AltWeeklies Wire
'Sessions' with Horace Tapscottnew
Posthumous releases continue to reveal facets of L.A.'s towering jazz pianist.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Horace Tapscott
Why Obama Can't Losenew
Regardless of the outcome, he's forced the issues on the table.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
02-01-2008 |
Commentary
A Fixed Handnew
With billions at stake, the fight over Indian Gaming has turned into the most expensive in proposition history.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Annette Stark |
02-01-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
This Super Tuesday, America is Dixienew
A proud Dixie expatriate and lifelong political junkie, I'm seldom less pleased to be away from home than the weeks before Super Tuesday.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
02-01-2008 |
Commentary
Epic Re-Creationnew
Drive-By Truckers' latest reflects band's changes and plays to its strengths.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Faking Itnew
LCD Soundsystem tops '07 critics' list, but e-music has way more to offer.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dennis Romero |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
Inside Obama's California Campaignnew
On the crushing "Tsunami Tuesday" of February 5, when 22 states hold Democratic primaries or caucuses, the fate of California’s coveted 441 delegates will be decided, amounting to a quarter of all chosen that day across the country.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appleford |
02-01-2008 |
Politics
'The Delivery Man': Balls-out Scarynew
Joe McGinniss Jr.'s characters live in the epitome of a moral morass—Las Vegas—but these twentysomething desert rats are searching for a way out. Their efforts make for a fast-paced read, full of scares, gross-outs, and waste.
The Portland Mercury |
Courtney Ferguson |
02-01-2008 |
Fiction
Ghost Whisperernew
Over Her Dead Body's plot is ludicrous. Thank god for lowered expectations, 'cause this pithy piece of fluff is downright funny.
The Portland Mercury |
Courtney Ferguson |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeff Lowell, Over Her Dead Body
Videogames are Hard!new
While Contra 4 retains the series' fantastic graphics, tight controls, and hyper-macho, shoot-first-and-never-ask-questions gameplay, it also retains the series' trademark insane difficulty.
The Portland Mercury |
Earnest "Nex" Cavalli |
02-01-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
'Honeydripper': John Sayles Meets Jim Crownew
Sayles' sedate, inoffensive film takes place in Harmony, Alabama, in 1950, where Jim Crow laws are in full swing and black men can be arrested simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Honeydripper, John Sayles
The Painful Descent of Black Mountainnew
There was a time I saw Black Mountain as torchbearers of soulful, gritty, classic folk and rock—a necessary band to fight the drift toward the laptop-toting, knob-twisting digital wash. Unfortunately, they're no longer that band.
The Portland Mercury |
Andrew Tonry |
02-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Mountain, Into the Future
Goin' to the Courthousenew
Attorneys for the State of Oregon, Basic Rights Oregon, and Alliance Defense Fund have been flinging briefs at the US District Court for more than a week, preparing for a February 1 hearing that will determine if, and when, same-sex couples can secure the state rights and responsibilities of marriage.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
02-01-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Blame Gamenew
The Portland city auditor needs to make changes to stop widespread public mistrust of the Independent Police Review process, according to an independent consultant's report released last week.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
02-01-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
So, You Want to be a Professional Sports Journalistnew
Or, observations from the worst sports reporter on press row.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
02-01-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
