AltWeeklies Wire
Frank Langella Learns Serenity Latenew
He is now in the midst of a comeback that includes a recent Tony for the play Frost/Nixon and a reinvigorated career that will see him star in four movies scheduled for release in 2008.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Miss Vermont Helps Give Pageant a 'Reality Check'new
Rachel Ann Cole, the 22-year-old who was crowned Miss Vermont in June, may not win the Miss America Pageant when it airs live from Las Vegas on January 26, but she's already had plenty of airtime, thanks to a four-episode reality show called Miss America: Reality Check on TLC.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
01-18-2008 |
TV
Tags: TV
Burning Hell's Uke Jukenew
Glockenspiel may be the new cowbell, but Burning Hell main man Mathias Kom is determined to make 2008 the year of the ukulele.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Burning Hell
Consumer Electronics Show Brings Giant Screens and Pink Tasersnew
CES -- which took place January 7 to 10 -- is bursting at the seams these days, and there have been complaints from both exhibitors and attendees that the show is too big.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
01-18-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Smeltervillenew
Crystal City, Missouri, forges one hell of a deal.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
01-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Memphis Hospital Employees Sue for Unpaid Wagesnew
Nurse James Allen Frye and security guard Clarence Moore held two very different positions at Baptist Memorial Health Care until their terminations, but both allege the health-care system denied them wages for off-the-clock work.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
01-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Salvaging MLK's Legacynew
The spat between the competing Democratic camps of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has managed to bring Dr. King's legacy itself into controversy.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
01-18-2008 |
Race & Class
Kick-start Your Heart with Winter Sportsnew
"I mean, they are also low-impact, so you don't injure yourself as much, unless, of course, you fall off your skis," says Kenneth Madden, UBC assistant professor of geriatric medicine.
The Georgia Straight |
Matthew Burrows |
01-18-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Toy Hacking as New Art Formnew
Hackers are tweaking tech gadgets -- legally -- with creative results.
NOW Magazine |
David Silverberg |
01-18-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Our Way or No Way?new
Noam Chomsky opens his latest book, What We Say Goes, with fists flying.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Nonfiction
Cambodian Roller Coasternew
From palatial beauty to museum of horrors in Phnom Penh.
NOW Magazine |
Ted Ferguson |
01-18-2008 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Alt.Health: Trouble in the Tractnew
There's lots of diet advice for Crohn's, but little consensus it works.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
01-18-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Donna Jean Picks Up where the Dead Left Offnew
Donna Jean and the Tricksters shows what the seminal California jam band might have sounded like had they been more interested in their female singer.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Muckian |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
The Tough and Tender of Frankie Vallinew
The early '60s weren't as bereft of rock 'n' roll as critics often say.
Shepherd Express |
Jamie Lee Rake |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
The Nice Outfit: Power-pop Legendsnew
Paul James Wall sums up The Nice Outfit with a catchy litany of bands: "Buzzcocks, Bangles, Beatles and Byrds."
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kissing Jocelyn, The Nice Outfit
