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Why Democrats Shouldn't Panic — Yetnew
What we've learned so far from speakers at the Republican convention is that George W. Bush, by contrast to John Kerry, exhibits firm, resolute, determined leadership. But none of the speakers has particularly cared to discuss Bush’s actual record.
L.A. Weekly |
Harold Meyerson |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
Artichoke Virgins and Other Annoyancesnew
Much like the oyster, it took a very desperate person to learn how to eat an artichoke. But once eaten, the thistle became a delicacy. Yancy explains the art of loving artichokes.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
09-02-2004 |
Food+Drink
East Meets Southnew
Yancy discusses the art of making good kim chee.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
09-02-2004 |
Food+Drink
A Slacker's Guide to Back to Schoolnew
Armed with a few bucks in change found in the seats of their cars, a meal card and a collective 14 semesters of college slacking, NUVO's team of interns transforms a high-maintenance diva into a certified, apathetic, college slacker.
Tall Boysnew
Tyler Hansbrough, who starts at center for the Poplar Bluff High School Mules, last year's Missouri state Class 5 champions, drives a big red GMC pickup truck with a giant sticker of a bucktoothed jackass on its rear window -- homage to the Poplar Bluff High mascot. The top pro prospect in his class, he may be the answer to Larry Bird's prayers.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
09-02-2004 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Heat Travels Down Some New Roadsnew
Heat and the gang burn rubber throughout the usual twang-on-steroids fare, producing tunes that could have been recorded for any of the band's previous seven discs. Yet the chorus of their song "Revival" speaks to a search for something deeper.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Reverend Horton Heat, revival
Will to Powernew
Ken Will Norton's new album is a far cry from his work with the spirited punk-pop combo Wonderlust, and a bit more sincere and straightforward than his last outfit, scruffy Atlanta roots-rockers the Indicators. His newer, more intimate approach is a better fit with his restless spirit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Kevin Forest Moreau |
09-02-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Change Is Imminent for Post-Punk Extremistsnew
Over the years Electrosleep Int'l has maintained a following with its live shows, but aside from one 7-inch released on Ex-Space 6 Records in '99, no documentation of the group's sound exists. But this will soon change.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
09-02-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Electrosleep Int'l
Lawn Chair Larry a Flimsy Excuse for a Feature Film.new
In 1982, Los Angeleno Larry Walters earned notoriety by attaching 42 weather balloons to a lawn chair and taking off on a near-fatal flight at 16,000 feet. Jeff Balsmeyer's new Australian comedy takes the episode, transplants it Down Under and recasts "Lawn Chair Larry" as Danny Deckchair in a flimsy excuse for a feature film.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Deckchair, Jeff Balsmeyer
Streets of Rage: How Bush and the GOP Mobilized Half a Million Peoplenew
All week, people have invoked George W. Bush's name in anger and ridicule in documentaries, art shows, poetry readings, even die-ins, all part of the convulsion of creative dissent that his presidency has unintentionally unleashed.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins and Jennifer Gonnerman |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
Tags: Karl Rove, World Trade Center, peace, arrests, Protesters, police, New York City, rally, bicyclists, Soho
Bang Rajan Rumbles in the Junglenew
In 1765, when Burma's massive army invaded Siam (now called Thailand), a remote village named Bang Rajan held the attackers at bay for five months. The name "Bang Rajan" strikes patriotic chords in Thailand today, explaining why, despite characters as flat as shadow puppets, Tanit Jitnukul's film become the most successful Thai film in the country's history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bang Rajan, Tanit Jitnukul
First-Time Director Gets Stuck in a Genre Whirlpoolnew
Mean Creek feels like a supremely milquetoast film made not out of passion, but out of some assurance that a tight screenplay with all the characters' motives and artsy cinematography stacked domino-neatly in a row guarantees success. But as any game player knows, orderly dominoes are made to tumble.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mean Creek, Jacob Aaron Estes
Follow the Bouncing Zell: A Report on His Zig Zagsnew
One of Zell Miller's favorite lines is "To thine own self be true." Which, judging from the congressman's darting to and fro on every issue from the Civil Rights Movement to the Bush family, just goes to show he's every bit the ping-pong ball that Rudy Giuliani accuses John Kerry of being.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry and Mara Shalhoup |
09-02-2004 |
Politics
Learning from the Anti-anti-Bush Protestersnew
The right wingers on the side of Seventh Avenue may have been missing the point, but they were also showing up some real weaknesses in the antiwar left's own rhetoric.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
09-02-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: Protesters, RNC
Down and Out at the RNCnew
A Metroland reporter strides confidently into the Republicans’ midst, and is forced to toast George W. Bush in order to make it out alive. (Second story on page)
