AltWeeklies Wire
Walk Softly and Carry a Major Lazernew
Diplo and Switch animate dancehall electro in Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jonathan Williams |
04-13-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Chloe' Gives Erotic Thrillers a good namenew
Director Atom Egoyan uses insightful dialogue to induce heavy breathing.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-13-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Atom Egoyan, Chloe
Chang-Rae Lee Hits Operatic Notes in 'The Surrendered'new
Epic, ambitious and expansive are the sort of words that tempt use when describing The Surrendered.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
04-13-2010 |
Fiction
Tags: Chang-rae Lee, The Surrendered
Atlanta Artists Go Off the Wall With Hip-Hop Designnew
Recent book DEFinition: The Art and Design of Hip-Hop puts hip-hop’s visual legacy in perspective.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Cinque Hicks |
04-13-2010 |
Art
Meet the Homeless Emory Undergradnew
Sid is not the typical Emory student. He spends most of his time studying and hanging out with friends, but unlike his peers he goes home at the end of the day to a van he parks at the YMCA.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Piper Hale |
04-13-2010 |
Policy Issues
How Many Civilians Has the U.S. Killed in the War On Terror?new
The Pentagon insists it manages civilian casualties. According to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, "Gen. [Stanley] McChrystal is doing everything humanly possible to avoid civilian casualties." But the surprising truth is that the Pentagon doesn't actually measure those casualties.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-12-2010 |
War
The Second Coming of Retribution Gospel Choirnew
Alan Sparhawk doesn't have a reputation for writing exciting music, which makes his ascent into the exuberant rock of Retribution Gospel Choir's aptly titled second coming, 2, so remarkable.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-09-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: 2, Retribution Gospel Choir
Second Helping: AM's 'Future Sons Daughters'new
Future sound-bites Philly soul, Brazilian flavors and Italian soundtracks, but it all turns out like country-tinged, throwback Cali pop. A bit Turtles, a bit Byrds, a bit Mamas and Papas.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lily Moayeri |
02-09-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: AM, Future Sons Daughters
Flip It and Reverse It: The Magnetic Fields' 'Realism'new
Not even Morrissey could pull off a line like "I want you crawling back to me, down on your knees, like an appendectomy sans anesthesia" without a hint of irony; but that's the power of Stephin Merritt.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-09-2010 |
Reviews
Deep Dish: Galactic's 'Ya-Ka-May'new
Ya-Ka-May is a Chinese soup enjoyed by New Orleanians, made from meat (just about any kind will do), noodles, a hard-boiled egg and green onions. Galactic's latest, Ya-Ka-May, is infused with the same spirit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
02-09-2010 |
Reviews
Despite her MS Diagnosis, Exene Cervenka Lives for the Momentnew
The vocalist for L.A. punk stalwarts X, poet, and former wife of actor Viggo Mortensen was assembling a collection of bucolic country songs to be counted among her strongest work. But in the midst of it all she wasn't feeling well.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-09-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Somewhere Gone, Exene Cervenka
Sapfest Makes 'Nights in Rodanthe' Look Like 'Antichrist'new
Best line: "There's a neverending stream of curse words in my mind," Savannah none-too-convincingly tells John in Dear John, to counter her goody two-shoes, don't-drink-don't-smoke image. (In fact, apart from a couple of "frickins," nobody ever swears.)
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-09-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Dear John, Lasse Hallstrom
Thomas Mullen Breathes Life into 'The Firefly Brothers'new
"It all began when they died." So begins The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers, Decatur resident Thomas Mullen's new book about a pair of Depression-era bank robbers who have a little problem with dying.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
02-09-2010 |
Fiction
Because I Like it Raw: 10 Days of Only Raw Foods, No Meat or Dairynew
I employ various methods to combat my profession's caloric surfeit, but many of those methods result in a schizophrenic seesaw of excess and deprivation. But once a year, I try for a full-on cleanse, a diet of some sort that will completely reset my system.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Besha Rodell |
02-09-2010 |
Food+Drink
Will the U.S. and the Taliban Make a Deal For Peace?new
After nearly a decade of study, more than 400 columns written, and half a bottle of rum this morning, I have uncovered what I believe may be the three immutable presidential laws of the War On Terror.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
02-09-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: War on terror
