AltWeeklies Wire
Public policy and indifference punish the very poornew
No one knows how many North Carolinians live in extreme poverty, but it's estimated to be between 700,000 and 1 million. What we do know is that although the number is increasing, the poor remain almost invisible to many of us.
INDY Week |
Kirk Ross |
05-16-2012 |
Commentary
Godhunter: Wolvesnew
Local sludge quintet Godhunter finally unveils a proper physical-CD release for their debut five-track album, which became available via the band's Bandcamp site earlier this year. Recorded at Arcane Digital Recording in Chandler and released by Tucson extreme-music label Acid Reflux, Wolves wields a medulla oblongata-wrenching wallop and obvious political (anarcho-libertarian) lyrics...
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
05-16-2012 |
Reviews
Borat's mastermind takes a more conventional route in 'The Dictator'new
It was only a matter of time before Sacha Baron Cohen would have to retire his style of guerrilla filmmaking. After the success of 2006's Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, and the relative non-success of 2009's Brüno, sneaking up on people with a camera and smacking his genitals on their foreheads wouldn't be as easy as it once was for Cohen, especially now that a sizable portion of the population knows his face, among other parts of his body.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Gallucci |
05-16-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Charles, The Dictator
Sacha Baron Cohen spoofs post-9/11 U.S. in The Dictatornew
The most immediate criticism of The Dictator is also its biggest strength: It is extremely offensive.
Tags: Sacha Baron Cohen, The Dictator
Motown Revivalnew
Remembering the Marvelettes and the hit factory's beginnings.
Metro Times |
Travis R. Wright |
05-16-2012 |
Music
The Makers: A Photographic Look at Master Craftsmennew
Born from flame-belching furnaces and hammered into shape, Charleston's architectural future is being forged from the past. A new generation is carrying on the ancient arts of blacksmithing, wood carving, and glassmaking.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry |
05-16-2012 |
Art
Bumbling Democrats, diabolical Republicansnew
Let's face it. If you're a Republican in North Carolina right now, you may not want to gloat, but could your prospects be any sweeter?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
05-16-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: North Carolina Politics
Up from the ashesnew
Following Jim Lindberg's departure, Pennywise renews its old-school ties.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
05-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pennywise
An Algerian immigrant teaches Canadian children in Monsieur Lazharnew
The film is a tale of healing—for the children, who despite their material comfort are suffering from emotional neglect, and for Lazhar, who is applying for political asylum after suffering a terrible trauma in Algeria.
Tags: Monsieur Lazhar
Hunting the Whole Hog in San Antonionew
According to that unimpeachable source, Chopped, one of TV's cadre of chef-challenge shows, goat is the world's most widely consumed meat.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
05-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
Can't Stop, Won't Stop Chippy Nonstopnew
How a young emcee turned incessant partying into a branding apparatus.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
05-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Houston's Babies Play Baseball 1860s-Stylenew
There's no gloves or batting helmets when Larry Joe Miggins and the rest of the Houston Babies regularly travel back in time to play the game by its 1860 rules.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-16-2012 |
Sports
Chickens, Breasts, and Cancer: Discussnew
Gross: Do chickens get breast cancer tumors? Grosser: Can you catch cancer from eating chicken breast tumors? New subject: how about that phantom electricity?
San Diego Reader |
Matthew Alice |
05-16-2012 |
Health
'I will burn down fucking The Village Voice headquarters if you fucking write anything'new
Hunter Moore said he would set fire to the Voice's office if I wrote this. Actually, the 26-year-old's exact words were, "Honestly, I will be fucking furious, and I will burn down fucking The Village Voice headquarters if you fucking write anything saying I have an FBI investigation."
The Village Voice |
Camille Dodero |
05-16-2012 |
Features
Same-Sex Sillinessnew
In 100 days, the lovely Mrs. Shabazz and I will celebrate our third wedding anniversary. Like most married couples, we look forward to it.
