AltWeeklies Wire
Marriages of Same-Sex Couples Have Familiar Ringnew
Six same-sex couples who got married in Massachusetts during the first week that gay marriage has been accepted as legal discuss their family values.
Boston Phoenix |
Kristen Lombardi |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
H Bomb Teaches Harvard Students Not to Take Sex Too Seriouslynew
H Bomb -- a porn magazine published by Harvard students -- debuts.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-07-2004 |
Media
Nashville Writer Celebrates Inspiration of Baseballnew
"The Game: One Man, Nine Innings, A Love Affair With Baseball," a meditative book about the life-lessons of baseball, imparts a Zen-like peace similar to that offered by an evening in the ballpark.
Nashville Scene |
Paul V. Griffith |
08-07-2004 |
Nonfiction
Jeremy Enigk Reborn Againnew
Jeremy Enigk finds new life after Sunny Day with the Fire Theft. A profile and interview.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
08-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Both History and Song Captured in Transcendent Debut Novelnew
Set in the Appalachians of North Carolina during the time immediately before and after the Civil War, Adams' novel is filled with the songs of early Scotch-Irish settlers -- so filled that it's almost as if the book itself were a mountain ballad shaped into a more staid fictional form.
Nashville Scene |
Lacey Galbraith |
08-07-2004 |
Fiction
Odd-Looking Guy in Hiking Garb Offers Nashville Walk Guidenew
Prevented by his Trail Widow wife from doing the Appalachian Trail again, a committed hiker finds there's no better way to mix with people up and down the social and economic ladder than to go out on an urban walk.
Nashville Scene |
Whitney Kemper |
08-07-2004 |
Sports
Tags: Hispanics, Davidson County, Dickerson Road Merchants Association, Dragon's Blood, Germantown, Jefferson Street Bridge, Jefferson Street United Merchants Partnership (JUMP), Joe Trigueros, medicine man, Metro Council, Mount Zion Baptist Church, oldest road, Robert Cartwright in 1790, Robert Carwright, Sharon Hurt, sidewalks, walking shoes, was the urban walk I had with Michael Douglas, sports & fitness
You Can't Do That on (U.S.) Televisionnew
Footage of U.S. troops terrorizing a former Iraqi army officer and a night-vision film of a U.S. helicopter crew gunning down suspected insurgents were broadcast in Australia, but media self-censorship keeps such reports from being viewed by the American public.
Boston Phoenix |
Jason Vest |
08-07-2004 |
Media
Nature of War Elicits Humans' Most Heinous Behaviornew
The prisoner-abuse revelations show the truth about America: We're as capable of evil as everybody else.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
08-07-2004 |
Commentary
Cary Grant Revisited in a New Documentary for Turner Classicsnew
Perhaps the most entertaining enigma ever created from the Hollywood system, Cary Grant gets his deserved due in this documentary from writer-director Robert Trachtenberg that's as breezy, ebullient and mysterious as its subject.
Syracuse New Times |
Bill DeLapp |
08-07-2004 |
TV
A Partly Cloudy Look at the Summer Movies Aheadnew
June starts with the third Harry Potter movie, which finds our almost-adolescent heroes and hot older heroine smoking pot, having three-way sex, and road-tripping across Mexico. No, wait, that’s the last movie directed by Alfonso Cuarón, "Y Tu Mamá También," and we’d much rather see a sequel to that.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-07-2004 |
Reviews
Ogre Overcomes Sucky Sequel Syndromenew
The freshness that caught so many viewers off guard the first time is missing. Still, the film is involving and creative enough to overcome the problem almost as soon as it's apparent.
The Inlander |
Ed Symkus |
08-07-2004 |
Reviews
Stupidity Has Its Place in Naturenew
As director Nerenberg points out, repeatedly, in his amusing and horrifying documentary, the subject of human intelligence has been studied since time immemorial, but there are few treatises on the subject of human stupidity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-07-2004 |
Reviews
Detroit Mayor's Alleged Extramarital Affairs Result in Whistleblower Suitnew
One of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's security officers and a former deputy police chief claim their careers were ruined when it appeared they might reveal the mayor’s "philandering," according to legal documents obtained by Metro Times.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
08-07-2004 |
Politics
Tags: confidential, Carlita Kilpatrick, Chief Administrative Officer Derrick Miller, chief of staff, Christine Beatty, deposition, Detroit Police Department, Gary A. Brown, Harold C. Nelthrope, lawyer, Manoogian Mansion, Michael L. Stefani, overtime, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Michael Callahan, Whistleblower Protection Act lawsuit
Government Seeks List of Visitors to Voting Web Sitenew
Computer-voting watchdog Bev Harris is squaring off with federal authorities over the government's request for information about visitors to her internationally renowned Web site, www.blackboxvoting.org. While Harris is determined to resist the government's investigation, a national expert on press freedom says the Renton, Wash., muckraker will almost certainly face extensive fines or jail time if she refuses to cooperate.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
08-07-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Media Consumers Have More Choices Than Evernew
Do you blame the media for your ignorance? Look in the mirror. While the media are wrestling with change, the public often ignores its own culpability in being ill-informed.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
08-07-2004 |
Media
