Gawker (Free subscription) | yesterday
At the Movies with Siskel & Ebert, in its heyday, was a pretty decent show. Watching The Hills at its prime was somewhere between having a handbag full of pudding repeatedly smacked in your face and...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
BOYNE FALLS -- Korey Mahoney leads the Michigan PGA's $65,000 Boyne Tournament of Champions. Mahoney, 42, shot a four-under-par 68 on Boyne Mountain Resort's Alpine Course on Monday. The East Lansing native leads Traverse City's Larry Clark and Frankfort's Fred Muller by one stroke.
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
By Sara AgnewCOLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNECOLUMBIA, Mo. — Long before there was a Summer Repertory Theatre program at the University of Missouri, audiences gathered on the education building's roof to watch student-directed shows. Imagine 75 wooden folding chairs set up in a square around an invisible stage, and you begin to get a picture of what was known as the Starlight Theatre. Among the many actors who...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Top Democrats from around the state and the region are scheduled to attend a July 17 fundraiser in Fort Thomas for Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford.
Big Screen Little Screen (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
The Indie Film Crisis as talked about by Chuck Tryon a couple of days ago is a subject that I can’t resist passing comment on. Although things are a little different over here in the UK, this week saw the demise of groundbreaking distributor Tartan Films who brought films such as La Haine, Secretary and [...]
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
For the Voice, Aaron Hillis previews the Afro-Punk Festival, running at BAM from tomorrow through Wednesday: "Among the screening highlights are self-explanatory doc portraits (A Panther in Africa, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple), auteur rarities (Larry...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
I guess it was inevitable after Interpol's second album tanked that late-80's postpunk recurrence was fated to be as short-lived as Ian Curtis. But how the hell did we reach 1994 in our retro cycle...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
By Larry Clark, Hickory Daily Record, N.C. Jun. 21--Zeno would appreciate the drama of a robin and a butterfly that unfolded in the grass the other day. Zeno was a Greek philosopher and mathematician who lived a long time ago. He was a master at what we call brain teasers.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Rep. Greg Stumbo said Wednesday that he will most likely run for House speaker pro tem if he decides to seek a leadership position next year.
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Now that we know, courtesy of Stu at Defamer , that Werner Herzog’s remake of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant is not so much a remake as it is like a new entry into a franchise, a la the James Bond movies, we at SpoutBlog wonder what other ’90s indie favorites could be continued with similar yet “completely different” installments. I remember back in the day thinking that Clerks should be a franchise,...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
WHEN SOME PARENTS called last week to complain that their kids wouldn't receive their diplomas on stage at Cardinal Dougherty High School's graduation today, I couldn't imagine what the problem could be.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Polwatchers reporting that Rep. Joni Jenkins, a Louisville legislator who played a key role last session in leading a study committee on casino gambling, announced to House Democrats that she will seek the Speaker Pro Tem position currently held by Rep. Larry Clark of Louisville.
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
SPEAKER SAYS HE'S BACKING JENKINS Rep. Joni Jenkins, a Louisville legislator who played a key role last session in leading a study committee on casino gambling, announced to House Democrats that she will seek the Speaker Pro Tem position currently held by Rep. Larry Clark of Louisville. And she's already drawn the support of House Speaker Jody Richards, who took...
The Guardian's San Francisco (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
By Justin Juul If we’ve learned anything from the most recent technological revolution (Web 2.0 and stuff, duh!), it's that nerds are way cooler than we thought they were. In fact, the word “nerd” has lost nearly all of its...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
Michelle N'degeocello, The Nosiettes, The Dirtbombs, Tamar Kali, Bermuda featuring Antibalas Horn Section, Little Jackie, Sophia Ramos, and much more........
