AltWeeklies Wire
A Punk-Only Doctrine Morphs into the Electronic Dancenew
There's nothing on Juan Maclean's album Less Than Human to suggest a once-doctrinaire punk is behind it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alex Rawls |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juan Maclean, Less Than Human
Palestinian Slackers Pursue Martyrdomnew
The aimless, wheel-turning feel eventually detracts from Hany Abu-Assad's real message: that rather than faceless terrorists, there are people with reasons - even misguided, cruel or vindictive ones - for their violence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
Wes Anderson Looms Largenew
Intellect and citified sophistication prove insufficient weapons for staving off despair in this black domestic comedy about the sudden eruption of the D-word in a bookish family living in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Georgia's Prisons Fail to Treat Inmates With Hepatitis Cnew
Being denied treatment for such a disease -- particularly if a prisoner forcibly contracts it in prison -- could be construed as cruel and unusual punishment, says an attorney with a prisoner rights advocacy group.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
11-10-2005 |
Science
Expansion Marks New Era for Atlanta's Premier Art Institutionnew
Signs indicate Atlanta's High Museum of Art is anticipating a boom in its attendance and art-world profile when the museum debuts the addition to its critically heralded 1983 Richard Meier-designed building on Peachtree Street on Nov. 12.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster and Layla Bellows |
11-10-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Is It True the CIA Operates Secret Prisons?new
By maintaining prisons outside the United States, the CIA can skirt quaint, outmoded American legal procedures such as charging people with actual crimes and giving them trials.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-10-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Taking Mr. Big Smile to Meet the TV Peoplenew
Paramount had requested that Hollis Gillespie pick a representative from what the writer describes as her "band of retarded blow monkeys" to come in with her so the TV people could "see the chemistry."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
11-10-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Give Veg Heads a Treat on T-Daynew
A way toward achieving mixed-company feasting bliss is to make a veggie dish that feels like a star, not supporting cast. Consider this lasagna, with a few seasonal twists.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
11-10-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Kitchen Witch
Drink Wine! Ward off Germs!new
A Spanish study in 2002 said red wine will actually prevent a cold. Compared to non-drinkers, men and women who downed an average of more than two glasses of wine each day saw a 40 percent reduction in their risk of developing a cold.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
11-10-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
It's an Irresistable Literary Conceitnew
Since 1969, George McDonald Fraser's "Flashman" series has been arguably the funniest -- and most educational -- series of novels being published.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
11-10-2005 |
Fiction
Another Misstep in the Stumbling World of Journalismnew
Last month, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution made a stunning announcement: The paper's editorial board would not endorse candidates in Atlanta's elections.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-10-2005 |
Commentary
Modest Gains Are Hardly Worth Praisenew
While a definite improvement over their poisonous introductory EP, Lions' modest gains are hardly worthy of praise, let alone the absurd hyperbole that inevitably attaches to any band that suffers a Wilco-esque major-label wipeout.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jon Garrett |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Duo Puts Out Strong, Promising Debutnew
Fronted by the coed duo of Flora Reed and Philip Price, Massachusetts' Winterpills play melancholy indie-pop in the vein of Elliot Smith on their 10-track, self-titled debut.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Cory Byrom |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Winterpills
Band Pushes Unique Style of Bizarro Metal to Logical Endnew
Catch Thirty-Three outdoes all of the band's recent efforts, even topping last year's stellar I EP, which, with its one 20-minute song, hinted at where the band was heading.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Cory Byrom |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Meshuggah, Catch Thirty-Three
This Quiz is B-A-N-A-N-A-Snew
Gwen Stefani ain’t this reviewer's hollaback girl so here's a quiz instead of an interview.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jamie Allen |
11-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
