AltWeeklies Wire
The Best and Worst Songs About 9/11new
The top (and bottom) anthems to come out of that tragic day.
Houston Press |
John Seaborn Gray |
09-09-2011 |
Music
Bankrupt, the U.S. Postal Service has signed millions of dollars worth of questionable contractsnew
The Postal Service is leasing nearly 1,000 postal buildings from current or former employees and paying millions in rent to postmasters and carriers, in apparent violation of federal regulations.
INDY Week |
Travis Fain |
09-09-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: USPS
9/11 Blindnew
We’re 10 years past the twin towers attack and still fighting wars in its name. Can we open our eyes in time?
Sacramento News & Review |
Tom Hayden |
09-09-2011 |
War
'Sports,' illustratednew
Shoegaze band Weekend prepare for a loud and fast live set.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bexar Commissioner Wants to Break Up the State of Sheriff’s Unionnew
Back in mid-August, Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff toured the Haven for Hope campus with Haven CEO George Block and others for the annual budget-season “shakedown,” as Wolff terms it.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
09-08-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: kevin wolff
Aliens land in an English slum in Attack the Blocknew
In Attack the Block, English comedy writer/ performer and first-time filmmaker Joe Cornish trumps political shortcomings with brilliant, surprising filmmaking, turning a modest sci-fi comedy into the perfect example of what fun movies should be like.
Puddle of Mudd Sees No Reason to Mess With the Saucenew
For some bands, every few years marks a new re-invention. There is a conception that a group can get "stale" if it keeps the same basic sound and writes the same sorts of songs for the duration of its career. Puddle of Mudd doesn't buy into any of that crap.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Puddle Of Mudd
Chemistry and chaos help lift the Ground’s art-rocknew
If the Ground were known by any other name, one might consider Points of Contention.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Ground
Brooklyn MC Jean Grae Gets Ready to Go "Music Heavy"new
"My persona/ personality is not made up, it's honest and vulnerable. From choosing what I wear every day to my tattoos -- I try to be inappropriately appropriate."
INDY Week |
Eric Tullis |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jean Grae
Praying for Rainnew
North Carolina scrutinizes finances of local Weatherization agency that has been troubled by quality control.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
09-08-2011 |
Housing & Development
Student group set to launch weatherization outreach and landfill education effortnew
Ignite members are poised to immerse themselves even more fully in local politics as they hope to lead outreach around the city’s $5 million energy efficiency grant and bolster the opposition to the White Street landfill.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
09-08-2011 |
Housing & Development
There was New Yorknew
A trickle of snapshots from the day the towers fell, on display at the Southeast Museum of Photography, accumulates into a relentless flood of memory.
Orlando Weekly |
Richard Reep |
09-08-2011 |
Art
Cage of Depthnew
MMA gets its Rocky with this excellent fight drama.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
09-08-2011 |
Reviews
Mayor Bach: Just Admit Rookie Mistakenew
Shenanigans to circumvent the spirit of open and accountable government are distressing to us. Bach must realize that, as our city's first strong mayor, almost everything he does now could set precedents for years to come.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Weiss and Ralph Routon |
09-08-2011 |
Commentary
Emotional Rescuenew
Radney Foster sings the stories that didn't make the news.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Radney Foster
