AltWeeklies Wire
Mountain Music is Not Deadnew
In Love What You Do, the six "brothers" mix together all the stylings of country, bluegrass and mountain music with sprinklings of rock, gospel and punk to create something that is held together by sheer enthusiasm.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Al Kaufman |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
This is Indie Pop Done Rightnew
Bright Ideas, the first Portastatic album to be recorded with a stable band is arguably its best, but certainly its most focused release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Portastatic, Bright Ideas
Album Loosely Traces Life and Love of Hip-Hopnew
MC Slug's self-deprecating women troubles are as much pose as autobiography, which if missed can be as damaging to your appreciation of his rhymes as taking Morrissey's dour woe at face value.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Band Seeks Inspiration in the Backwoodsnew
Like the futuristic novel from which the guys take their name, Bear vs. Shark is an "age-appropriate" spectacle seeking to ramp up entertainment values like gas prices.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bear vs. Shark, Terrorhawk
Violinist Fiddles With Hip-Hopnew
Conventional wisdom says the last thing a female violinist from Israel would have is a standalone hip-hop career. But not only does Miri Ben-Ari hold the strings, she's pulls some, too.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ronda Racha Penrice |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
He Golfs, Fishes, Makes Musicnew
Tony Joe White has figured out how to mix business with pleasure, and you get the feeling he does pretty much what he pleases.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alex Rawls |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Heroes, Tony Joe White
Can Julie Dexter Marry Music With Motherhood?new
She's the versatile jack-of-all-trades who's played a legion of roles: from teacher to head of her own Ketch A Vibe record label to promoter to club owner.
Oh, and she's pregnant.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Julie Dexter
Actress Gets Down and Dirtynew
The film begins on a downbeat note and only spirals deeper into the muck, though it's engrossing, socially relevant mud-boggling all the way.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Niki Caro, North Country
Sprawling Film Navigates Two Livesnew
The director seems determined to squeeze every life lesson, every artistic idea he's ever had into his rich, sprawling melodrama, which lasts two-and-a-half hours but doesn't dawdle for a second.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Arnaud Desplechin, Kings and Queen
Thriller Genre Conventions Mar Film's Deeper Meaningnew
Stay suggests the director's desire to interweave the moral and psychological complexities of an art film with some of the flash of an old-fashioned bone-chiller.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Stay
Outside-the-Box Biopic Goes Deepnew
This director's second film is a morally complex and incisive look at not only the literary significance of In Cold Blood, but a penetrating observation of the devil's pact made between writers and their subjects.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
Why is Kashmir Politically Divided?new
Some of Kashmir is in Pakistan and China. To understand why that is, we've got to hop into our DeLoreans and go back to 1947.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-20-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
The Mattress Is Ready for Guests Who Never Comenew
Since when do mattresses matter so much? Because all of a sudden, it seems like every single person the columnist knows is a complete mattress pussy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
10-20-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire, moodswing
Asian Restaurant Magic at Homenew
A recipe dubbed "Chile Shrimp" calls for classic Southeast Asian notes, such as fish and soy sauces, lime, garlic, ginger and shallots, which sing an exotic melody of salty, spicy and aromatic in a tangy tomato base.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
10-20-2005 |
Food+Drink
Readers Speak Out on Boxed Wine, Cooking Wine, Morenew
Readers ask questions about how long bottles of wine stay fresh and what's best to use as a cooking wine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
10-20-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
