http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes Stay plugged into the A with Creative Loafing's music blog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/02/06/business-as-usual-at-highland-inn-after-thurs-night-fire/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/02/06/business-as-usual-at-highland-inn-after-thurs-night-fire/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:53:03 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=4845 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/02/06/business-as-usual-at-highland-inn-after-thurs-night-fire/feed/ 0 The rumors are true, the Highland Inn did suffer from a two alarm fire last night (Thurs., Feb. 5), but reports that it burned to the ground are greatly exaggerated. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/01/29/cl-recommended-free-things-to-do-tonight-thurs-jan-29th/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/01/29/cl-recommended-free-things-to-do-tonight-thurs-jan-29th/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:30:22 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=4653 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/01/29/cl-recommended-free-things-to-do-tonight-thurs-jan-29th/feed/ 0 There are many free things to go out and do in Atlanta tonight (Jan. 29th). Here are few that CL recommends... http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/01/15/cl-recommended-free-things-to-do-tonight-thurs-jan-15th/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/01/15/cl-recommended-free-things-to-do-tonight-thurs-jan-15th/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:48:52 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=4333 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2009/01/15/cl-recommended-free-things-to-do-tonight-thurs-jan-15th/feed/ 0 If you're looking to go out but don't want to spend all your money at the door, Jeffrey Butzer et. al. at the Star Bar, Fringe Factory DJs at 529 and the Kirkwood Ballers Club at the Highland Inn are all CL approved activities that won't cost you a dime. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/12/29/sign-up-to-play-kirkwood-ballers-club-online/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/12/29/sign-up-to-play-kirkwood-ballers-club-online/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:26:41 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/?p=4087 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/12/29/sign-up-to-play-kirkwood-ballers-club-online/feed/ 0 Kirkwood Ballers Club's open mic night has offered an early, online registration form to level the playing field for musicians who want to play each week. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/09/19/when-ballin-goes-wrong/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/09/19/when-ballin-goes-wrong/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:06:41 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/09/19/when-ballin-goes-wrong/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/09/19/when-ballin-goes-wrong/feed/ 24 The inimitable Arish “King” Khan made a surprise appearance at The Highland Inn Lounge last night for the weekly Kirkwood Ballers Club open mic night. The place was packed, spirits were high and Khan, who flew to Atlanta from Berlin, played guitar and sang in an impromptu set with Bobby Ubangi (vocals / [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/09/04/kirkwood-ballers-club-goes-late-night-with-dj-zano/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/09/04/kirkwood-ballers-club-goes-late-night-with-dj-zano/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:32:52 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/09/04/kirkwood-ballers-club-goes-late-night-with-dj-zano/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/09/04/kirkwood-ballers-club-goes-late-night-with-dj-zano/feed/ 0 Beginning this Thursday night (Sept. 4 ) Kirkwood Ballers Club will keep the party going late-night with DJ Zano at the controls every Thursday night at The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge, from 10 p.m. ’til 2 a.m. Zano is already a become a regular fixture at the KBC, spinning sets of dub, bugged-out turntablism, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/29/live-review-ballin%e2%80%99-with-honors-at-kirkwood-balles-club/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/29/live-review-ballin%e2%80%99-with-honors-at-kirkwood-balles-club/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:42:23 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/29/live-review-ballin%e2%80%99-with-honors-at-kirkwood-balles-club/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/29/live-review-ballin%e2%80%99-with-honors-at-kirkwood-balles-club/feed/ 1 Thursday night (Aug. 28th) wasn’t quite business usual at Kirkwood Ballers Club. The regular cast and crew of local yokels twiddled knobs, bowed cymbals and plugged away to the sounds of vintage videogame consoles on stage. Headlining act Hungry Bodies from Baltimore ended with a show of hypnotically amorphous beats and textures that melted-down the bass [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/26/food-for-animals-side-project-at-kirkwood-ballers-club-this-thursday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/26/food-for-animals-side-project-at-kirkwood-ballers-club-this-thursday/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:56:51 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/26/food-for-animals-side-project-at-kirkwood-ballers-club-this-thursday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/26/food-for-animals-side-project-at-kirkwood-ballers-club-this-thursday/feed/ 0 Hungry Bodies from Baltimore, MD features members of Food For Animals, Lexi Mountain Boys, Mexcellent and Atlanta expat and Hoss Records founder, Brad Hurst. The group revels in improvised beat, mutant hip-hop, deconstruction, pure sine tones and digitally “digitally-scrubbed glossolalia.” The group is performing at The Kirkwood Ballers Club this Thursday night at The Highland Inn [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/06/kirkwood-ballers-club-at-highland-inn-ballroom-starts-up-this-week/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/06/kirkwood-ballers-club-at-highland-inn-ballroom-starts-up-this-week/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:49:36 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/06/kirkwood-ballers-club-at-highland-inn-ballroom-starts-up-this-week/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/08/06/kirkwood-ballers-club-at-highland-inn-ballroom-starts-up-this-week/feed/ 6 After several months of languishing in a state of indefinite hiatus, The Kirkwood Ballers Club is back, this time in its new home at The Highland Inn Ballroom. The call is simple, bring an instrument, a device, a record, a beat, a turntable, a laptop, a prepared piece of music, a song, a voice, a [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/07/02/kirkwood-ballers-club-gets-a-new-home/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/07/02/kirkwood-ballers-club-gets-a-new-home/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:53:08 +0000 Chad Radford http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/07/02/kirkwood-ballers-club-gets-a-new-home/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cribnotes/2008/07/02/kirkwood-ballers-club-gets-a-new-home/feed/ 0 In this week’s CL feature story on King Khan and the Shrines I mention that Khan’s first Atlanta appearance, with the King Khan & BBQ Show, took place at the “defunct” Kirkwood Ballers Club open mic night at the old Lenny’s. The day the story went to print I received an e-mail from Randy Castello [...]