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Movies+TV/Reviews Wed, 16 May 2012 14:35:10 -0400 Independent Weekly (NC) http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/cant-stop-wont-stop-chippy-nonstop/Story?oid=6196865 How a young emcee turned incessant partying into a branding apparatus.... From East Bay Express. Music/Profiles & Interviews Wed, 16 May 2012 14:26:18 -0400 East Bay Express http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/hunting-the-whole-hog-in-san-antonio/Story?oid=6196743 According to that unimpeachable source, Chopped, one of TV's cadre of chef-challenge shows, goat is the world's most widely consumed meat.... From San Antonio Current. Culture/Food+Drink Wed, 16 May 2012 14:29:59 -0400 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/houstons-babies-play-baseball-1860s-style/Story?oid=6196738 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.... From Houston Press. Culture/Sports Wed, 16 May 2012 14:06:44 -0400 Houston Press http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/bumbling-democrats-diabolical-republicans/Story?oid=6196345 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?... From Independent Weekly (NC). Politics/Commentary Wed, 16 May 2012 14:42:15 -0400 Independent Weekly (NC) http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/the-makers-a-photographic-look-at-master-craftsmen/Story?oid=6195800 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.... From Charleston City Paper. Culture/Visual Arts Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:00 -0400 Charleston City Paper http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/up-from-the-ashes/Story?oid=6195602 Following Jim Lindberg's departure, Pennywise renews its old-school ties.... From Colorado Springs Independent. Music/Profiles & Interviews Wed, 16 May 2012 14:39:06 -0400 Colorado Springs Independent http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/i-will-burn-down-fucking-the-village-voice-headquarters-if-you-fucking-write-anything/Story?oid=6195245 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."... From The Village Voice. News/Features Wed, 16 May 2012 00:01:00 -0400 The Village Voice http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/same-sex-silliness/Story?oid=6194470 In 100 days, the lovely Mrs. Shabazz and I will celebrate our third wedding anniversary. Like most married couples, we look forward to it.... From NUVO. News/LGBT Tue, 15 May 2012 21:09:51 -0400 NUVO http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/a-summer-reading-list-for-2012/Story?oid=6193724 New books from Richard Ford, Padgett Powell, Jess Walter, and others round out these beach read picks.... From Creative Loafing (Atlanta). Books/Book News Tue, 15 May 2012 09:18:00 -0400 Creative Loafing (Atlanta) http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/the-power-of-marriage/Story?oid=6193398 How a gay union saved David Gonzales from deportation.... From The Texas Observer. News/LGBT Tue, 15 May 2012 12:02:47 -0400 The Texas Observer http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/sluts-of-america-arise/Story?oid=6192865 "The Ethical Slut" says it's OKAY to be slutty. "The Monogamy Gap" goes further. It states loudly, brashly—and mostly convincingly—that while monogamy is right for some people, it's wrong for most. Which makes monogamism a form of bigotry not only based on a lie, but like other forms of discrimination, downright bad for soci... From Maui Time Weekly. News/Sex Tue, 15 May 2012 15:57:44 -0400 Maui Time Weekly http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/job-prospects-looking-up-for-college-grads/Story?oid=6192720 Class of 2012 gets a break.... From Creative Loafing (Tampa). News/Economy Tue, 15 May 2012 10:32:20 -0400 Creative Loafing (Tampa) http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/lawless-in-missouri/Story?oid=6191279 Missouri legislators zero in on guns, gays and gags in another year of attempted lawmaking.... From The Pitch. Politics/News Mon, 14 May 2012 21:44:00 -0400 The Pitch http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/where-i-am-you-may-not-harm/Story?oid=6190897 Joan Chittister's voice fairly resonates with passion. Her broad smile belies a fierce intelligence and a barely disguised rage at injustice of any sort, especially over systemic injustices of poverty and the state of the world's women and children.... From Jackson Free Press. News/Religion Mon, 14 May 2012 06:32:00 -0400 Jackson Free Press http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/gardening-20/Story?oid=6190645 A new app makes growing food easy-peasy.... From Seven Days. Culture/Gardening Mon, 14 May 2012 17:20:48 -0400 Seven Days http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/louisiana-reality-tv-capital/Story?oid=6190395 Swamp People: Why every other reality show seems to be set in Louisiana these days.... From Gambit. Movies+TV/TV Tue, 15 May 2012 04:45:00 -0400 Gambit http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/gay-marriage-as-wedge-issue/Story?oid=6189879 President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage takes a page from Newt Gingrich's playbook.... From NUVO. Politics/Commentary Mon, 14 May 2012 21:35:44 -0400 NUVO http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/talking-dictatorship-sacha-baron-cohen-takes-out-americas-trash/Story?oid=6189222 The Dictator: Sacha Baron Cohen may just be the most gifted satirist of our time. His take-no-prisoners wit and equally uncompromising approach to raking American hypocrisies over the coals is unparalleled.... From City Pulse. Movies+TV/Reviews Mon, 14 May 2012 15:05:08 -0400 City Pulse http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/whats-wong-with-this-picture-time-magazine-sucks/Story?oid=6189219 The May 21, 2012 issue of Time Magazine is a significant bellwether. It speaks volumes about the state of America’s steadily imploding media, of which Time Magazine has crossed a line into tabloid exploitation. It could well be the magazine’s Waterloo.... From City Pulse. News/Media Mon, 14 May 2012 15:04:42 -0400 City Pulse http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/scratch-and-stitch/Story?oid=6189205 The well-tailored line between hip-hop artists and the streetwear companies hustling to promote them.... From Chicago Reader. Music/Music News Mon, 14 May 2012 12:23:00 -0400 Chicago Reader http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/tea-party-dreams-on/Story?oid=6189203 Obama is at last beginning to understand the nature of his opposition: the Tea Party doesn't want to make America better, they want to change it.... From NUVO. Politics/Commentary Mon, 14 May 2012 12:18:26 -0400 NUVO http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/finding-emily/Story?oid=6188768 What happens when a girl goes missing in the heart of Sin City?... From Las Vegas CityLife. News/Features Mon, 14 May 2012 11:39:11 -0400 Las Vegas CityLife http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/in-theaters-now-1-the-five-year-engagement/Story?oid=6180060 Five-Year Engagement: I got lucky the other night, well kinda. Romantic comedies generally follow a predictable course; there is the meeting of an unlikely couple, the “getting-to-know-you” montage, the cumming together, the falling apart, and the big happy double reach around ending. Like crack cocaine or chocolate, rom-coms are designed to momentarily distract us from our comparably imperfect lives in which we don’t look, talk or fuck like the movie stars on the screen. Ironically, the distraction offered by rom-coms fuels a sense of dissatisfaction so we need more distraction and then poof, we’re stuck in a rom-com downward death spin cycle which retards the audience just a bit more with every incarnation.... From Random Lengths News. Movies+TV/Reviews Sun, 13 May 2012 00:25:58 -0400 Random Lengths News http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/deep-in-echo-park-a-bohemian-nexus/Story?oid=6179910 Long time Echo Park residents Anne Stein and Gary Leonard are planning to showcase the paintings of Anne's father, Philip Stein, at their Take My Picture Gallery in downtown Los Angeles. They are doing so as the restored Siqueiros mural "American Tropical" is about to be unveiled in Olvera Street.... From Random Lengths News. Culture/Commentary Sun, 13 May 2012 00:25:38 -0400 Random Lengths News http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/how-rape-victims-cope-after-exoneration/Story?oid=6176994 Debbie Jones spent decades coming to grips with the fact Thomas McGowan raped her. Then she found out he didn't.... From Dallas Observer. News/Crime & Justice Fri, 11 May 2012 21:35:00 -0400 Dallas Observer http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/ready-steady-pop/Story?oid=6175155 The High Strung paid their dues in full. Now it's time for the payoff.... From Metro Times. Music/Profiles & Interviews Fri, 11 May 2012 15:48:13 -0400 Metro Times http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/are-stoners-high-on-romney/Story?oid=6175137 There's talk of many cannabis advocates casting a protest vote against Obama.... From Sacramento News & Review. News/Drugs Fri, 11 May 2012 14:31:45 -0400 Sacramento News & Review http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/talisman-energy-stirs-resistance/Story?oid=6174778 Leaders from Peru accuse Calgary-based Talisman Energy of dirty deeds in its quest for Amazon oil.... From Fast Forward Weekly. News/Energy Fri, 11 May 2012 13:29:42 -0400 Fast Forward Weekly http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/mitt-and-the-gop-boys-club/Story?oid=6174632 Mitt Romney needs to reach out to women voters, but his party has few who can help him do it.... From Boston Phoenix. Politics/Elections Fri, 11 May 2012 21:31:00 -0400 Boston Phoenix