AltWeeklies Wire
A Digital Contexturalist Critiques Autechrenew
If Autechre had a visual counterpoint, it would be the architecture of someone like Santiago Calatrava or Lebbeus Wood, says sound designer Richard Devine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
05-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Band Shoots for Success (Again)new
Britt Daniel's songs have one constant: Spoon's music is imbued with a reverence to soul and R&B beneath the surface of straightforward pop and artsy experimentation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
05-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spoon, Gimme Fiction
Producer Links Up With Comic Charactersnew
Danger Mouse's first project to drop this year is with Gorillaz, a cartoon "band" first conceived by Brits Damon Albarn of Blur and comic book artist Jamie Hewlett in 2001.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
05-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Danger Mouse, The Grey Album
Steal the Food, But Tip Wellnew
A reader justifies stealing a restaurant's food as long as he leaves a big tip for the waitstaff.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
05-26-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns, Karma Cleanser
Bush's Pal in Uzbekistannew
The slaughter of hundreds of peaceful, unarmed protesters in Uzbekistan, a U.S. ally, was one of the biggest massacres of protesters by a government since China's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
05-26-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
The Supreme Court Rules on Shipping Winenew
Soon, we may have wine falling from the sky ... or at least from a UPS truck. Last week, the Supreme Court ruled on the interstate wine shipment issue, specifically on two court cases in New York and Michigan.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
05-26-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
Restored Film Remains Flawlessnew
For Major Dundee's 40th anniversary, Sony Pictures Repertory presents a re-edited, extended version of the film with new music and 12 minutes of restored scenes that more closely match director Sam Peckinpah's intentions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Peckinpah, Major Dundee
Tame Madagascar Fails to Captivatenew
Though brand new, Madagascar feels stale, and its most clever ideas play second banana to tired, TV-friendly shtick.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-26-2005 |
Reviews
Layer Cake a Slice of the Dangerous Lifenew
Layer Cake exemplifies how recent English gangster films seldom prove as grandly operatic or steeped in social issues as America's Godfather imitators. But that can be good.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Matthew Vaughn, Layer Cake
Book Has Plenty of Requisite Wild Flourishesnew
The People of Paper's dispelling of magic realism is plenty funny and as exhilaratingly freeform as the best of the McSweeney's canon.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
05-26-2005 |
Fiction
Band Traded its D.C. Art-Punk Roots for Brooklyn Stylingsnew
Formerly the three-piece musical deconstructors El Guapo, Supersystem takes the minimalist rhythms of the former band, adds a new member and festoons its sound with ample clamor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Always Never Again, Supersystem
Nifty Noirnew
Perhaps sensing they were boxing themselves in as Jesus and Mary Chain clones, Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo, aka the Raveonettes, strip away the squealing reverb and punk influences of their debut on this sophomore release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Raveonettes, Pretty in Black
Band Rides to Underground Fame on the Back of Two Co-Talesnew
Andy Herod's repeated viewings of the movie Dark City following a break-up eventually provided The Comas' collection of songs with a sci-fi storyline -- the death of love perpetrated by intergalactic robots.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
05-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fans Make Own Star Wars Filmsnew
Many fan productions are spoofs, but Star Wars: Revelations keeps a straight face for what might be the most elaborate fan film ever made.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Humor Comes Too Little Too Latenew
Will Ferrell's primal-scream shtick should be perfect for a comedy about the timely subject of enraged sports parents. But when Phil finally cuts loose and bellows at boys, the humor comes too little too late.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
