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Air Loaf: Curt Wells

Alicia Wages — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:14:11 +0000

Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford discussing Atlanta’s own Curt Wells, sound man for the Earl, whose birthday party will take place Fri., Oct. 10 at the Earl. ($7. 9:30 p.m.) Howlies and Pardner will perform.

Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.

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Air Loaf

Alicia Wages — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:12:28 +0000

Today’s Air Loaf features Max Arbes chatting with CL’s Scott Henry about this week’s cover story on Mayor Shirley Franklin.

Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.

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Air Loaf

Alicia Wages — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:46:22 +0000

Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s own Chanté LaGon and David Lee Simmons chatting about the 2008 Summer Guide — dropping today! Check it out for the best 111 things to do this summer.

Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.

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Air Loaf

Alicia Wages — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:37:22 +0000

Todayâ€™s Air Loaf features CLâ€™s own ChantÃ© Lagon and Scott Freeman discussing this week’s cover story about Forrest Hill Academy.

Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.

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Superbad podcast

Curt Holman — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:48:17 +0000

Superbad contains, along with a big heart and a dirty tongue, the funniest running gag of the year. As if imitating an early 1980s sex comedy, two high school friends, Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera), seek to buy beer and hook up with comely classmates at a party. They rely on an even bigger geek (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) with a fake ID, but are aghast to see that the driver’s license gives their friend the one-word name “McLovin.”

The “McLovin” jokes never stop being funny, as characters wonder whether the name sounds more like an Irish R&B singer or a sexy cheeseburger. In Superbad’s secondary story, “McLovin” falls under the wing of a pair of cops (”Saturday Night Live’s” Bill Hader and Superbad co-writer Seth Rogen) who defy the image of policemen as upright citizens. When Creative Loafing recorded a podcast interview with four of Superbad’s stars, Hader suggested the “McLovin” arc wasn’t just a perfectly executed bit of comedy but a narrative journey parallel to director Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail. The Last Detail proves far more bittersweet than Superbad, but the similar plots take equal delight in chewing on profanity.

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Curt Holman speaks with the cast of Superbad – Download.

Podcast produced by Alejandro Leal and Tiago Moura / Photograph by Edward Adams

Charles Ferguson

Web Editor — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:36:10 +0000

Software entrepreneur, member of the Council on Foreign Relations and M.I.T.-trained political scientist, the exceptionally accomplished Charles Ferguson has recently added “film director” to his impressive resume.

The winner of a special jury prize for documentaries at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Fergusonâ€™s directorial debut, No End in Sight is a haunting look at the many missteps, miscalculations and the plain arrogance that led the Bush administration to bungle
the Iraq War.

Felicia Feaster speaks with director Charles Ferguson – Download

Preston Craig Podcast

Mara Shalhoup — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:58:45 +0000

It’s one of those perfect summer nights: clear and crisp, almost chilly from the afternoon rain and brimming with anticipation. Outside a courtyard just off the Decatur Square, a line of latecomers extends toward the parking lot. They’re waiting to get in. On the other side of the courtyard wall, a few hundred people — mostly twentysomethings, the trendy, pretty types — have congregated on the patio, abuzz with $6 cocktails and pitchers of cheap beer. Inside the darkened club, a dance party is just getting going. Though it’s 2 a.m., there’s a feeling the night is still young.

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Mara Shalhoup interviews DJ Preston Craig – Download.

Photo by Joeff Davis.

Bill Gentry Podcast

Scott Freeman — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:33:20 +0000

Join CL for a very special “Unplugged” performance by country singer Bill Gentry & the 35 Cent Rodeo. Hosted by CL Music Editor Rodney Carmichael, the show includes Gentry’s brother, and CL Senior Editor Scott Freeman, sitting in on guitar. Freeman’s cover story on his brother traces Gentry’s journey from country music newcomer to building Wild Bill’s in Gwinnett County to being on the cusp of getting signed in Nashville.

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Local author Karin Slaughter

Laura McMillan — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:39:34 +0000

Author Karin Slaughter’s murder-mystery thrillers make a killing on the best-seller lists. Beyond Reach is the sixth in a series chronicling Dr. Sara Linton, the pediatrician and coroner of a small Georgia town. This latest installment of the Grant County series is poised for as much success as its international-best-selling predecessors. Slaughter kicks off the promotional tour Tuesday, July 31, at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Norcross.

Laura McMillan speaks with Karin Slaughter – Download.

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Drew Curtis podcast

Laura McMillan — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:27:21 +0000

Drew Curtis founded Fark.com, a blog filled with snarky commentary on mass-media material. After reading almost every news article printed since the birth of the website in 1999, Curtis wrote his own critique of the media in the insightful, funny book filled with the best of Fark witticisms, It’s Not News, It’s Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News.

Laura McMillan interviews Drew Curtis – Download

Photo courtesy Drew Curtis

Podcast produced by Alejandro Leal and Tiago Moura