AltWeeklies Wire
Election '08: Delegate Selection in Mass.'s Eighth Districtnew
As Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton battle for votes, the Democratic nomination could be decided at the national convention, so local delegates -- and the caucuses where they're elected -- were buzzing. On Saturday, Massachusetts' 10 congressional districts held an election for each candidate.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles and Jan Rosenfeld |
04-10-2008 |
Politics
City Paper's First Annual Haiku Contestnew
Local haikuists Tonette Hartman, Jonny Goldstein, and Roosh Valizadeh were tasked with writing 5-7-5's in five categories: Springtime, Meat, Cherry Blossoms, Franklin Roosevelt, and Haiku.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
04-10-2008 |
Books
Tags: haiku
Public Health Advocates Want Gay Hookup Websites to Promote Safe Sexnew
For public health advocates, the internet is the new tobacco. Just as the "right to smoke" as an important civil liberty has been largely discredited, the "right" of sex website owners to profit unfettered from the spread of diseases such as syphilis and AIDS should also go by the wayside.
Suicide and Silence at the D.C. Jailnew
How did the D.C. Jail let two troubled inmates kill themselves in their cells? Don't ask the D.C. Jail.
Washington City Paper |
Brendan Smith |
04-10-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Corporations Try to Buy Your Love by Rooting for the Red Soxnew
Remember the good ole days when Sox profiteering was annoying but ignorable, and before it seemed like every other national and local business attached itself to Boston baseball?
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
04-10-2008 |
Sports
The Biggest Fuck-Up in the History of Mainstream Media Hip-Hop Coveragenew
The Los Angeles Times royally screwed up a big story about Tupac's 1994 robbery and shooting. What else did it get wrong?
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
04-10-2008 |
Media
Olympic Torch Protesters Pump Money Into SF Economynew
"Any event that brings people to San Francisco is going to be good ultimately for the economic base of the city," said David Perry, the city's spokesman for the official Olympic event. "This is a capitalist society. I'm sure there are people making all kinds of T-shirts and tchotchkes, authorized or not."
SF Weekly |
Lauren Smiley |
04-10-2008 |
Business & Labor
A Minnesota Lawmaker Tries to Ban Salvia ...new
So we decide to try the potent, legal psychedelic ourselves.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
04-10-2008 |
Drugs
Diluting Special Interest Funding in N.C. Campaignsnew
Public financing is catching on in North Carolina slowly but surely, as voters realize the price they're paying if campaigns are financed by the wealthy and special-interest donors.
Parkour Lifts Young New Yorkers Up Above It Allnew
As a dispossessed teenager in a working-class suburb of Paris, Frenchman David Belle invented parkour, a way of moving with the purpose of findng the most efficient way of crossing a landscape, usually an urban one, by adapting to obstacles without hesitation or disruption to the intended path.
New York Press |
Derin Thorpe |
04-10-2008 |
Sports
Tags: parkour, sports & fitness
Virgin Comics Unleashes Indian Lorenew
Virgin Comics' flagship line, Shakti, mines the vast treasure trove of tales and characters from Indian mythology and ancient Hindu theology.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Samir Shukla |
04-09-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
'Shine a Light': He's with the Bandnew
Scorsese makes beautiful music with the Stones.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Lynn Farris |
04-09-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Martin Scorsese, Shine a Light
Zakir Hussain is a Master in Art of Indian Instrumentnew
The Percussion legend's mastery lies in the rhythms and beats of tablas, the quintessential Indian percussion instruments.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Samir Shukla |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: zakir hussain
Susan Tedeschi is on the Road Againnew
Her last album, the Grammy-nominated Hope and Desire, was released nearly two-and-a-half years ago. To say her creative juices have been flowing may be an understatement.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jeff Hahne |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Susan Tedeschi
Nudity Doesn't Equal Empowermentnew
Will someone please tell young women that taking your clothes off for money is not a feminist act?
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Nsenga Burton |
04-09-2008 |
Commentary
