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Build Your Own Ritznew
Plenty cheesy, with strong pepper notes, this biscuit has just the right amount of crunch to knit the curious eyebrows of your party pals. Best of all, the dough is a snap to make.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
07-28-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Kitchen Witch
Movie Awkwardly Blends Elements of Successful Flicksnew
Stealth seems like the bastard child of a formula-centric marketing department, not the product of a director or screenwriter.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Movie is Simple Tale That Speaks Volumesnew
At heart, Lila Says tells a simple story that takes few detours. Fortunately, the young leads and even Marseilles's old-world neighborhoods look so sumptuous that the film achieves a higher level of sensuality than the script alone would suggest.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Lila Says, Ziad Doueiri
Can You Trade Thuggery for Life as a Concert Pianist?new
More than anything, what ruins The Beat That My Heart Skipped is the general flakiness of the story; a ballad of the sensitive guy trapped in a tough guy's world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
DIsabled Athletes Do Battle in Gripping Documentarynew
Murderball, the winner of this year's Documentary Audience Award at Sundance, assures viewers that the disabled can be bellicose, obnoxious, confrontational and out for blood, especially when they're playing quadriplegic rugby.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Author Channels Monty Python In New Booknew
Though there are no Knights Who Say "Ni" in Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail, author Christopher Dawes was clearing channeling Monty Python in his real-life quest aimed at "converting [my] loft and/or finding Holy Grail."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
07-28-2005 |
Fiction
Pardon Me, Boys, Are You Derailing Our Choo-Choo?new
Some transportation troglodytes seem to be trying to derail passenger trains in Georgia before they even get started again. It's a pity because Atlanta is just about a year away from actually running a commuter rail line like a real, grown-up metropolis.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
07-28-2005 |
Commentary
Blaming 'Down Low' For HIV Spread on The Way Out?new
A study just released by CDC and Emory researchers suggests that "down low" men may be being unfairly scapegoated for the spread of HIV to black women.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rebecca Ford |
07-28-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Migrant Worker Lawsuit Accuses Company of Trafficking, Low Paynew
Almost all of the workers at a Georgia-based reforestation company were required to leave the deeds to their home or land with representatives of the company before they could come to the United States as legal migrant workers, a villager said.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alejandro Leal |
07-28-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Losing Hanna: A 15-Year-Old Girl Goes Missingnew
Before she disappeared, Hanna Montessori bounced back and forth between her mother in Georgia, her father in Maine and group homes in Georgia. First of two parts; see Part 2.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
07-28-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Album is Nothing Too Fancynew
On his fourth release, Tin Lily, Kansas City singer/songwriter Jeff Black churns out a brand of Midwest farmland rock sometimes akin to that which made superstars out of Mellencamp and Springsteen 20 years ago.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mike Andrews |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeff Black, Tin Lily
CDs Feel As Though They Exist Under Cloud Covernew
Balance 007 is no flatliner, but like an anesthetized patient's electrocardiogram, the pulse is perhaps too pain-free and steady.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Balance 007, Chris Fortier
Solo Release Shares Qualities With Filmnew
Tension and mystery lurk beneath this album's suspiciously calm surface. Alto-saxist David Sanborn adds a tough, slightly skewed quality to his musical love affairs, usually submerged under a lipstick-styled sheen.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Closer, David Sanborn
DJ Language Speaks Universallynew
Language resurrects the approach where a club acts as a polyglot of musical genres that challenge patrons without forgoing the funk.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
07-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wasn't That Just Yesterday?new
Rhino's release of a seven-disc collection of 130 songs from the previous decade makes the young nostalgic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Various |
07-22-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
