AltWeeklies Wire
Jill Conner Browne Tells Allnew
Hanson interviews New York Times best-selling Author Jill Conner Browne on everything from writing and racism to marriage (gay and straight, that is).
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
10-07-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The 30-Year-Old Warnew
The two major presidential candidates are equally evil, says writer Lawrence Silver. Why not let a libertarian step in?
Jackson Free Press |
Lawrence Silver |
10-07-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: Libertarian
Special Agent Jane Turner vs. the FBInew
Before Coleen Rowley, there was another whistleblower who rose from the ranks of the Minneapolis FBI division. Retired agent Jane Turner describes the Bureau's good old boy management culture -- and how it goes about silencing its internal critics.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
10-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation, COINTELPRO, amber alert, fitness of duty, intimidation, Louis Freeh, of J. Edgar Hoover, of surveillance, Patty Wetterling, post-traumatic stress, Robert Mueller, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tiffany crystal globe, World Trade Center artifacts, crime & justice
The Mud, the Blood and the Poopnew
A rodeo insider takes you behind the chutes of America's cowboy sport.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Gavin Ehringer |
10-07-2004 |
Sports
Positive Message Lies Under Furious Guitar Riffingnew
Expansively tattooed songwriter/guitarist/ frontman Mike Ness still sings with his trademark lazy, nasal sneer, and the band's intensity remains fiery, if not quite as confrontational. The difference is that there's now a positive message under the furious guitar riffing and rousing Clash-styled stomp.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
10-07-2004 |
Reviews
New CD Has All Ingredients to Make it Album of Yearnew
With the release of the recent full-length album, the Good Life is a showcase of different moods, from near-waltzes to theatrically flavored dramatic fare to all-out white-knuckled, emotional proclamation
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
10-07-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: The Good Life, Album of the Year
Acoustic Trio Expands Boundaries of Bluegrassnew
Nickel Creek is becoming one of the most popular acts on the bluegrass circuit. The act is blazing a new trail that travels beyond the traditional parameters that define the genre.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
10-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nickel Creek
A Look at the Funny, Crazy, Scary Lyrics of the Pixiesnew
To sing-along to a Pixies song is to put aside a want for poignant prose. In a lot of cases, the words are chosen just to keep up with the dive-bombing rhythms. It makes for some childish, nasty, and even ridiculous word combos.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
10-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Pixies
Don't Panic: Is Russia Slipping Back into Dictatorship?new
There's no doubt that Russia is becoming less democratic by the day. The only question is whether you think that Russia was far enough from dictatorship in the first place to make slipping back into it possible.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
10-07-2004 |
Commentary
Corkscrew: More Wineries Opt For Alternative Packagingnew
There's plenty of image-conscious people who still shun jugs and wine-in-a-box ("cask" in marketing parlance), but those attitudes will soon be as demode as hip-huggers. Alternative closures -- much like flavored "malternatives" -- are hot.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
10-07-2004 |
Food+Drink
Woman, Thou Art Loosed Preached to Audience, Literallynew
Bishop T.D. Jakes plays himself in the film version and frequently shows off his rolling oratory. Woman features a strong spiritual message and a genuine concern for the social problems that lead women to crime, but its script seldom integrates the two.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-07-2004 |
Reviews
Dude, Where's My Patch?new
Cold Turkey producers duped 10 chain-smokers by promising each a chance at their dream reality show. But the premiere show Oct. 3 revealed the contestants' real challenge: They must quit smoking using only willpower.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
10-07-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Documentary Examines Gay Marriage Debatenew
Largely traditional in form, this documentary is at its most persuasive when director Jim de Seve focuses on real people whose lives are dramatically affected by the gay marriage debate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-07-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jim de Sève, Tying the Knot
Joaquin Phoenix Shows Versatility With Rolesnew
Even a firefighting action drama represents another unpredictable change-of-pace for Joaquin Phoenix, 29. Wait until next spring's Walk the Line, in which he portrays the one-and-only Johnny Cash (opposite Reese Witherspoon, no less, as June Carter).
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bert Osborne |
10-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jay Russell, Ladder 49
Postmodern Metaphysical Novel Brings Together Fin de Siècle Figuresnew
The characters in this novel come to Africa during a time of colonial retreat to impose their own philosophies on the African jungle's "darkness" (an idea author Norman Lock mercilessly slices and dices with his deconstructive Ginsu).
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
10-07-2004 |
Fiction
