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Wine Resolutionsnew

Broaden your wine horizons in 2008.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Taylor Eason  |  01-10-2008  |  Food+Drink

Beth Lisick Seeks Help in 'Helping Me Help Myself'new

When Lisick unleashes her inner snark, she's laugh-out-loud funny, but when she toes the book's tagline and earnestly tries to "fix" herself, she's boring, kind of annoying, and self-indulgent.
The Portland Mercury  |  Alison Hallett  |  01-10-2008  |  Nonfiction

A Haunted Orphanage? No way!new

Screenwriter Sergio G. Sánchez and director Juan Antonio Bayona are content to dig up and exploit every worn-out horror cliché they can think of -- which'd be a problem if The Orphanage wasn't so goddamn scary.
The Portland Mercury  |  Erik Henriksen  |  01-10-2008  |  Reviews

The Films of Paul Thomas Andersonnew

Screening all of Anderson's feature-length films in order was something I'd never done, but in anticipation of his latest, There Will Be Blood, I started with Hard Eight, then hit Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch-Drunk Love.
The Portland Mercury  |  Ezra Ace Caraeff  |  01-10-2008  |  Movies

Midian vs. Middiannew

How much is a band name worth?
The Portland Mercury  |  Ezra Ace Caraeff  |  01-10-2008  |  Music

He Real Coolnew

Lupe Fiasco, a hiphop ascetic who reportedly eschews groupies and alcohol in his personal life -- which matches their absence in his videos -- is also a begrudged backpacker.
The Portland Mercury  |  Jalylah Burrell  |  01-10-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Gay Rights Advocates Prep for Domestic Partnership Hearingnew

On Feb. 1, Judge Michae Mosman will hear from the anti-gay activists' attorneys, who allege that state and county elections officials improperly tossed out signatures from a referendum petition aiming to put the domestic partnership law to a vote this fall.
The Portland Mercury  |  Amy J. Ruiz  |  01-10-2008  |  LGBT

Get A Room!new

When hipster immigrants invade Portland, it makes it kinda hard for Oregonians to find a room.
The Portland Mercury  |  Jennifer Furniss  |  01-10-2008  |  Housing & Development

Brazil Via Brooklynnew

Brooklyn drummer Scott Kelner explores the roots of maracatu and more.
New York Press  |  Ernest Barteldes  |  01-10-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

No Shamenew

The Park Slope punk quartet The Shondes mix queercore attitude, Jewish melodies and pro-Palestine lyrics.
New York Press  |  Elizabeth Rhodes  |  01-10-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

The Texas Singer-songwriter I’d Been Looking for My Whole Lifenew

I find myself reaching for Slaid Cleaves' music this January, as I have each January since I heard "One Good Year," eight winters back.
New York Press  |  Brian Koppelman  |  01-10-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Retroactive Revelationnew

It's possible that the greatest horror filmmaker in movie history never cried "Action" on a set. That's because Val Lewton, whose name recalls RKO Pictures' creepiest outings of the 1940s, always served as producer and screenwriter, not director.
New York Press  |  Eric Kohn  |  01-10-2008  |  TV

The Birth Monologuesnew

Producer Ricki Lake on the birth culture of the U.S.
New York Press  |  Jennifer Merin  |  01-10-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

A New Hybrid Organization Aims to Heal the Seanew

The Center for Ocean Solutions aims to do what amounts to heresy in old-school academia: Knock down barriers to interdisciplinary marine research. Dissolve scientists' fear of policy and policymakers' fear of science. Connect the smart with the powerful. Turn ideas into realities.
Monterey County Weekly  |  Kera Abraham  |  01-10-2008  |  Environment

The Need for New Scare Tacticsnew

Yet another boring J-horror translation proves we don't do horror right.
New York Press  |  Eric Kohn  |  01-10-2008  |  Reviews

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