AltWeeklies Wire
Ana Tijoux: 'La Bala'new
French-Chilean MC Ana Tijoux's second solo album (and third overall) isn't an album, it's a Molotov cocktail assembled by a girl who doesn't rap, but spits fire.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
02-27-2012 |
Reviews
No Grammy, but Eric Church is still our ‘Homeboy’new
You could say that Eric Church's North Carolina homecoming went a lot like the lyrics to his recent No. 1 country single "Drink In My Hand." He filled it up, he threw down and, judging from the careful attention he paid to the red Solo cup full of whiskey on his mic stand, he likely got a little hungover.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-27-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Eric Church
Winston-Salem council okays incentives for local company Inmarnew
Members of Winston-Salem Council unanimously approved an "aggressive" incentives package for a local company, while lamenting a skills gap preventing many unemployed residents from taking advantage of the new jobs.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
02-27-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: inmar winston-salem
Feel His T-Painnew
Hip-hop's best-known Auto-Tunesmith makes his pitch for respect.
Colorado Springs Independent |
L. Kent Wolgamott |
02-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: T-Pain
Laying Wastenew
With 'loads' of mud and chemicals soon to come, Ultra Resources looks to landfills.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
02-27-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Ultra Resources
My Two Parentsnew
What if the people in your state -- your neighbors, your coworkers, your acquaintances -- could cast a vote to diagnose your family as invalid, as Amendment 1 does to my family?
Save the Trees: Ecology Politics For Kids
Beautifully animated and performed, “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” fulfills yet another pitch-perfect filmic rendering of the children’s classic by the late Theodor Geisel—one of the most prolific and gifted authors of children’s stories.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-27-2012 |
Reviews
Working the Phones Against DOMAnew
Meanwhile, four Wake County Commissioners do an awful thing.
Marijuana Can Help Prevent Suicide, Study Saysnew
A new study from Germany says that, in U.S. states like California where marijuana has become medically legit, rates of suicide have gone down.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
02-27-2012 |
Drugs
'This Means War' has a perfectly likeable cast, delivers an anorexic action-comedynew
Chris Pine (of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot) and Tom Hardy (Inception, Warrior) are two of the most appealing actors working; Pine's charm is one of cocksure swagger and false emotional bravado, a throwback to the Will Smith (one of the film's producers) "look good doing it" model.
San Antonio Current |
Justin Strout |
02-27-2012 |
Reviews
Just Bustednew
Public defenders are underfunded and overworked but uniquely positioned to change the way we think about crime, poverty, and punishment.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
02-27-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Public Defenders
Opponents Rally Against N.C. Marriage Amendmentnew
If anyone thought North Carolina's Amendment One would quietly pass, changing the legal recognition for domestic partnership and further solidifying a ban on same-sex marriages, the last few weeks in Greensboro have signaled strong community opposition to the proposed state constitution amendment.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-27-2012 |
LGBT
Tags: DOMA, Amendment One
War and Peacenew
Ani DiFranco lets go of her inner conflicts.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
02-27-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ani DiFranco
The New Orleans Comedy Renaissancenew
A new improv and sketch comedy theater opens in the Marigny, and a comedy renaissance blossoms in New Orleans.
A treasure trove of lesser-known African-American artistsnew
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black athlete to play on a major league team.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
02-26-2012 |
Art
