AltWeeklies Wire
What is Filk?new
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the dirunal atmospheric disequilibrium.
Boston Phoenix |
Georgiana Cohen |
03-20-2008 |
Culture
Seventh-Sinning Stretchnew
Baseball is a game of verdant fields, balletic athleticism, cheating, meanness, corruption and greed. Seven books chronicle the dark side of the diamond.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
03-20-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The 'Father of Black Basketball' Has Yet to Find Famenew
Edwin Bancroft "Ed" Henderson II has spent the last few years campaigning for his late grandfather's induction in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Washington City Paper |
Dave McKenna |
03-20-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Low Mileage Mealsnew
Food grown nearby is good for you, the environment and the local economy. Plus a recipe for Garlicky Sauteed Kale.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
03-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Eight Things You Can Learn from Cindy The Erotic Pleasernew
Words of wisdom from the most famous face in the Mercury's back pages.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
03-20-2008 |
Culture
Does the Pig in the Slaughterhouse Give a Fuck if You're Grateful to It?new
The current trendy focus on sustainable and organic meat, coupled with the recent horrific revelations about Westland Meat Company, indicate that people are thinking about it more than ever. That's a good thing. Killing sentient creatures for pleasure, gustatory or not, still isn't.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Elisa Camahort |
03-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Save a Carrot ... Eat a Steaknew
It isn't yet politically correct to eat meat, but it is a lot less politically incorrect. The back-to-the-pasture movement is letting carnivores feel good about themselves again.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Christina Waters |
03-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
A Cautionary Tale of Travel on the Cheapnew
It began simply enough: Three of my close friends had planned a self-guided, three-month-long camping/cycling tour through Europe, celebrating college graduation and conveniently prolonging their parental-imposed grace period for finding a job. "Why not come along?" they prodded.
Dig Boston |
Courtney Cox |
03-20-2008 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Scrubya: Lather Liberallynew
With each sale of the recycled-paper-wrapped soaps, proceeds go to charitable organizations that are "cleaning up after Dubya & Co." including donations to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Physicians for Human Rights' Campaign Against Torture.
Dig Boston |
Christine Liu |
03-20-2008 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
Return of the Green Fairynew
Absinthe's popularity is growing rapidly now that the century-old ban on it has been lifted.
East Bay Express |
Lorna Garano |
03-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: absinthe
Karma Cleansernew
Deviance from post-relationship diplomacy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
03-19-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Cake Sittingnew
Trading addictions for habits.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
03-19-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Merlot: What Goes Around ... Comes Aroundnew
Once the dallying darling of the dinner party set, merlot got its butt kicked by seven words in Sideways. But this sophisticate is making a comeback.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
03-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Corporate Shopping Alternativenew
To me, the environmental benefit of community-supported agriculture has less to do with quasi-controversial "food miles" (some say that long-distance shipping can be more efficient than local trips), than it does with community involvement, and connection with my food.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
03-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
How Good A Carpenter Was Jesus?new
A cartoon illustrating some of Jesus's carpentry.
Portland Phoenix |
David Kish |
03-19-2008 |
Cartoons
Tags: cartoons
