Creative Loafing Atlanta

Travis Porter's Strap lives up to his name

Branden Roane — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:47:37 -0500

When you're getting ready for a flight, you usually make sure you have your boarding pass, appropriate clothing, a camera, and other things that might make your trip run smoothly. In the era of airtight airport security, most folks make sure they don't have so much as a nail clipper in their luggage to attract TSA's attention.…

'Ex-gays' gather outside Atlanta this weekend

Gwynedd Stuart — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:15:04 -0500

"There are many questions out there about homosexuality. If you need answers, this is the conference for you."

So begins Exodus International's pitch for its "Love Won Out" conference this Saturday at Midway Church in Villa Rica, intended to "assist" and help others assist those "struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions."…

CNN cancels Atlanta debate

Thomas Wheatley — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:15:47 -0500

Blame it on Mittens and that former newsletter author. CNN's Political Ticker passes along the network's statement:

"Mitt Romney and Ron Paul told the Georgia Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party and CNN Thursday that they will not participate in the March 1 Republican presidential primary debate," CNN said in a statement.…
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This is 'Da Bes' video EVER

Rodney Carmichael — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:04:30 -0500

Oh, the ephemeral joys of YouTube ’n' shit. (A new microgenre?)

Not just because of the Eli Porter-inspired hook (Im da bess ...…

Chew or Cheeto?

Cliff Bostock — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:30:00 -0500

Dental problems still interfering with your aesthetic appeal as well as your eating? Here's help.…

ARC's new map of transportation-tax projects is suitable for framing

Thomas Wheatley — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:16:13 -0500

The Atlanta Regional Commission's Twitter serf points us to the mega-planning agency's new interactive map of road, transit and other transportation projects that would be built with a 1-cent sales tax voters will decide in July. The map allows you to type in any address and view nearby projects.…

Win tickets to see Van Dyke Parks at the Earl Saturday

Chad Radford — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:10:43 -0500

Van Dyke Parks is a quintessential figure in the evolution of American music, perhaps best known as the other genius behind many of the lyrics and arrangements that went into the Beach Boys' SMiLE LP.

Now touring behind a new 7-inch series and Arrangements Vol.…

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Your butt, 'Portlandia's' jokes

Debbie Michaud — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:00:00 -0500
How a stalled music career turned Fred Armisen into one of pop culture's most hilarious comedic voices by Debbie Michaud Fred Armisen is a sucker for what he calls "meat purveyors" — those restaurants with house-made charcuterie and chalkboard menus that could pass for butcher shops. They're everywhere these days, just like suspendered mixologists, plaid, and Armisen and his "Portlandia" co-star Carrie Brownstein.…
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Broadway Baby Bernadette Peters joins the ASO for Gala Fundraiser

Andrew Alexander — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500

Bernadette Peters, fresh off her huge success in the recent revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies on Broadway and guest-starring on the new NBC drama "Smash," will perform with the Atlanta Symphony this weekend at Symphony Hall on Saturday, Feb. 18.

The preternaturally youthful singer will perform classics from her career on stage and screen including “Losing My Mind” and other hits by Sondheim, as well as standards from the Rodgers & Hammerstein songbook, Peggy Lee’s “Fever”, and “When You Wish Upon a Star.” The Broadway star appears in honor of the symphony’s second annual gala, a fundraiser for the orchestra's music education programs.…
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Jesus, the flag, and Cracker Barrel

Cliff Bostock — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500

I spent Sunday and Monday in Brunswick with the rest of my family. As I reported earlier, my restaurateur brother is very ill. He's on a ventilator and doctors are trying to get him breathing on his own.…
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CL's very first Political Party (reboot) — and you're invited

Gwynedd Stuart — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500

It's long been Creative Loafing's intent to foster intelligent conversation around the topics that matter most to Atlanta's residents.

You're entitled to your opinion, but we like to think we succeed most of the time.…
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Hollywood Product: 'This Means War'

Curt Holman — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:31:00 -0500

GENRE: Action comedy. On second thought, make that “action” “comedy.”

THE PITCH: It’s bromance vs. romance when CIA agents and best pals FDR (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) discover they’re both dating the same woman, a consumer product researcher named Lauren (Reese Witherspoon).…
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Pusha T plays a free show tonight at Spring4th Complex

Chad Radford — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:06:34 -0500

Pusha T is playing a free show tonight at Spring4th in support of the new Todd Philips movie Project X.

Party starts at 10 p.m. and you've gotta RSVP if you want to get it in. Do it now.…
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Time and Place: Get off my head ASAP

Brandon English — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:25:00 -0500

This shot was taken at the ASAP Rocky concert last Saturday, which I must say was absolutely insane. While the music was unquestionably hip-hop, the energy pulsating throughout the Masquerade was that of a raging punk show à la the Dead Kennedys.…
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And the best thing to eat at Atlantic Station is ... a Publix sub

Besha Rodell — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:16:00 -0500

It's no secret that business's decisions about where to locate have a huge impact on the economies of cities. This has been driven home to me over the last couple of months since Creative Loafing relocated offices from near the corner of Northside Drive and North Avenue to Atlantic Station.…
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Cash-strapped Theatre in the Square shakes up staff

Curt Holman — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:01:24 -0500

Two weeks ago, Theatre in the Square managing director Raye Varney told me that, while the Marietta playhouse fell $350,000 short of its 2011 fundraising goal, "With the community’s support, we will be able to finish the season (which runs through May)."

Less than half a month later, Varney has resigned her position as managing director, saying, "It is my hope that the loss of my salary will allow my team to remain employed longer.…
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Developers considering apartments next to Atlanta Waterworks reservoir on the Westside?

Thomas Wheatley — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:02:00 -0500

Ever drive past the serene Atlanta Waterworks Reservoir at Howell Mill and Huff roads and think, Ya know, some day I'd like to build a high-density residential development overlooking this giant lake that's surrounded with goose feces? Someone has beat you to this idea, slowpoke!…
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Virtual Jukebox: 7 new(ish) songs from Atlanta

Chad Radford — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:56:00 -0500

"Prettiest Pills" is the latest by Dog Bite, aka Phil Jones of Washed Out. The newly formed group plays its first show at the Star Bar on Thurs., Feb. 23.…
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Let them eat waffles with truffle honey

Cliff Bostock — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:53:22 -0500

I don’t think Occupy Atlanta’s members will be joining the power-breakfasters at the new Astor Court at the St. Regis hotel in Buckhead. But just so you know, it’s open.…
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Tracklist: A mountain lion ate Courtney Love's book of excuses

Spencer Sloan — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:47:25 -0500

>> James Murphy James Murphy James Murphy James Murphy James Murphy James Murphy James Murphy James Murphy James Murphy.

>> Courtney Love tries ye olde mountain lion excuse.…
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First Slice 2/16/12: Facebook to the rescue

Scott Henry — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:27:40 -0500

1. Grady Hospital uses Facebook to help ID a "Juan Doe" patient who'd been left in a coma after being hit by a car.…
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Oscar Countdown: Director

Curt Holman — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:16:38 -0500

In advance of the Academy Award ceremony on Feb. 26, Screen Grab will predict the winners in all categories.

Directing: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist; Alexander Payne, The Descendants; Martin Scorsese, Hugo; Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris; Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life.…
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Why I (usually) date white guys

Melysa Martinez — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:05:00 -0500
Because even though I'm Puerto Rican, I grew up in a house with Sinatra and Joy Division by Melysa Martinez A few months ago, a friend of the family was telling me about how his wife gets heckled by some of their black female neighbors in their downtown Atlanta community for being a Puerto Rican married to a black man. "I don't understand," I told him.…
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The track-by-track inspiration behind Jones St.

Chad Radford — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:04:00 -0500
MC Lyric Jones' new album is a day in the life of an artist on the grind by Chad Radford The story of Jones St. begins in 2008, when Atlanta-based MC Lyric Jones was wandering around Greenwich Village in Manhattan with her friend and producer Radar Ellis. They were heading to the Blue Note, talking about her future.…
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5 things today: KAWS, The Togas

Wyatt Williams — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:00:51 -0500

1. Check out work by KAWS and DJ Hurricane at the High Museum
2.…
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