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First CD Remastered, Remixednew
Cerberus Shoal's 1994 self-titled debut walks a fine line between cool exploration and formulaic wankery. The remixed CD reissue of the group's initial album offers a comprehensive look at the group's then-budding yet often misguided sound.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Cerberus Shoal
Interpol Aims for the Top of the Popsnew
Interpol's second LP, Antics, is a band-on-the-bus record. The tension of Bright Lights is largely replaced by a more confident sound. The album's effect is more immediate, and the band is tighter.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
10-28-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Corkscrew: A Little Sweetness in a Wine Isn't a Bad Thingnew
When describing wine, I'm guilty of using confusing words like "chocolate," "peach" and "honey." I don't literally taste the sweetness of these things, only the flavor impression of these foods.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
10-28-2004 |
Food+Drink
Reconstruction Guided by Faith in and a Skepticism of Fatenew
Christoffer Boe's impressive first feature gives an analytical cast to ideas of our destiny and in the process forces us to question why we want so desperately to believe in stories like Aimee and Alex's
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Christoffer Boe, Reconstruction
Implausible Story Reaps Ill-Conceived Birthnew
Co-written by one-time Luis Buñuel collaborator Jean-Claude Carriére, Birth aims for the somnambulist surreality and social critique of Belle de Jour or Diary of a Chambermaid, but achieves only spookiness for spookiness' sake.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: birth, Jonathan Glazer
Ominous Primer Goes Back to the Futurenew
Primer explores how two would-be businessmen stumble across an invention with unthinkable consequences for their futures -- and possibly the very concept of "the future" itself. Director Shane Carruth stays just far enough ahead of the audience to keep us intrigued.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Primer, Shane Carruth
Ray shines light on R&B legendnew
Ray proves bracingly earthy and candid, with none of the soft edges of an "authorized" biography. The film presents the groundbreaking R&B singer in flesh and blood, not gold and platinum, and argues that Charles' steely determination fed both his musical achievements and personality flaws.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Ray, Taylor Hackford
Electronic Voting Problems Not As Bad As They Saynew
For some reason, Republicans aren't worked up about Georgia's 2002 switch to electronic voting. Instead, it's left-leaning activists, in Georgia and across the country, who are howling loudest against the new balloting system.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ken Edelstein |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
Karma Cleanser: How Will the Election Affect My Karma?new
A daughter's persuasion has resulted in a vote for Bush and a "no" on the amendment banning gay marriage in Ohio. Will the karma cancel out?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
10-28-2004 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Polls Indicate John Kerry Is Barely Aheadnew
The presidential race is incredibly close, with John Kerry leading by 58 electoral votes – and the crucial states of Florida and Ohio (47 votes) barely in the Kerry column.
Orlando Weekly |
Alan Waldman |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
Don't Panic: The Status of the International Coalition Working in Iraqnew
The president is right about it being wrong to denigrate the contributions of the courageous soldiers who've joined us in Iraq. I just wish he'd quit denigrating our intelligence by trying to convince us that the coalition is anything more than what it is: symbolic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-28-2004 |
Commentary
Kerry Is a Worthy Choice to Succeed the Dangerous Bushnew
An unconventional liberal, John Kerry has gone against the grain by supporting balanced budgets and welfare reform, by re-examining the way affirmative action functions, and by establishing himself as one of the Senate’s leading experts on terrorism long before 9/11.
Boston Phoenix |
The Editors |
10-28-2004 |
Commentary
Green Nominee Asks for Kerry Votenew
Because pollsters predict an overwhelming Bush victory in Georgia, Green Party nominee David Cobb hopes left-leaning voters will write in him and running mate Patricia LaMarche rather than vote for Democrats John Kerry and John Edwards.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
The 2004 Riverfront Times Candidate Challenge Weeds Out Cowardsnew
Tired of listening to synthetic speeches, Riverfront Times asked candidates for political office to play "Rock, Paper, Scissors," bowl, sing and run a footrace to win the paper's endorsement. Several 'fraidy cat contenders declined the invitation.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
EPA Finds Fetuses at Cleanup Site; Origins a Mysterynew
After spending months trying to identify the contents of unmarked barrels -- some of which were leaking hazardous liquids -- an EPA agent found something unnerving in one five-gallon plastic bucket: two fetuses and a placenta, mainly intact and preserved in glass jars.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
10-28-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
