Music

i’m listening to: skin, is my by andrew bird
i’m listening to: skin, is my by andrew bird

I hate Pandora. Ok maybe hate is too strong of a word. Really, it’s a sort of missplaced hate. Who I really hate is MySpace, since it is the reason behind the demise of the online music service, Imeem, that I was such a loyal fan of. Listening to music on Pandora is much more restricted, so it’s taken me a while to get adjusted to it. The one ‘sunny upside’ though, is that I get exposed... 

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Food and Drink

the sound table – casual sophistication descends on atlanta’s edgewood district
the sound table – casual sophistication descends on atlanta’s edgewood district

Remember that trip you took to New York back in your mid-twenties? You were feeling young, sexy and sure of yourself. The friends that you came to visit in the bustling city introduced you to their group of friends, and you all met up for an evening out at a cool, but unpretentious lounge in lower Manhattan. The DJ there played an intriguing and unintrusive medley of urban underground funkiness, the... 

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Human Dynamic

how to lose like a winner
how to lose like a winner

A couple of weekends ago, I got invited to watch a friend’s daughter compete in the National American Miss pageant. I’ve known this young lady since she was a toddler, and over the years I’ve watched her blossom into an awesome little woman. She’s bright, energetic, savvy, and beautiful to boot. You know, one of those kids that makes you feel confident about what the next generation will be able to do with their infinite potential. So I was thrilled to join her parents in the audience to hoot and holler like a madwoman whenever she appeared... [Read more ]

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Travel

foodie travel: highlights of savannah’s food scene
foodie travel: highlights of savannah’s food scene

Ah, Savannah. That historic city that simply drips with Southern charm. It’s a place where you can slow down your pace, pick up a drawl, commune with ghosts, and revisit the past. If you’re an art lover, you’re in luck, since the students and staff at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) have fostered a vibrant arts community there. Beach bums will feel right at home on nearby Tybee Island, and history buffs will hardly run out of facts, figures, and folklore to ruminate over. But this one is for the foodies, the eatatarians, the... [Read more...]

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TV and Film

how to watch television – tips #2, #3, and #4: put your tv in its place
how to watch television – tips #2, #3, and #4: put your tv in its place

“If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well viewed.” ~Lily Tomlin In keeping with the series of posts about the evils of television I started a couple of weeks back… wait. No. Let’s clarify a couple of things before we get too far along with these. I don’t actually consider TV to be evil at all. After reading my first post on the topic, a friend of mine expressed some concern that I had morphed into one of these staunch anti-TV nazis and that I was... [Read more...]

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Shopping & Deals

atlanta auction gallery – vintage deals for next to nothing
atlanta auction gallery – vintage deals for next to nothing

If you’ve ever ridden Marta southbound into the West End station, you might have noticed the backside of a huge billboard that faces east towards downtown. The front of the billboard changes regularly, but the rear consistently bears the large and highly recognizable glyph of the ubiquitous grafitti artist, DOSE. For months, that billboard was the signal that I’d reached the end of my daily work commute from Alpharetta. Every day, I’d marvel at the sheer size of the thing and the ballsiness it must have taken to climb that... [Read more...]

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Visual and Theater

shifting into manic with atlanta photographer gudrun stone
shifting into manic with atlanta photographer gudrun stone

Gudrun (pronounced: ‘good-drun’) Stone continues to build a reputation for herself as a rising star in Atlanta’s artist community. She excels at capturing the energy and passion of stage and concert performances – Van Hunt, Brittany Bosco, and countless visiting artists at the annual National Black Arts Festival have all found themselves in front of her lens. Her first solo photography exhibit – Long Exposures, which debuts at the Ferst Center on April 11 – is just another milestone on her journey of evolution... [Read more...]

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Books

spiderman saves obama’s inauguration
spiderman saves obama’s inauguration

Just saw a USA Today article about a special inauguration edition of a Spider Man comic book. Obama and SpiderMan giving each other a ‘fist bump’? Wow. How crazy is that? Furthermore, how crazy is it that I WANT one!?   cheers, k  Read More →

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Seen on The Web (SOTW)

we brunch hard – brunch is not a game. it’s delicious.
we brunch hard – brunch is not a game. it’s delicious.

Man, I thought I was serious about brunch. But Brooklyn-based comedian and tell-it-like-it-’tis man Elon James White has got me beat. Unlike all those other brunch rappers out there… he spits nothing but hot FIYAH! I will definitley be booming this on Saturday mornings from here on out. Read, see, and hear more from Elon (and believe me, you’ll want to) on This Week in Blackness. cheers, k  Read More →

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Work

what’s next – tips for overcoming stagnation
what’s next – tips for overcoming stagnation

Making your own money – and by that I mean, not from a typical 9 to 5, but from something you created and you own – is like a drug. Once you’ve had even the littlest taste of it, you’ll always want it again. Be careful what you wish for when you wish to be your own boss. You might get hooked for life. I say be careful because it’s not an easy path. It’s a #@$&! scary ride. But… it’s a ride that changes you for the better. You learn to become bigger than yourself, if that makes any sense. You learn to use your strengths and your... [Read more...]

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