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Why 'Wall-E' is Fucking Phenomenalnew
Wall-E won't only be one of the best films of the year, but may become one of the best science-fiction films ever made.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
06-27-2008 |
Reviews
Sheryl Grossman Suffers from One of the Rarest Diseases the World Has Ever Knownnew
People with Bloom's Disease -- there are fewer than 300 worldwide -- seldom grow taller than four and a half feet or weigh more than 90 pounds. Most develop cancer by their mid-twenties, and they are prone to diabetes, allergies, asthma, pulmonary disease, ear infections and immune disorders. The men are sterile. There is no cure, and no one with this genetic disorder has ever lived past 48.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
06-27-2008 |
Science
The Constantines Get Older, and Betternew
Kensington Heights, their new album, is still rigidly post-punk and sharp as a shimmering blade, but the pace of the record is deliberately restrained and the band's gnashed-teeth anger is more focused, and less wild, than ever before.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
06-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
No One Does It Better Than Spinderellanew
She's uncharacteristically humble in light of her membership in the iconic rap group Salt-n-Pepa, whose relevance has possibly been overshadowed by Cheryl "Salt" Wray and Sandra "Pepa" Denton's recent reality TV appearances.
The Portland Mercury |
Jalylah Burrell |
06-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
America's Favorite Vegan Cookbook Writer Now Calls Portland Homenew
Isa Chandra Moskowitz's recipes have been a part of vegan potlucks since her first cookbook, 2005's Vegan with a Vengeance. She shares a little about her upcoming book as well as recipes for Quinoa Salad with Black Beans, Pasta Della California and Banana Rabanada.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
06-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
Think the Housing Crisis Was Bad? You Ain't Seen Nothing Yetnew
While many eyes are focusing on the housing meltdown and its hugely negative effect on an economy clearly moving into recession, few are paying attention to the next bubble expected to burst: credit cards.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Danny Schechter |
06-27-2008 |
Economy
Gas Crisis Hits the Memphis Area Transit Authority Like a Runaway Busnew
For most Memphis motorists coping with $4-a-gallon gas, mass transit is unfortunately not really an option. Now a near-doubling of the price of diesel will likely bring higher fares and reduced services at a time when MATA already is criticized for a lackluster effort to boost its efficiency and ridership.
The Memphis Flyer |
John Branston and Mary Cashiola |
06-27-2008 |
Transportation
'A Bend in the River' Looks at a Nashville Prison Rehab Programnew
While it's neither a wallow in sensational cellblock horrors nor a Scared Straight-style sock in the gut, A Bend in the River offers quiet, solemn and persuasive evidence that prison is the last place on earth anyone wants to end up.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
06-27-2008 |
Movies
'Mongol' Paints a Historically Hazy but Kick-ass Picture of Genghis Khannew
Here's a brawny old-school epic to make the CGI tumult of 300, Alexander and Troy look like sissy-boy slap parties.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
06-27-2008 |
Reviews
Brian Barton Chooses Baseball Over Aerospace Engineering ... For Nownew
Baseball ain't rocket science. But if it were, that wouldn't stop rookie St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Brian Barton. He's pretty good at both.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
06-27-2008 |
Sports
'Fuck Hope': George Carlin, 1937-2008new
There'll be little enough cause to ask what this late, stupendously gifted funnyman would think of a President Obama and his rhetoric of "Hope" in the midst of our general, scrambling disintegration. We already know.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
06-27-2008 |
Performance
Global Mushroom Culture Hits Idaho Forestnew
An unusually fecund mushrooming season has filled the Idaho forest with an international rainbow gathering of commercial morel pickers who step slowly through the trees filling buckets with the valuable commodity.
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
06-27-2008 |
Environment
Cobbler to the Stars: Pasquale Fabrizionew
Bozo the Clown's shoes, big as canoe paddles, sit on a shelf in Fabrizio's shop on San Vicente Boulevard. He's making copies of the floppy soles for a movie. Afterward, the originals will go to a museum for safekeeping.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
06-27-2008 |
Fashion
Seattle's Fleet Foxes Make Languid, Woodsy Rocknew
The group like their timpani, and their echo, love the sound of waves bouncing off walls, dig the high, lonesome wail of falsetto in harmony. Can a flutist be far behind?
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
06-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Director Timur Bekmambetov's Stock Rises with Action Fansnew
Bekmambetov happily agrees that the movie may be the year's fastest, bloodiest and chattiest Hollywood picture, but he denies that it's a celebration of ruthlessness.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
06-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
