AltWeeklies Wire
Not in Our Front Yardnew
The Bush administration is trying to make it easier to put soldiers on American streets.
Death Penalty Paper Trailnew
A new National Death Penalty Archives in Albany, N.Y., does the unprecedented -- brings together research and archived material that's both for and against capital punishment.
Metroland |
Rick Marshall |
10-27-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Explosion of Energynew
Greg Cartwright and the Reigning Sound prep their aggressive, dynamic style.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
10-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Home for Orphans, Reigning Sound
Parasitic Cinemanew
Doom sucks less than other video-game movies, but it still kinda sucks.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: doom, Andrzej Bartkowiak
Pure Popnew
Kamikaze Girls takes Japanese pop culture and goes to the extreme.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kamikaze Girls, Tetsuya Nakashima
Irresistible Humanitynew
Murray Horwitz brings the stories of the man behind Fiddler on the Roof to life.
Tucson Weekly |
James Reel |
10-27-2005 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Marta's Storynew
On a scorching day in the border desert, humanity and teamwork save an injured woman's life.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
10-27-2005 |
Immigration
Alan Lomax Uncovered: Challenging the Delta Historiannew
Alan Lomax has long been a controversial figure among roots-music insiders. Lost Delta Found inflames that controversy with the publication of work by other researchers that Lomax used without proper attribution.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
10-27-2005 |
Nonfiction
The Revolution Will Be Televisednew
The Participatory Culture Foundation tunes into online TV -- ahead of the corporate curve.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-27-2005 |
TV
Quintet Walks Softly, Carries Big Hooknew
Few tracks jump out, but every song beckons you back to discover its layered pleasures, often oblique lyrical nuances and understated melodic charms.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Quartet Mostly Colors Inside Linesnew
The group's improvisational bouts are guided by an ever-present sense of melody and structure. Improvisation does play a large role in the quartet's material, but it's always kept in place by established structural parameters in each song.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
10-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Festival Quartet
Band Preserves the Lascivious Live Behavior of Frank Zappanew
Project/Object began as a simple annual get-together in a basement and has since become an ever-evolving tribute to the huge multi-faceted back catalog and undeniable weirdness of the late Frank Zappa.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mike Andrews |
10-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Project/Object
Georgia Native Debuts Nine-Minute Piecenew
"Irrational Exuberance" is hardly simple. It's a wild ride for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra through musical changes, surprises, and virtuosic, multilayered streams and flurries of sound.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
10-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sequel Taints Your Memory of First Filmnew
Despite reuniting Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and director Martin Campbell, The Legend of Zorro proves so sloppy, silly and over-acted that the signature "Z" should stand for "Zero."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Actors Hawk Shallow Goods in Filmnew
The mopey, exceptionally shallow Shopgirl most often suggests is the sleazy politics of a Pretty Woman directed at the New Yorker crowd.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Shopgirl, Anand Tucker
