AltWeeklies Wire
Newest Release Serves Stunning Assortment of Tidbitsnew
The newest release, Lonely Runs Both Ways, serves up another stunning assortment of musical tidbits, each as savory as the one before. It's almost as if Krauss and Co. have found the perfect recipe and don't need to experiment anymore.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
What Should Be Edgy Flick Never Deliversnew
The opening promises an edgy action flick that the rest of the film never delivers. Consider it an Assault on Carpenter's originality and your own spare time.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
Cinematic Swoon Over Operatic Action Flicknew
In addition to its essential love story, House of Flying Daggers is a class tale of characters who are pawns in larger political forces and whose endless battles have a sad futility. The characters fight for their masters, squandering lives that should be spent in love.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
Hotshot Go-Getter Meets Family Mannew
Weitz's film is a soulful plea for a return to warm and fuzzy values like raising decent children and treating people with compassion in a world that has become hardwired for mercenary tactics born out of economic fear.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Weitz, In Good Company
A Pedophile Hunts for Redemptionnew
By placing a pedophile at the center of the story, director Nicole Kassell enters uncomfortable territory. Fortunately, Kevin Bacon's controlled, empathetic performance makes The Woodsman into an honest bid to respect the sinner while hating the sin.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nicole Kassell, The Woodsman
Women's Lib Gives Way to Female Criminalsnew
The U.S. Justice Department recently gave us all cause to wince when it reported that the nation's female prison population grew over the last decade at almost double the men's rate. For the first time ever, the number of incarcerated women tops 100,000.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bob Barr |
01-13-2005 |
Commentary
Liberal Media Myth: MLK Wasn't a Revolutionarynew
The real Martin Luther King has been all but erased from our history. What's left is so anemic -- and so distorted -- that even George Wallace or Lester Maddox or, heaven help us, Zell Miller could claim kinship.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
01-13-2005 |
Commentary
Dean Wants to Lead Democrats, but Do They Want Him?new
Howard Dean wants to be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee and was looking for a vote from Bobby Kahn, chairman of Georgia's Democratic Party.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
01-13-2005 |
Politics
Blue Island in a Red Seanew
This year's election put Republicans firmly in control under the Gold Dome. It's too soon to tell what that spells for Atlanta. But it does create a new color scheme for the political map.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-13-2005 |
Politics
Corkscrew: Suggestions for Expanding Your Wine Horizonsnew
After witnessing the decline of relaxation, it's time to chill out and start enjoying life again. To jumpstart this idea, here are 10 wine resolution suggestions for 2005.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
01-06-2005 |
Food+Drink
Etiquette Guidelines for Food on the Facenew
A diner wonders if she'll have bad dinner-party karma because she silently enjoyed the spectacle of a fellow guest with food stuck on his face.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
01-06-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
How Will the Iraqi Election Work and What Will be the Result?new
On Jan. 30, Iraqis will vote in their country's first direct, multiparty election since 1953. Iraqis had plenty of free and fair elections during Saddam Hussein's reign. The only catch was that you had to freely and fairly vote for Saddam and his Baath Party henchmen.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-06-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Album Weaves Two Voices Into Cohesive Wholenew
The recording is a terse, five-song collaboration that finds both artists alternately contributing to each other's songs.
Their approach is complementary to the point that their signature sounds bleed into each other.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-06-2005 |
Reviews
Piano-driven R&B Tunes Have Dash of Hip-Hopnew
Vocalist/pianist John Legend appears to be on a mission to slip more classic and serious sounds onto the plate of pop music by delivering them with a heaping serving of hot beats.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
01-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Legend, Get Lifted
It's Good to Own the Kingnew
Elvis was only worth approximately $7 million at the time of his death. But in the hands of ex-wife Priscilla and a team of financial planners, Elvis' estate has become one of the most lucrative entertainment cottage industries in the world, with a current estimated net worth of well over $200 million.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
01-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elvis Presley
