AltWeeklies Wire
Public Fiber-Optic Plans Have History of Failurenew
A study on whether San Francisco should go into the business of providing Internet, cable TV, and telephone services to residents is a boondoggle-in-the-making.
Costello Deliversnew
The Delivery Man is Costello's first album for Lost Highway and his first with the Imposters. He's joined by two first-time guests: Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams. But as with all his releases, the real power resides not in novelty but in the songwriting.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
10-18-2004 |
Reviews
Peace Activist Warns Students to Be Afraid...Very Afraidnew
Anti-nuke crusader Helen Caldicott tells Illinois Wesleyan University students that they live in a dangerous area, with a nuclear-power plant just 24 miles away.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
10-18-2004 |
Environment
Creator of Anti-Kerry Documentary Had Troubled Careernew
Sinclair Broadcast Group is ordering its 62 stations to air an anti-John Kerry documentary next week. The producer, Carlton Sherwood, created another controversial report 20 years ago that resulted in his TV station issuing a retraction.
Illinois Times |
John K. Wilson |
10-15-2004 |
Media
Life Interrupted: Japanese Americans in Arkansas during World War IInew
At a conference in Little Rock, elderly Japanese Americans and political leaders gathered to examine the Japanese-American experience at concentration camps in Arkansas during World War II.
Illinois Times |
Yoshimi Yoshimura Golden |
10-15-2004 |
Policy Issues
Keepin' 'Em on the Farmnew
Barry Tubb's Grand Champion tackles Hollywood's two no-no's: working with both kids and animals.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Outsource to Arkansasnew
It is contradictory, but not a surprise, that the same people who celebrate free-market economics and the independent entrepreneurial spirit are the champions of tax breaks and financial giveaways for big corporations.
Arkansas Times |
Warwick Sabin |
10-15-2004 |
Commentary
America's Teamnew
Matt Stone and Trey Parker take on terrorism, celebrity and the perils of puppetry.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Puppet Powernew
Trey Parker and Matt Stone tame the world with marionettes.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-15-2004 |
Reviews
Too Fat!new
Arkansas's got perhaps the skinniest governor and the fattest children in America. One wants to help the other -- and their loss could be his gain.
Arkansas Times |
Leslie Newell Peacock |
10-15-2004 |
Science
Engine Troublenew
Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon comedy stalls at the starting gate.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-15-2004 |
Reviews
Tripping the Light Fantasticnew
Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon co-star in this tempting remake of a Japanese film about a man's midlife slump.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
10-15-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Chelsom, Shall We Dance?
Work Tales From the Dark Sidenew
Directed by Gus Van Sant's longtime editor and written by Lemony Snicket author Daniel Handler, Rick is a harsh but compelling tale that loosely mixes tragedy and comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-15-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Rick, Curtiss Clayton
Spin Doctornew
Tom Waits finds his political muse on Real Gone.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
10-15-2004 |
Reviews
Feet of Claynew
Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, and Penélope Cruz co-star in this stilted romantic drama set against the background of Europe between the wars.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-15-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Head in the Clouds, John Duigan
