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Stuff That Can't Stay Bottled Upnew

Here's a digest of what's being talked about around the wine industry's water coolers.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Taylor Eason | 03-03-2005 | Food+Drink

Flick Weaves a Wandering Webnew

Government official Dondup's escape from his Himalayan home proves increasingly futile in Travellers and Magicians. As it progresses, Bhutanese monk/filmmaker Khyentse Norbu lets some of the realism dissipate as his film begins to take on the ambiance of a fairy tale.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Felicia Feaster | 03-03-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Khyentse Norbu, Travellers and Magicians

MTV Visuals and a Ludicrous Plot Unravel The Jacketnew

On a Gulf War battlefield, Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) experiences the first of many head injuries when he's shot point-blank by an Iraqi child. Viewers may also feel as if they've experienced blunt trauma to the head after watching The Jacket.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Felicia Feaster | 03-03-2005 | Reviews

Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket

Novel Has Deep and Twisted Centernew

After a 20-year absence, Peter Rushforth has finally given us his second novel, Pinkerton's Sister. (His first was Kindergarten. Think Hansel and Gretel meet the Holocaust.) It's set in fin-de-siecle (Alice likes French, too) New York City, and a plot summary wouldn't tell you a damn thing about it.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Thomas Bell | 03-03-2005 | Fiction

Tags: space, Shelf, Peter Rushforth, Pinkerton's Sister

Does Perdue's Possible Perjury Parallel Clinton's?new

Both Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and Bill Clinton made allegedly false statements as a result of troubling family matters. Perdue's sworn statement came in a case that could cost taxpayers damages and originated with his flying a state helicopter like an over-caffeinated Cub Scout. Clinton lied about a fling with a fat chick.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Doug Monroe | 03-03-2005 | Politics

Who Wants ChoicePoint CEO's Home Number?new

We admit, publishing someone's personal info without his or her permission is kind of rude. But selling such info is how ChoicePoint CEO Derek V. Smith makes a living, so he can't be opposed to it, right? After all, Smith earns about $17 million annually in salary, bonuses, stock options and other compensation.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | CL staff | 03-03-2005 | Civil Liberties

Tags: civil liberties

Feds Look to Deport Teenager Busted for Potnew

Upon returning from a trip to Europe, a computer flagged Ryan Furman, 18, because of a marijuana arrest three years earlier. The officers confiscated his green card and passport and told him he'd have to return to Atlanta in January for what's called a deferred inspection.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Steve Fennessy | 03-03-2005 | International

Tags: international

Fresh Meat: Six Spankin' New Midseason Shows

Kirstie Alley makes up for all her lousy post-Cheers work with a single manic scene in the premiere of Showtime's Fat Actress. Also reviewed: Jake in Progress, The Sketch Show, Power Girls, Hollow Men and Mr. Romance.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Bill Frost | 03-03-2005 | TV

Tags: TV

Get Shoddynew

Be Cool is redundant to the point of being absolutely pointless, a sequel that's almost a note-for-note, beat-for-beat redo of its predecessor, only with all the entertaining stuff left out.

SF Weekly | Robert Wilonsky | 03-02-2005 | Reviews

Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray

Former Director of Indian Affairs Hawks New Casinonew

On his last day as director of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Kevin Gover -- against advice of those on his staff -- granted land rights to the Koi Nation. Now he's in the middle of the tribe's casino deal.

SF Weekly | Ron Russell | 03-02-2005 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

New York Cabaret Singer Finds Folky Companynew

For believers, Antony & the Johnsons are the latest bright spot on whatever this new movement is that has been dubbed "freak folk" or "people with cartoon voices playing chamber instruments," which includes Joanna Newsom and Devendra Banhart.

SF Weekly | Katy St. Clair | 03-02-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Antony

Oakland Band Attempts to Rock Libya's Casbahnew

Heavenly States set out to be the first American band to play Libya. And they wanted to learn what it was like to live there. One goal proved easier to reach than the other.

East Bay Express | Rob Harvilla | 03-02-2005 | International

Tags: international

Postscript to a Strange Lifenew

When Carl Daniel found a suicide note scrawled in the back of a mystery novel, he thought it was a joke. Nope. The note was written by reporter John Makeig, whose life and death were as bizarre as anything in his stories. And that's saying something.

Fort Worth Weekly | Dan Malone | 03-02-2005 | Media

Tags: Houston, reporter, Makeig