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Monday, January 31, 2011
Events / Sports / Look Mom! Man sets dirt bikers on fire in choreographed chaos
Posted by Jonathan Williams on Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:37 AM
- mPRessions
- Nuclear Cowboyz riders in choreographed action
Atlanta native Barry Lather has made a career out of using his choreography talents to create over-the-top productions with pop stars including Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Prince and Usher. Having learned his moves from his dance instructor mother at an early age, he has since been involved with award-winning videos, Michael Jackson’s Captain EO and a Super Bowl halftime show, to name a few. After helping make the inaugural Nuclear Cowboyz a success last year, Lather has again worked his magic on this year’s spectacle of choreographed motocross riders, dancers, pyro and other theatrics. The show comes to Atlanta this on Feb. 5 and Lather took a moment to discuss his career and his part in Nuclear Cowboyz.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Books / Livin' the Dream / Look Mom! Atlanta's literary belles hit the pages of Vanity Fair
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:17 PM
You can check out a couple small scans of the spread after the jump, but you'll have to pick up a copy of the issue to fully appreciate the evening-dress and big-hat glory.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Look Mom! WWJC: What would Jesus craft?
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart on Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 5:15 PM
- A peek inside Sedaris' new craft book Simple Times
Much like sensual massage, crafting tends to be more for the benefit of the giver than the receiver. In the introduction to Simple Times, Sedaris — who’s best known for playing foul-mouthed, sexually devious 46-year-old high school freshman on the brilliant-in-every-way series “Strangers With Candy” — describes crafting as the “delightful pastime of … putting common elements together in order to achieve something that nobody needs.” It’s obvious that the frivolity of the exercise of crafting is totally what appeals to Sedaris.
Case in point: the Crafty Candlestick Salad, the creation of which she demonstrated last night with the “help” of a volunteer from the audience. Basically, you lay a piece of lettuce on a plate, stack three pineapple rings on top of it, stick a peeled banana inside the rings, and finish it off with a glob of mayonnaise and a cherry on the tip. She also taught the audience members to make their own twist ties by sandwiching a piece of wire between two pieces of tape; she barely paused before explaining why the twist tie wouldn’t actually work.
Like last night’s appearance, enjoying Simple Times is more about loving Sedaris than loving crafting, unless of course you require instruction in making tin can stilts, painted rocks or peanuts with googly eyes. It’s mindless fun, but really enjoyable — kind of like crafting itself.
review / Look Mom! Cirque du Soleil's OVO or: How I learned to stop worrying and love roaches
Posted by Debbie Michaud on Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:15 AM
But then I'd have to kill them. I mean, they're (gag) cockroaches.
On the opening night of Cirque du Soleil's OVO, however, when a group of cockroaches set up under the yellow and blue big top to perform astounding feats of acrobatics, I refrained from grabbing the nearest flat, heavy object. In fact, I found myself silently cheering for the nasty things as they tempted death (or at least a bounce into the safety net) by flinging themselves from trapezes to the shoulders and palms of their partners about 100 or so feet above the stage.
OVO offers a glimpse into a world of busy-body little insects — these insects just happen to be master jugglers that can, say, touch their toes to the backs of their heads. One day a fly arrives, looking like he walked straight off the set of a Jean-Pierre Jeunet film. With big googly goggles for eyes and floppy flippers on his feet, he looks half mosquito, half deep sea diver. Strapped to his back with a tangle of rope is a giant egg. "Ovo!" he blurts to the suspicious group. The leader of the pack is a kind of neon beetle, who, uncertain of this stranger and his baggage, manages to snatch the egg away.
That's about where the narrative ends, and thank goodness. Sure there's a metaphor there for coming to terms with and (SPOILER ALERT) accepting The Other, but folks don't generally come to Cirque du Soleil for metaphorical slights of hand; they come for the in-your-face daredevil acrobatics.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Look Mom! Dirt, lightbulbs, small aquarium rocks ... am I forgetting anything?
Posted by Debbie Michaud on Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:46 PM
DIY website Etsy officially turns 5 tomorrow and site members and enthusiasts around the globe, including one of Atlanta's craftiest lil' boutiques Young Blood, are hosting super duper craft party extravaganzas to celebrate. Since this is a do-it-yourself shindig, it's pretty much BYO everything — even food, for those who are especially skilled in the kitchen.
You can register here. And follow the event on Facebook here.
Have fun, be safe, and try not to do anything you might Regretsy later.
Atlanta Etsy Craft Party: Fri., June 18 from 7-10 p.m. at Young Blood Gallery & Boutique.
