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Wednesday July 23, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
The Uprising: An Unathorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington | more...

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Wednesday July 16, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
30 Rock” star headlines The Punchline | more...

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Wednesday July 16, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Show opens July 19 at the Gallery at East Atlanta Tattoo | more...

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Wednesday July 16, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Moving FWD: at Dad’s Garage | more...

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Wednesday July 16, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Made in the U.S.A. | more...

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Monday July 14, 2008 05:47 PM EDT
Hey, y’all: As of today, we’re merging Popsmart into our Fresh Loaf blog. So please click here for the same insight, event missives, pop culture news and Nobel Prize winning writing that you’re used to on Popsmart. If you had Popsmart bookmarked, in fact, we urge you to bookmark Fresh Loaf instead — if for no other reason than to humor us. | more...

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Sunday July 13, 2008 08:00 AM EDT
image-1Election fever’s in the air, and while we have our opinions on who we want in office, we all have a responsibility to educate ourselves on the issues and, most importantly, to register to vote and play a part in the changing tide. To that end, the Five Spot in Little Five Points hosts JUST THINK!, a night of political exploration navigated by a progressive lineup of musicians and guest... | more...

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Friday July 11, 2008 09:30 PM EDT
Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier returns to Atlanta to once again promote his follow-up novel, Thirteen Moons, which Curt Holman reviewed in advance of a previous appearance by Frazier. (I also reviewed the movie version of Cold Mountain.) Frazier will appear on Saturday, July 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Gwinnett Center as part of the “Gwinnet Reads” series.Here is Frazier discussing the... | more...

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Friday July 11, 2008 09:17 PM EDT
image-1When it came to my coverage in this week’s issue of the New Street Gallery’s Vinyl Show, I wasn’t at the top of my game. Not only did I misstate the bidding situation in the See & Do section (bidding starts at below $100, not AT $100), but New Street co-founder Meshakai Wolf was understandably concerned about the way I excerpted comments from a phone interview I conducted... | more...

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Friday July 11, 2008 08:58 PM EDT

I saw Kit Kittredge: An American Girl at 10 a.m. the day it opened, so I got to check out a bunch of trailers for upcoming kid-oriented films. The shocking thing was seeing the previews for two computer-animated talking-animal comedies, Space Chimps and Fly Me to the Moon. They’re the same movie!

OK, they have cosmetic differences. Space Chimps, as the title suggests, depicts a trio of...

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Friday July 11, 2008 08:43 PM EDT
image-1TNT announced today that everyone’s favorite Quantum Leaper and Minor Leaguer, Scott Bakula, has joined the cast of the upcoming drama “Men of a Certain Age,” which sounds suspiciously like a male version of “thirtysomething” with an extra decade thrown in. (Maybe that’s because the pilot episode’s director, two-time Emmy winner Scott Winant, includes among his credits “thirtysomething.”) | more...

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Friday July 11, 2008 03:56 PM EDT

image-1Fans of Fannie Flagg know that there’s no replacement for Southern humor. Now take that Southern humor, mix in some social change and add four irrepressible ladies, and you get North Carolinian Dawn Shamp’s debut novel On Account of Conspicuous Women.

On Account of Conspicuous Women takes place in Roxboro, N.C., (Shamp’s hometown) in 1920, and the author’s four “conspicuous women”...

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Friday July 11, 2008 03:40 PM EDT
image-1In anticipation of next week’s big-screen release of the Batman epic film The Dark Knight, July 8 saw the direct-to-DVD issue of Batman: Gotham Knight (reviewed here), a moody, inventive anthology film with Japanese anime filmmakers presenting their interpretations of the Caped Crusader. The same day also saw the release of another DC Comics video adaptation with a distinct anime flavor:... | more...

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Friday July 11, 2008 01:40 PM EDT

Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and David Lee Simmons discussing author and Atlanta native Rob Kutner. The Emmy award winning writer will be in town to promote his new humor book Apocalypse How: Turn the End-Times Into the Best of Times!.

Kutner will appear Saturday, July 12, at the Barnes and Noble at Perimeter Mall, and on Sunday, July 13, at the William Breman...

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Friday July 11, 2008 08:00 AM EDT
image-1Sometimes it’s hard to tell where the joking ends and the true deep-space funk and electro psychedelia begins, but that’s the beauty of NOOT ‘D NOOT. It’s the ultimate Atlanta party band that channels expert musicianship into dance-floor party jams. The CD/LP release party Fri., JULY 11, for the Noot’s International Hits debut, Goofer Dust, will be an awesome display of seriously funky... | more...

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Friday July 11, 2008 08:00 AM EDT
image-1Family history collides with demographic changes in HALLELUJAH STREET BLUES, Atlanta playwright Valetta Anderson’s comedy/drama about, in part, the gentrification of a Decatur neighborhood. Presented in conjunction with the National Black Arts Festival and opening Fri., JULY 11, the multigenerational family story stars “The Young and the Restless’” Veronica Redd (right) and “Hill Street... | more...

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Thursday July 10, 2008 07:45 PM EDT

image-1My Speakeasy interview with “The Daily Show” writer and Atlanta native Rob Kutner gets the extended-online-version treatment on our website for this week’s issue, which includes a lot of funny/funnier stuff. Again Kutner will appear on Saturday, July 12, at the Barnes and Noble at Perimeter Mall and on Sunday, July 13, at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.

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Thursday July 10, 2008 05:41 PM EDT
image-1Back in April I reviewed the inspirational documentary Girls Rock!, which chronicled the weeklong travails of teen musicians learning to come together in hastily assembled bands and perform one song at the camp’s end. The great news that came out of it was the local news that there would be an Atlanta chapter of Girls Rock!, which begins its five-day camp for girls ages 10-18 next week... | more...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 09:42 PM EDT

image-1The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - Best of Ricky and Dave

American Zombie — A warm documentary look at the unlife of the contemporary zombie.

Batman: Gotham Knight

I Dream of Jeannie the Complete Fifth Season

Jet Li’s Fearless

Journey to the Center of the Earth — The made-for-TV movie, as a companion toimage-2 the made-for-movie-theater movie, out...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 08:56 PM EDT
Hellboy II: The Golden Army opens this weekend, and the film’s dark visual splendors affirm that director Guillermo del Toro is one of the major visionary filmmakers of our time — even though some of its thematic and emotional content doesn’t have the same punch as the first Hellboy. Del Toro is such an outlandishly stylish film fantasist that sometimes it’s easy to overlook the... | more...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 07:08 PM EDT
Not long after its witty Youtube trailer for Song of the Living Dead, Dad’s Garage Theatre presents a teaser trailer for the world premiere of its Top Shelf show, FWD. Mike Katinsky directs the madness-laced office satire written by Christian Danley and Randy Havens, which features two of my favorite performers in the Dad’s circle, Matthew Myers and Alison Hastings. (Incidentally, I interviewed... | more...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 06:55 PM EDT




It’s sad to even think that former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield stood a chance of going to jail because he was behind on child support payments to the mother of one of his children.

But that’s what Holyfield faced in Fayette County today before he paid $9,000 in back child support and promised to meet his other obligations — private school tuition, health insurance and paying...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 02:15 PM EDT

Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon chatting with Curt Holman about Ben Hur playing at the Fox Theatre this Sun., July 13, and Journey to the Center of the Earth opening Fri., July 11 at multiple Atlanta theaters.

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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Wednesday July 9, 2008 02:00 PM EDT

image-1MySpace. What’s it done for you lately? (Besides helping you remember to close your bedroom window?) As a matter of fact, it’s bringing Rainn Wilson’s (“The Office”) new movie, The Rocker, to Atlanta for a free sneak preview this Thurs., July 10, according to a press release we received yesterday afternoon.

The film follows Robert “Fish” Fishman (Wilson) as he tries to recapture his...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 08:00 AM EDT
image-1With Bonnaroo more than three hours away and Music Midtown canceled for the past few years, Atlantans don’t often get the chance to see large music festivals that feature multiple acts in one day. Well, all that changes Wed., JULY 9, when the VANS WARPED TOUR comes to town. The lineup includes Angels and Airwaves, Relient K, the Academy Is ..., the Pinker Tones, the Gym Class Heroes and... | more...