AltWeeklies Wire
The Faint Pads its Pants a Bit With Latest Releasenew
Wet From Birth, the third full-length from serrated synth-pop revivalists the Faint, is -- despite the title -- neither a birth nor rebirth for the Omaha-based quintet; it is a gestation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
10-14-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: The Faint, Wet From Birth
The Stripped Sounds, Dry Wit and Humor of Liverpool's Clinicnew
Clinic's music is built from small shards of melody and rhythm cobbled together unhurriedly rather than slogged out in terse studio sessions. That is surprising considering the taut nature of many of the concise songs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
10-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Clinic, Winchester Cathedral
Reissues Reveal Troubled Brilliance of Brian Wilsonnew
Wilson has completed and finally released SMiLE (Nonesuch), his "teenage symphony to God" and an exercise in "modular" recording. Now the obvious question would be does SMiLE live up to its legend?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
10-14-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian Wilson, Smile
Chaka Khan Keeps it Real About Life, Drugs and Musicnew
Chaka Khan gives the scoop on her wild twister of a life, including a long battle with drugs, and her music, since she's just released ClassiKhan, a new album of standards ("I'm in the Mood for Love"), show tunes ("Big Spender"), and movie themes ("Goldfinger").
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Craig Seymour |
10-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chaka Khan, ClassiKhan
Hollywood Product: Buddy Comedy Deserves Traffic Ticketnew
As both a big-screen funnyman and a police officer, Jimmy Fallon comes across like a Gen Z Jerry Lewis. Queen Latifah emerges with her sexy confidence intact, but Taxi runs down so many buddy-flick cliches that it deserves a traffic ticket for a movie violation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-14-2004 |
Reviews
Now You Can See the Last Two Episodes of 'Greg the Bunny'new
Despite some freakishly loyal viewers, the Fox sitcom "Greg the Bunny" was canceled before its last two episodes aired in 2002. Not a network to lose out on merchandising opportunities, Fox Home Entertainment releases the complete series on DVD ($26.98) Oct. 19.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
10-14-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
The Yes Men Explore the Art of the Pranknew
The whole Yes Men concept is like some brilliant slacker notion hatched between tokes on a mega-bong. But in this case, the idea moves beyond the couch, into the very bosom of the media -- Harpers, Fortune, The New York Times -- that documents their WTO prankery.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-14-2004 |
Reviews
Rock 'n' Roll Dreams Die Hard in Ramones Documentarynew
End of the Century is a rightfully grim, fan's-eye view of the Ramones. The film's first half suffers, kinetically speaking, from a lack of footage of early gigs. By the second half, the band has gained enough notoriety to merit film footage.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-14-2004 |
Reviews
For All the Ideas Crowding its Head, Huckabees Still Has Heartnew
Huckabees doesn't just keep its head in the clouds; the "real-world" plot finds modern relevance. Unlike most current attempts at classic screwball comedy, Huckabees talks fast because it has a lot to say.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-14-2004 |
Reviews
Journalist Has Become One of the Masters of True Crime Reportingnew
Sager employs what he refers to as "the precarious practice of New Journalism": unapologetically subjective and relying on many of the techniques of fiction writers to reconstruct events and get inside his subjects' heads.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
10-14-2004 |
Nonfiction
Don't Panic: Is U.S. Better at Promoting Democracy and Freedom Abroad?new
Our leaders constantly talk about how important it is that other countries are free and democratic. But even though we say that, we quite often don't care what kind of government a country has, so long as they give us what we want.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-14-2004 |
Commentary
Flanking Action: High Court's New Term to Settle 'War on Terror' Issuesnew
A case now before the Supreme Court, Doe vs. Tenet, involves a husband-and-wife team of spies who came in from the Soviet cold a while ago, hoping to make good on a CIA promise to finance their golden years here in the United States.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bob Barr |
10-14-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Internal Documents Point to Primate Abuse at Emorynew
Internal documents obtained and released last week by a Cincinnati-based animal advocate group show that Emory University and its Yerkes National Primate Research Center might have violated the federal Animal Welfare Act, resulting in the death of a rhesus monkey.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
10-14-2004 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Expect Redistricting Maps to Come Out if GOP Wins Big in Georgianew
If Republicans retain their grip on the state Senate and manage to eke out a narrow majority in the state House for the first time in 130 years, Georgia will see a slew of changes. Probably the most clandestinely discussed byproduct would be yet another round of reapportionment.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
10-14-2004 |
Politics
How State Laws Leave Georgia Microbrewers With a Hangovernew
In a state with almost 9 million people, only three microbreweries currently produce and bottle their own beer. Industry experts float a lot of theories for the disparity, but no single factor holds more sway over the fate of a Georgia microbrewery than state law.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
10-14-2004 |
Food+Drink
