AltWeeklies Wire
Springfield Gets Serious about Recruiting Black Firefightersnew
When Cecil Taborn Jr. was hired to join the Springfield Fire Department, it was the first time in almost 15 years a black had been hired. The department, which has only three blacks out of 211
firefighters, is now making a greater effort to hire minorities.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
07-02-2004 |
Race & Class
Remembering What It Means to Be Humannew
No one who reads the remarkable new poems by John Knoepfle can fail to be touched by their penetrating strength.
Illinois Times |
Theodore Haddin |
07-02-2004 |
Poetry
Sound Patrolnew
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-02-2004 |
Media
Remain the Same, or Reinventnew
Most artists survive by reinventing themselves. But rock star Patti Smith, like God and Edith Piaf, is eternal. Also reviewed is "Uh Huh Her" by PJ Harvey, who is in some ways Smith's heir and in others her opposite.
Illinois Times |
René Spencer Saller |
07-02-2004 |
Reviews
Dishonoring Lincoln, Big-Timenew
Springfield's city fathers have inflicted two deep scars on the showcase Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum before its doors are even opened to the public. The first is the forced removal of 1,600 black people from a nearby housing project, and the second is the disappearance of a large African-American-created mural.
Illinois Times |
Mike Townsend |
07-01-2004 |
Commentary
When Whitey Goes to Prisonnew
Consultant David Novak pads the landing as white-collar crooks fall from grace.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Shane Johnson |
07-01-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Norwegian Innovationnew
Norwegian band Jaga Jazzist intertwines lilting post-rock melodies and glitched beats with jazz grooves to create an innovative fusion sound
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
07-01-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Discovering the Joys of Rope Bondage
Rope bondage is plenty of fun, but learn your knots before you give it a try.
Monday Magazine |
Ringo Wilde |
07-01-2004 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
American Activists, Draft Dodgers Seek Refuge in Canada
Conscientious objectors to the American war against Iraq are finding some shelter north of the border -- just like in the days of the Vietnam war.
Monday Magazine |
Ross Crockford |
07-01-2004 |
International
Tags: international
Two Brothers delivers anthropomorphized poo, and Tigger, too!new
I am a big believer in being forewarned and forearmed, especially when it comes to movies for kids. So I have only myself to blame (and blame I do!) for the traumas witnessed by my 3-year-old, who had to be carried sobbing from the theater only 15 minutes into Two Brothers. My son’s palpable distress for the rest of the movie distracted me, almost, from how god-awful boring a movie it was: a slow, ponderous, heavy-handed and gooey tale of Family! and Love! and Tigers!
Missoula Independent |
Susanna Sonnenberg |
07-01-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Two Brothers
Freedom Fighters 2004: True Patriots Actnew
Three-hundred and thirty American communities have passed resolutions sending a message to Congress: United they stand against unconstitutional provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. Six of these communities are in Montana, and Whitefish is currently debating whether it wants to be number seven. Who’s behind opposition to the PATRIOT Act in the Treasure State, and what’s got them quoting so much Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin?
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
07-01-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Who You Callin' Sovereign?new
George Bush’s “return of sovereignty” to Iraq’s U.S.-appointed puppet government this week is no such thing. What’s to come may be far worse than the senseless carnage we have seen so far, as the Great Deception of the Iraq War goes on.
Missoula Independent |
George Ochenski |
07-01-2004 |
Commentary
Golden Potato Parachutenew
Chef Boy Ari gets to put his mouth where his money is when he's invited to cater for 35 at a five-day Rhythm retreat in the Montana wilderness.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
07-01-2004 |
Food+Drink
Warped Warriorsnew
New Found Glory and Sugarcult make punk go pop
with the 2004 Vans Warped Tour.
Boston Phoenix |
Sean Richardson |
07-01-2004 |
Concerts
Rock in a hard placenew
Incubus prepare to face a tight concert market
Boston Phoenix |
Sean Richardson |
07-01-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
