AltWeeklies Wire
Wither the Oakland Blogospherenew
The blogs that were "making democracy work" last year have largely fizzled out.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-29-2012 |
Tech
Tags: Oakland Bloggers
The Color of His Skinnew
Joe Henson was killed because he was black. Forty years later, the daughter he never met is still searching for clues about his death.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
02-29-2012 |
Race & Class
How to Navigate the Flavored Vodka Boomnew
In another sign of our complexifying times, vodka, whose virtue was once that it tasted like nothing, now tastes like everything.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
02-29-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Flavored vodka
From Iran, the Oscar-winning A Separationnew
Far, far away from the stumbling American film industry, people still make movies not to further licensing agreements or to stoke self-serving nostalgia but to tell their stories. A Separation is the freshest, most deserving feature film that the Academy recognized.
PA Offers Little Protection for Gay Victims of Hate Crimesnew
One man's discovery of a "Move Fags" sign next to his property reveals that ever since a protocol mishap several years ago, Pennsylvania's hate crimes statute covers race, but not sexual orientation.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
02-29-2012 |
LGBT
We Want Jobs. They Care About Body Parts and Kiddie-Poos
As lead stories about body disposal and rearview cameras demonstrate, we don't care about two-party electoral politics because two-party electoral politics don't care about us or our concerns.
What the Retirement of Olympia Snowe Really Meansnew
Olympia Snowe is leaving the U.S. Senate, in a move that apparently surprised even her own staff. It changes the political landscape in Maine and around the country.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
02-29-2012 |
Politics
Keep Us on the Roadnew
Sadly, you won't find Motörhead lifer Lemmy Kilmister on Twitter anytime soon.
Houston Press |
Craig Hlavaty |
02-29-2012 |
Music
Tags: Motorhead, Lemmy Kilmister
GOP's Appalling Silencenew
The Michigan GOP primary is over, but there was one issue the candidates ignored entirely. During the last week of the campaign, a new report showed that the number of poor kids in Michigan has skyrocketed.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
02-29-2012 |
Economy
Chick-Fil-A wants moms to take sons on datenew
Chick-Fil-A restaurants are hoping local sons will tolerate their mothers taking them out on a date.
NUVO |
Tristan Schmid |
02-28-2012 |
Children & Families
Tags: WTF, Chick-fil-A
Cloud Nothings: Attack on Memorynew
Attack on Memory is exciting for a lot of reasons, but mainly because it's the sound of a band finding its ambition. The group's last album was a solid, if unremarkable, affair—brief, propulsive garage rock with a bedroom-pop sensibility.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
02-28-2012 |
Reviews
Fresh and Compellingnew
Will Reptar's debut album and first headlining tour lead to a 2012 breakthrough?
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
02-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: reptar
The $65,000 Mannew
Meet Daniel Cazenave, the liaison between the NOPD and the U.S. Department of Justice on the forthcoming consent decree.
Gambit |
Charles Maldonado |
02-28-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Like Heather Go Psycho's EP? You ain't heard nothing yetnew
It's hard not to compare or think of Girl in a Coma when writing about Heather Go Psycho: they're both all-female trios, GIAC booked them and gave them early advice in their careers, and both bands have amazing singers.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Boast and Bluster of Rapper Big Poohnew
"I adjust to any circumstance/ handle my affairs/ shake the hatred off, show 'em I don't really care/ No we don't compare/ I'm on another stair/ case in point, you ain't fuckin' with my last year."
INDY Week |
Eric Tullis |
02-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
