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News/Education Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:14:00 -0500 The Independent Weekly http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/religious-liberty-threatened-by-everything-obama-does-from-the-moment-he-wakes-up/Story?oid=5850442 Tennessee GOP lawmakers are predictably hopping onto the bandwagon of verbal assault on the mandate that health insurance plans cover contraception and birth control without exemptions for religiously affiliated hospitals and universities.... From Nashville Scene. Politics/News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:38:06 -0500 Nashville Scene http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/sugar-coated/Story?oid=5849900 College students are hooking up with rich older men through sugar-daddy websires. Is it modern romance, or just an easy way to the sweet life?... From Orlando Weekly. Culture/Lifestyles Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:03:51 -0500 Orlando Weekly http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/the-war-on-weed/Story?oid=5849891 Illinois and many other states aggressively prosecute low-level pot users and dealers in the national war on drugs. But what's the cost, in both money and lives? And is it working?... From Illinois Times. News/Drugs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:48:25 -0500 Illinois Times http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/cant-do-nothin-for-ya-man/Story?oid=5849636 Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is grounded, and the Legislature's allowance is being reduced. This week, Bryant made his first executive budget recommendation to lawmakers at the Capitol. As expected, he took a do-the-same-with-less approach to government spending.... From Jackson Free Press. Politics/News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:17:00 -0500 Jackson Free Press http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/leave-open-marriages-alone/Story?oid=5848727 So long as two people set the ground rules early, an open relationship can work.... From Creative Loafing (Atlanta). News/Sex Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:18:32 -0500 Creative Loafing (Atlanta) http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/critical-mass/Story?oid=5847820 Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn takes time out to get in touch with his serious side.... From Colorado Springs Independent. Music/Profiles & Interviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:17:02 -0500 Colorado Springs Independent http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/call-it-a-comeback/Story?oid=5847815 After lying low for decades, celebrated singer-songwriter Tom Rush has gone viral.... From Colorado Springs Independent. Music/Profiles & Interviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:12:22 -0500 Colorado Springs Independent http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/clarity-begins-at-home/Story?oid=5847814 Maylene & the Sons of Disaster make themselves heard.... From Colorado Springs Independent. Music/Profiles & Interviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:19:17 -0500 Colorado Springs Independent http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/the-best-super-bowl-ever/Story?oid=5846670 The game was broadcast in at least 10 languages, indicating the ever-more entrenched way Indianapolis is entwining with global culture.... From NUVO. Culture/Sports Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:05:32 -0500 NUVO http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/ruthie-foster-let-it-burn/Story?oid=5845977 In the hands of some jazz, soul and blues vocalists—Cassandra Wilson and Bettye LaVette among them—classic-rock tunes are becoming the new standards. On her terrific new album, singer-songwriter Ruthie Foster brings her signature blend of folk, blues, soul and gospel to the party. But she has help.... From Tucson Weekly. Music/Reviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:14:12 -0500 Tucson Weekly http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/big-business-wants-to-hide-political-contributions/Story?oid=5845759 CalPERS is right to stand up to the One Percent.... From East Bay Express. Politics/News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:22:10 -0500 East Bay Express http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/shiners-wild-hare/Story?oid=5845245 The good folks at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner have explored many German and Czech lagers since they launched their annual anniversary brew series seven years ago, but on the occasion of their 103rd year of making beer for Texans the brewery has made its first ale.... From San Antonio Current. Culture/Food+Drink Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:03:23 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/hersheys-and-west-african-child-labor/Story?oid=5845238 Valentine's Day is the chocolate industry's holiday season. With an eye toward this February's annual love-fest, the International Labor Rights Forum purchased an advertising slot on a jumbotron outside the Super Bowl's Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on which to broadcast a video called Hershey's Chocolate, Kissed by Child Labor.... From San Antonio Current. News/Business & Labor Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:28:26 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/diy-valentines-day/Story?oid=5845236 Because nothing's sweeter than home-cooked romance.... From San Antonio Current. Culture/Food+Drink Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:13:00 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/mlk-the-assassination-tapes/Story?oid=5845234 MLK: The Assassination Tapes: This doc re-creates the days before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination using TV and radio reports from the time, most not broadcast since 1968. It gives you the feeling that you’re living through the civil rights leader’s last minutes.... From San Antonio Current. Movies+TV/TV Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:55:42 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/critics-diss-the-woman-in-black/Story?oid=5845233 The Woman in Black: There's a reason why censorship boards cut the scene in the 1931 horror movie classic Frankenstein, where the Monster tosses a happy little girl into a lake and drowns her.... From San Antonio Current. Movies+TV/Reviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:01:03 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/the-foreign-film-manifesto/Story?oid=5845098 As Steven Kellman rightfully says, San Antonio is a hellhole for foreign films.... From San Antonio Current. Movies+TV/Movie News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:43:49 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/foreign-film-in-san-antonio-suffers-for-ramboville-mindset/Story?oid=5845030 In San Antonio, it is easy to find an Audi, a glass of Chianti, and a slice of Camembert. But if you seek imported cinema, you are better off in smaller municipalities — Austin, Boulder, Portland — than the seventh largest city of the United States.... From San Antonio Current. Movies+TV/Movie News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:26:33 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/hi-bill-keller-the-new-york-times-just-stole-our-column-should-we-sue/Story?oid=5845028 On Saturday, the New York Times blatantly and willfully violated the copyright of another publisher -- our publisher, actually.... From Boston Phoenix. News/Media Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:03:00 -0500 Boston Phoenix http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/of-montreal-paralytic-stalks/Story?oid=5845026 On Of Montreal's last full length (2010's False Priest) there was a moment when the oversexed funk let up for an emotionally arresting (and dissonant) piano-and-strings ballad.... From San Antonio Current. Music/Reviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:03:42 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/anvil-frontman-steve-lips-kudlow-talks-shop/Story?oid=5845025 The Canadian band Anvil has enjoyed renewed interest since the release of the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil in 2009.... From San Antonio Current. Music/Profiles & Interviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:06:04 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/paul-mccartney-kisses-on-the-bottom/Story?oid=5845024 Let's get all the obvious stuff out of the way first: Kisses on the Bottom, Sir Paul McCartney's new LP of famous and forgotten American standards, is well-produced with obvious reverence for its source material.... From San Antonio Current. Music/Reviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:38:59 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/leonard-cohen-old-ideas/Story?oid=5845023 It's a wonderful thing when artists you love surprise you with just how good they can still be, and that's exactly how I felt upon first hearing Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas.... From San Antonio Current. Music/Reviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:01:21 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/jack-dejohnette-sound-travels/Story?oid=5845022 Since making a name for himself as the backbone of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew-era band, drummer Jack DeJohnette has solidified a reputation as one of jazz's most accomplished and versatile artists, a seasoned technician equally at home playing fusion, free or hard bop.... From San Antonio Current. Music/Reviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:43 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/air-revisits-georges-mlis-le-voyage-dans-la-lune/Story?oid=5845020 Sixty-seven years before Americans set foot on the moon, French filmmaker/magician George Méliès imagined the final frontier in 1902 with the premier of Le Voyage Dans la Lune.... From San Antonio Current. Music/Reviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:57:06 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/machine-head-swarm-drummers-hometown/Story?oid=5845014 Machine Head drummer and native San Antonian Dave McClain often contemplates his band's endurance. "The writing and touring cycle for our last album took over five years," he says. "That's longer than most careers."... From San Antonio Current. Music/Profiles & Interviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:01:43 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/tony-parkers-trade-in-value-just-went-up/Story?oid=5844776 On the eve of sport's grandest game, San Antonio's longtime quarterback Tony Parker cemented his legacy as the premier point guard in the annals of Spurs' lore. History arrived for Parker in the third quarter of Saturday's 107-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder when he notched career-assist number 4,475 to become San Antonio's all-time dime king.... From San Antonio Current. Culture/Sports Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:03 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/the-tragedies-of-andy-warhol/Story?oid=5844738 There is nothing more banal than death — it happens to everyone. But for collectors, death is the best career move an artist can make. It limits supply, driving prices up. And being dead, the artist is not able to diminish his legacy by making unacceptable art.... From San Antonio Current. Culture/Visual Arts Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 San Antonio Current http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/underage-sex-trafficking-is-everywhere-but-will-law-enforcement-budgets-hold-out/Story?oid=5844736 On any given day, the 19-year-old takes to the streets, turning tricks for cash to feed her heroin habit. She's long bounced between sex work, jail, and unsuccessful stints in treatment.... From San Antonio Current. News/Crime & Justice Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:16:52 -0500 San Antonio Current