AltWeeklies Wire
The Poet Goes Straight: Cop's Daughter Slips and Rises Back Upnew
Once a strung-out heroin addict, poet Jackie Sheeler runs a Friday-night open mic for poetry readings at the Cornelius St. Cafe and started poetz.com to help neophyte writers.
New York Press |
C.J. Sullivan |
08-25-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
“Yeeaah!” vs. “Yeeaah!”
Confused? Learn the difference between Nickelback and Puddle of Mudd now!
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
08-25-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nickelback
A Lighter Touch of Evil: The Case for Backing Kerrynew
The right analogy for 2004 is not Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, but Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater.
New York Press |
Alexander Zaitchik |
08-25-2004 |
Commentary
Where the Republicans Roam: New York's Real Cultural Institutionsnew
Managers of New York's sleazier nightspots have no plans to promote their parties and events around the Republican National Convention, but they may be missing out on something. Republicans have been well-noted horndogs for years.
New York Press |
A.J. Daulerio |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
Bogus Outragenew
Why the New York Times is wrong (again) about Florida cops intimidating black voters in Orlando
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
08-25-2004 |
Media
Ground Zeronew
Republican convention protesters prepare for permitless rallies in bunkered-down city.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Marisa Handler |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
Highlights and Lowlightsnew
Here are 20 more reasons to race to -- or from -- the multiplexes and art houses this fall.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Huston and Cheryl Eddy |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Over the River’s Edgenew
In Mean Creek, Stand by Me meets Lord of the Flies.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mean Creek, Jacob Aaron Estes
We Don't Need a Stronger Americanew
Forget the Kerry campaign slogan. How about a smarter America? Or a wiser America? A fairer America. More equitable. Less arrogant. Less obsessed with materialism. More just, more committed to democracy and peace, less prone to violence. I’d settle for an America that doesn’t embarrass me when I travel elsewhere in the world.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
The Fragging of John Kerrynew
John Kerry must remember his Swift Boat service tactic of turning toward the enemy, firing, and running him down. He must also remember his postwar leadership as a young man who took on the establishment, not because it was smart or convenient, but because it was right.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
The Return of Princenew
He strips down everything, including his ego, on his first release since 2001.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Prince, musicology
Zhang, He’s Good!new
A Chinese master’s swashbuckling epic kicks airborne ass in rainbow shades.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Zhang Yimou, Hero
The New Abolitionists: Evangelicals Crusade Against Sex Traffickingnew
Freeing "sex slaves" is now at the top of the human rights agenda, thanks to Christian evangelicals, the Bush administration, and two former Washington politicians, Linda Smith and John Miller. How did the anti-trafficking crusade evolve, and is it being overhyped?
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
08-25-2004 |
International
Tags: international
The 10 Ways Bush Screwed New Yorknew
New York 9-11 Veterans for Truth welcome Republicans to a city hit by a couple of swift jets just 35 months ago, insisting, in our own friendly way, that the convention focus on how Bush-Cheney responded to our riverbank assault.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Daniel Magliocco |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
Secret Agents: Reporters in Prisonnew
From Washington to Providence, reporters face jail for not giving up their sources. But what, exactly, does the government hope to accomplish?
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
08-24-2004 |
Media
