AltWeeklies Wire
Finding Hope in Summer Readingnew
Reading about cities reveals the good that is in them, and shows how they solve their problems through the leadership of those who decide what personal role to play.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
08-17-2005 |
Commentary
Sex and Diabetes
Diabetes doesn't mean you can't be as good or bad as anyone else in bed. It just means that you've got to plan ahead and jump through a few more hoops.
Boulder Weekly |
Paul Joannides |
08-17-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
With This Ring, I Thee Wednew
Seattle Opera's sterling epic inspires eternal devotion.
Seattle Weekly |
Gavin Borchert |
08-17-2005 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Angels of the Apocalypsenew
Preparing for Burning Man, the author learns about fire and people as a minion of the Flaming Lotus Girls.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
08-16-2005 |
Art
Denver's Dying Grand Prix Indicative of Sport's Declinenew
National Indy-car racing continues to face the most serious crisis in its history: Dwindling crowds, indifferent TV coverage and uncertain sponsorships have reduced a once-prosperous sport to an also-ran in a marketplace overstuffed with choices.
Tags: sports & fitness
Stroke of Geniusnew
Some male nude models just have up-and-down days.
All Things Englishnew
One food writer dishes on the art of the English Muffin.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
08-11-2005 |
Food+Drink
Thanks Be To The Godsnew
One food writer has had a mouth-watering epiphany, and its name is scallop.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
08-11-2005 |
Food+Drink
Bring Back the Hustlenew
I’ve come to realize that we live in a society of racketeering. Gone are the days of Hustle-Utopia (a.k.a. legitimate hustling society), a time when people made equal exchanges with each other, such as a product for a service.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
08-11-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Bootstrap Furynew
If you can force poor people to participate in their disenfranchisement by blaming them for it, you cripple their ability to change it.
Jackson Free Press |
Ali Greggs |
08-11-2005 |
Commentary
The Legacy of the Late King Fahd of Saudi Arabianew
What would you say if you found out that a Middle Eastern despot who supported Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda with billions of dollars over several decades had just died?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
08-11-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
The Graffiti Hunternew
One man has spent the past four and a half years on an obsessive quest to document Boston's ever-vanishing urban art.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-11-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Sometimes You Have to Do It With Stylenew
One writer describes her most embarrassing ass-bearing incident on a date with a frat boy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
08-11-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
This Takes the Cakenew
After tasting a gorgeous hunk of the "Very Good Chocolate Cake" from The Gift of Southern Cooking, a food writer sets out to determine if it will be the best she ever bakes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
08-11-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Kitchen Witch
Despite Swipes by Snobs and Filmmakers, Merlot Still Delightsnew
Although wineries might be ripping out Merlot vineyards and cutting back on their single varietal production, it still reigns as one of the uber grapes that will stand the tests of taste.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
08-11-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
