AltWeeklies Wire
Why Wait Until December?new
Let's commence with the 2008 music year in review.
Phoenix New Times |
Serene Dominic |
01-29-2008 |
Music
Drive-By Truckers Create Dour Albumnew
Even devoted DBT fans may find the Alabama/Athens rockers' eighth album frustrating, or long-winded at the very least.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
01-29-2008 |
Reviews
The Night Diamond Dave Rejoined Van Halennew
Eddie Van Halen sits at a table in the breakfast nook, chain-smoking and reading The Wall Street Journal. Next to an overflowing ashtray lies a folded copy of USA Today bearing the headline "Petty, Heartbreakers to Play Super Bowl Halftime." There is a knock at the door.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
01-29-2008 |
Concerts
A Good Place to Shed Your Culturenew
Believe me when I say Christensen isn't your garden-variety travel writer-memoirist. Strangers in Paradise isn't your garden-variety travel book-memoir, either.
The Texas Observer |
Josh Rosenblatt |
01-29-2008 |
Fiction
Law Schools Take Services & Students to Clientsnew
This RV with "University of Detroit Mercy" printed on its side could be considered just a PR gimmick, as it travels the state carrying law students and their faculty advisers who work with clients as part of the school's free legal services. But it's part of the growing national trend of law schools providing -- and sometimes requiring -- more clinical experiences for students.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
01-29-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Winter's Here -- Surf's Up!new
Scott Ray dares to get coldcocked by winter waves on the Great Lakes.
Metro Times |
Kelli B. Kavanaugh |
01-29-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Mark Udall is a Marked Mannew
He spent two decades with Outward Bound after a "reckless" youth. How did the candidate for U.S. Senate wind up labeled too conservative?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael De Yoanna |
01-29-2008 |
Politics
How Philly Worksnew
An informal survey of the ways we earn our daily bread.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Staff |
01-29-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Inside a Cinco de Mayo Car Crashnew
Guess which driver's facing 21 years in prison -- the drunk, rich, white one or the sober, poor, black one?
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
01-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hush, Moneynew
Nobody's talking about the Hollywood Beach Resort, but campaign contributions scream Next Big Thing.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Thomas Francis |
01-29-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Skeeter Shelton's Righteous Screamnew
Shelton looks much younger than his 57 years. His peers describe him as an unsung genius. Capable of playing with a fevered energy, he's an essential voice in Detroit's avant-garde fraternity.
Metro Times |
Charles L. Latimer |
01-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Skeeter Shelton
Rotten to the Corps: A Question of Justice at Texas A&Mnew
Thanks to the university and a district attorney, two cadets escape punishment for beating in a student's face.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
01-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
For Love of Godnew
On her radio show and in her personal life, Beverly Kennedy spreads her gospel across Florida.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
01-29-2008 |
Media
Tags: radio
Hungry For Respect's Dirty Tricksnew
In its war for new members, a labor union is using dirty tricks to turn Hispanics against a grocery chain.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
01-29-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor