AltWeeklies Wire
Chronicle of a Street Poetnew
Born to Run is a resonating chronicle of a street poet defiantly roaring past born to lose. Stay gold, Bruce. Stay gold.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Older Performance Fun Way to Remember Hernew
Love Cher and want to see some Chippendale-worthy dancers in liquid leather? This 1991 concert from Las Vegas resort the Mirage hits the spot.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Band Passes Through Valley of Shadowsnew
The rusty cogs are turning and a new Bauhaus full-length is lurking on the horizon, but it's still a ways off.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bauhaus
Reflections on a Legacynew
My earliest recollections of Deacon were from the crazy nights at Tortilla's on Ponce de Leon, where at midnight the eatery was called "the Mudd Shack," a coffeehouse for underground performance artists who just didn't fit into the local rock clubs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Deacon Lunchbox
They Still Sound Streetnew
This better, stronger, faster version of Slick & Rose goes forward into a big, bad music industry with a new sense of self-confidence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Slick & Rose, The Winter Spells
Lack of Big Laughs and True Grit Put Film on Thin Icenew
The slick adaptation of Scott Phillips' well-received noir novel feels more like a vehicle for 61-year-old director and his screenwriters to work out their macho midlife crises.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Jonathan Larson's Legacy Lives Onnew
Rent builds to a touching funeral and a superb reprise of two of the best songs, but rather than go out on a strong note, the film retains the musical's melodramatic final portion, including a ridiculous death scene that, on a movie screen, feels like having a billboard yell at you for five minutes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Columbus, Rent
What is White Phosphorus?new
Conveniently nestled between silicon and sulfur on the periodic table, phosphorus is one of nature's trendiest and most useful chemical elements. Find out its traditional uses and how the military uses it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-23-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Who is This Stranger Sipping Cappuccino?new
Returning to your city of birth offers a different perspective -- especially when that city is L.A.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
11-23-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Enlightened Turkey Leftoversnew
Instead of cream sauce or reheated gravy, consider waking up that fat-laden palate with a much-needed punch of lime, ginger and chiles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
11-23-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Kitchen Witch
For Small Wineries, Passion is Just as Key as Profitnew
Corporate wineries often focus on the profit machine, with enough resources to compete on price and volume. Smaller, family-owned wineries don't have deep pockets, so they create demand by producing craft-made, quality-driven wines.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
11-23-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
Author Finds the Tension Between Irony and Sinceritynew
Losers and loners populate the pages of an Atlantan's collection of short stories and a novella.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
11-23-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Some Homeless Women Still Can't Find Shelternew
In two weeks, the federal government stops paying to help the Katrina evacuees in our midst. Many of them will be on the streets, too.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-23-2005 |
Commentary
Perhaps the Band Should Find Some New Hobbiesnew
U2 may not have the power to change the world with its music, but it still has the power of its celebrity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: U2
She Makes Dreams Come Truenew
Fantasia's strings of life weren't always so sweet as her gorgeous high notes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
11-17-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fantasia, Free Yourself
