AltWeeklies Wire
Is Karma Making Her Keep Clean House?new
An advice seeker wonders if it's karma that his old girlfriend, who was a slob, now keeps her house clean.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
02-10-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
What the Heck Are Outposts of Tyranny? (part II)new
The two Outposts more likely to find themselves on the receiving end of some American whoop-ass are two "Axis of Evil" alumni, Iran and North Korea.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
02-10-2005 |
Commentary
Block-Rocking Beatsnew
Monolithic is a word that's bandied about haphazardly in music journalism. No other word can accurately describe the voluminous presence of the keening music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
02-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
An Oenophile's Guide to Sidewaysnew
Sideways, the multi-Oscar-nominated movie about two middle-aged guys on a wine-country vacation, didn't initially rouse my young female antennae, but after countless people kept asking my opinion, I dragged my butt into the theater ... and walked out really happy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
02-10-2005 |
Food+Drink
Something Borrowednew
It's a nuptial spoof with Dermot Mulroney, like My Best Friend's Wedding, a romantic comedy set in England like Notting Hill, and a glorification of prostitution, like Pretty Woman.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Clare Kilner, The Wedding Date
Get Hitchnew
Sure, Will Smith is lovable in the inoffensive, easy manner of no-iron shirts and margarine. But when Hitch lapses into romance mode, the energy goes down the drain quicker than a bottle of Drano.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Tennant, Hitch
Film Looks Back at Homegrown Terrorismnew
How, ultimately, did Patty Hearst become a self-described "urban guerrilla"? You'll have to look elsewhere for the answer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Flick is a Kick in the Headnew
You may not think you want to see a subtitled movie about Thai kickboxing, but believe me, you do.
Watching Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior gives you a heady thrill of discovery, like being first in line to see Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, or one of Jackie Chan's early, astonishing slapstick action flicks.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Author Holds at Arm's Length the Actual Worldnew
The story is about how we make and transform the meaning of our lives. The protagonist, an alt-weekly rock critic, knows the difference between what happens and what stories we tell about it, but only as cold theory, shadows of the real.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
02-10-2005 |
Fiction
What Options Are There for My Child in the State of the Empire?new
Thanks to George Bush's profligate spending and siphoning of middle-class money to the extremely wealthy, Amy will start her adult life with the, um, "choice" of $40,000 in debt, her share of the trillions-and-counting national deficit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
02-10-2005 |
Commentary
Democrats to Howard Dean: You the Man!new
By last weekend, Howard Dean had locked up enough of the 447 votes within the Democratic National Committee to all but assure his ascendancy to party chairman. While the ballots won't officially be cast until Feb. 12, Dean's competitors dropped out in the wake of his surge.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
02-10-2005 |
Politics
French Via Georgianew
After a virtual absence of eight years, Madeleine Peyroux is back and climbing up the charts.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Careless Love, Madeleine Peyroux
Faith-Based Amendment Attacked as Vehicle for School Vouchersnew
On its face, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue's "Faith and Family Services" amendment is possibly the simplest bill that lawmakers will deal with all session. Less than a page long, it seeks to overturn a state constitutional provision that prohibits public money from being given to religious institutions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
02-10-2005 |
Politics
Blood on the Tracksnew
The Blood Brothers' spastic brand of hyperkinetic hardcore continues to attract attention from industry quarters and fans alike.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary |
02-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Blood Brothers, Crimes
Pathetic Torturenew
Boogeyman would have benefited from a better script--and more of the Boogeyman itself.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Boogeyman, Stephen T. Kay
