AltWeeklies Wire
Capitol Doors Closed to Visitors on 'Family Day'new
On March 12, a day touted by Republican leaders as an opportunity for John Q. Public to see his Legislature at work, Georgia state troopers barred the doors of the Gold Dome, temporarily shutting out hundreds of visitors, lobbyists and liberal activists.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
03-17-2005 |
Politics
Should Someone Lie for a Lazy Co-Worker?new
If a lying, irresponsible co-worker lists you as a reference, here's what to do when a prospective employer calls.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
03-10-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns, Karma Cleanser
Are Americans Really Torturing People?new
As sure as the handcuffs in my dresser drawer are fur-lined, Americans enjoy inflicting pain on others. In a January 2004 article about the popularity of sadomasochism, Time estimated that the United States is home to 250 S&M organizations
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
03-10-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Don't Panic
Southeast Food and Wine Fests Are Worth the Tripnew
When spring comes to these parts, food and wine fests pop up like weeds after a pelting rain. They are so plentiful, in fact, that you need a machete to cut through the crappy ones.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
03-10-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tough Guy Is No Match for Unruly Kidsnew
As we learned in Kindergarten Cop, a tough guy is no match for unruly kids, and unruly kids are no match for a tough guy's discipline. C'mon, everybody, let's hug.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Shankman, The Pacifier
Nuts and Bolts Revoltnew
Robots' animators obviously paid meticulous attention to detail, from the dents and rust stains on the robots to the rivets in the buildings, but they deflated the film by using a stock "small-town dreamer goes to the big city" plot.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Wedge, robots
Star Power Shorts Out in Be Coolnew
Gray should be cutting Tarantino royalty checks considering how much he lifts from that director's act. Travolta and Thurman re-do their Pulp Fiction sexy dance, and black characters launch irate Tarantino-esque monologues over the use of the "N" word.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray
Film Finds Hope in the Art of Photographynew
The children offer shockingly perceptive, eloquent insight into their situations, and some exquisite photographs to boot. There are photographs of the intractable chaos of their lives, but also images that show how children can transcend even the most degraded circumstances.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Inside Deep Throat Doesn't Go Deep Enoughnew
Compared to Kinsey's examination of the conflicts sex sets off in the human animal, Inside Deep Throat is kid's stuff, arguing for moral extremes rather than nuance. Especially grating is how the filmmakers create a conventional divide between the libertines and the blue nose porn-censors.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Travelogue Mixes Pocket Histories With Political Riffsnew
Its focus is the Sahel, a 2,600-mile swath of African desert and badlands that stretches from Ethiopia to the Atlantic coast, and is home to some of the most impoverished, corrupt and - Sudan notwithstanding - ignored countries on the planet.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
03-10-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Angry Wind, Jeffrey Tayler
Atlanta's Lost Boys, Nearly Four Years Laternew
As Mark Bixler tells it in his new book, The Lost Boys of Sudan, the story most of us have heard is true for some of the Lost Boys. For many of them it is not, but it's still the story they tell, having learned (or been coached) that Americans would only help them if their story was simple, dramatic and morally unambiguous.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
03-10-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Come One, Come All to the GOP's Family Daynew
It looks as if the GOP-backed decision to designate March 12 as the first-ever "Family Day at the Capitol" could turn out to be more successful than anyone had imagined. Several groups are seizing the opportunity to spur hundreds, if not thousands, of their supporters to the Capitol to show opposition to certain conservative legislation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
03-10-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Sympathy for the Scalpernew
It was my hope to demystify the ticket broker industry. I wanted to find out where the hell they got their tickets. I wanted to see what connection there was between the broker in his well-appointed office and the scalper on his grimy street corner.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
03-10-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Album is Central Entrypoint into Enonnew
Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence, a collection of singles, rarities, and web-only tracks, takes shape as the group's most captivating listen to date.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-03-2005 |
Reviews
Album Perfect Accompaniment to Mountain Drivingnew
The songs are fragile, earthy and melancholic -- drawing comparisons to early/mid-'70s Neil Young, Yo La Tengo and Red House Painters (especially "Late Blues" and "Sundown"), but with a far more celestial chorale.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Heart Like a River, Ida
