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Feels Like the First Time Gettin' It Onnew
The 40 Year-Old Virgin celebrates the pleasures of the flesh as a healthy part of life while tweaking the juvenile hang-ups of both genders. OK, mostly juvenile male hang-ups, but women get teased, too.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Is the War in Iraq Causing More Terrorism?new
President Bush and Prime Minister Blair contend that terrorists are not at all motivated by what we do in Iraq or anywhere else. Instead, they say, terrorism is solely the product of the Islamic terrorists' "evil ideology" (that's Blair's phrase) and "dark vision of the world" (that's Bush's phrase).
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
08-18-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
It Ends Not With a Bang, But With a Lasagnanew
One writer details how relationship-wrecking one dish can be.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
08-18-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Fix a BLT, ASAPnew
It's mid-August, which means one writer has a hot date with a garden tomato almost every night until the first day of fall. You should, too.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
08-18-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Kitchen Witch
In Remembrance of Great Wines (and Times) Pastnew
One writer remembers the moments that made wine great -- or the wine that made moments great.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
08-18-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
Avoiding Bart Simpson's Candy Bingesnew
One writer discusses the ups and downs of child obesity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
08-18-2005 |
Commentary
Child Welfare Agency Responds to Death of Runaway
For months, Creative Loafing attempted to get comments on the case of an Atlanta 15-year-old runaway who showed up dead. Finally, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Human Resources responded to questions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-18-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Moments Feel Cheap and Emptynew
On Appetite - which the band, tellingly, co-produced with Dave Fridmann - the quartet try to listlessly remake the Flaming Lips and Pink Floyd in their own image.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ray Cummings |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Many Standouts on Albumnew
Of the 40 tracks included here, it is futile to identify a few standouts. What's even more important than the actual quality of the work (which is amazing) is the historical significance of many of the cuts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Album Goes Down Smoothnew
Recorded at Willie Nelson's Pedernales Studios, there's an appropriate restless cowboy vibe running through Smog's 12th album.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Film Causes Gag Reflex to Kick Innew
The Aristocrats takes a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of entertainment, but it isn't always the laugh riot you might expect. The filmmakers rely on attention-deficit editing and overlapping interviews until some jokesters' verbal rhythms are trashed.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Provenza, The Aristocrats
Nature Trumps Man in Grisly Flicknew
Director Werner Herzog views Timothy Treadwell's life through a fascinated but skeptical gaze. Drawing on 100 hours of Treadwell's own footage, as well as interviews, Herzog conducts a compelling autopsy on Treadwell's ideals and contradictions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Andre 3000 Says 'Hey Ya!' to Hollywoodnew
The urban action flick from Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton separates Andre 3000 from Andre Benjamin. In his hometown to promote Four Brothers, Benjamin talked about the two faces of Andre.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-11-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Four Brothers, John Singleton
Van Sant Goes Rambling Againnew
Last Days focuses not on the glamour and violent cataclysms of death-by-drug-addiction, but gives us the crushing banality and catatonic alienation of its Kurt Cobain-inspired hero, Blake.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Last Days
Immigration Judge Plays Toughnew
A Korean grandmother was arrested and spent a year in jail facing deportation after receiving a prostitution conviction, and remained there even when the conviction was overturned, all because of the actions of one immigration judge.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
08-11-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
