AltWeeklies Wire
Help Is On The Way!new
Ray Nagin to Miss Ernestine: "Your jokes are tired. If something doesn’t happen now, I’m gonna get rowdy, loud and BLACK! You feel me?”
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
09-29-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Escapist Velocity
Buffy creator Joss Whedon graduates from the small screen to the silver screen with Sci-Fi/western Serenity, and proves there's no such thing as bad genres, just bad genre films.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joss Whedon, Serenity
American History Icks
David Cronenberg takes the "graphic" part of this graphic novel adaptation deadly serious, creating an incredible challenge of our acceptance of violence and sex as entertaining spectacle.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
All You Wanted to Know About Mackin'
King Flex offers wannabe playas dubious advice for scoring more high quality honeys and fewer chickenheads and hoodrats.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
Fossil Feud
Graphic novel digs up the too good to be anything but true story of the warring paleontologists who introudced America to the dinosuars, plus the sex secrets of alternative cartoonists.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
The Sun Risesnew
Almost three years after signing to a major label, the indie rockers' debut full-length finally sees the light of day.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
An Army of Anyonenew
Young people need a high school diploma to enlist in the Army -- and a few report finding a recruiter willing to help them create one.
Fans Will Be Disappointednew
Fans have been waiting almost 10 years for the influential hip-hop trio known as Digable Planets to drop a new album. Sadly, those same fans will probably be disappointed with Digable's latest.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Songs Are Essential in Understanding the Artistnew
Covering the first nine years of Dylan's body of work, the 28 tracks (only two previously released) comprise a fascinating behind-the-scenes palette of rare and timeless jewels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Singer Projects Naive Enthusiasmnew
Singing in a quivering, helium-inflected voice that sounds electronically altered even though it's not, Gabby La La weaves candy-colored, dreamlike vignettes accompanied by her own sitar, ukulele, accordion, toy piano and Theremine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Jason Molina Casts Off the Darknessnew
What Comes After is the sound of a reinvigorated Jason Molina delivering some of the most direct songs of his career.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Band Rolls Onnew
The members of the band find themselves in a familiar place: out on their own following a muse of their own design. This time, however, it's not such a bad place to be.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jon Garrett |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Howl
Who is That Masked Woman?new
MirrorMask's dream world looks like the last place you'd want to visit and never conveys a sense of its rules or makes a firm connection to the real world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dave McKean, MirrorMask
Sci-Fi Nail-Biternew
Serenity remains a four-star experience for anyone familiar with "Firefly," and the sheer novelty of seeing a space opera with smart dialogue and credible characters will leave audiences floating on air.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
The Plight of Childrennew
Roman Polanski offers a flawed but harrowing, empathetic view of the world seen through the eyes of its most powerless and invisible citizens. Oliver Twist's salvation comes at a great cost.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Twist, Roman Polanski
