AltWeeklies Wire
If Bottled Water is the Devil, What's a Thirsty Person To Do?new
Mounting evidence suggests bottled water -- between the waste produced by the bottles and the energy consumed to produce and transport it -- is a considerable threat to the environment. Green-minded folks have been trying to find alternatives to plastic bottles, but the alternatives are few -- and raise environmental questions of their own.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Charlotte Jusinski |
08-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Corkscrew: Breaking the Cynical Cyclenew
Three wineries that give me hope.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
08-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Moodswing: A padded assnew
Wow, that's impressive
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
08-14-2008 |
Comedy
So How Does Beringer Vineyards Get Away With Calling Its 2005 Merlot a Merlot?new
After all, this one is ripe like a Chardonnay, fruity like a Riesling and tart like the strongest Colombian pipe tobacco.
San Diego CityBeat |
Martin Jones Westlin |
08-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Where-Fi?: An underground scouting report on Lowcountry wi-fi hotspotsnew
How to find the best places to leech wi-fi.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry |
08-13-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
The End of Deliberate Ugliness: How to reclaim the historic role of art in expressing spiritualitynew
Gail Sickel was searching in the 1970s, a dynamic period still roiling with the social and political upheavals of the decade before. The United States was still sunk in the quagmire of a foreign war. Coming of age amid this influence of anxiety, Sickel was part of a boom of young, idealistic Americans searching for new ways to express spirituality.
"I was looking for oneness," she says, reflecting on that time. "I was a seeker and eventually I found an experience that was heart-focused."
That experience was the Dances of Universal Peace.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
08-13-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Being Tron Guynew
The Tron Plane was recently featured on Wired magazine's website, but that was hardly Tron Guy's first taste of fame. He has been a regular on Jimmy Kimmel Live, mocked on South Park, and the butt of ridicule on Fark.com, all just for being Tron Guy.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Ben Palosaari |
08-13-2008 |
Culture
Liquor Titan Phillips Distilling Aims Top Shelf With Organic Vodkanew
The Minnesota company wants you the think globally, drink locally.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
08-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
UFC 87: The Fight of Roger Huerta's Lifenew
The Minnesotan wasn't just facing Kenny Florian last weekend.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
08-13-2008 |
Sports
Do We Really Need the Gay Olympics Anymore?new
One organization might become obsolete thanks to the new queer visibility at the Olympics—a sporting event called the Gay Games. Every four years a cluster of queer folk gathers for the world’s largest LGBT-inclusive sporting event.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
08-13-2008 |
Sports
The Lazy Ass's Guide to Spray Cookingnew
Because eating should be as easy as shaving.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
08-12-2008 |
Food+Drink
Q&A with L.A. Painter, Muralist, Educator: Steven Lopeznew
Offers a Q&A with one of L.A.'s up and coming painters, chronicling his time spent in Eugene, Ore., and the difference between graffiti and public art.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
08-12-2008 |
Art
Trendzilla: Skater-Boy Fashionnew
To acknowledge is to sell out, to be lame and, yes, to be a poseur (note proper spelling).
Formerly Demonized Fat is Actually Good For Younew
Lard--rendered pig fat--is mostly unsaturated oleic acid, the same exact fat in olive oil--monounsaturated, the healthiest of all fats. Lard: the new health food. Who'd a thought? Includes recipe for Lard Pie Crust.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michelle Gienow |
08-12-2008 |
Food+Drink
Ask a Mexican! A Short History of Comics In Mexiconew
"Other than the infamous Tijuana bibles and now Memín Pinguín, I don't know much about comics from south of the border. How about a short history of comics in Mexico? Do our neighbors share our love of superheroes in Spandex?"
