AltWeeklies Wire
DJ Quote Gets Caught in the Troubleshooter's Crosshairsnew
To punish DJ Quote, aka Quentin Jones, for allegedly using profanity on the air and other transgressions, Tom Martino broadcast the DJ's personal number on the syndicated Troubleshooter radio show and encouraged listeners to share their thoughts. The results ranged from expletive-laced rants to racist hate-mongering.
University of Colorado Team Grinds On Under Weight of Pastnew
The football team became a band of brothers when eight of them were called to testify before a state grand jury. Now they just want to play, but the trauma tied to the school's recruiting scandal isn't over.
Newsday Distribution Company Overcharges Retailersnew
DSA Direct, a subsidiary of Newsday parent company Tribune, is jacking up its bills by a dollar here and a dollar there, effectively earning an extra ten or twenty dollars per retailer each week, according to documents obtained by the Long Island Press.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski |
08-27-2004 |
Media
Swimmin' Boys: A Dude's Guide to Semen Analysisnew
Ben Fogelson describes to the layperson in juicy, technicolor detail just how fantastic it is to have one's semen analyzed.
Eugene Weekly |
Ben Fogelson |
08-26-2004 |
Sex
Lucid Assemblynew
Richard Kelly talks about the reasons for releasing a new director's cut.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blind Ambitionnew
Takeshi "Beat" Kitano reflects on his update of Zatôichi.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Illinois Social Services Brace for Homeless Increasenew
Springfield's social service providers are bracing
themselves for what they predict will be a significant spike in the area's homeless population this winter. But for some agencies the crisis is already at hand.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
08-26-2004 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
The Police Procedural Meets the Avant Gardenew
There's a reason why this FBI agent who's chasing a serial killer has constant headaches: He's in the middle of a murky movie that mixes arch style with police procedural.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: E. Elias Merhige, Suspect Zero
Can GOP Chairwoman Weather Spate of Scandals?new
With Alan Keyes as her party's nominee for the U.S. Senate, beleaguered Illinois Republican Party chairwoman Judy Baar Topinka just wants this election fiasco to be over.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
08-26-2004 |
Politics
This Hero Is No False Idolnew
If Douglas Sirk had made martial arts movies they probably would have looked something like Zhang Yimou's stunning new opus.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Zhang Yimou, Hero
Have You Ever Been Slipped a Miike?new
Watching the latest from the insanely prolific Takashi Miike is akin to having some very bad acid slipped in your drink.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Miike, Gozu
Revisiting the Damnednew
Help us, Lucifer. This prequel is cursed.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Up, Up, and Awaynew
Aussie import is sweet but as emotionally ethereal as a Splenda meringue.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Deckchair, Jeff Balsmeyer
The Brains of the Outfitnew
Bush's so-called brain is Karl Rove, whose mastery of dirty tricks deserves clearer scrutiny than it gets in this documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
A Compilation More Safe Than Sorrynew
If anyone deserves a tribute album, it's the criminally underappreciated Escovedo, whose idiosyncratic songwriting -- a deeply personal amalgam of ragged roots-rock, haunted chamber-folk, righteous Tejano, corrosive country-punk, and countless other genres that haven't been identified yet -- is in a class of its own.
Illinois Times |
René Spencer Saller |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
