By Bill Holdship, W. Kim Heron
Published: 1/6/2010
Types: Music
SPIN Magazine seemed to be only half-serious, I think, when its writers chose "Your Hard Drive" as the No. 1 album at the end of 2000 — right above Radiohead's Kid A and our own Eminem's The Marshall Mathers Album. But it turned out to be one of the more astute musical observations o...[MORE]
Published: 11/11/2009
A history professor at the University of Michigan, Juan Cole's notoriety as a scholar focusing on Islam was largely confined to academic circles until 2002, when he began writing his Informed Comment blog. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq by the Un...[MORE]
Published: 11/28/2007
Types: Cover Story
It seems that with each passing week there are more stories raising the specter of George Bush turning Iraq and Afghanistan into a bloody trifecta by attacking Iran. In mainstream daily papers we see pieces like one by Gannett's John Yaukey, who wrote in early November that "confrontation could b...[MORE]
By Johnny Loftus, Brian Smith, W. Kim Heron
Published: 11/8/2006
Types: Music
Let's shoot them all at a wall and see what sticks, what's sweet, what stinks and where they fall. "Grapeshot" is a new, periodic feature that rounds up local music releases, gives them a listen and then gives them a grade. Sure, they're a little shorter than our regular reviews. But we're tryin...[MORE]
Published: 2/22/2006
Types: Cover Story
Through his daily blog Informed Comment, Juan Cole has become "a must-read for those interested in the Middle East," as the online journal Slate put it. In turn, the University of Michigan professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian history has also become a widely sought expert and commentator ...[MORE]
By Rebecca Mazzei, W. Kim Heron
Published: 1/25/2006
Types: Arts, Visual arts
Writer and philosopher Manly P. Hall called the sun the greatest of natural fires and the most supreme of celestial bodies. Adoring the sun, he wrote, is one of the earliest forms of religious expression. Mounds, altars and temples have been raised to honor the deity of daylight. But in the ar...[MORE]
By Charles L. Latimer, W. Kim Heron
Published: 6/21/2000
The "world’s best block party," as Frog Island’s three-day bash has come to be known, forges onward into new realms of rhythmic pleasure, with Friday’s accent on blues and zydeco, Saturday’s cross section of jazz, rock and blues, and Sunday...[MORE]
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