AltWeeklies Wire
Democratic National Convention 2012 Notebooknew
Everyone knows the DNC won't leave Charlotte. But a petition asking for just that only adds more fuel to demonstrators' fire.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mary C. Curtis |
05-24-2012 |
Elections
'Texas Music Scene' gets its duenew
It's a simple, remarkably straightforward idea that's already been tried successfully once. "It's like Austin City Limits circa its beginning in 1976," said Tom Hoitsma, creator of Texas Music Scene, a weekly public-television music show dedicated to Texas musicians.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
05-24-2012 |
TV
CD Review: Dandy Warhols' This Machinenew
The End; Release date: April 24, 2012
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Lew Herman |
05-24-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Dandy Warhols, This Machine
Films That Will Not Be Opening This Summernew
(Alphabetized for your convenience!)
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-24-2012 |
Movies
Spurs 'grind hard' back to the Western Finalsnew
About this time last summer, things were looking pretty bleak for the Spurs. After a historic first-round collapse against the Memphis Grizzlies that accentuated San Antonio's flaws, even All-Star quarterback Tony Parker couldn't mask his disappointment.
San Antonio Current |
M. Solis |
05-24-2012 |
Sports
Arts on the Gulfnew
Silvery, coppery structures twist among old live oak trees near the shore of the Mississippi Sound, close to where the Biloxi Schooner docks. This is the site of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, a complex of buildings that includes four metallic pods that torque like ancient, hurricane-battered trees.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
05-24-2012 |
Art
Jane's Addiction's greatest Escapenew
'90s alt-rockers fueled by latest album
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
05-24-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction
First Positionnew
A fascinating ballet doc explores the sacrificial and the spiritual of all-or-nothing competition.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-24-2012 |
Reviews
Young Stroke Victim Fights Her Way Backnew
While Sarah Kucharski focused on a looming deadline as special projects editor for Waynesville’s Smoky Mountain News, a blood clot in her brain stem was about to change her life forever.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
05-24-2012 |
Health
Wonderful Bubblenew
Montreal's Plants and Animals lowered the pressure to record their third full-length album
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
05-24-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: plants and animals
Band of Gypsies: Gogol Bordellonew
"Art is the receptor of vibrations -- there's no logic behind it," says band leader Eugene Hutz
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
05-24-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gogol Bordello, Band of Gypsies
Garbage: 'Not Your Kind of People'new
The opening chords of the latest album from Shirley Manson and Co. — released on the band’s own label — sound like the most epic Megaman game ever to hit your Nintendo.
San Antonio Current |
James Bosquez |
05-24-2012 |
Reviews
Underground Persistencenew
How the Movement festival keeps it cred as dance music hits mainstream.
Metro Times |
Hobey Echlin |
05-24-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America sheds a light on tastelessnessnew
For a movie that starts off with a man fantasizing about killing his annoying neighbors and their baby, Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America has a very hippie underbelly.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
05-24-2012 |
Reviews
Times-Picayune Employees in Shock as Extent of Cuts Emergesnew
Employees of The Times-Picayune gathered to collectively absorb the shock of a New York Times report that the paper is about to undergo a massive restructuring that will leave New Orleans without a daily published newspaper.
