AltWeeklies Wire
Cauliflower Powernew
The reason to love cauliflower over broccoli is its elegance and grace. It never tastes like a tree trunk and it takes on any flavor you wish, particularly if you roast it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
10-06-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Kitchen Witch
Quality of Kosher Wines Is on Risenew
In the last 20 or so years, new kosher producers have bested the granddaddy of kosher wine, Manischewitz, by expanding varietal choices and delivering goods even non-Jews should deign to consume.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
10-06-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
A Near War on Junk Foodnew
Like the film Traffic on sugar and triglycerides, Christopher Largen's novel Junk takes us on a tour of a near future "war" on junk food, complete with a food czar, a Food Enforcement Agency, and mandatory sentences for possession of hamburgers, doughnuts and milk shakes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
10-06-2005 |
Fiction
Law Will Hammer Debtors and Victims in Perfect Economic Stormnew
On Oct. 17, the law changes drastically, making it much tougher to go bankrupt. The new law was drafted by the Republican Congress as a love note to the credit card industry.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
10-06-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Humbug Square
Fans Will Be Disappointednew
Fans have been waiting almost 10 years for the influential hip-hop trio known as Digable Planets to drop a new album. Sadly, those same fans will probably be disappointed with Digable's latest.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Songs Are Essential in Understanding the Artistnew
Covering the first nine years of Dylan's body of work, the 28 tracks (only two previously released) comprise a fascinating behind-the-scenes palette of rare and timeless jewels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Singer Projects Naive Enthusiasmnew
Singing in a quivering, helium-inflected voice that sounds electronically altered even though it's not, Gabby La La weaves candy-colored, dreamlike vignettes accompanied by her own sitar, ukulele, accordion, toy piano and Theremine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Jason Molina Casts Off the Darknessnew
What Comes After is the sound of a reinvigorated Jason Molina delivering some of the most direct songs of his career.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Band Rolls Onnew
The members of the band find themselves in a familiar place: out on their own following a muse of their own design. This time, however, it's not such a bad place to be.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jon Garrett |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Howl
Who is That Masked Woman?new
MirrorMask's dream world looks like the last place you'd want to visit and never conveys a sense of its rules or makes a firm connection to the real world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dave McKean, MirrorMask
Sci-Fi Nail-Biternew
Serenity remains a four-star experience for anyone familiar with "Firefly," and the sheer novelty of seeing a space opera with smart dialogue and credible characters will leave audiences floating on air.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
The Plight of Childrennew
Roman Polanski offers a flawed but harrowing, empathetic view of the world seen through the eyes of its most powerless and invisible citizens. Oliver Twist's salvation comes at a great cost.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Twist, Roman Polanski
Viggo Mortensen is Compromised Hero in Cronenberg Thrillernew
A History of Violence, as its title implies, is a profound examination of a world divided into "good" and "bad," where we reflexively cheer on the "right" kind of violence and recoil at the "wrong" kind.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Transit Experts Dis the Beltlinenew
A panel of transportation and planning experts is expected to issue a report Sept. 29 that offers the harshest criticism to date of the proposed 22-mile transit loop around the inner city.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
09-29-2005 |
Politics
Is North Korea Really Giving Up Its Nukes?new
North Korea's promise to de-nuke isn't just some amusing announcement from Kim Jong-Il's propaganda department. It's the fruit of a couple of years of on-and-off international negotiations.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-29-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
