AltWeeklies Wire
Playing With Firenew
The Big Buy spent two years tracking Ronnie Earle as he built his case against Tom DeLay.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Big Buy
Liberal Guilt and Panhandlersnew
What do you tell your kids when you've said no to a hungry panhandler?
City Newspaper |
Jennifer Loviglio |
10-13-2005 |
Commentary
Hands Off My Grandbabiesnew
A radio talk show host jumps on the subject of black folk and crime.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
10-13-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Singer Delivers Goods Once Againnew
Retaining her affinity for the music of the past and presenting her own material in a seamless blend, Adrienne Young shows just how important music history is in terms of contemporary influences.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
Second Release Is a Smokernew
The girl has more natural soul than any 10 of the current crop of prefab "American Idols." Nikka Costa has one of those incredibly expressive voices that works just as well in a funked-out rave-up as it does a sultry ballad.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Can'tneverdidnothin', Nikka Costa
Band Brings New Spirit to Old Songnew
OCMS hasn't much updated or tampered with its old-fashioned approach since the drugstore days. Instead, its members just keep getting better at what they do.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Old Crow Medicine Show
Pass/Fail: Student Drug Testing for Jackson Public Schools?new
Jackson, Mississippi's new mayor, Frank Melton, wants every public school student drug tested. Such a plan is unconstitutional and would be expensive, too.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-13-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Brooklyn Duo Turns Dicey Beginnings Into Solid Rollnew
On its fourth full-length, Black Dice hasn't exactly gone NWA, but a renewed emphasis on rhythmic structure has resulted in a metamorphosis from dislocated filter-buffeted abrasiveness to head-bobbing lope.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Dice, Broken Ear Record
Country Star's Time of Reckoningnew
Trisha Yearwood decided to make Jasper County a musical tribute to her home and her roots. Now it stands as a tribute to her father, who unconditionally supported Yearwood's aspirations from an early age.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jasper County, Trisha Yearwood
Driving While Young: Why a City's Curfew Isn't All Thatnew
When she got up the morning of July 10, 2003, Leslie Berryhill did not know she was going to face the "scariest thing" of her short life. But the Jackson, Miss., youth curfew had landed the 17-year-old in jail -- and no one called to tell her frightened parents anything about it.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-13-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Band Wasn't Built to Last, but They Havenew
Whether the New Pornographers became your preferred glass of wine in 2001 or 2003, you thought you were listening to a band whose showcase talent was the alter-ego of alt-country chanteuse Neko Case.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The New Pornographers, Twin Cinema
Born to be a Thugnew
Young people are demonized in America: It pays to hate them, disparage them, ridicule them, stereotype them, profile them, arrest them, condescend to them, use them for votes and lead the evening news with them.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-13-2005 |
Commentary
A Yuppie Couple's Misplaced Valuesnew
The love story, corporate spoof and family/funeral material never hang together in this film, and instead Cameron Crowe falls back on long close-ups of pretty actors looking at the camera.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cameron Crowe, Elizabethtown
Film Dumbs Down Bounty Hunter's Lifenew
In the right hands, heists make compelling films, and Domino Harvey seems a ripe subject for a psychological study. But director Tony Scott seems not just disinterested, but actively opposed to narrative clarity or exploring human nature.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tony Scott, Domino
Flicks Recalls the Golden Age of Watchdog Journalismnew
George Clooney, the son of newscaster Nick Clooney, composes a kind of love letter to the "greatest generation" of telejournalists.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
