Saving Alt-Weeklies (If Not Alt-Weekly Papers)

“The alternative weekly of yesterday is toast. Or, at least it should be if the alt-weekly business is going to survive. As print media collectively emerges from an existential crisis that has forever altered the business model, alt-weeklies are coming out on the other side as more than just newspapers.” And which ones are doing it best? Not the big ones.

Why Did Oliver Stone Go Into Film? Humid Weather

“I couldn’t write in Vietnam, the rain was too thick, there was no paper, everything got wet. I bought a little Pentax, and I started taking amazing pictures and I really loved the visceral aspect of the thing … And I think that combination of visceral and still cerebral in some way was a beautiful marriage for me. After the war I went back to film school.”