AltWeeklies Wire
Moments Feel Cheap and Emptynew
On Appetite - which the band, tellingly, co-produced with Dave Fridmann - the quartet try to listlessly remake the Flaming Lips and Pink Floyd in their own image.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ray Cummings |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Many Standouts on Albumnew
Of the 40 tracks included here, it is futile to identify a few standouts. What's even more important than the actual quality of the work (which is amazing) is the historical significance of many of the cuts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Album Goes Down Smoothnew
Recorded at Willie Nelson's Pedernales Studios, there's an appropriate restless cowboy vibe running through Smog's 12th album.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Film Causes Gag Reflex to Kick Innew
The Aristocrats takes a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of entertainment, but it isn't always the laugh riot you might expect. The filmmakers rely on attention-deficit editing and overlapping interviews until some jokesters' verbal rhythms are trashed.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Provenza, The Aristocrats
Bring Back the Hustlenew
I’ve come to realize that we live in a society of racketeering. Gone are the days of Hustle-Utopia (a.k.a. legitimate hustling society), a time when people made equal exchanges with each other, such as a product for a service.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
08-11-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
But Earth, Which is His Duenew
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has not attended any funerals of the 37 Mississippi soldiers killed so far in Iraq—26 of them since he took office. He has gone to five visitations, but not a single funeral. Huh?
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
08-11-2005 |
Commentary
Bootstrap Furynew
If you can force poor people to participate in their disenfranchisement by blaming them for it, you cripple their ability to change it.
Jackson Free Press |
Ali Greggs |
08-11-2005 |
Commentary
Getting Piggy with Itnew
Citizens Against Government Waste attacks the Ohio state budget the best way they know how—with pig metaphors.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
08-11-2005 |
Politics
Why Do Local Indie Rock Guys Need to Reunite?new
When it's Columbus pioneers the Great Plains, you don't really need to ask.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
08-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wall to Wall Wal-Mart Bashing
Just when you thought you'd heard it all before, a new book counts out even more reasons why you should hate the superstore.
Columbus Alive |
Nikki Davis |
08-11-2005 |
Nonfiction
Nature Trumps Man in Grisly Flicknew
Director Werner Herzog views Timothy Treadwell's life through a fascinated but skeptical gaze. Drawing on 100 hours of Treadwell's own footage, as well as interviews, Herzog conducts a compelling autopsy on Treadwell's ideals and contradictions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Andre 3000 Says 'Hey Ya!' to Hollywoodnew
The urban action flick from Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton separates Andre 3000 from Andre Benjamin. In his hometown to promote Four Brothers, Benjamin talked about the two faces of Andre.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-11-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Four Brothers, John Singleton
Van Sant Goes Rambling Againnew
Last Days focuses not on the glamour and violent cataclysms of death-by-drug-addiction, but gives us the crushing banality and catatonic alienation of its Kurt Cobain-inspired hero, Blake.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Last Days
Immigration Judge Plays Toughnew
A Korean grandmother was arrested and spent a year in jail facing deportation after receiving a prostitution conviction, and remained there even when the conviction was overturned, all because of the actions of one immigration judge.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
08-11-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
There's No Hiding Itnew
You'll think twice about crossing your arms in front of Patti Wood, whose comments on celebrities' body language is in practically every issue of Us Weekly.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
08-11-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
