AltWeeklies Wire
Lighten Up Your Oscar Partynew
How can you keep the Oscar-nominated films from killing your Oscar party?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Oscars
Grassroots or Astroturf?new
A powerful transportation PAC claims to have Georgians' interests at heart, but donations from road builders cast suspicion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
03-02-2006 |
Politics
Big MAACC Attacknew
Atlanta's arts leaders have lost patience waiting for the anticipated trickle-down of increased funding, corporate support and public involvement from the efforts of Metropolitan Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
03-02-2006 |
Politics
Turning Music Into a Movementnew
In the 90s, Atlanta witnessed a soul music renaissance, and its epicenter was the small bistro, Yin Yang Music Cafe.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro and Mosi Reeves |
03-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Afghanistan: Mostly Awesome?new
The Taliban no longer governs, and al-Qaeda no longer has the host government's active "help," but to suggest that the two groups are neither present nor active in Afghanistan is simply wrong.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
03-02-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Scrappy, But Not So Toughnew
What kind of girlfriend drags her boyfriend to a salon and then dumps him that very day, leaving him sitting there looking like a fuck-ass fool, with highlights and everything?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
03-02-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: moodswing
Wine Drinkers Under the Microscopenew
After years of absolutely no juicy research about wine consumption, two new studies tell great -- albeit conflicting -- stories about wine drinkers finally getting in the fast lane.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
03-02-2006 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
All Aboard Peak-Oil Expressnew
Scientists have been warning that the world will soon reach "peak oil," but in Georgia, we have our own rules -- build wider and wider roads so we can use even more oil!
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
03-02-2006 |
Commentary
Poetic & Overwhelmingnew
This album will strike some listeners as enlightenment and others as frippery, but all 10 tracks are dominated by Bejar's full-bore approach.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies
The Game of Lifenew
Frost is too drained to invest any more emotion into winning back her estranged lover -- rather, she relishes the beauty in her tragedies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Edith Frost, It's a Game
Too Legit to Quitnew
BR549 has worked hard to shed the "novelty act" status and establish itself as a legitimate and viable band.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
02-23-2006 |
Reviews
Citty of Dreamsnew
Citty's lyricism is evident, belying the aphorism that Southern rappers can't rap.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Citty
Good Ol' Twangnew
National Grain infuses its classical numbers with energy and spirit, a hallmark of its restless, genre-spanning musical tastes and record collections.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: National Grain
Grassroots Are Always Greenernew
Saheli is "a multi-ethnic a cappella women's trio that seeks to build community through the healing power of song."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
02-23-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Saheli
First World Dines, Third World Diesnew
Much as the fish destroyed the native ecosystem and obliterated everything smaller and weaker in its path, the Europeans who support Tanzania's fishing industry have decimated its people.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darwin's Nightmare, Hubert Sauper
