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Thursday August 12, 2004 12:04 AM EDT

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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Thursday August 5, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
Precious few words are exchanged in any meeting with A Fir-Ju Well. Pete DeLorenzo, Matt McCalvin and doe-eyed brothers Nick and Peter Furgiuele — all sharing multi-instrumental duties (guitar, piano, bass, vocals) — communicate via an intuitive sparkle in their eyes rather than any up-front discourse of their music. But behind their soft-spoken boyishness lies a larger-than-life... | more...

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Thursday August 5, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
Underground Atlanta, despite its heart-of-downtown location, isn’t widely known as a hot spot for urban talent. But that’s slowly changing. For almost two years now, Wednesdays’ Artist Night at Blues in the Alley has become one of the most promising venues for emerging talent. Created by former Blues in the Alley performer Alphonso Mays, promoted by pharmaceutical rep Brian Richardson, and... | more...

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Thursday August 5, 2004 12:04 AM EDT

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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Thursday August 5, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
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Thursday August 5, 2004 12:04 AM EDT

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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Thursday August 5, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
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Thursday August 5, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
Cause And Effect “Wonder Woman” is out on DVD, and the country’s gone to hell in a Texas flag-emblazoned hand basket. So celebrate what really matters: full nudes and finger foods. And I did, by the buffet at the Cheetah’s patriotically themed 34th birthday celebration Wed., July 28. Purple mountain majesties above fruited plains, indeed. There was plenty of red, white and blue attire, but no... | more...

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Thursday July 29, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
Three weeks after her most recent Atlanta appearance, in the sweltering heat of 99X’s Upstart concert, Melissa Auf der Maur returns to town as a featured act on the Curiosa Festival. Between visits, her current whirlwind has sent her jetting off to Sweden and Finland. But touring the world is nothing new for the busy singer and bassist.As a member of Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, two of the... | more...

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Thursday July 29, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and Justin Waters has amassed a fortune in discarded photographs, paperwork, records and found sounds. Since winter of 2001, the Hampton, Va.-raised Atlanta transplant has recycled a heap of material and funneled it into a homespun independent label, Sounds From The Pocket. Packaging its releases in vinyl sleeves made from deconstructed LPs, as well as... | more...

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Thursday July 29, 2004 12:04 AM EDT

“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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Thursday July 29, 2004 12:04 AM EDT

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...

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Thursday July 29, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
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Thursday July 29, 2004 12:04 AM EDT

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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Thursday July 29, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
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Thursday July 29, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
Saturday night’s all right. Elton John had it right. Saturday night’s still good for getting as greased as a diesel truck. And since it’s Atlanta, it’s good for a haul/crawl up Peachtree Street. The Peachtree traffic at 11 p.m. — 1 a.m. on the weekend — is a snail’s pace ... if the snail was stoned and stopping every few feet to have a conversation about rims. Still, it’s my Best of... | more...

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Thursday July 22, 2004 04:04 AM EDT
Respected singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash, well known as a staunch supporter of the creative arts, occasionally holds a series of songwriter’s workshops in New York City. At one, Atlanta native Robert Burke Warren was able to break down the walls blocking his creative energy, and forge a productive friendship with the influential Cash.An original member of RuPaul’s first band, Wee Wee Pole, in... | more...

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Thursday July 22, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
All seriousness and sacrilege aside, when Untied States’ guitarist Skip Engelbrecht explains his last name means “vomit angel” in German, the awkwardness generated is representative of his group’s precarious sonic palette.Since 2002, Engelbrecht and bassist Collin Arnstein have crafted a labyrinth of peculiar pop and prog-rock arrangements by way of traditional sonic values and machine-heavy... | more...

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Thursday July 22, 2004 12:04 AM EDT

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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Thursday July 22, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
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Thursday July 22, 2004 12:04 AM EDT

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...

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Thursday July 22, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
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Thursday July 22, 2004 12:04 AM EDT

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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Thursday July 15, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
“In these last couple years, I think I’ve learned a lot about being a woman, and what that means,” says Jill Scott, in answer to where she’s been of late. Fans of neo-soul’s poet laureate who were beginning to worry if she would ever resurface can relax: Scott’s second studio CD, Beautifully Human — Words and Sounds, Vol. 2, the follow-up to 2000’s Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds,... | more...

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Thursday July 15, 2004 12:04 AM EDT
With the White Lights 2000 self-titled debut, the shadowy, haunting eclectics shined brilliantly, meshing sprawling rock and Ennio Morricone-esque arrangements with a fiery Southern flair. Fronted by Buffi Aguero (Subsonics, Tiger Tiger) — along with violinist Ana Balka, vibes player Stuart Ellis, organist Sam Leyja, percussionist Mike Poteet, guitarist John Vignault and bassist Keith... | more...