AltWeeklies Wire
Therapeutic Thanksnew
Gratitude can be your best tonic. Everyone's got an inner curmudgeon, but the trick to preserving your well-being is to keep it on a short leash.
NOW Magazine |
Sibylle Preuschat |
09-30-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Lessons in Propagandanew
I learn the fine art of spin from Ariel Sharon's sidekick.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
09-30-2004 |
Commentary
Nair's Fairnew
Reese Witherspoon gets her period piece.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
09-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, Vanity Fair
Maculate Conceptionnew
Saved! falls short of its mark. It's not bad, but uses its intermittent satire as a Trojan horse to deliver a message about intolerance.
Missoula Independent |
Andy Smetanka |
09-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian Dannelly, Saved!
Busting a Move: Pamela Anderson Conquers Literaturenew
No fragile, tragic, self-destructive Marilyn Monroe clone, Pamela Anderson is a canny businesswoman who knows exactly what a valuable commodity she possesses, and who’s buying.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
09-30-2004 |
Fiction
Stashing the Staplesnew
Our hemisphere has tilted away from the sun. The farmers are weary. It's time to prepare the pantry for winter.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
09-30-2004 |
Food+Drink
Polls Show Bush with 45-Electoral Vote Leadnew
According to the latest polls, Kerry is now ahead in former Bush state New Hampshire, while Bush leads in former Gore states Wisconsin and Iowa. All other states appear to be voting as they did in 2000, so if the election were held today, Bush would beat Kerry by 292 to 247 electoral votes.
Orlando Weekly |
Alan Waldman |
09-30-2004 |
Politics
Seattle Duo IQU Gets its Groove Backnew
Now releasing Sun Q, after a nearly four-year hiatus, Oiwa and Swiggs have created a work of bricolage bop. The album is textured by the duo's keen ear for stitching disparate sounds, a reflection of their finely nuanced collaborative relationship.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Karma Cleanser: Tell Writer Friend to Get New 'Literary Agent'new
My writer friend asks me to read his stories, but honestly, they really are bad. Would it create bad karma for me to tell him so?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
09-30-2004 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Don't Panic: Is the Media Really Being Too Gloomy About Iraq?new
While Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi was visiting the U.S. recently, he explained to reporters that we are a bunch of gloomy Guses whose nonstop negative Nellying is giving the impression that Iraq is much worse off than it actually is.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-30-2004 |
Commentary
Contraceptives at Teen Centers Restrictednew
Last week, the state Department of Human Resources board decided it would be best if teen centers -- which have a goal to reduce teenage pregnancy -- faced further restrictions on, of all things, handing out contraceptives.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
09-30-2004 |
Sex
Simple Rock Simply Inspirednew
Fu Manchu singer/guitarist Scott Hill is not a man beset with doubts about his purpose in life. He was put on this planet to rock, and rock he does.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fu Manchu
Portrait of a Revolutionary as a Young Mannew
The journey as metaphor is a familiar one, charted in legends from the Odyssey to Easy Rider. Along the way, we know the youths will have their eyes opened, their hearts broken or, in the more cynical road movies, wind up dead.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-30-2004 |
Reviews
Peppy Pieces of Propaganda Viable at Box Officenew
As Election Day draws near, going to the movies feels increasingly like switching on infomercials, and they're all selling the same thing: regime change in the White House.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-30-2004 |
Reviews
Book Whispers the Ancient Continuities of Faith and Culturenew
For Southern fiction, these are familiar stories, tragic and sublime, with an unusual cast of characters. For Jewish fiction, these are familiar characters in unaccustomed tales.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
09-30-2004 |
Fiction
