AltWeeklies Wire

'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

Tags: Features, Hunter Moore, garyjones815@gmail.com, Is Anyone Up?

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?

Independent Weekly (NC) | 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.

Independent Weekly (NC) | David Fellerath | 05-16-2012 | Reviews

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

Tags: baseball, Features, re-enactments, Houston Babies

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 | Visual Arts

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.

NUVO | Abdul-Hakim Shabazz | 05-15-2012 | LGBT

Sluts of America, Arise!

"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

Maui Time Weekly | Ted Rall | 05-15-2012 | Sex

Tags: sexual freedom, politics of sex