Creative Loafing Atlanta

Sex offenders incognito

The Georgia sex offender registry was created to help keep people safe. But how can it do that if it's riddled with errors?

• by Randy Wyles
• Tags: Cover Story, sex offenders, Georgia sex offender registry, GBI, John Bankhead, Jonathon Demone Broom, Timothy Lyle Chappell, Randy Wyles, Hunter Investigations, Cover Story

Free Will Astrology

AQUARIUS: You may have no idea of how much power you have right now to start fresh - to escape the muddle of murky old failures.

• by Rob Brezsny
• Tags: Free Will Astrology, Free Will Astrology, Rob Brezsny, horoscope

World's most boring conference, human libraries and more

• by Chuck Shepherd
• Tags: News of the Weird, News of the Weird, Chuck Shepherd, weird news

Are brown bottles better for beer?

• by Cecil Adams
• Tags: Straight Dope, Straight Dope, Cecil Adams

Bizarre crimes from Atlanta police reports

Snowpocalypse 2011 edition

• by Lauren Keating
• Tags: The Blotter, The Blotter, Bizarre Atlanta crimes, Atlanta police reports, Best of the Blotter

Martin Luther King Day should be Atlanta's holiday

The missed opportunity for a citywide celebration

• by Besha Rodell
• Tags: Opinion, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Day, civil rights, festivals

We don't need no stinkin' ethics

Georgia lawmakers don't know how to conduct themselves

• by Editorial Board
• Tags: Opinion, Politics, Republicans, Integrity Bank, Jack Murphy

Can Democrats make Georgia a two-party state again?

Minority party is still reeling from the election and party-switchers

• by Scott Henry
• Tags: News Feature, politics, Democrats, Republicans, Doug McKillip, Jane Kidd, Stacey Abrams, Robert Brown

Which Georgian should run for president?

The Last Word

• by CL staff

First Look: Peter Chang's

The rock star Sichuan chef opens his eponymous Atlanta eatery

• by Cliff Bostock
• Tags: Grazing, Peter Chang's, Peter Chang, Sandy Springs, Sichuan

Chef Gu puts his spin on Sichuan at Gu's Bistro

Spicy but clean flavors at the former Chong Qing Hot Pot space

• by Jennifer Zyman
• Tags: Ethnic.city, Sichuan, Gu's Bistro, Doraville

Review: Local Three

At Chris Hall and Co.'s new Northside eatery, the food abides

• by Besha Rodell
• Tags: Restaurant Review, Local Three, Local Three Kitchen & Bar

Warren Bailey is a nomad, a rebel

WRAS turns 40, SMKA kick-starts Young Scolla

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Local Music News, Warren Bailey, Gentleman Jesse and His Men, Barreracudas, Davila 666, Beat Beat Beat, SXSW, Album 88, SMKA

The Wheeler Boys get angry about health insurance

The Boulevard-bred brothers rap the working-class struggle

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Music Feature, Wheeler Boys, My Brother's Keeper, Witchdoctor, A SWAT Healing Ritual, Diary of an American Witchdoctor

After blow to the head, Blair Crimmins parties like it's 1929

Concussion, and all that jazz, could be the best thing to happen to his career

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Music Feature, Blair Crimmins, The Musical Stylings Of, Bishop Don, That Should Heal Nicely, Dixieland, ragtime

Deaf Judges: The Verdict

The abridged album is the final chapter in the group's tragically truncated recorded output

• by Gabe Vodicka
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, Deaf Judges

Gurf Morlix: Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream

Old pal Gurf Morlix has created a very fitting and long-overdue tribute to the Texas legend

• by James Kelly
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, Gurf Morlix, Rootball Records

Strippers on wheels

The ladies of Magic City roll through Cascade skating rink on a school night

• by J. Winter
• Tags: Barfly, Magic City, DJ Nabs, Cascade, Cascade Family Skating

Ponderosa: Moonlight Revival

Too much time in the studio has yielded an album that's ultimately forgettable

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, Ponderosa, New West

Iñárritu gives Barcelona the Scorsese treatment in Biutiful

Grubby, vibrant film adds up to much more than the sum of its hardships thanks to Javier Bardem

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, Movies, Biutiful, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Javier Bardem

Proper Medium channels the cinema of everyday life

Forget cheeseball self-promotion, the local production company presents an engaging model for authentic grassroots marketing

• by Debbie Michaud
• Tags: A&E Feature, Proper Medium, Flux Projects, Flux Film, Daniel Clay, Blake Williams, Chloe Ralston, Louis Corrigan, John Morse

Why Bobcat Goldthwait won't be directing The Hangover III

The comedian discusses his career and why he enjoys making small, personal movies

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Comedy, Bobcat Goldthwait

Under the influence at MOCA GA

Movers & Shakers highlights the creative chatter between Atlanta artists

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: Visual Arts, MOCA GA, Movers & Shakers, Jody Fausett, Brian Dettmer, Jiha Moon, Alex Kvares, Jason Butcher, Ting Ying Han, Marc Brotherton

Why do gay guys keep hitting on me?

Because they think you're gay

• by Michael Alvear
• Tags: The Sexorcist, The Sexorcist, Mike Alvear, Creative Loafing sex column, sex, Atlanta sex, Atlanta dating, Atlanta gay

Train your trunk to fit his junk

Back Door Gal is sick of changing her panties three times a day

• by Michael Alvear
• Tags: The Sexorcist, Atlanta sex, Atlanta dating, anal sex

Vote for the hottest male Atlanta celebrity

• by CL staff

Vote for the hottest female Atlanta celebrity

• by CL staff

Who is Atlanta's hottest celebrity?

Poll on the sexiest local stars ends this Friday. Get voting!

• by CL staff