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Creative Loafing Atlanta

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The voice of Atlanta, since 1972.
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Chad Chat: Skater Claus

Host Chad Radford caught up w/ Mark Condit, aka Skater Claus (a Skateboard Cause), about viewing the city as a playground, expressing creativity on concrete, and repurposing old skateboard decks and parts to give underprivileged kids an opportunity to shred. Skater Claus photo by Chad Radford The song featured in this podcast is "Hybrid Moments" by the Misfits.

Aug 29, 201924 min

Artist Spotlight: A$H

Rising R&B and synth pop singer, songwriter A$H. stopped by CL’s Short Notice Studio to talk to host Chad Radford about working with Janelle Monáe on #TheArchAndroid, being her own manager, and the arrival of her debut album, "It's Just Art." Photo by Jeff Gentner

Aug 26, 201917 min

ATLiens United S2,E26

Join Blake and ATL Jo as they discuss our late but AMAZING away game against Portland, the MLS in 90 seconds and how the heck our games against Orlando and Minnesota are likely to go. As always, OFYO.

Aug 24, 201947 min

Friends In High Places: Care By Delivery (CBD)

Uber for weed? That's what co-founders of Care by Delivery have accomplished in San Diego. Amy Koed and Vincent Owens are bringing their cannabis delivery service to Atlanta. Host Ema Carr talks to them about their first Atlanta event, Pot & Pancakes, and how they’re connecting the cannabis community.

Aug 21, 201922 min

Friends In High Places: Ashley McMahan talk changes to Cannabis laws in Georgia

The laws are changing, Georgia. Gwinnett and Cobb County announced they will no longer prosecute for minor marijuana possession. What exactly does that mean? This episode of "Friends in High Places" gives us the facts. Criminal Defense Attorney Ashley McMahan is an Atlanta native. With experience as a prosecutor, she opened her own defense firm, The Law Ladies, and has since defended countless Georgians unfairly, or wrongly charged with marijuana cases.

Aug 21, 201931 min

Chad Chat: sculptor David Landis

Since 2004, David Landis has worked from his sculpture studio at 97 Georgia Avenue in the burgeoning Summerhill neighborhood. Landis is perhaps best known for his casting work, turning out large scale, publicly commissioned and smaller private pieces. His works can be seen everywhere from the Eastside Atlanta BeltLine trail to the Pierre Baudis Convention Center in Toulouse, France. Host Chad Radford catches up with Landis and his dog Hank to talk about the animals, truncated characters, forward...

Aug 21, 201930 min

Chad Chat: Artistic Director of the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra, Amy Wilson

Host Chad Radford talks to Amy Wilson, an Atlanta-based conductor who is the Artistic Director of the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra (APO), a volunteer community orchestra based in Decatur, and Conductor of the Atlanta Contemporary Ensemble (ACE), a mixed chamber music group specializing in avant-garde music and the pioneering of living composers.

Aug 21, 201930 min

Artist Spotlight: Jaycub Lake of The Pleasure Point

Jaycub Lake, one-half the of Atlanta/Athens pop dup the Pleasure Point, stopped by CL's Short Notice Studios to talk with Jacob Chisenhall and CL Music Editor Chad Radford about the band's full-length album, titled "Beaches." Lake ruminates on the state of the music industry in the age of the internet, the path to ultimate pleasure, and what breakfast he'd like to be served in bed. Photo courtesy the Pleasure Point.

Aug 21, 201932 min

ATLiens United S2, E24

Join ATL Joe and Producer Brit (filling in for Blake this week) as they do a recap of our record breaking attendance LA Galaxy game, our “fathering” of Orlando City for the Open Cup and preview the NYCFC game and Campeones Cup. It’s busy season in the MLS, standings, MLS news and of course, beer of the week.

Aug 17, 201952 min

ATLiens United S2, E25

Join Blake and ATL Jo as they discuss NYCFC and the Campeones Cup at home and preview our match on Sunday against Portland.

Aug 17, 201949 min

Cl Recommends: 8/16-8/18

Welcome to Creative Loafing’s weekend roundup podcast for August 16-18! Will Cardwell, Jacob Chisenhall, and Chad Radford talk about their top picks for the weekend, including Piedmont Park Summer Arts Festival, the Selmenaires at the EARL, Reptile Room at 529, and more! Tune in and turn out.

Aug 16, 201927 min

Artist Spotlight: The Titos

Lily Merriman catches up with Atlanta-based suburban soul band the Titos about the inspiration behind their lyrics, what makes their rock-laced blues sound, and how a train ride along the Italian coast turned into a song about beauty and loss. Photo courtesy the Titos.

Aug 15, 201917 min

Arts & Culture: Rand Suffolk, Director of the High Museum of Art

Photo by Cat Max Photography Since 2015, Rand Suffolk has served as the Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr., Director of the High Museum of Art. Host Doug DeLoach talks with Suffolk about the upcoming exhibition schedule at the High, which features major installations of work by Romare Bearden, Sally Mann and Virgil Abloh, and other subjects including the wildly successful Kusama Infinity Mirrors show, which closed last February.

Aug 15, 201945 min

Artist Spotlight: Grand Vapids

McKendrick Bearden of Athens' indie rock foursome Grand Vapids stopped by CL's Short Notice Studio to talk with Jacob Chisenhall and Chad Radford about the group's album, "Eat The Shadow." Photo by Jason Thrasher.

Aug 13, 201940 min

Artist Spotlight: The Foothill Brothers

Sam Aranson and Joel Williams of the Foothill Brothers stopped by CL's Short Notice Studio for a talk with host Chad Radford about the Grateful Dead, Col. Bruce Hampton, and recording a new set of original numbers for their upcoming album. Photo by Ori Salzburg.

Aug 12, 201912 min

The CL Recommends Weekend roundup for August 9-11

Welcome to Creative Loafing’s weekend roundup podcast for August 9-11! Will Cardwell, Jacob Chisenhall, and join Music Editor Chad Radford to talk about their top picks for weekend music and more. Turn on, tune in, go out!

Aug 08, 201917 min

Artist Spotlight: Sash the Bash

Host Chad Radford speaks with Sash the Bash, the high-energy astro-punk outfit led by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Sasha Vallely (Midnight Larks, Spindrift, the Warlocks). Photo by Chad Radford

Aug 07, 201920 min

A Rippin' Production talk five years of Atlanta music

On Friday, August 9, A Rippin’ Production kicks off a weekend of headbanging revelry at 529, celebrating five years of bringing only the finest in hardcore, punk, thrash, and metal mayhem to Atlanta. The story begins in 2014 when Amos Rifkin first tried his hand at the promotions game: He booked Manchester U.K.’s classic oi-punk and new wave group Slaughter and the Dogs to headline a show in Purgatory at the Masquerade’s original North Avenue location. Call it beginner’s luck, but Slaughter and ...

Aug 05, 201945 min

Chad Chat: Kyle Kessler and the effort to save country music history

The battle wages on to save the South’s first recording studio, and the hallowed ground where country music’s first commercial recordings were made. Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville is slated to swing the wrecking ball on 152 Nassau Street, clearing the way for a deluxe new outpost for its chain restaurant and hotel. In June of 1923, New York-based Okeh Records executive Ralph Peer set up a pop-up studio in the building which facilitated recordings by various regional jazz, blues, and country musi...

Aug 01, 201916 min
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