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| Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT What happens when slowcore visionary Alan Sparhawk of Low turns his amp up to eleven and shakes loose the timbers with a solid lean back and churn, meltdown abandon? In stores this week, his head-shaking trio Retribution Gospel Choir answers that cal ... |
| Rip... torn Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Wondering about that tearing sound emanating from the west end of downtown Anchorage in the middle of the month? That was the sound of the fabric of Alaska's Republican Party being rent apart at the Captain Cook in a schism that ended any fantasies o ... |
| Headlamp Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Anybody who has weathered a few Alaska winters knows that spring won't be staying with us until it's good and ready to. We can only waitpatiently or not. Exactly when local trailheads and campsites open will depend on how long it takes the snow a ... |
| Blotter Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Palmer Police cited an 18-year-old male for consuming alcohol and driving after consuming alcohol March 11. They also arrested an 18-year-old male passenger in the car who had a warrant for failing to comply with ASAP requirements. There was a 13-yea ... |
| Mark your beer calendars Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Our local brewers have settled down into a routine these days. The big, interesting, and creative winter-oriented beers have started falling by the wayside now in preparation for tourist season, when our local brewers can hardly brew enough of even t ... |
| Mines, mines, everywhere mines Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT You may have noticed some of the new pro-mining ads on TV, the radio, or in local newspapers. The commercials feature experts who claim they've studied the Clean Water Initiatives slated for this year's ballot. The ads, paid for by Alaskans Against t ... |
| The taxi wars Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Years later, P.J. Hill still remembers the cab ride. 'The worst vehicle I've ever ridden in was an Anchorage cab,' he recalls. It was supposed to be a simple trip home from the airport, but in the course of five miles, the cab broke down six ti ... |
| Suffer the little children Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT In the Yupik Eskimo village where Tom Cheemuk lived as a child in the 1960s, there was no running water. Homes in the tiny Norton Sound community of St. Michael were lit with gas lamps and generators. The town shared a single telephone. As a boy Ch ... |
| Savage Love Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT My wife beat breast cancer five years ago. Went through chemo and radiation and ultimately radical surgery. Brave, lovely, and lucky woman she is. But after the procedures, she said she was proud of her post-op look and the zigzag scar across her che ... |
| Yeah yeah yeah Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT What happens when slowcore visionary Alan Sparhawk of Low turns his amp up to eleven and shakes loose the timbers with a solid lean back and churn, meltdown abandon? In stores this week, his head-shaking trio Retribution Gospel Choir answers that cal ... |
| 'The odd bit of skullduggery' Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT So one good thing to emerge from the tawdry spectacle that scorched the wings of New York governor Eliot Spitzer is that I've solved the mystery surrounding the puzzling appeal of British actor Jason Statham. Though teeming with neither looks nor ... |
| Deconstructing Maxine's Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Once a raucous after-hours funnel for liquor guzzling, Maxine's underwent a transformation to better use its vast interior. The facility is rare in that it offers a variety of areasan area to enjoy a few drinks alone, an area to lounge with family a ... |
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| A sincere-ish form of flattery Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Remember how for a time it was as though the Hollywood bigwigs couldn't think of any new children's programming so they kid-ified what they already had, resulting in stuff like Muppet Babies, Young Indiana Jones, Tiny Toon Adventures, and that puppy ... |
| Could a kinder, gentler Anchorage Assembly emerge from Tuesday's elections? Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Most of the timeand for most residents of AnchorageMunicipal Assembly proceedings are pretty boring business. Just turn on channel 10 at 5 p.m. on a Tuesday night for evidence. Luckily though (at least for those of us in the scribbling professio ... |
| Choice words Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT You may not have heard of Chris Blankenship. He's one of two candidates for the Downtown Assembly seat (Section B) being vacated by Allen Tesche. Blankenship is running as an independent, and, according to APOC (which monitors campaign finances), ... |
| The planets align Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT The wild and wacky gang over at Midnight Sun Brewing Company is at it again. Last year's Seven Deadly Sins (7DS) series of intense beers was so incredibly popular and so much fun, this year the brewery is stargazing and is going to follow up with ... |
| Heaven on Boniface Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT I have to admit I'm biased. I love Mexican food of all kinds, from the truly authentic which I never got tired of eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner during a week long vacation in Mexicoto the fast food variety that most people don't even reall ... |
| We're big time Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Alaska is on the rise as a popular film destination. Or att least, it's starting to seem that way. After Into the Wild made local headlines for months then brought in big numbers at the box office, and surprise hit horror film 30 Days of Night was ... |
| The light's green Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT It is after 10 p.m. on St. Patrick's Day, but instead of drinking green beer in a local pubor, more likely given my late-evening habits, eating sunflower seeds and watching 'The X-Files' on cableI'm standing beneath a starry sky with a bunch of oth ... |
| Running to stand still Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT So I caught both 'Run, Fatboy, Run' and the flu the other day, and I wouldn't recommend either of them. The flu at least was unpredictable, sending chills up and down my spine. The same can't be said for 'Run, Fatboy, Run,' an unforgivably dull roman ... |
| Fitter, happier, more productive...? Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT In last week's issue, we posed the question of whether the April Fools' Day election would result in 'a kinder, gentler Anchorage Assembly'one not dominated by current Chair Dan Coffey's 'cabal' of cronies, a group who had alienated the lefty minori ... |
| The real ethics bill in Juneau Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Right now it seems like all the Alaska state legislators who haven't been indicted or aren't under investigation are tripping over themselves to prove who's the most in love with ethics reform. After the convictions of three legislators, and with the ... |
| A change is gonna come Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Most of us have a favorite placea particular trail or vantage point that calls us back, over and over again. But how much attention do we really pay to the place? We're usually so busy doing, and doing big (Big. Wild. Life... right?) that the numerous ... |
| Brew Review Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Snow Goose Restaurant and Sleeping Lady Brewing Company brewer Clay Brackley will celebrate his one year anniversary with the brewpub in May. Brackley was brewing at BJâs Restaurant and Brewery in Reno, Nevada when he met Goose owner Gary Klopfer a ... |
| Into the sky Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT A lot of history was taking shape in the U.S. in the fall of 1972. The Vietnam War was still in full swing. The investigation into the Watergate scandal was just beginning and President Nixon would be reelected that November. Alaska's only Represe ... |
| Better than just 'the new Chinese' Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT I remember when Thai food was a rarity in the United States. I remember traveling hundreds of miles to visit our favorite Thai restaurant, just to escape the steam-table monotony of one-note Chinese cuisine that was available in the small town whe ... |
| One more turn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT It snowed eight inches last night. The clouds vanished this afternoon and now the sun is brilliant and the snow sparkles. It's almost six o'clock, halfway through March, and it doesn't get dark till after nine. Fred, Skyler and I hike up Peak Thre ... |
| Illegal use of the hands Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT The only thing I find more appealing than unfairly sexy Oscar winner and U.N. Messenger of Peace George Clooney is the notion of him tackling the screwball comedy, a genre sorely in need of a proper revival. The strategy sounds easy enough: Take two ... |
| One last taste of winter Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT So there I was. Hunched over the computer, fingers ready to flypoised to write about the spring hiking opportunities I'd been dreaming about, thanks to early April's sun, slush, and melting snow. That's when I turned my head and looked out the windo ... |
| Sudan and you Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT The heartbreaking story of a Holocaust survivor and the horrors witnessed can bring a room to tears. Recently, in Juneau, when the daughter of a Holocaust survivor shared her mother's story, it had exactly that effect. 'She said that it was indiffere ... |
| Philanthropic suds Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT In January of 2008, I assisted in the rollout of a beer with a purpose. The Snow Goose Restaurant and Sleeping Lady Brewing Company's Spartan Warrior Imperial Stout was released to honor the fallen soldiers of the Army's 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2 ... |
| Blotter: Starting young Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a burglary at a residence in Hydaburg April 2. A 57-year-old woman reported that no valuable items appeared to be missing, but some carpet had been vandalized inside a house she was caring for. An 11-ye ... |
| Gasline 2.0 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT If BP and ConocoPhillips meant to make people sit up and take notice, the two energy companies achieved that goal impressively. On Tuesday, there were deer-in-headlights looks all over the state, including plastered on the faces of a handful of to ... |
| Confessions of a teenage bootlegger Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT I just bottled a batch of homebrewed beer today. It's the part of the brewing process that I find the most satisfying. Many homebrewers find bottling tedious, but I get a kick out of seeing the neat rows lined up on the kitchen counter, all those mis ... |
| Letters Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Let down by Lahn Regarding the food review in your most recent issue ('Better than just 'the new Chinese,'' April 3), I must admit my disappointment. Tuesday April 8, my girlfriend and I decided to try the Lahn Pad Thai restaurant. My first impre ... |
| A Himalayan invitation Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT As I sat and waited for my take-away lunch at a recent visit to Yak and Yeti, a recent entry into the Spenard restaurant scene, I chatted with the proprietress, Suzanne Hull. I asked her what had inspired her and her husband, Lobsang Dorjee, to open ... |
| A coalition of the (currently) willing Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tuesday's Anchorage Assembly meetingthe first for four newly elected memberswas formal and cordial enough. But there were subtle elements of intrigue in the room too, if you knew where to look. For starters, there was the presence of Ron Fourn ... |
| The dog borrower Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Dogs and hikers go together like butter on bread. Maybe it's because they share a boundless enthusiasm for the outdoors. There's nothing quite like sharing the trail with someone that loves it as much as you do. Dogs don't nag, chatter, or talk ba ... |
| Masters of disaster Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT No one will die today. A gust of wind blows coarse snow across the spectators' exposed skin. A puff of pot smoke from a nearby group wafts by; someone passes someone else a beer. Everyone's attention is directed toward the top of Alyeska's headw ... |
| Good wood Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Glacier Brewhouse is an upscale dining establishment in downtown Anchorage that's featured its own excellently produced beers since May of 1996. Most of the beers are mainstream, to appeal to the broadest cross section of clientele, but the brewe ... |
| Falling man Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT When Nicole Pelletier picked up the Anchorage Daily News on Saturday, she was already expecting the bad news on page A-1. Pelletier handles media and communications for Mountain Sports International, a company that puts on large outdoor sporting ... |
| Bistro, plus Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT A bistro is, by definition, not a fancy-dress restaurant. Bistros are, by and large, intimate restaurants with limited menus and informal atmospheres that are both accessible and affordable. Campobello in Midtown captures these elements, but it ... |
| Ivan Moore has a horse named Ethan Berkowitz Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT ...In the race for the U.S. House. But because Moore, the local Democratic pollster originally from Great Britain, has a 'green card' and isn't an American citizen, he can't vote in the U.S. House primary that's going on late this August. Moore did, th ... |
| Fragging Berkowitz Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Somebody made a funny. Well, you can either call it a funny or a juvenile low blow in the revving-up campaign cycle for the U.S. House seat currently occupied by Don Young. In the Democratic race, former state House Minority Leader Ethan Berkowitz ... |
| Pets are us Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT My wife, Lin has a wager to propose. She will bet you whatever money you are willing to lose that she can spoil your pet, no matter how well-trained, obedient or perfectly behaved the animal may be. Don't fall for it. Do not. It's a fool's bet. The w ... |
| Journalisms Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT There are some things that, while meant to be reassuring, are almost guaranteed to have the opposite affect. 'Hang in there everybody; we're gonna make it,' is one of them. Especially when it's coming from the mouth of your company's CEO, at th ... |
| Restless Hands Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT 'I wish I could find one word to describe it,' says singer/songwriter Tony Furtado of his music. Though he isn't shy about throwing together elements of country, rock, blues, folk, old-time swing, etc, Furtado often gets tagged as one of the above. ... |
| The rules of engagement Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT It's an unmistakable sound, the silly, sweet thwap-thwap-thwap of a naked man happily wagging his genitals. And it isn't something you often hear in a movie (or at a movie, hopefully), but Forgetting Sarah Marshall confirms that Judd Apatow and his d ... |
| Screw the gym! Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT 'Bite?' I snouted up to the trough before me. The Reverend Luther Hello Burgernamed after a devout customerhovered like a fat pheasant two inches from my face. My gym is two blocks away, and so is my personal trainer, with whom I broke a date to ... |
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