AltWeeklies Wire
We Got Nownew
David lays out hip-hop's most promising artists on his must-lisen list for 2008.
Jackson Free Press |
David Dennis Jr. |
02-04-2008 |
Commentary
Laughing Abstract: Farrell and Gleeson Get Dark in Inky Black Comedy
“In Bruges” (pronounced ‘brooj’) is a highly unique and stylized black comedy that makes good on its ostensibly simple hitmen/boss narrative trope.
Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
Fired Movie Director Runs for Congressnew
A movie theater director in Paducah was fired after confronting Sen. Mitch McConnell about the Iraq war, and blames him for her demise. Now she’s running for Congress.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
02-02-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Is Vermont Developing an Enviro-business Corridor?new
Other micro-regions have used their specialty products to "brand" themselves — think Omaha steaks or Silicon Valley microchips.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
02-01-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Carbon Copy?new
Just what is carbon trading, anyway?
Seven Days |
Jon Margolis |
02-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Attention, Shoppersnew
An unofficial guide to the Burlington area's organic aisles.
Seven Days |
Suzanne Podhaizer |
02-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
Guagua's Impressive International Aestheticnew
Featuring a plethora of talent from such notable Vermont acts, the sophomore release from Burlington’s mind-bending Latin-jazz collective Guagua arrives this month with considerable expectations.
Seven Days |
Herb van der Poll |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Guagua, Psychotropical
Dillinger Four, Pretentiousness Zeronew
Formed in 1994 (“The Year Punk Broke, Part Two”), the band has weathered the rise of a mass-marketed underground culture, the birth of the Internet generation and the growth of a political climate that has little respect for dissenting viewpoints.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dillinger Four
Package Stimulatornew
So listen, about this so-called stimulus package your U.S. government all of a sudden dreamed up for the economy, all I can say is you got to be jerking my beefaroni. And here’s why.
Shepherd Express |
Art Kumbalek |
02-01-2008 |
Commentary
Milwaukee Nun Arrested During Peaceful Protest Against the Warnew
Conviction raises questions about the right to freedom of speech.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
02-01-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Six Shotsnew
There are several ways to approach Sylvester Stallone's new Rambo, and while none of them make this bad movie much better, they do make it more interesting.
The Memphis Flyer |
Addison Engelking |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Rambo, Sylvester Stallone
The Best Best Picture Nominees in Decadesnew
This is supposedly a bad time for movies, but scanning through the Academy Awards' back pages, I don't think there's been a stronger slate of Best Picture nominees since the mid-'70s.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-01-2008 |
Movies
Downhome Boy, Updatednew
Country star Brad Paisley is a Maxim and Field & Stream kind of guy.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don't Say 'Gay'new
A proposed Tennessee law would ban any discussion of homosexuality in elementary and middle schools.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
02-01-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Mother Indianew
Grand-scale storytelling from second-time novelist Manil Suri.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gil |
02-01-2008 |
Fiction
