AltWeeklies Wire
There's No Reason to Blush When Drinking Blushnew
People are so damned concerned about how "uncool" they're going to look while drinking pink wine that the act of enjoying a refreshing dry rose becomes secondary. People ... the stuff is good.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
06-02-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Corkscrew
Zen and the Art of Making Burgersnew
A good hamburger is hard to find but shouldn't be. It's one of the easiest things to make, but most cooks want to make it complicated. All a burger needs to taste lip-smacking is salt, pepper, olive oil and mindful restraint.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kim O'Donnel |
06-02-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Kitchen Witch
Can a 'Runaway Bride' Ever Get Her Romance Karma Back in Order?new
A reader who called off her wedding three weeks before it was to take place wonders if she put a curse on her love life.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
06-02-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns, Karma Cleanser
What Kind of Progress Have We Made On Our Objectives in Iraq?new
In honor of report card season, I offer you, below, a report card on Iraq. The subject headings are based on the list of stated war objectives that President Bush has used to sell the war's importance to the American people.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
06-02-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Some Aspects Give Film Unsportsmanlike Conductnew
The authority-defying premise and violent punchlines still click, but the gay-bashing humor gives The Longest Yard penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Segal, The Longest Yard
Cinderella Man's Fight Scenes K.O. Clichesnew
The boxing biopic Cinderella Man offers a sweat-dripping, rib-cracking, tooth-loosening version of the famous fairy tale. Instead of a humble beauty meeting a noble prince with a glass slipper, Cinderella Man shows a humble bruiser who finds his destiny through an ignoble prizefighter with a glass jaw.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
Lords of Dogtown Skates Along the Edgenew
Digging deeper into the personalities behind this fierce cadre of pioneer skateboarders would have made sense, but Lords of Dogtown is unnecessarily beholden to the skating milestones unearthed in Stacy Peralta's documentary.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Student of Concernnew
Will we be more secure -- or just less competitive -- if the government forces hundreds of thousands of international science students to get export licenses simply to look through a microscope?
SF Weekly |
Cristi Hegranes |
06-02-2005 |
International
Author Writes Admiringly About Americanew
Verso has come out with an updated edition of V.G. Kiernan's multidisciplinary history of America, from colonial days forward.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
06-02-2005 |
Nonfiction
Mountain Families Clash With Environmentalistsnew
It's a conflict where both sides are right, each in their own way, and no one is a villain -- except the federal government, but that goes without saying.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
06-02-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Wreckage of Joan Collinsnew
A man who totals his car earns a good slap on the back.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
06-02-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: moodswing
The Divine Mysterynew
The sick and desperate crave Issam Nemeh's touch. And they don't ask any questions.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
06-02-2005 |
Science
Off and Gunnin'new
Action shooting clubs are a blast all over the Midwest. Lock and load, baby!
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
06-02-2005 |
Recreation
The New York Times Goes Slummingnew
"Class Matters" -- the New York Times’ epic inquiry into the widening economic divisions of the new millennium -- appears to be a well-intentioned effort to reckon with a serious social condition. However, the New York Times is in no position to deliver.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Lehmann |
06-02-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Stephen Malkmus Reveals Himself on Face the Truthnew
The former Pavement frontguy talks to the Phoenix about his new solo CD and his distaste for hippies.
Boston Phoenix |
Franklin Soults |
06-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
