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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact editor@altweeklies.com. editor@altweeklies.com support@desert.net Dispatch Gyrobase AltWeeklies.com http://www.altweeklies.com/images/aw88x31.gif http://www.altweeklies.com/ AltWeeklies.com, news and arts from more than 100 alternative newsweeklies. 88 31 Eight Reasons Not to Hold the 2012 Republican National Convention in Salt Lake City http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793290 Politics/Commentary Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:59:14 -0500 Salt Lake City Weekly Will New Mexico Offer Drug Users Treatment Instead of Jail Time? http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793289 News/Drugs Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:55:20 -0500 Weekly Alibi Colorado Lawmakers Look to Shake Up the Recycling World, With Millions of Tires Nearby http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793287 News/Environment Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:52:12 -0500 Colorado Springs Independent Writer Captures New Dimensions of Old West Legends Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793284 Books/Nonfiction Reviews Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:49:29 -0500 Colorado Springs Independent Health-Care Practitioners Explain Why They're Willing to Go to Jail for Health-Care Reform http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793281 News/Health & Science Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:44:10 -0500 Baltimore City Paper Novelist Michael Kimball Pieces Together a New Kind of Narrative in '60 Writers/60 Places' http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793278 60 Writers is little more than a series of vignettes featuring authors reading an excerpt of their works in some setting, shot with a static single-camera set up. On the other hand, it is a single-viewing experience composed of 60 completely different elements.... From Baltimore City Paper.]]> Movies+TV/Reviews Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:40:44 -0500 Baltimore City Paper Sweet Harmonies (and Chicken Jokes) Come to Madison http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793274 Music/Profiles & Interviews Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:35:26 -0500 New Haven Advocate What Happens When the Person Who Gives Voice to Victims Becomes a Victim? http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793269 News/Crime & Justice Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:32:43 -0500 New Haven Advocate Baristas Say the Fight for Better Conditions is Uphill but Necessary http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793268 News/Business & Labor Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:29:11 -0500 Fort Worth Weekly Stage Prodigy-Turned-Filmmaker Drake Doremus Brings 'Douchebag' to Sundance http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793265 Douchebag are exactly what Sundance co-founder Robert Redford was talking about at the previous day’s opening press conference, where he vowed the festival had returned to its roots of presenting groundbreaking new voices.... From OC Weekly.]]> Movies+TV/Reviews Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:24:52 -0500 OC Weekly Allegations of Racism Spark a Power Struggle at the Mutual Musicians Foundation http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793260 News/Race Relations Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:20:24 -0500 The Pitch Valley Smokers Buy, Steal, and Inhale JWH-018 to Get High http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793257 News/Drugs Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:16:09 -0500 Phoenix New Times An Obsessive Patrol Cop Tried to Nail the Wrong Guy in the Baseline Killer Case http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793243 News/Crime & Justice Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:07:10 -0500 Phoenix New Times With Fences Mended, Chamillionaire is Comfortable Being the Rapper Next Door http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793212 Music/Profiles & Interviews Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:04:18 -0500 Houston Press Where Running a Light and Killing Someone Does Not Automatically Mean You're in Trouble http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1793180 News/Crime & Justice Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:00:40 -0500 Houston Press Lobster Loot: Chinese New Year and Weather Contribute to Record Prices http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790953 News/Business & Labor Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:51:05 -0500 Santa Barbara Independent Look Closer at 'Environmentalism' and Economic Health http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790952 News/Environment Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:47:17 -0500 Santa Barbara Independent Secret History of Chicago Music: Shel Silverstein http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790948 Hairy Jazz.... From Chicago Reader.]]> Books/Book News Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:42:32 -0500 Chicago Reader What Sort of Woman Reads 'Playboy'? Meet Peggy Wilkins http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790945 Playboy. It was July 1978 in Michigan, and 13-year-old Peggy was a huge fan of the TV series. That summer the actress who played Nancy, Pamela Sue Martin, appeared on the cover of Playboy.... From Chicago Reader.]]> News/Women's Issues Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:32:52 -0500 Chicago Reader Trading Down: Mythology Inflected Romp Has Nothing on Harryhausen http://www.altweeklies.com/movies/trading_down_mythology_inflected_romp_has_nothing_on_harryhausen/Story?oid=1790923 The Lightening Thief is a well-paced kids' action picture that flirts with Greek mythology to create its otherworldly spectacle.... From City Pulse.]]> Movies+TV/Reviews Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:29:26 -0500 City Pulse Half-Eaten Chocolates: A Sampler You Don't Want to Give http://www.altweeklies.com/movies/half_eaten_chocolates_a_sampler_you_dont_want_to_give/Story?oid=1790586 Valentine's Day is yet another date movie that's less than the sum of its parts. The sheer number of A-list actors involved spells trouble. Jessica Biel, Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, and Anne Hathaway provide cast padding for the likes of B-listers Taylor Swift, George Lopez, and Emma Roberts.... From City Pulse.]]> Movies+TV/Reviews Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:07:42 -0500 City Pulse Can a Court Help Former GIs Find Justice at Home? http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790177 News/War & Peace Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:36:46 -0500 Westword 'North Face': Alpine Tragedy Becomes Harrowing Film http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790173 Movies+TV/Reviews Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:33:24 -0500 Seattle Weekly 'District 13: Ultimatum' — More Stunts, Please http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790170 D13:U only works when at full sprint. In the rotting, riot-prone, walled-off banlieues of near-future Paris, David Belle returns as the endlessly inventive ghetto acrobat.... From Seattle Weekly.]]> Movies+TV/Reviews Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:29:33 -0500 Seattle Weekly Haitian Chaos: Of Course Aid is Difficult http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790167 News/Disasters Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:25:33 -0500 Seattle Weekly As a Cash-Strapped State Prepares to Cut Services, Billions are Being Doled Out http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790165 Politics/Commentary Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:22:47 -0500 Seattle Weekly Child Support Collection Business Incurs Wrath of OAG http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790162 News/Children & Families Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:18:48 -0500 Dallas Observer Pasadena Labor Talks Hit the Skids http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790160 News/Business & Labor Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:09:49 -0500 Pasadena Weekly Columnist’s Book Offers an Overview of the Progress Made by Women http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790155 When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present. Run, do not walk, to your local bookstore and get your copy.... From Pasadena Weekly.]]> Books/Nonfiction Reviews Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:05:48 -0500 Pasadena Weekly Barry Lopez Discusses a Writer's Responsibility in a Time of Environmental Crisis http://www.altweeklies.com/alternative/Redirector?oid=1790093 Wolves and Men (1978) and Arctic Dreams (1986).... From Pittsburgh City Paper.]]> Books/Author Profiles & Interviews Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:59:00 -0500 Pittsburgh City Paper