Twilight Criterium
April 29, 2002 by PARKER DAVIDSON
Filed under Variety
High winds were reported on the downtown streets on Saturday, but they weren’t caused by the weather. [Click here for slideshow] Despite the overcast skies, cool temperatures and looming showers, residents of Athens and people from all over the country lined up along Clayton and Washington streets Saturday and felt a sudden blast of air [...]
Movie Listings
April 25, 2002 by PARKER DAVIDSON
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BEECHWOOD (546-1011) Blade II (R) 4:40, 9:45 p.m. This one went way beyond the usual “suck” level. Wesley Snipes really likes playing roulette with his career doesn’t he? Changing Lanes (R) 2:35, 4:45, 7:35, 9:45 p.m. Samuel Jackson and Ben Affleck in one film … somehow this doesn’t seem right. But, it sounds [...]
Cheap therapy: Rant your life’s woes at Tasty World
April 24, 2002 by PARKER DAVIDSON
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Frustrated about your love life? Are President Bush’s policies upsetting you? Do your new shoes make your feet hurt? Does anyone care? Well, each Tuesday night, at Tasty World, you can voice your complaints and frustrations about the world and receive the full attention from an audience, thanks to Daniel Barber. THE RANT When & [...]
‘Blade II’ proves that it’s not as sharp as a ‘Blade’
March 27, 2002 by PARKER DAVIDSON
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How does one make a sequel with only about 10 pages of an actual new story? By retelling the basics of the first movie and then filling the rest with overly played out action. “Blade II” only has about 20 minutes of new ideas paired with black and white flashbacks of the first movie and [...]
Why we shouldn’t change the past
March 25, 2002 by PARKER DAVIDSON
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In the wise words of John Bender in the teen-angst ’80s flick, “The Breakfast Club,” “It’s wrong to destroy literature.” It seems, however, the people who created the remake of classic ’60s film and book, “The Time Machine,” didn’t watch “The Breakfast Club” enough. The new film, starring Guy Pearce (“Momento,” “L.A. Confidential”), strays further [...]
Man can’t live by cookies alone
March 13, 2002 by PARKER DAVIDSON
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To achieve full contentment in life, you have to take steps that seem risky. The steps leading down to the Cookies & Company Cafe are enough to frighten anyone, being so steep and often wet. But, let me assure you, the rewards outweigh the risk. Cookie & Company Cafe Address: 198 College Ave.(downtown) Hours: Open [...]
Britney not yet woman or actress
February 18, 2002 by PARKER DAVIDSON
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Who knew that Britney Spears could act? Before movies, she sung other people’s songs, lip-synched at concerts and fed lines to Carson Daley on MTV. Wait, maybe acting is the only thing she has ever done. Spears now has crossed over from the fake pop music world to the even faker world of Hollywood films [...]
Nothing ‘better’ than these 3
January 30, 2002 by PARKER DAVIDSON
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After four critically acclaimed albums and countless hit songs, things are still going “Good” for Better Than Ezra. Better Than Ezra formed in the late ’80s in Baton Rouge, La., and finally broke into mainstream radio and MTV in 1994 with the single “Good” from the album “Deluxe.” Following the success of “Deluxe,” Better Than [...]
‘Mothman’ reignites ’60s scare
January 30, 2002 by PARKER DAVIDSON
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“The Mothman Prophecies” has little sex, no drugs and no rock ‘n’ roll, but still finds a way to rock. Based on John Keel’s book of the same name, “Mothman” tells the story of a Washington Post reporter who finds himself oddly placed in a West Virginia town. Now if being in West Virginia isn’t [...]
Music
January 24, 2002 by PARKER DAVIDSON
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40 WATT CLUB (549-7871) Thursday: The Star Room Boys/Calliope Fair. Friday: Aqualove/Basement. I have heard this is a smoke-free show. Yay, now I might be able to enjoy the drunken people complaining about how bad they want a cigarette. Saturday: Elf Power/Triple Velcro. Elf Power is an Athens favorite. If you are [...]
