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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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Friday July 11, 2008 03:45 AM EDT

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1) Hallelujah Street Blues opens at Horizon Theatre.

2) John Hiatt and the Ageless Beauties perform at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

3) Disappearing Black Neighborhoods opens at Georgia State’s Student Center Lounge.

4) Noot ‘d Noot performs at the Earl.

5) Fernbank Museum of Natural History hosts Martinis and IMAX.

(Photo Lisa Adler)

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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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Thursday July 10, 2008 08:00 AM EDT
image-1Joel Gresham painted “AMERICA ELECTS ITS FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT” in 1989, not realizing his fantasy could feasibly become reality in a presidential election almost 20 years later with Sen. Barack Obama’s shot at the White House. Gallery visitors can support the cause Mon., JULY 14, and purchase notecards, posters, prints and art shirts featuring Gresham’s work, made available by... | more...

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Thursday July 10, 2008 03:45 AM EDT

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1) The Swear performs at Andrews Upstairs.

2) Reflections of Culture continues at Fernbank Museum of Natural History.

3) Alison Krauss and Robert Plant perform a sold-out show at Chastain Park Amphitheater.

4) Natalie Chanin discusses and signs Alabama Stitch Book at Whitespace...

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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 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...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 03:45 AM EDT

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1) Civil Rights activist Dick Gregory speaks on Sen. Barack Obama, health and more at Shrine of the Black Madonna.

2) Soul Asylum and Gin Blossoms perform at Chastain Park Amphitheater.

3) CL hosts a raging party for Best of Atlanta 2008 at Star Bar.

4) Vans Warped Tour comes to Lakewood Amphitheatre.

5) Callanwolde Fine Arts Center hosts Summer Coffeehouse...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Made in GA lacks smarts | more...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
Atlanta playwright’s Hallelujah Street Blues opens July 11 at Horizon Theatre | more...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
The Daily Show writer and Atlanta native publishes a new book | more...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
On Atlanta’s arts funding | more...

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Wednesday July 9, 2008 12:04 AM EDT
The National Black Arts Festival returns to its visual roots | more...

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Tuesday July 8, 2008 09:30 PM EDT
I probably won’t be able to see Eddie Murphy’s Meet Dave this week, but the premise looks promising. Originally titled Starship Dave, the film presents Murphy in two roles. Dave, a seemingly ordinary man walking the streets of New York City, is in fact a starship built to exactly resemble a human being. Murphy also plays the ship’s tiny captain, commanding a bridge of similarly diminutive... | more...

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Tuesday July 8, 2008 07:05 PM EDT

image-1So it’s that time of year again, when underground filmmakers take their work above ground. The fifth annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival (AUFF) is coming up Aug. 20-24, and organizers recently posted the schedule.

With 18 features and 14 shorts at five venues over five days, the AUFF promises to be film-tastic, and other bad puns denoting cinematic fun.

The festival kicks...

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Tuesday July 8, 2008 04:33 PM EDT

image-1Kay Kallos has stepped down as the Contemporary’s executive director after 16 months in the position to relocate to Dallas, Texas. From Board President Baxter Jones’ press release:

Executive Director Kay Kallos, who has led the organization since March 2007, has resigned, effective July 7, 2008, for personal reasons ... To continue her good work, the Board of Directors is pleased...

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Tuesday July 8, 2008 08:00 AM EDT
image-1The BLACK ANGELS’ second full-length, Directions to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic) is a psychedelic drone-rock masterpiece that flourishes with bright black rhythms and a sensory-slurring pulse. On stage the Austin, Texas, five-piece pours the darkest elements of the blues, Indian ragas and morphine pop into a mesmerizing whirl of drones and melodies that conjure an atmosphere of... | more...

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Monday July 7, 2008 09:11 PM EDT

CL’s Chanté LaGon chats with humor writer and Moodswing columnist Hollis Gillespie on today’s Air Loaf in part one of a two-part series that highlights Hollis’ advice and words of wisdom for the writers of the world.

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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