AltWeeklies Wire
Love Among the Ruinsnew
King of California and Feast of Love embrace cliches.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
'In the Valley of Elah': War Without Endnew
Sorrow tempers rage in latest wave of Iraq war films.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Haggis, In the Valley of Elah
Federal Grants Go to Groups with Shaky Pastnew
When Atlanta's old Empowerment Zone finally imploded in late 2001, the end came amid a spectacular flurry of federal audits, indictments and guilty pleas.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
09-27-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Kill 'Em With Kindnessnew
Karma Cleanser: Will it come back to bite you?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
09-27-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
How Many Iraqis Have Died?new
While Surgin' Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker were in D.C., the British polling agency ORB released a horrifying report -- it says 1,220,580 Iraqis have died since the invasion, and half of all households in Baghdad alone have lost a family member.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
09-27-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Little by Littlenew
The challenge to remove those layers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
09-27-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
2007 Has Been a Tough Year for France's Growersnew
But with discipline, dedication and a strong sense of quality, even crappy years can yield good wine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
09-27-2007 |
Food+Drink
The Flower-Punk Childrennew
The Black Lips act as rowdy curators of ’60s psychedelic rock, preserving a stripped-down sound and garage quality while resisting the smooth, crisp digital style of 21st century recording.
Jackson Free Press |
Andi Agnew |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Black Lips, Good Bad Not Evil
Au Naturalenew
The mellow yet faintly haunting warmth of Gonzalez' voice caught my ear when he performed with Zero 7, and it has mesmerized me ever since.
Jackson Free Press |
Andi Agnew |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: In Our Nature, Jose Gonzalez
Homegrown Troubadournew
The music industry hype machine may have moved on, but Meridian, Miss. native Steven Forbert continues to record carefully crafted albums and tour throughout North America and Europe.
Jackson Free Press |
Larry Morrisey |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dining With Maonew
Amid the "eclectic" selection of food in Beijing, China, you can find the sweet treasure ba si ping guo, and even better, you can re-create the fried caramel apple dessert in your own kitchen.
Jackson Free Press |
Maggie Burks |
09-27-2007 |
Food+Drink
Two Women Killed In Two Weeks: Where Does It End?new
We look at the lives and deaths of two very different women involved in very similar fatally abusive relationships.
Jackson Free Press |
Candy Hagwood, Donna Ladd and Ronni Mott |
09-27-2007 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Sam Beam Spills Some Iron & Winenew
From the first notes of The Shepherd's Dog's "Boy With a Coin," it's clear that songwriter's songwriter and Texas transplant Sam Beam is no longer content to be classified as just another bedroom recording artist.
Austin Chronicle |
Dan Oko |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
How Can Musicians Go Solo When Bandmates Won't Go Away?new
It's almost impossible to imagine rock 'n' roll as music that isn't created collectively.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Karl Byrn |
09-27-2007 |
Music
'Feast of Love' Swaps Partners Like it's Going Out of Stylenew
Director Robert Benton emphasizes the physical side of love to pose a question: Is love just the disguise that biology wears?
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Feast of Love, Robert Benton
