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, 2019•24 min
Photo courtesy Cut Chemist
Aug 29, 2019•33 min
Host Chad Radford speaks with singer Avery Gipson. Photo courtesy Avery Gipson
Aug 28, 2019•15 min
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, 2019•17 min
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, 2019•47 min
The CL Recommends Weekend roundup for August 23-25 by Creative Loafing Atlanta
Aug 23, 2019•30 min
Fall Arts Preview: Rebeca Robles of the Atlanta Theatre Club by Creative Loafing Atlanta
Aug 21, 2019•37 min
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, 2019•22 min
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, 2019•31 min
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, 2019•30 min
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, 2019•30 min
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, 2019•32 min
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, 2019•52 min
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, 2019•49 min
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, 2019•27 min
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, 2019•17 min
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, 2019•45 min
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, 2019•40 min
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, 2019•12 min
Host Chad Radford sits down with Peggy Whitlow Ratcliffe, Executive Director with Live Thrive's Center for Hard to Recycle Material (C.H.a.R.M.) for a conversation about the benefits of recycling. Photo by Chad Radford
Aug 09, 2019•22 min
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, 2019•17 min
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, 2019•20 min
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, 2019•45 min
Host Chad Radford speaks with the band Dot.s.
Aug 03, 2019•44 min
Hosts Chad Radford and Jacob Chisenhall speak with Cousin Dan.
Aug 03, 2019•56 min
ATLiens United S2,E23: "FdB’s House?” by Creative Loafing Atlanta
Aug 03, 2019•39 min
Live From the Archives: Dot.s by Creative Loafing Atlanta
Aug 01, 2019•18 min
Seal Pup performs live from the Creative Loafing archives room.
Aug 01, 2019•16 min
Live From the Archives: Aviva and the Flying Penguins by Creative Loafing Atlanta
Aug 01, 2019•23 min
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, 2019•16 min