Alternative Press

  • Who nabbed Indymedia's computers?

    The freewheeling network of Web sites has a history of clashing with authority. But usually it knows who is trying to shut it up.
    By Mathew Honan November 9, 2004

  • Sucked company

    Feed and Suck are the latest casualties of the dot-com downturn, but co-editor in chief Steven Johnson vows to bring them back from the dead.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski June 8, 2001

  • When good governments go bad

    These pernicious moments brought to you by your elected leaders. PLUS: Sisterhood pyramid schemes, supermarket warfare and a man and his hooptie.
    By Jenn Shreve January 21, 2000

  • Two! Four! Six! Eight!

    Who do we love to hate? Alternative weekly journalists share their true feelings on SUVs, cell phones, minks, celebrities and others.
    By Jenn Shreve January 14, 2000

  • Y2blecK

    Why some people still yearn for the apocalypse. Plus: A beer-soaked argument for the re-segregation of baseball and an absurd portrait of two macho men duking it out in court.
    By Jenn Shreve January 7, 2000

  • All tech, all the time

    Going e-postal and other tales of the technological revolution. Plus: Blood-spurting penises and mushrooming: adventure sport for the elite?
    By Jenn Shreve December 17, 1999

  • Unto us, a poster child is born

    They are the heroes and victims upon which we affix life's tragic lessons and drill them into your head. Plus: Is James Ellroy snubbing L.A.?
    By Jenn Shreve December 10, 1999

  • The unbearable lightness of Schwarzenegger

    Film critics struggle to review "The End of Days" and still retain their indie cred. Plus: The AIDS crisis in Africa and one writer's desperate attempt to get a job at Maxim.
    By Jenn Shreve December 6, 1999

  • Attack of the holiday gift guides!

    Annual shopping-spree extravaganzas turn otherwise respectable journalists into shills for Santa Mammon.
    By Jenn Shreve November 19, 1999

  • Gang land

    Can the same entertainment media that have popularized gang culture be used to combat gang-related violence? Plus: Men who collect penis bones; capital punishments throughout human history.
    By Jenn Shreve November 12, 1999

  • Girls will be jocks

    At last, coverage of women's sports that even this non-spectator can appreciate. Plus: One writer's plaintive cry: "Enough with the sex, dammit!"
    By Jenn Shreve November 5, 1999

  • Bye-bye beatnik

    Two unusual takes on Jack Kerouac's death and legacy. Plus: Viagra raves, zines that shouldn't exist and real-life Halloween scares.
    By Jenn Shreve October 29, 1999

  • Election coverage, gonzo-style

    Alternative Vote 2000 brings the counterculture to election coverage. Plus: High Times turns 25; what happens if Amazon tanks?
    By Jenn Shreve October 22, 1999

  • Rogue advertisers

    Who's to blame for trashy mags? Intestinal fatigue? Speak and others grapple with their demons. Plus: Embalming alternatives and Ikea obsession.
    By Jenn Shreve October 15, 1999

  • Burn, sacred cow, burn!

    Lefty weeklies turn on their idols. Plus: Ben is Dead dies, the 17th Annual Testicle Festival and the boy who said yes -- and lived.
    By Jenn Shreve October 8, 1999

  • Wine, it's the other red fluid

    Wine X's attempts at hipsterism evoke the not so subtle smell of oak barrel-aged fish. Plus: Geeks, freaks, fashion weeks and conspiracy theorists.
    By Jenn Shreve October 1, 1999

  • It might be news, but it's not a story

    Plus: Bob Mould plays for Marlboro Miles; contrary to popular e-spam, Darren does not have liver disease.
    By Jenn Shreve September 24, 1999

  • Tree girl has spawned!

    Young, PR-savvy idealists defend forests, Republicanism and dog food. Plus: Graphic sex writing is soooo 1995; Leonard Nimoy speaks Yiddish?
    By Jenn Shreve September 3, 1999

  • Rag vs. rag

    Skeptic magazine should take a cue from its splashier, diametric opposite, Fate. Plus: Jerry Stahl on heroin -- again; yet another writer "discovers" eBay.
    By Jenn Shreve August 27, 1999

  • Therapy is painless

    From Freud to divorce court: A therapist to meet your every need. Plus: Dan Savage vs. the Republicans; Elvis' "black satin-like" pajamas on the auction block.
    By Jenn Shreve August 20, 1999

  • The malling of America

    Old Navy and Starbucks and Jamba Juice! Oh my! Plus: Feed looks at the latest trend in computer interfaces.
    By Jenn Shreve August 13, 1999

  • Nudity for all!

    Too hot? Lose the swimsuit, say several venerable publications. Plus: Reform Party madness, TV racial quotas and a ridiculous theory on recent violence.
    By Jenn Shreve August 6, 1999

  • Conspicuous consumption

    Two scathing critiques of excessive consumerism. Plus: Need a headline? Try "Eyes Wide Shut"! It worked for Kubrick.
    By Jenn Shreve July 30, 1999

  • The have-nots

    Left-leaning journalists explore how the other side of prosperity lives. Plus: The "S" and "F" words, Rick Springfield and a tell-all psychic friend.
    By Jenn Shreve July 23, 1999

  • Mundane titillation

    This week's stories prove that a good writer can make the most mundane subject riveting, while a hack can turn the sexiest topic into a colossal snooze.
    By Jenn Shreve July 16, 1999
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