AltWeeklies Wire
Renegade Road Rally Spans from England to Gambianew
Here's a great getaway idea: Buy a 20-year-old $400 Volkswagen with 98,000 miles on eBay from a guy in England, get a good friend to fly with you to pick it up and then drive it through France and Spain, ferry to Morocco and drive through Mauritania and Senegal to Gambia. Then donate the car to a charity.
Shepherd Express |
Gary Knowles |
02-15-2008 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Barack Obama for Presidentnew
The 2008 election could alter our course, and Sen. Barack Obama is the one person who could transform that desire for change into real results. That’s why Obama has earned the endorsement of the Shepherd Express as the next president of the United States.
Shepherd Express |
Staff |
02-15-2008 |
Commentary
Definitely Notnew
The Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy is too bland to compete with this week's foreign fare.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
02-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Brooks, Definitely, Maybe
Renaissance Manicnew
DJ Tom Middleton gathers ambient and kinetic house sounds on new three-disc collection.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
02-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Tom Middleton, Lifeworks
Marjane Satrapi Contemplates Iran, the Oscars, and the 'Axis of Evil'new
The creator of Persepolis has seen revolution up close, and her life was never the same.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appelford |
02-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Derailing L.A.new
Damien Goodmon wants to halt the L.A.'s light rail project in its current form and place the line underground. Along the way, he's aligned himself with remnants of some of the same ugly forces that have impeded mass transit since racism and fear stopped the Red Line subway in the 1980s.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz and Alan Mittelstaedt |
02-15-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Bloody Goodnew
Daniel Day-Lewis carves out a fascinating career.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
02-14-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Various
A Lethal Combinationnew
Addiction to needless pills.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Nsenga Burton |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Go, Dog, Gonew
Beowulf meets Bram Stoker. Or perhaps Homer writes an epic about a lycanthropically-challenged Corleone family. Either way, Toby Barlow's novel-in-verse about urban werewolves is busting genre every which way, and in the very best way.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
02-14-2008 |
Fiction
Constructing the Authentic Love Songnew
There is something to be said for the love songs that understand the incredible amount of yourself you invest in another person and the choices and sacrifices you must make to keep the relationship strong.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Love in the Name of Pridenew
Charley Pride's first love was baseball. But his father began tuning into the Grand Ole Opry. After being rejected by the New York Mets in 1961, Pride made a stop in Nashville, and soon became RCA's top-selling recording artist after Elvis.
Jackson Free Press |
James Hughes |
02-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charley Pride
Romantic Devastationnew
Ballast is a single family's story. It's a story that, for its scant, struggling ray of hope (bond together as family, and things won't be OK, but they may get better), depicts Mississippi as a romantically devastated place.
Jackson Free Press |
Cheree Franco |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ballast, Lance Hammer
Exploring Communism's Dixie Rootsnew
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, a North Carolina-born history professor at Yale University, traveled to Russia to research the Communist Party's involvement with the American Civil Rights Movement.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Cooking Under Pressurenew
Anyone who takes an interest in cooking should learn how to use a pressure cooker. But, it takes time.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
02-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
'Barack Obama' Hopenew
Sista Encouragement shares a bright light of "Barack Obama" hope during this financially dim and dismal period of our daily living.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
02-14-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
