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Infomatik’s Art-Punk Leaves Early ’80s Behind.new
It's that time-honored bane of all unproven, fledgling bands: Life outside of Infomatik is a synapse-stultifying, endlessly looping Day Job, and Booji Boys are lurking everywhere.
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Bonazelli |
06-08-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Infomatik
Van Gogh Exhibit Visits Seattlenew
This summer the Seattle Art Museum hosts a stellar collection of paintings by the Dutch artist and other modernists from the collection of Holland’s Kröller-Müller Museum.
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Engelson |
06-08-2004 |
Art
Chefs Visit James Beard Home to Create Feastnew
Unwilling to take a chance on the availability of food and condiments in New York, chefs for a Beard banquet take their support staff and most of the makings with them.
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
06-08-2004 |
Food+Drink
Great Communicator, My Assnew
I’m in no mood to join the joyful eulogies upon the passing of Ronald Reagan. Among other things, we’ve forgotten the corruption -- not just the Constitution-shredding outrage of the Iran-Contra scandal, but a modern record for the number of criminally indicted officials.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
06-08-2004 |
Commentary
Sex Transports One in 12 into Mystical State
A Marin County research psychologist concludes that as many as one in twelve adults have catapulted into otherworldly realms or mystical states when making love. The vast majority believed they had tapped into divine forces.
Pacific Sun |
Keith Thompson |
06-08-2004 |
Sex
Meadow Gardens Can Eventually Grow Themselvesnew
Laissez-faire gardening -- letting a garden create itself instead of forcing plants into preconceived patterns -- is the simplest and most natural way to nurture plants.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
06-08-2004 |
Gardening
Director Captures Shape and Spirit of Harry Potter Books
Director Alfonso ("Y Tu Mama Tambien," "Great Expectations") Cuaron brings the series back to life after professional embalmer Chris Columbus’ previous two attempts at sucking the life and charm out of author J.K. Rowling’s unruly creation.
Birmingham Weekly |
Scot Lockman |
06-08-2004 |
Reviews
Anti-Corporate Activists Draw Attention to Coffee Politicsnew
Coffee and the international trade that governs it affect the fate of migrant farmers, the survival of the rain-forest, and the livelihoods of independent roastmasters. In response to these concerns, a global movement to promote Fair Trade Certified coffees has emerged.
Mountain Xpress |
Stuart Gaines |
06-08-2004 |
Food+Drink
Electronic Systems Could Fail the Voting Testnew
A growing chorus of authoritative voices worldwide maintains that the type of voting machine used in North Carolina's Buncombe County (known in the industry as direct-record electronic devices) is inherently unreliable and prone to tampering in ways that couldn't even be detected.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
06-08-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tricycles Make a Comeback for Adultsnew
In a world where some people collect guns, collecting tricycles seems a delightfully innocent occupation.
Monday Magazine |
Mark Vardy |
06-07-2004 |
Sports
"Six Feet Under" Is Back, Looking Almost Alive
The fourth-season premiere of the HBO series is every bit as maudlin and humorless as most of last season, but, fortunately, subsequent episodes are as lively and darkly funny as anything from that wondrous summer of Season One.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
06-07-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Trinidad, Colorado, Preserves History of Wild Westnew
First settled in 1842 by Mexican traders, Trinidad lies on the Santa Fe Trail, the historic trade route that connected Missouri to New Mexico.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Wayne Young |
06-07-2004 |
Travel
Public Art Project Paints Aerosol Art in a Positive Lightnew
Under the Ceres Avenue bike bridge on Highway 99 near Chico, Calif., public art instills a nature-like balance to a concrete, stucco and blacktop civilized world.
Chico News & Review |
Jason Cassidy |
06-07-2004 |
Art
Amusement Park Thrills Can Be Based on Real Dangersnew
Hundreds of medical complications ranging from whiplash to torn organs have occurred at Houston amusement parks. And most galling to those injured, the parks could have taken obvious steps to prevent them.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
06-05-2004 |
Business & Labor
Veterans Say More Care Needed for Those Whose War Wounds Are Mentalnew
Montana veterans in need of mental health care turn to the Veterans Administration's Fort Harrison. But investigations suggest that Fort Harrison is turning a blind eye.
Missoula Independent |
Keila Szpaller |
06-04-2004 |
War
