Tuesday, June 1, 2010
News 5 things to do: Tuesday
Posted by Amber Robinson on Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM
1) Design Is Human celebrates modernity in design.
2) k-os performs at the Masquerade.
3) Bukkake Boys play 529.
4) Thomas Chatterton Williams discusses Losing My Cool at Decatur Library.
5) Demierre performs at Eyedrum.
(Photo courtesy Modern Atlanta)
Monday, May 31, 2010
News The Televangelist: 'Friday Night Lights' Season 4, Episode 4
Posted by Allison Keene on Mon, May 31, 2010 at 6:26 PM
I was happy to see "A Sort of Homecoming" shift the focus off the struggling East Dillon Lions for a moment to investigate the lives of some other Dillon denizens. Not to say prior episodes this season have completely neglected Riggins and Saracen and the others, but their moments have been but small blips and quips as opposed to Coach Taylor's Epic Struggle to bring the Lions some legitimacy. For the first time this season we were entirely focused on the east side of life (with one notable exception), leaving the suddenly rich and successful west side of town alone (oh, excuse me: West Dillon had an economic boom in the 1980s and has, apparently a mall. The expansion of this town and its sudden backstories is increasingly unbelievable, and the show's largest folly).
An episode like "A Sort of Homecoming" is simply a set-up piece. Now that we have Vince and Luke learning Valuable Lessons about teamwork, and some of the racial issues have simmered (though not all - Landry might face some unfortunate reactions from his "not dating" Jess), it's time to look to the future. Will Matt Saracen stay in Dillon forever? Will Julie go far away to college? Will Tami be forced out of her role as principal? Will Riggins ever get his act together?
News Photo of the Day: Carnival of Souls
Posted by TL Pixley on Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Silver Scream Spookshow presented Carnival of Souls!, a 30-minute live stage show filled with magic tricks, dancing girls, jokes, spectacle and frights. The May 29 show was followed by a classic horror movie on actual 35mm film and the whole experience inspired plenty of hoots, hollers, whistling and comments from the audience.
Check out more photos from the Carnival of Souls.
(Photo by Lindsay Lipton)
News 5 things to do: Monday
Posted by Amber Robinson on Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:00 AM
1) Atlanta Braves play the Philadelphia Phillies, with a post-game Beach Boys concert.
2) Darling Trees perform at 529.
3) Stone Mountain Park salutes our troops at Lasershow Spectacular.
4) Knock-Out performs at WonderRoot.
5) The Nibble and Noshfest celebrates Jewish food and culture.
(Photo by Pouya Dianat/Atlanta Braves)
Uncategorized 5 things to do: Memorial Day
Posted by Amber Robinson on Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:00 AM
1) Atlanta Braves play the Philadelphia Phillies, with a post-game Beach Boys concert.
2) Darling Trees perform at 529.
3) Stone Mountain Park salutes our troops at Lasershow Spectacular.
4) Knock-Out performs at WonderRoot.
5) The Nibble and Noshfest celebrates Jewish food and culture.
(Photo by Pouya Dianat/Atlanta Braves)
News HBO's Special Relationship explores Clinton/Blair bromance
Posted by Curt Holman on Mon, May 31, 2010 at 1:32 AM
The Special Relationship nominates several candidates for the team-up that gives the nimble political drama its title. Airing this month on HBO, the film cites Winston Churchill's famous quote about "the special relationship" that comprises Britain's alliance with the United States. The film subtly contrasts two political marriages from opposite sides of the Atlantic: those of Tony and Cherie Blair (Michael Sheen and Helen McCrory) and Bill and Hillary Clinton (Dennis Quaid and Hope Davis). The Special Relationship's middle section evokes the Lewinsky Affair, but primarily the film tracks how the POTUS and the P.M., kindred spirits as slick center-left Baby Boomers, fall in and out love with each other.
Initially the film gets plenty of comedic mileage from Blair's man-crush on Clinton. A prologue finds Blair arriving in Washington D.C. as an obscure British MP in late 1992, looking to copy from the Democratic Party's election-winning playbook. A few years pass and Blair, as the front-runner for England's Prime Minister, fusses like a nervous schoolgirl before meeting Clinton in the White House. After Blair's election, he (accidentally) hangs up on the President of France to receive a congratulatory call from Clinton.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
News Photo of the Day: Grooving
Posted by TL Pixley on Sun, May 30, 2010 at 3:00 PM
A dancer jumped up on a small platform next to the main stage at Atlanta Streets Alive last weekend to showcase his idea of moving as one with nature.
(Photo by Laura Watson)
News 5 things to do: Sunday
Posted by Amber Robinson on Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:00 AM
1) Rob Schneider performs at the Punchline.
2) Atlanta Jazz Festival features performances by Stanley Clarke and more at Piedmont Park.
3) Matt King and the Pimps of Joytime play Smith's Olde Bar.
4) The Decatur Arts Festival includes an artist market and The Break Up by Out of Hand Theater.
5) Blake's on the Park hosts Kickoff to Summer Cookout, benefiting CHRIS Kids.
(Photo courtesy International Creative Management)
Saturday, May 29, 2010
News Photo of the Day: Enshrined
Posted by TL Pixley on Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:42 PM
If you’ve ever wondered what that temple with the onion-shaped dome on Ponce de Leon Avenue looks like on the inside, just imagine walls of photos featuring pasty, old white men in those pimped-out red beanies that resemble mini-KFC chicken buckets turned upside down on top of their heads.
Atlanta’s Yaarab Shrine Temple certainly was not built for Big Boi and company. The acoustics were wack and the floorboards were weak, but it was still the perfect place to hold the secret show (co-starring Jay Electronica and Yelawolf) spread by word-of-Twitter and Facebook only hours before the curtains went up at 8 p.m on May 27.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
