Redeye August 12 2004 Local Music Features
Double down So Fri., Aug. 6, I wasn’t full on aces, but the night ended with a pair of sixes.
First was new Buckhead lounge SIX, spelled on the sign with little score marks — like notches on your bedpost. Its babbling cobblestone courtyard fountain, chrome accents and blue pendant lighting seem presented as an “oasis.” Except that sitting on imitation Bauhaus furniture and experiencing a...
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Talent factory Local Music Features
Well-orchestrated career moves Local Music Features
After more than a quarter-century since he departed Atlanta, conductor Michael Palmer is returning to become director of orchestras at Georgia State University.
Palmer, 58, began his professional career here at age 21 when he became assistant conductor of the Atlanta Symphony at the invitation of then-music director Robert Shaw. Palmer was later promoted to associate conductor. While with the...
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Fancy feet Local Music Features
Summer months require much more care and upkeep. Hair grows faster and therefore needs to be trimmed every four weeks instead of six. It’s hotter than Haiti, so more attention is paid to smelling fresh and clean. Our feet are in plain view more often than not, making regular pedicures essential.
Baring unkempt feet during the summer months is unacceptable. And guys, we’re talking to you, too....
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Melissa Auf der Maur Local Music Features
Recycled sounds Local Music Features
Go-Go’s Redux Local Music Features
“With that lame version of ‘Our Lips Are Sealed’ on the radio right now,” says singer/guitarist Sonia Tetlow of Hillary Duff’s anemic revival of the Go-Go’s 1981 single, “I’m quite pleased to be kickin’ it like it should be.”
Tetlow — along with pals Becky Shaw (vocals), Candi Jiosne (guitar), Linda Bolley (drums) and Julie Clark (bass) — has been occasionally covering the Go-Go’s...
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Fostering a sense of community has long played a vital role in punk rock’s code of ethics. For the Atlanta-based independent label Die Slaughterhaus Records, community is not only what links its roster of artists together, but also what keeps the label alive.
“The label’s not about releasing any one genre of music,” declares Lids vocalist Alix Brown. “The thing that binds everyone on the Die...
| more...Allnight July 29 2004 Local Music Features
T-shirts do the talking Local Music Features
It came as no surprise when I heard that a friend of mine had screen-printed his own image onto a T-shirt with the words, “I’d fuck me.” He also wears a T-shirt that says, “My pussy has teeth,” and waits tables in “I’m at your cervix.”
My friend has jumped on the statement T-shirt bandwagon. I do give him credit for being both original and hilarious. Proclamation tees are everywhere, and they...
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Local Music Feature: Cashing in Local Music Features
Untied by design Local Music Features
Atlantis Music Conference Schedule Local Music Features
Listed are Where/When/How Often Performers Switch
Thurs., July 22
5 Spot (All Ages) 9 p.m.-midnight (every hour) — The Vacant Halls, Natty Nation, Empire Isis, Black Fish Pink
9 Lives Saloon (21+) 8 p.m.-1 a.m. (every hour) — Backseat Superstars, The Julia Dream, Edgewood, Suckerpunch, Marat, Betty Rebel
10 High (21+) 8 p.m.-1 a.m. (every hour) — Mieka Pauley, Peter...
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Dressed up Local Music Features
When our daily summer lives include big frizzy hair, oil-slicked skin and swamp ass, one has to wonder what keeps us all in scorching, smoggy, sprawling Atlanta.
One pleasurable aspect of living in the sweltering city is that people can wear a lot less clothing. And the prettiest way to beat the heat is to slip into a flirtatious summer frock. Whether it’s a full-skirted ’50s style, a...
| more...Redeye July 22 2004 Local Music Features
Getting good head Used to be, drinking was just an amateur sport. Now it’s an Olympic event. We’ve got a higher percentage of pedestrian-friendly stretches of bars, and higher alcohol content in our beer. Now you can walk into any number of bars, ask for a nice Belgian brew and get good head from a friendly guy eager to serve you.
It used be that you could just slow down around Peachtree...
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