AltWeeklies Wire
Hitchin' a Ridenew
Travel journalism is taking vicarious adventure to new highs and lows.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
09-08-2005 |
Travel
Tags: travel
When the Levee Breaksnew
As San Antonio's military and medical teams evacuate hurricane victims, one man realizes he can never go home again
San Antonio Current |
Michael Cary |
09-08-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Katrina Rips Bush a New Onenew
Forget Iraq, the Supreme Court nominations, and Social Security -- it took a hurricane to wake up the press, raise the issue of race and class, and redefine the political landscape.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
09-08-2005 |
Disasters
Valuable Cultural Reference is Revealednew
The group's growth from a primitive band of proletariat hooligans into a biting and mechanical art monster is encapsulated in this collection.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Ex, Singles. Period.
Singer Sounds Like She's From Southnew
Shannon McNally’s literate, evocative lyrics and black-coffee voice examine matters of the heart from a fresh, intelligent perspective that renders all geographical references insignificant.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Geronimo, Shannon McNally
Album Boasts Unadorned, Early Hip-Hop Spiritnew
The Find feels like a trip back to a time before crack and guns got out of control in urban America, when rappers were still wearing smiles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ohmega Watts, The Find
Band Rebounds After a Series of Setbacksnew
The BoDeans' latest release and second double live album, Homebrewed, was recorded at Milwaukee's historic Pabst Theater, and it's their first for Back Porch Records, a roots-rock label that's also based in the beer-centric River City.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
09-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Homebrewed, The BoDeans
Band Transitions From Scabrous Punks to Balladeersnew
Scotland's Idlewild has inadvertently reinterpreted American indie rock, as only a band that's on the outside looking in can.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jon Garrett |
09-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Idlewild, Warnings/Promises
DJ Hits the Road with New Tools, Tunes and Tweaksnew
Z-Trip is hitting the road with new tools, tunes and tweaks in an attempt to not only strengthen his DJ reputation, but also reintroduce himself as a producer, showcasing material from his recently released Shifting Gears full-length.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
09-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DJ Z-Trip, Shifting Gears
Film Has Been in Time Warp Itselfnew
It's hard to hate a film with red-faced dinosaur baboons, but to rescue A Sound of Thunder, we'd need to go back in time and give the director some special effects that don't suck.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Arab-Western Relations Play Out in the Bedroomnew
For all her film's self-awareness and moments of soft-core romantic ecstasy, Director Sally Potter is also profoundly insightful about the various tensions that define our lives, which her two mismatched lovers so beautifully illustrate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Sally Potter, Yes
Inability to Frighten Is Least of Film's Problemsnew
A superficially slick production and overqualified cast will certainly earn The Exorcism of Emily Rose more attention than the finished product deserves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Film Offers Image of Pleasantly Different Youth Rebellionnew
Despite its tendency to lapse into preachiness, The Edukators is a bracing, much-needed vision of a world where ideas, equality and justice are paramount. And that alone makes it an entertainment worth paying for.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hans Weingartner, The Edukators
Occupational Deaths on the Rise in Georgianew
Statistics, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in late August, showed that Georgia saw a 16 percent increase in workplace deaths in 2004 from 2003. Florida was the only state to report a greater increase than Georgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
09-08-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Katrina Leaves Us Asking: Are We Prepared? Are We Protected?new
In the wake of our government's response to Hurricane Katrina, Americans now must ask if we're safer or more secure than we were before 9/11.
The evidence throws back a scary answer: Maybe not.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ken Edelstein and John Sugg |
09-08-2005 |
Disasters
