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Shoot to Thrillnew

Fast cars, naked women: Ed Dellis loves his work.

OC Weekly | Luke Y. Thompson | 01-08-2008 | Culture

The DA So Tough on Crime, a Suspect Goes Freenew

Chuck Rosenthal doesn't make deals. And that's why Jesus Salazar is living the free life in Venezuela while a teenage girl lies dead, stabbed 26 times.

Houston Press | Chris Vogel | 01-08-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Trendzilla on High-Heeled Sneakersnew

Today's bad-idea award goes to whoever designed the high-heeled sneaker.

OC Weekly | Vickie Chang | 01-08-2008 | Fashion

Tags: fashion

I Hear Florida Singingnew

Some Florida lawmakers think it's finally time to jump into the 21st Century and get a new state song.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Jonathan Cunningham | 01-08-2008 | Music

Kate Nash: A Lily Allen with More Potentialnew

Nash is a phenomenal talent who seems able to imagine riffs as easily as she snaps her fingers, and she possesses a gift for pointed human observations that don't slow her narratives.

Houston Press | Ben Westhoff | 01-08-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Kate Nash, Made of Bricks

2007's Best Texas Albumsnew

Following are my picks for last year's outstanding Texas albums, more than half of which make me right proud to call Houston home.

Houston Press | Chris Gray | 01-08-2008 | Music

Kansas City's Tax Dollars Not at Worknew

The Citadel Plaza shopping center was supposed to revive the inner city. Instead, it has leveled a neighborhood and left a contaminated mess. Now the developer wants more of our money.

The Pitch | Carolyn Szczepanski | 01-08-2008 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

Taking Notesnew

Write This Down aims to minister, but not by preaching.

Colorado Springs Independent | Amanda Lundgren | 01-08-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Write This Down

You Thought '07 was a Big Year?new

Over the next few weeks, the hype for Cloverfield will reach deafening levels. In the coming months, buzz will build for family-friendly flicks and big-budget tentpoles.

Colorado Springs Independent | Jeff Sneider | 01-08-2008 | Movies

Spare Any Change?new

Kansas City's big-money donors fund art museums and symphony halls but not a homeless center.

The Pitch | David Martin | 01-08-2008 | Economy

Tags: Economic Issues

Way Down in the Holenew

HBO's The Wire digs deep into Baltimore's underground for a soundtrack album.

Baltimore City Paper | Al Shipley | 01-08-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Various Artists, The Wire: And All the Pieces Matter--Five Years of Music From the Wire

The idea is to get all of these people to walk down Charles Street with boomboxes, with each stereo blaring its own part of Phil Kline's Unsilent Night ambient tapestry, until everyone reaches Joe Squared.

Baltimore City Paper | Ed Schrader | 01-08-2008 | Concerts

Tags: Unsilent Night, concerts