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Shakeup in Lockdownnew
As Ohio prisons go private, a prison town goes berserk.
Cleveland Scene |
Loretta Ashyk |
06-01-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Dan Snyder Loves, and Subpoenas, the Pressnew
According to the court papers Dan Snyder's legal team sent the Washington Post, they're interested in learning why blogger Dan Steinberg linked to Washington City Paper's "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder."
Washington City Paper |
Mike Madden |
05-31-2011 |
Media
Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymesnew
In reuniting with producer Bjorn Ytlling (of Peter, Bjorn and John), Lykke Li has taken a page from The Raveonettes by embracing the moxie, attitude, and survival instinct defined by the girl-group sound of the Sixties.
East Bay Express |
Dave Gil de Rubio |
05-31-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Bjorn Ytlling, Lykke Li
Nashville Pussy Cranks Open a Good Timenew
Nashville Pussy's combination of boozy bluster, backwoods boogie, and arena-ready roar suggests a Southern-fried AC/DC, though others might hear it differently.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
05-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nashville Pussy
Heather Victoria's Graffiti Diarynew
A Jamla recording artist, Victoria is a freshly minted, B.E.T.-black songstress trying to repave the bridge that R&B icon Mary J. Blige built from soul to hip-hop.
Tags: Heather Victoria
Iraqi Children Show Us Their Worldnew
In his outstanding documentary The First Movie, filmmaker Mark Cousins wants to find the innocence and hope that still remain in Iraq, bursting to life in its children.
Charleston City Paper |
Ryan Finn |
05-31-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: The First Movie, Mark Cousins
Hear Me Howling!new
Arhoolie Records looks forward by preserving the past.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
05-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bedbugs Invade Colorado Springsnew
And bedbugs may do just that, since they're hitching their way across Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
05-31-2011 |
Science
Tags: Colorado Springs Hotels, bedbugs
Pinon Canyon: Staying vigilantnew
The four-year-old funding ban on military expansion lives on, but plans to protect Pinon Canyon remain in "initial stages."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
05-31-2011 |
War
Lady Gaga: Born This Waynew
Lady Gaga's new album Born This Way is neo-Nashville pablum and generally incoherent -- though I'm not sure it's fair to expect a coherent album from an artist like Gaga.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
05-31-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Lady Gaga
A Grizzly Comebacknew
Are grizzlies ready to come off the endangered species list?
Missoula Independent |
Alex Sakariassen |
05-31-2011 |
Environment
Tags: Endangered Species, Grizzly Bears
Goodbye, Gil Scott-Heronnew
New York has killed the counterculture poet and singer.
NOW Magazine |
Joshua Errett |
05-27-2011 |
Music
Hook, Line and Sinkernew
Salmon fishermen in Northern California take issue with a lawsuit to halt the 2011 fishing season.
Chico News & Review |
Alastair Bland |
05-27-2011 |
Environment
Everybody Say Yeasayernew
2010's most blogged-about band on Kanye, Brooklyn and Afro-pop.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
05-27-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Unearned Treasurenew
The new 'Pirates of the Caribbean' is lifeless -- but that's not stopping it from bringing in the bucks.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-27-2011 |
Reviews
