AltWeeklies Wire
Riches to Ragsnew
The Ghetto Science Team's product development suggestions for helping consumers cope with the economy.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
04-03-2009 |
Comedy
Hitting Rock Bottom Isn't So Bad When Jesus Cushions Your Fallnew
It was there, in the hospital, a few hours after that violent intubation—lying broken and twisted among the rocks and glass at the bottom of my bottomed-out existence—where I encountered Jesus Christ.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
04-01-2009 |
Culture
The iPod Shufflenew
If I listened to music while working out, would the Knee Destroyer get jealous?
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
03-26-2009 |
Sports
Too Blessed to Be Stressednew
Joy for the economically challenged comes with the stimulus package working in full effect, baby.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
03-13-2009 |
Comedy
Our Time Has Comenew
The Ghetto Science Department of Transportation is getting a financial boost from the stimulus package.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
03-06-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: humor, federal stimulus
8 Million Stories: Amy Braunscweiger Takes on Her Noisy Neighborsnew
I don’t usually have violent thoughts. But this changed when it came to you. I’ve had my fantasies. One particularly desperate night (with a job interview the next morning) I seriously considered throwing Chinese firecrackers into your construction site.
New York Press |
Amy Braunschweiger |
03-05-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: humor, New York City
Stimulate My Walletnew
Gettin' the raggedy rides off the assembly line.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
03-02-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: humor
Caveman Comeback?new
Perhaps reintroducing Neanderthals to planet Earth could keep the human race from becoming too boring.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
02-20-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: humor, Neanderthal genome
Law & Border Hypocrisy, Part 982,776new
The Mexican can’t help but grin extra-grande when he hears people profess to love legal immigrants and hate the illegal ones.
Tags: Immigration, humor
An Open Letter to Former President George W. Bushnew
Dear Former President George W. Bush: Here's a list of all of the things I'm going to miss about you.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
01-22-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: humor, George W. Bush
What's So Funny About Cancer?new
Breast cancer memoirists all seem to agree that laughter is pretty good medicine.
Chicago Reader |
S.L. Wisenberg |
01-12-2009 |
Books
Welcome To a Mexican Beach!new
By following these simple steps to a low-budget Mexican beach excursion, you are on your way to a nice vacation. By demanding the "trip of a lifetime," you will be on your way to hell. Any questions?
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
11-19-2008 |
Travel
McSweeney's Editor Gives Us a Quiz to the White Housenew
This is a multiple-choice review. Mimicking So You Want to Be President?, a book of political humor from John Warner (editor of the literature and humor site McSweeney's Internet Tendency), your knowledge of the presidency will be tried. Even if you fail, you'll still know enough to be vice president.
Weekly Alibi |
Tom Gibbons |
11-18-2008 |
Nonfiction
'MST3K' Creator Joel Hodgson Has Resumed Making Fun of Bad Moviesnew
With the recent DVD release of Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition came a reunion of sorts of Hodgson, who left the show as a host in 1993, and those who carried on the tradition after his departure.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Voting Timenew
Boneqweesha Jones: "Live from the Ghetto News Network studios, it's the Situation Room. The GNN team is on the scene like a record machine covering the early vote drive at Clubb Chicken Wing's Multi-Purpose Complex."
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
10-31-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor
