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Critics' Darlings Hit the Roadnew
Arcade Fire has been quietly gaining popularity with quivering, heartfelt pop tunes that are about resilience in the face of alienation, exile and the inevitability of death.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
01-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Arcade Fire
Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life a Juicy, Resonant Readnew
This is a memoir geared toward foodies, yet it's more of a contemplative reflection than a culinary tell-all. Don't expect pages and pages of gushing descriptions of foie gras-laced meals at Le Cirque.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bill Addison |
01-21-2005 |
Food+Drink
Biodynamic Winemaking Takes Holdnew
In an effort to recapture the pure, pesticide-free soil of yesteryear, a silently growing revolution of winemakers is emerging across the globe.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
01-21-2005 |
Food+Drink
Are Americans Stingy with Foreign Aid?new
Measured by percentage of gross income, we are in fact the stingiest industrialized nation in the world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-21-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Film Feels More Like Tragic Love Story Between Man, His Ridenew
Are We There Yet? amusingly plays off Ice Cube's crabby demeanor, but for every laugh, there's a lame joke or a shameless bid for sentiment. Rather than ask are we there yet, just stay home.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Are We There Yet?, Brian Levant
Director's Debut Strikes False Chordnew
A Love Song's first half hints that New Orleans drains the life of its dead-end populace like an Anne Rice vampire, but the film becomes a trite and simplistic postcard from the city, fatally weighed down by John Travolta's calculated slumming.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-21-2005 |
Reviews
Assassination Revives Obscure Piece of Presidential Historynew
Sean Penn in the lead role gives Assassination some intriguing wrinkles. The outspoken actor might identify with some of his character's liberal politics, if not his psychosis or violent methods.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-21-2005 |
Reviews
Pedro Almodovar Goes Deep in Newest Flicknew
Almodovar's latest film manages to balance queeny bravado and a malaise so deeply buried it approaches the hysteria of classic Hollywood melodramas. Married to gay misbehavior, this makes for a heady brew.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Bad Education
For Seamstress, Home is Where the AIDS Memorial Quilt isnew
Gert McMullin, the unofficial caretaker of the 54-ton AIDS memorial quilt, tends not just the quilt, but the people who make the panels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-21-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
At Least One Candidate for Governor in 2006 Isn't Fatnew
There are so many fat people wandering around the new session of the General Assembly that someone should start a nonprofit group called "Ham Watch."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
01-21-2005 |
Politics
Deaf Man Duped by 'Misleading' Brokernew
Lester Wimbley was only trying to refinance his home in Decatur, Ga. But within months of contacting a broker, a lawsuit claims, he had unwittingly sold his home and was forced to pay thousands of unnecessary dollars to the broker and the home's buyer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
01-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Will GOP Overkill Give Dems a Taste of Their Own Medicine?new
During the first few days of the new legislative session, Democrats could be heard making light of their lackluster committee assignments, discussing rumors about desperate would-be party-switchers, and musing over the awkwardness of moving out of their old Capitol offices as Republicans moved in.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-21-2005 |
Politics
It's Not Easy Being Meannew
New Jack stabbed William "Hunter" Lane nine times with a shiv during a wrestling match in Jacksonville. But only four of the wounds were serious. And, besides, Lane had agreed to be cut. It was part of the show.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
01-21-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
What is a Salafist?new
Increasingly, reporters use the word "Salafist" to describe certain people attacking Iraqi civilians and American soldiers in Iraq, without explaining the term. Andisheh Nouraee describes the Salafists' history and beliefs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-14-2005 |
Commentary
Recordings Show Twosome at Most Sublimenew
The intuitive communication between guitar and bass is evident on two sets from the Sweetwater club. Here the sound is stripped to its folk-blues essence as Jack Casady's nimble but thunderous bass supports and prods Jorma Kaukonen's agile picking.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
