1) The Solillaquists of Sound perform at 529.
2) Poured with Passion opens at Mason Murer Projects in conjunction with the Buckhead Art Walk.
3) Lee “Scratch” Perry performs at Variety Playhouse.
4) Georgia Ensemble Theatre’s Cotton Patch Gospel opens at Roswell Cultural Arts Center.
5) Pine magazine hosts its final free Thursday show at the Star Bar, with performances by Tealights and more.
(Photo © ANTI-)
1) Greg Fitzsimmons performs at the Punchline.
2) Graveyard Tavern holds Make Homelessness History, a benefit/dance party.
3) The Fiery Furnaces perform at Variety Playhouse.
4) Laughing Skull Lounge hosts the Marijuana-logues.
5) Children opens at Opal Gallery.
(Photo courtesy Super Artists)
1) A Midsummer Night’s Dream opens at Georgia Shakespeare.
2) Al Green and Etta James perform at Chastain Park Amphitheatre.
3) Flicks on 5th kicks off with Quantum of Solace.
4) Femi Kuti performs at Variety Playhouse. *
4) The Young Antiques play 529.
5) The Atlanta Braves host Bark in the Park at Turner Field.
(Photo by Bill DeLoach)
* Update: Oops. Femi Kuti actually performs tomorrow. Don’t go tonight.
Troy Davis
The tumultuous case of death row inmate Troy Davis — whose execution date has thrice been postponed due to innocence claims — has been mostly quiet since last fall.
That’s about to change.
According to an e-mail I just got from Wende Gozan Brown at Amnesty International:
Indie rock band State Radio has become active on the Troy Davis case. They play Atlanta tomorrow night, and they’re holding a rally for Troy at Little 5 Points at noon tomorrow (Findley Plaza, 1160 Euclid Ave NE). Chad, lead singer, will play acoustic and perform the song he wrote for Davis — Jared Feuer, our southern regional director, will speak, as will William Montrose and Sara Tatonchi of Southern Center for Human Rights. Then their show that night will basically be dedicated to Troy.
State Radio’s video for the abovementioned song, “State of Georgia,” provides a pretty compelling summation of the newly discovered evidence in the case, including the recantations of seven of nine trial witnesses.
State Radio plays the Variety Playhouse tomorrow, Feb. 13.
(Photo courtesy Georgia Department of Corrections)
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chatting about this week’s upcoming shows, including Murs at the Masquerade (Sat., Nov. 8), Diplo at the Masquerade (Mon., 10), and the Sisters of Mercy at Variety Playhouse (Tues., Nov. 11)
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Today’s Air Loaf features Max Arbes and CL’s Chad Radford chatting about this week’s upcoming shows, including the Deerhunter record release party at the Variety Playhouse (Fri., Oct. 31), the Spooks record release party at Star Bar (Fri., Oct 31), Jay Reatard at Lenny’s (Sat., Nov. 1), and the Legendary Pink Dots at the Earl (Sat., Nov. 1).
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Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chatting about this week’s upcoming shows, including Girl Talk at the Variety Playhouse (Thurs., Oct. 16), Boston Spaceships at the Earl (Fri., Oct. 17), FODfest at Smith’s Olde Bar (Sat., Oct. 18)
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1) Dosa Kim’s Weight, curated by Beep Beep Gallery, continues at Aurora Coffee in Little Five Points.
2) The Whigs and the Kooks play Variety Playhouse.
3) Read, drink and celebrate childhood literacy with Books, Beer and Bears Oh My! at Sweetwater Brewery.
4) Bob Schieffer discusses his collection of essays, Bob Schieffer’s America, at the Carter Center.
5) Sonia Leigh, Drunk on Crutches and Backrow Baptists play the Earl.
(Image by Dosa Kim)
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chatting about a few upcoming shows, including Intelligence at Lenny’s (Fri., Sept. 26), Stereolab at Variety Playhouse (Fri., Sept. 26), Young Antiques at Star Bar (Sat., Sept. 27), and Vivian Girls at the Earl (Sun., Sept. 28).
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Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chatting about this weekend’s upcoming shows including Aimee Man at the Variety Playhouse (Fri., Sept. 5), Dr. Dog at the Earl (Sat., Sept. 6), and the All Shot Up benefit concert for Christopher Stahle at the Drunken Unicorn featuring Rizzudo (Sat., Sept. 6).
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1) Singer/songwriter Aimee Mann plays Variety Playhouse.
2) The 11th annual Iranian Film Today, a six-part series, begins at the High Museum.
3) It’s Elephant’s, O’ Brother and the Winter Sounds perform at the Earl.
4) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is being staged at the Rosewater Theatre.
5) Weight, featuring new work by Dosa Kim, opens at Aurora Coffee in Little Five Points.
(Photo courtesy Aimee Mann)
HERE COMES THE (LAND OF THE RISING) SUN: John Lennon (Hidemasa Mabuchi) looks on as George Harrison (Hajime Kubo) wails at the Variety Playhouse.
Japanese beetles, and apparently Japanese Beatles, thrive in America because they have no natural predators here. The Silver Beats, a Beatles tribute band from Tokyo, opened their inaugural U.S. tour in 2007 at the Fox Theatre, and they returned Wednesday to play the Variety Playhouse.
Fans sang along as the band breathed surreal new life into the dusty classics, and heckling front-row frat boys had little effect. The Beats seemed immune to any ridicule because it’s hard to tell how seriously they take themselves. Covering such an iconic band is rife with pitfalls, and despite having the matching suits, shaggy bowl cuts and musical chops to carry that weight, their tongues never strayed far from their cheeks as they ripped through convincing Fab Four covers in rapid-fire succession. They stopped between songs only occasionally for some crowd-teasing banter in halting Japanese accents, and defused the hecklers with their disarming cheer and subtle sarcasm. The feisty Tadaaki Naganuma — Paul — responded to one upstart by teaching the crowd a Japanese word, which sounded a lot like “Eat us.”
Photo by Joeff Davis
1) Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures continues at the Michael C. Carlos Museum.
2) Newberry Jam, Polemic, Hawkeye Pierce and Requiem perform at Lenny’s Bar.
3) Cocktails in the Garden continues at Atlanta Botanical Garden. This month’s theme is Rock Roses and Red Rubies.
4) The Faint, Jaguar Love and Shy Child perform at Variety Playhouse.
5) Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps opens at 7 Stages.
(Photo by Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition)
Today’s Air Loaf features WMLB-AM’s Max Arbes and CL’s Chad Radford chatting about Gnarls Barkley, who will be hitting up the Variety Playhouse with Janelle Monae tonight (Mon., Aug. 11) at 8:30 p.m.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
1) The Variety Playhouse plays host to She & Him.
2) Author Carmen Deedy and folksinger John McCutcheon are teaming up for a special program at Decatur Library.
3) Celebrate the upcoming Olympics at the Centennial Olympic Games Museum at the Atlanta History Center.
4) Eoin Colfer reads and signs from his new book at the Decatur Library.
5) Mark Knopfler and Jesca Hoop perform at Chastain.
(Photo courtesy Merge Records)
Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chatting about the upcoming music acts for the weekend, including Tilly and the Wall playing with Ruby Suns at the Variety Playhouse tonight Thurs., July 24, Collective Effort hits up Apache Café on Friday night and Wolf Parade plays Mon., July 28 at the Variety Playhouse.
Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.
