doesn't have the money his powerful opponent, Republican George Voinovich, does. So he's walking across the state of Ohio, where nobody walks anywhere if he can possibly help it. Trudging along a two-lane highway could make a candidate look like a nut.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
10-25-2004 |
Politics
Tags: Campaign, U.S. Senate
Down to the Wire: Voter Suppression Is Alive In the Heartland
It could be Florida, 2000 all over again -- or it could be worse. If the 2004 Presidential Election really is as close as most believe, the margin of victory may well depend on the suppression of votes, a practice that reached its peak in the Jim Crow South, but that has always cast a shadow on America’s aspirations to full democracy. Second of two parts
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
10-23-2004 |
Politics
Tags: suppression, voter
American Healingnew
After a decade apart, the members of American Music Club are together again, tighter than ever.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Van Der Slice Generatornew
The phrase Cellar Door, borrowed from the 2001 film Donnie Darko, is a reminder to pay attention, for something remarkable this way comes.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Vanderslice, Cellar Door
Jimmy Eat Worldnew
This time around Jimmy Eat World had a lot more time and money to record the album they truly wanted to make. "I think you can hear it, too," bassist Rick Burch says of Futures.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jimmy Eat World, futures
Best Foot Forwardnew
Richard Gere takes on a ride requiring plenty of ballroom.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
I Heart Hegelnew
David O. Russell delivers a comedy that gets both philosophy and funny business right.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Sheep Suitnew
The state of Arizona may finally dun the developer responsible for destroying a quarter of a bighorn herd.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
10-22-2004 |
Animal Issues
The Same on Both Sidesnew
One thing unites liberals and conservatives: loud, ugly, moronic confrontation.
Tucson Weekly |
Randy Serraglio |
10-22-2004 |
Commentary
'Tarnation' Sensationnew
Jonathan Caouette's inexplicably perfect documentary of growing up gay in Texas is the astounding new face of do-it-yourself moviemaking.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jonathan Caouette, Tarnation
'Primer' Timenew
Writer/director/co-star Shane Carruth's sci-fi verite, Primer, snagged the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2004. His debut film is as densely layered with resonant ideas about the nature of time, friendship, and the process of invention as it is with the minutiae of the engineering field its characters inhabit.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Primer, Shane Carruth
Say Amennew
Based on a novel by Bishop T.D. Jakes, a black evangelical preacher and author who also co-stars, this unusual film is part revivalist sermon, part narrative drama, and wholly urgent and engaging.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Making Art From Lifenew
Sometimes people grow up sane despite the best efforts of society to drive them mad. So it is for Jonathan Caouette, who with this film assembles his life into his art.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jonathan Caouette, Tarnation
Christmas at Any Costnew
Money can buy happiness is the moral of this cynical yet mildly amusing comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Mitchell, Surviving Christmas
