AltWeeklies Wire
Vermonter's Internet Ax-Grinding Attracts National Attention
A Vermont blogger, best known for starting the first grassroots Howard Dean Web site, is now affecting political change by raising money for web-media campaigns targeted to local races.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
10-20-2004 |
Media
Mother Couragenew
Hanif Kureishi's new drama is an excellent film -- one that feels like life, sharpened to its finest points.
Phoenix New Times |
Melissa Levine |
10-19-2004 |
Reviews
Seeing Futuresnew
Drummer Zach Lind says the band's fifth album is representative of what they've done in the past but with a bit more seriousness.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
10-19-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Election Eve Nightmare at Arizona's Maricopa Countynew
Phoenix New Times found ample evidence that the Maricopa County Elections Department is covering up serious shortfalls in its ability to accurately count early mailed-in ballots.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
10-19-2004 |
Politics
Blood on Their Handsnew
Shortly after a doctor at Maricopa Medical Center released Rodney Aviles from the psychiatric ward, he bludgeoned his mother and 7-year-old niece to death. Five years later, his criminal case remains unresolved.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
10-19-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Shut Up and Drivenew
After three career-defining records in a row, Drive-By Truckers will probably have to sit down and make a list of things they don't want their next record to be, says frontman Patterson Hood.
The Pitch |
John Nova Lomax |
10-19-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Man's Story of How His Family Drowned Doesn't Hold Waternew
A freak rainstorm carried away Robert Rogers' minivan, killing his wife, children and a Good Samaritan. Rogers tells church crowds he walked away from a "wall of water" that night, but Kansas rescue workers say his account makes no sense.
Robin Williams Messes With Memoriesnew
This satisfyingly eerie thriller is concerned with the moral implications of recording entire lives and what those lives ultimately mean once they're edited down into sweet, bowdlerized, easily digested movies.
Riverfront Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
10-19-2004 |
Reviews
Die, Jeff Buckley, Die!new
In May of '97, Buckley died in ludicrously romantic fashion, drowning in the Mississippi River near Memphis during recording sessions for an album. Then the posthumous Jeff Buckley album industry sprung up to cash in.
Riverfront Times |
Rob Harvilla |
10-19-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
He Writes the Signs in the Ballparknew
Marty Prather's obsession with holding up handpainted signs began during the 1985 World Series, when he flashed a sign that read: "The Fat Lady Is Singing."
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-19-2004 |
Sports
Magic Johnson's Proposed St. Louis Development Is Deadnew
A real estate group, fronted by ex-basketball superstar Earvin "Magic" Johnson, wanted to construct a multimillion-dollar retail/residential complex on the downtrodden north side of St. Louis. But the plan got stuck in the city's stew of race and politics.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
10-19-2004 |
Politics
Golf Ball Fishing in Americanew
“There’s gold in these waters,” says Michael Aux Tinee. He is part of the secretive world of golf ball retrieval, an industry worth an estimated $200 million a year.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
10-19-2004 |
Sports
Extreme Makeover: Hotshot City Planner Does St. Louisnew
Rollin Stanley is learning that the hurdles he faces in St. Louis are far taller than those he encountered during his 21 years as a well-respected planner in Toronto. There, innovation was the rule. St. Louis is more cautious.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
10-19-2004 |
Politics
Marti and Morenew
Francisco Goldman’s fictional re-creation of 19th-century Central America is more telling in its details than in its larger picture.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
10-19-2004 |
Fiction
Borough Boysnew
Even in this election year, the Beastie Boys seem reluctant to let their playful guards down. The Boston Phoenix does its best to draw the amused and amusing Adam Horowitz out of his Beastie Boy shell.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
10-19-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
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