Surviving Murder Kroger

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Surviving Murder Kroger One man’s story complicates how a symbol of Atlanta authenticity will be remembered By Rodney CaRmiChael | P. 9

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City, Hawks strike deal over $193 million Philips Arena renovation — and public is helping to pay

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HOOP DREAMS: Nearly $200 million renovation comes after public incentives for new Atlanta Falcons stadium, other metro athletic facilities.

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n September 2014, as the Atlanta Hawks worked to address controversial comments by then majority co-owner Bruce Levenson, Mayor Kasim Reed told reporters he was working to find someone to buy the team. Flanked by Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins, Reed said his talks were focused on keeping the team, Philips Arena’s main tenant, in Atlanta. He also made clear that doing so might entail renovating the publicly owned venue — and that such a deal might require public incentives. Just over two years later, Reed returned to the same spot with Tony Ressler and Grant Hill, the businessman and star basketballer who now own the team. This time, Reed had specifics about the public’s contribution to a renovated Philips. Starting early next year, the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority and the Hawks will partner on a $193 million renovation of the 17-year-old arena. The public’s share? Nearly

$143 million, or 75 percent, of the total cost. Of that, about $110 million will come from an existing car-rental tax and another $12.5 million will come from the still-pending sale of Turner Field to Georgia State University. The rest will come from smaller real estate sales, Reed says. No taxes would be hiked to fund the effort. The Hawks will invest $50 million. Judging by Reed’s and team executives’ comments, the renovations would add luxury suites around the arena, doing away with the stacked skyboxes that currently exist — and which Hawks officials tell the AJC are poor draws. The vending and concessions area, plus food options, would also get a major upgrade. Steve Koonin, the Hawks’ CEO, says the team was inspired by the Beltline to make sure the renovated arena connected with the surrounding area. The project shouldn’t disrupt basketball seasons, team officials say. Right now, the plan is to do work between seasons and have it ready for the 2018-2019 season. The announcement came one week before Atlanta voters visit the polls to decide whether

to give the city hundreds of millions of dollars in sales tax revenue — and MARTA many times more — to fund infrastructure and transit. City hotel and motel taxes are already going to support Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the new privately owned home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United F.C. Philips’ redo would be the fifth publicly backed sports facility built or given the green light in metro Atlanta in recent years. Aside from the real-estate deals, the cash City Hall is dedicating comes from a special tax on rental cars that, according to law, can be spent on a wide range of purposes, including the promotion of “industry, trade, commerce, and tourism” and conventions, sports, and recreational facilities. But the mayor says the deal could be a catalyst that sparks the further redevelopment of Downtown, saying the revamped arena will play a key role in the city’s tourism industry. The city and the team have been chatting about a redo of the 1999 arena for more than a year. The Hawks have also thought about spreading their wings over more space in Downtown,

potentially redeveloping areas around Philips Arena into an entertainment and mixed-use district. Asked how the renovation deal affects those talks, Reed says, “Really it affects the overall energy. Across South Downtown, the ... number of real estate closings that are going on are just going through the roof.” He says there are 11 closings within a mile of Five Points right now. Though he did not mention them by name, the number likely includes several parcels currently occupied by arts groups along South Broad Street. Reed says he expects the Underground Atlanta and Turner sales to close this year. A deal is also in the works for a four-star hotel at the Georgia World Congress Center. “Richard Ressler has expressed [his] serious interest and done a lot of due diligence in developing the Gulch,” says Reed, referring to an investor who is associated with several companies, including the CIM Group. He’s also the brother of Hawks majority owner Tony Ressler. The aforementioned “Gulch” area — an asphalt expanse through which freight trains rumble and upon which federal employees park — is also the location for a long-planned Downtown Train Terminal. Reed does not view the terminal as a priority going into his final year in office but supports the concept, spokeswoman Jenna Garland says. She says “there is no discussion that would preclude preserving the MMPT as a future option if the state were to become interested.” Reed says the city will continue to work with the Hawks’ ownership and stakeholders to transform the Gulch. The mayor says, “We believe a $1.5 billion investment is possible over the next 20 years [in the immediate area].” Tony Ressler says that part of his Hawks ownership group’s goal has been to help develop the area around Philips Arena. He says the CIM Group is looking at how it could contribute to Downtown’s redevelopment, which is a “critical component of having a world-class franchise here for the next 30-plus years.” The Atlanta City Council must sign off on the deal, as will the Fulton County Commission, which has representatives on the rec authority. To stay on track with the Hawks’ construction schedule, those OKs need to take place before 2017. Atlanta City Councilwoman Felicia Moore, a frequent sparring partner of the mayor, says she has questions about the transaction. She wants to know whether using the car-rental tax will affect its existing obligations — and whether the public can negotiate additional benefits from the deal. “It’s just the beginning, it’s not the end,” she says. C [email protected]

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When some cities, counties, and agencies are lacking, some Atlantans turn to hacks

Maggie Lee

CITY ONLINE: Luigi Ray-Montanez, Code for Atlanta’s ‘captain,’ says groups such as his help techsavvy people use their skills for the public good.

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hawn Taylor had a simple civics question ahead of midterm elections two years ago: Where are early voting locations and when are they open? It turns out, the answer wasn’t so clear. She sounds frustrated when she shows a reporter the state list she found, which is a facepalmworthy dump of early voting addresses and hours. It’s really, really easy to miss the weekend dates listed separately from weekdays. True, some of Georgia’s 159 county election offices have nice websites. But some have none at all. (Yes, in 2016, there are government offices that do not offer residents even a tiny bit of information online.) So Taylor used the power of programming to homebrew something better: an online map and schedule that’s incredibly easy to use, clear, and covers the whole state. “It’s important for me that people have clear and easy access to information about early voting,” Taylor says, sitting in front of her laptop in a chic co-working space under a parking deck at Georgia Tech. “Early voting is important,” she says. She’s one of a new type of do-gooder: a

civic hacker. Someone who seizes the word “hacking” to describe (legal) computer coding done to solve civic problems. When folks think about “volunteering” or “making the world a better place,” probably a soup kitchen or swinging a hammer for Habitat for Humanity comes to mind. But civic hackers think of data analysis, design, or software development. “For us, we provide an outlet for technical skills to be that avenue of volunteerism,” Luigi Ray-Montanez says. Like Taylor, he’s a captain at the all-volunteer Code for Atlanta, the civic hacking meetup where Taylor’s project found an online home and collaborators. Code for Atlanta is part of a network of coding brigades across the country affiliated with Code for America, a national nonprofit. Code for America’s goal, it says, is to help government better deliver services to the public using tools and practices of the digital age. At an October Code for Atlanta meeting, about two dozen folks showed up to the Garage at Tech on a weeknight to hack. Many were students. Indeed, a lot of volunteers are new to programming and looking to ramp up their skills and work on a project they can show to potential employers, says Ray-Montanez. But

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he says seasoned technologists show up too, often looking to learn some new aspect of the work. But they also just want to do some good. One woman’s team is creating a site that compiles Atlanta politicians’ social media posts in one place. Another woman is pitching a new project to potential collaborators. She wants to create an easy interface that non-coders at schools can use to create interactive maps of campus police posts, emergency phones and other public safety facilities. Ray-Montanez’ long civic technology resume includes a stint at the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit, that, among other things, uses technology to make government more transparent. He says that for years, people in technology have seen a huge gap where government could do better with technology. And he predicts a future where they will. “But the reality is they’re not going to get there alone,” Ray-Montanez says. “They have to be pushed and prodded to get to the right place. I think showing them what’s possible from outside government is a way to get them moving forward … kind of lighting the fire.” Code for Atlanta is very open to collaborating with government agencies, offices, nonprofits. Some, indeed, are on board with civic hacking. Several government agencies in and around Atlanta are showing interest, often by signing up to partner in various “hacks” or “hackathons:” generally one- or two-day long pizzaand-soda-fueled brainstorming and programming blitzes. MARTA kicked off a hack series this month, in which it’ll pose real-world challenges about how best to get information to riders and other things. “The main object is to attract creative minds to help us to improve our customer service,” says Ming Hsi, MARTA’s chief information officer. The hack has two themes, she says: customer service and increasing ridership. “I’m pretty new to this myself,” Hsi says, “but we’ll have good food, good prizes, a lot of fun.” She says the agency is going to bring some new data on ridership and have its own staff on hand. She says MARTA wants to see what it can learn from the community. She says there’s a lot of energy coming from the Atlanta tech community and the agency wants to leverage that creativity. Maybe other agencies would be open to the possibility, too. C [email protected]

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Surviving Murder Kroger

One man’s story complicates how a symbol of Atlanta authenticity will be remembered

STILL HAUNTED: Daemon Parker remembers the tragedy that earned the former Kroger on Ponce de Leon Avenue its infamous nickname.

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he infamous Murder Kroger died a raucous death just before Halloween. It may have taken a piece of Atlanta with it. In a parking lot tribute fit for a bigbox grocery store that symbolized so much more, locals eulogized the end of an era. “This is kind of a death to our neighborhood,” Maggie Canby, who grew up in Sandy Springs but moved to Poncey-Highland six years ago, said at an Oct. 27 CandleLIT Vigil for the location. “Atlanta got burned down in the 1800s, and it’s like we haven’t stopped since.” Nearly 200 people came to pay their final respects the Thursday before Halloween. Some wore ironic tees with Kroger’s classic logo designed to spell out “Murder.” Others doublefisted lit candles and cans of craft beer. People shared their wildest coming of age stories — “I

lost my virginity in this parking lot!” one man blurted out — as they waxed nostalgic over the Kroger on Ponce de Leon Avenue. One man in attendance saw nothing sad nor sentimental about plans to replace the store known as Murder Kroger with a $140 million mixed-use mid-rise (which will also include a 60,000-square-foot Kroger adjacent to the Beltline). In fact, Daemon Parker hopes the ironic nickname — and all it stood for — will finally be laid to permanent rest. “Yeah, I really would like to see it die,” says Parker, who witnessed the fatal event that earned the Kroger its gruesome name two and a half decades ago. He watched his friend get shot and killed in the same parking lot in 1991. It was the first of several murders committed or dead bodies discovered on the premises over the next 25 years. As the city evolved, the location became the stuff of local lore, a cultural

landmark worthy of its own tongue-in-cheek theme song. But it’s always been a cruel joke to Parker, one that trivializes a tragic event he’s been haunted by for more than half his life. Parker’s story highlights the real ambivalence surrounding this soon-to-be-demolished signifier of a fading Atlanta. As far as symbols of authenticity go, Murder Kroger is a complicated one. And the differences of opinion over its meaning — or meaninglessness — hinge on issues of class, culture, and identity that Atlanta is only beginning to grapple with. Best known as DJ Hype King, Parker has been a staple for years in Atlanta nightlife. But one night in particular changed his life forever. Parker was only 19 — the same age as the two organizers of last week’s vigil — the night an April Fools’ Day came to a tragic end for him, his cousin, and 25-year-old Cynthia Prioleau. While walking through the parking lot from

North Avenue to Ponce, where they planned to eat, a car approached from behind on the side of Kroger. The driver had plenty of room to go around, as Parker recalls, but he wanted them to move. Cynthia didn’t. He bumped her with his car from behind. In response, she sprayed inside his open window with mace. Then Parker noticed the driver reaching for his glove box. “He had his car in front of us, and there he was holding a revolver,” Parker says while reliving the scene in the parking lot the night before the vigil. “The last thing I heard him say was, ‘I got something for you, bitch.’ And he just shot three times at Cynthia. I remember looking at him as he drove off. [It was like] he’d done it a thousand times. He didn’t screech his tires or anything. He drove off as cool as can be.” Shot three times — once in the leg, stomach, and mouth — Cynthia Prioleau lay in the See Surviving Murder Kroger p.10 clatl.com ❘ NOVEMBER 10 - 16, 2016 ❘ 9

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DEMOLITION EVE: About 200 people gathered in the parking lot to wax nostalgic over their attachment to Murder Kroger; (far right) Rowyn Hirsch (front) and Rachel Bowen hold up candles at the CandleLIT vigil they organized. Surviving Murder Kroger from p. 9

parking lot still breathing but convulsing and unable to speak. Prioleau died that night, but her killer was never captured. News coverage of the killing shows Parker being escorted into the back of a police car that night as a primary witness. “I don’t think I was ever the same,” he says. “I don’t know how kids who grow up like that deal with it. But at that time, I just know my temper became volatile. The more I tried to act like it didn’t phase me, the more it did.” Georgia State University students Rowyn Hirsch and Rachel Bowen weren’t even born when that incident occurred. By the time they were aware of the name Murder Kroger, it was already ubiquitous. “I think my dad told me about Murder Kroger when I was like 11 or 12,” Hirsch says. “He was picking me up from a show at the Masquerade and told me to meet him at the Murder Kroger.” Like so many, the Kroger was a pit stop between parties, the midnight rendezvous halfway between Masquerade and MJQ. So when they heard it was finally meeting its last days, organizing a tongue-in-cheek CandleLIT Vigil seemed the proper thing to do. When their Facebook invite page garnered an outpouring of support, it was the last thing they expected. More than mourning its loss, people could be overheard bemoaning the change coming to Ponce. “There are apartment complexes going up that are $3,000 for a motherfucking studio,” one young woman in a Murder Kroger-logo tee said out loud. Dan Blackshear, who’d come to pay his respects, stood on the crowd’s edge echoing those sentiments. “They can’t just build regular apartments. Everything has to be luxury,” he said. “That is the actual problem.” For many, Ponce Kroger’s demolition represents the last vestige of intown authenticity and evidence of the city’s disappearing character as the Beltline ushers in a wave of redevelopment blander than homogenized milk. The near antithesis of the new Krobar — as the fancy Glenwood Place Kroger with the beer and wine bar 10 ❘ NOVEMBER 10 - 16, 2016 ❘ clatl.com

has been nicknamed — Ponce Kroger’s kitschy charm and slightly worn facade was part of the appeal, despite a recent remodeling and failed attempt to rebrand it Beltline Kroger. “I loved the fact that there was sketchiness because it gave character,” Canby says. “I want people that can appreciate the neighborhood charm without condemning it.” Others point to the irony of a big-box store being viewed as a symbol of authenticity as proof that Atlanta no longer has any. “Whatever memories you have of this place are yours, and I do not begrudge you them. But memories aside, Atlanta is losing nothing special,” urbanist Matthew Garbett wrote on his Unplanned Atlanta Tumblr page last week. When the store opened in 1984, its location just a few blocks from Boulevard — which at one point was said to have contained the highest concentration of Section 8 housing in the Southeast — made it an oasis in a relative food desert. With the nightlife institution MJQ located across the street and departing concert venue Masquerade behind it, the Kroger long served as the heartbeat of an unofficial party district. But Ponce’s days as one of Atlanta’s grittiest corridors have since passed. Stroller-pushing moms have replaced sex workers. The derelict Clermont Hotel is being renovated into a fancy boutique brand. Ponce City Market has turned the 90-year-old former Sears building into an upscale mixed-use mall of the future. The Open Door Community, a longtime resource for the city’s homeless, is closing early next year. “There are plenty of ‘authentic’ run down Krogers remaining in Atlanta. Come down to the southwest side to RDA [Ralph David Abernathy] or Cleveland Avenue,” wrote Garbett, who decided against attending the vigil because he considers it a mockery. “This is an insult to people actually experiencing gentrification.” More insulting to Parker, is how his friend’s death became a meme for a generation of Atlantans. While a killing in the parking lot took place as recently as 2015, it’s a reality most Murder Kroger fans are never forced to consider. Last

“They wanT To frame iT as if They’re mourning or showing respecT To The dead, buT They’re noT. They’re making fun of Them.” — Daemon Parker Thursday, Hirsch and Bowen were confronted with that reality when Parker came to the vigil. After listening to them speak about the event and the turnout, he introduced himself and tried to explain why he felt the vigil was distasteful. “They want to frame it as if they’re mourning or showing respect to the dead, but they’re not. They’re making fun of them,” he told me the day before meeting them face-to-face. “Our goal here wasn’t to make any ill feelings or mock anything,” Hirsch told me at the vigil, which included a moment of silence for the deceased and an Atlanta Community Food Bank food drive overseen by Second Helpings Atlanta. Like most loaded symbols, Murder Kroger’s cultural significance remains layered. “It’s all fun and games, but it is fucked up that people actually died,” says Blackshear, who lived in the immediate area in the late ’90s. “We joke about it, but it really ain’t no joke.” Others argue there’s a difference between interpretation and intention. “We get that its name comes with baggage and the fact that there are people who will be offended by it, but I don’t think it ever was meant to mean any harm,” Bowen says. “If you’re from Atlanta, you know

what Murder Kroger is,” Hirsch adds. “And it sucks, probably, to have all your friends talk about that. But at the same time it has a Wikipedia page, it has a Facebook page.” Parker, a constant presence over the years in clubs like East Atlanta Village’s Graveyard Tavern, has never been able to hide from the Murder Kroger phenomenon. He sees it on T-shirts and hears the references all the time, often made by people he considers friends. But when he saw a Murder Kroger float in the Little Five Points Halloween parade a few years ago, he became determined to speak out after years of silence. “I was just like, this is ridiculous. It was time somebody was able to connect me with the situation,” Parker says. “The fact that I became a part of nightlife, the fact that I was able to reach out to people, the fact that I am well-spoken, know how to dress, is going to make people start to change. If you have made it in life, you can’t just disappear into the shadows and act like that didn’t happen. And that’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to act like it didn’t happen.” Burdened with a sense of survivor’s guilt, Parker’s taking a stand for a friend in death that he couldn’t save in life. That means something to him, even if it stands in contrast to what the bigbox store has come to mean to many Atlantans. Kroger, which has always distanced itself from the Murder Kroger nickname, rarely making public comment about it over the years, had a young employee wheeling around a buggy full of cold bottled water and store coupons for people present at last week’s vigil. Just 16, she’d only become aware of the infamous nickname the week before after looking it up on the internet to confirm, the worker told me. Inside, two early Halloween revelers wearing devil costumes walked their dog up and down the aisles while raiding the last of the remaining items on deep discount. The ’80s power ballad “Endless Love” by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross piped over store speakers as people posed for selfies in front of barren store shelves and emptied freezers. It looked like the apocalypse. But the party was just beginning. C

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Scrappy Olive Lynch The comic balances glib humor with grace By Beca Grimm

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omedian Olive Lynch may not be super versed in the Star Wars franchise, but she certainly knows how to call out weirdo social media nuances and wax poetic on the excrement of woodland creatures. In addition to stages all over the city, Lynch is a show-runner of Smith’s Olde Bar’s legendary 1AM Secret Show. Creative Loafing got with the sharp-tongued comic to chat about procrastination, dickheads, and Rosario Dawson’s great taste in perfume.

I’ll take the new stuff to a different open mic and repeat the process. Pretty standard, I think. A lot of times I don’t figure out my punch lines until I’m actually on stage. There’s just a different energy that working a crowd gives you. It opens up doors you might not be able to get to staring at a blank page trying to force it. Plus, I am — and I can’t emphasize this enough — extremely lazy.

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How does Atlanta’s comedy scene foster its talent? Stand-up is weird. It’s not a team sport. At the end of the day, you’re on your own up there. Which is why, counterintuitively, Your comedy calls out chauvinism with I think it breeds strong communities. It’s eloquence. How do you decide what not new information that stand-up attracts politics make it into your work? a bunch of weirdos. When dorks find It’s pretty simple: First, I look at what their tribe, they hold the eff on. Kinda politics are in my butt, and then I pull it like a bunch of drowning rats clinging to out in the form of jokes. each other in a giant writhing ball. At the But for reals, thank you! I have end of the day, they aren’t all gonna make more than one joke about squirrel poop, it. But if they just keep lifting each other so being called eloquent is a pleasant up and being lifted in turn, they’re going surprise. I wouldn’t consider capital P “Politics” to be the bulk of my material. to get really strong. A ball of super strong, giant, beefed-up rats. The ocean is the enMy only agenda is to be funny. But my tertainment industry. Comics are the rats. writing pulls from my life, and like most What makes Atlanta great is that ocean women, my well of experience runs isn’t so big (yet). Atlanta gives comics deep with dickheads. time to really grow without being tainted by the industry too fast. If you’re funny, Tell me about your writing process. ready to put work in, and not a jerk, peoIf I’m writing a sketch or essay, I like to ple wanna help. The more do this thing where I wait funny people in Atlanta, the until the last possible mo1AM Secret better it is for all of us. ment then cry on a piece Show of paper until it looks like Featuring Olive The 1AM Secret Show at jokes. Blind panic as fuel Lynch, David Smith’s keeps seemingly has been positively reinPerdue, and others. getting better. How did forced my whole life, so 1 a.m. Sun., Nov. 13. you get involved with the why stop now? Smith’s Olde Bar, series? Any saucy stories As far as stand-up, it’s 1578 Piedmont Ave. to share? a constant process. If I N.E. 404-875-1522. The 1AM is kinda the travelfacebook.com/ get an idea for a premise I 1AMSecretShow. ing pants of Atlanta comedy. write it down in one of my It’s been through a few differ7,000 scrap notebooks then ent venues and show-runners. go to an open mic and see Before us, a comic named John-Michael if it works. If something seems to have Bond ran it. He lives in L.A. now, but traction, then I’ll move it into the yellow for three years he basically killed himself notebook and try to flesh it out. Usually that means yelling it out at my roommate building up the show every week. When he moved, he asked me, David Perdue, while she’s trying to study. Sometimes and Anthony Driver to come on and coI’ll put on a hat and do the whole coffee produce it. We’ve all put in a lot of work to shop mysterious-writer-in-the-cornercontinue that momentum — but it’s also an who-is-definitely-too-charming-to-bewriting-about-squirrel-poop thing. Then easier gig now there are three of us.

SHUTTER-SHRUG: Comic Olive Lynch has got rapid-fire wit.

As far as why he asked me specifically to be involved, I’d like to think its because I’m a funny little squirt. But also, kids, remember to always bring pens and paper and don’t do too many drugs and people will remember and let you run shit. The majority of my saucy stories about the 1AM, besides the fact that it’s always rad as hell and you should come, are probably too NSFW to print. I gave Rosario Dawson directions to the bathroom once and she smelled very nice. It was probably some perfume poor people aren’t allowed to know about but hey, Rosario, if you see this what was it, cause it’s driving me nuts? What else has been in the works for you? I’m going to be the resident comic at the Laughing Skull Comedy Lounge all November, which is pretty tight. I’m also co-producing a show called 50 First Jokes [for] Jan. 6 at the Highland Ballroom. Basically, we get 50 of the best comics in Atlanta to come on stage and tell the first joke they’ve written in the new year. The concept was created by John F. O’Donnell ... and it’s kinda like the big “kick-off show” of the comedy year. They do one in New York and Los Angeles and I think Denver now, too. Anyway, I’m really excited about it, and if you miss it, you’re dead to me. C [email protected]

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PARTY TIME: Co-creator Kenzie Rowland hosted the first ever Ladylike show 12 months ago.

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and the results are nothing to sneer at. Ladylike is not just entertaining, but also exciting. There’s a vibe to the room from start to finish hoever said “patience is a that is rather unusual. This crew of performvirtue” must have been living ers works with such a palpable sense of joy that pretty comfortably. Discoverproves incredibly positive and infectious. ing your passion in life is a “Ladylike means more to me than a show,” game changer, but what do you do when your Moore says. “Comedy is revered and respected, passion doesn’t love you back? Do you wait and everyone’s voices are heard, and we set out to wait and hope something changes — or do you have the best show we can possibly lead the charge yourself? Like their have every month. We love each comedy icons Carol Burnett and Ladylike other and we love what we do.” Lucille Ball, performers Kenzie Free. 9 p.m. Fri., Hearts all in, Ladylike is cerRowland and Madison Moore stood Nov. 11. Highland tainly more than just a variety up to create a space for themselves. Inn Ballroom, 644 show. The hosts strive to leave an It’s no secret that representation N. Highland Ave. impact on more than just the Atin entertainment, be it live comedy N.E. 404-874-5756. lanta comedy scene. Besides hostor big-budget blockbusters, leaves thehighlandinn. ing their monthly antidepressant, much to be desired. “After attendcom. Ladylike has raised money for such ing many comedy shows, we were worthy causes as nonprofit Athena’s tired of feeling left out,” Rowland says. Instead of crossing their fingers and hoping Warehouse. The troupe has also raised $8,000 for the National Eating Disorder Association by for change, Rowland and Moore created their spearheading the city’s first NEDA walk. With own show, Ladylike. With the help of performeverything it does, Ladylike has cultivated a er/producer Jil Pasiecnik and a crew of creative crowd, an environment that mirrors the hosts’ collaborators, including Joanna Pasiecnik, Lauglee and love of laughter. ren Schmuck, Katelyn Studer, and Blair Erskine, “Ladylike’s first year was a whirlwind of Ladylike brings female-led improv, sketch, blood, sweat, and tears — and laughs,” Rowland stand-up, and music to Atlanta once a month. says. “Watching Ladylike grow from an inkling “We want to show the world that ‘female’ of an idea into a full-fledged show in the comis not a brand of comedy,” Rowland says. munity that people are actually responding to “But rather we are just [women] who know has been so rewarding.” C how to be funny.” Matches lit, a plan was made and executed, [email protected]

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On Nov. 11, local artist Brandon Sadler’s new solo show, TORN (Sketches of War and Triumph), will open at Notch8 gallery. though he’s likely most well-known for his signature public murals, Sadler is a self-professed multi-disciplinary artist, calligrapher, film director, and writer. “the inspiration for this work came from, in short, a place of transition,” Sadler says. “On a personal level, I needed to work through some internal battles, and I ended up telling a story of that process through the art.” he plans to feature more than 40 works in the show, touching on themes that include depression, substance abuse, spiritual duality, and more. Sadler’s main materials for this show are ink, charcoal, and acrylic paint. “Perhaps this work will open other people to their own healing,” he says. “If nothing else, the public will have a better understanding of my story, and how the rising red lotus emerged from the swamp.” the show’s description explains that the series aims to explore the process of overcoming conflict of the spirit and facing inner demons to achieve peace and a higher state of being. “I feel that my artistry is in tandem with my growth as a man,” the artist adds. “that said, I have been able to create great work over the years that impacts a wide community of people, and I will continue to do that. I would like to work and show in other cities and countries and continue to use my hands to promote healing and connection.” C — Caroline Cox

TORN (Sketches of War and Triumph). Free. 7-11 p.m. Fri., Nov. 11. Notch8 Gallery, 1397 Blashfield St. S.E. 404-913-3411. notch8gallery.com.

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Inherited racism

Appropriate confronts one family’s Southern ‘heritage’

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FAMILY HEIRLOOMS: Jan Wikstrom portrays the matriarch of an unbalanced Arkansas family in Actor Express’s Appropriate.

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vacillates between hate and sympathy toward the matriarch, though her actions are always understandable. Cynthia Barrett as family razy” Southern families come interloper Rachael and Devon Hales as smart in many different flavors — teenager Cassidy also stand out in an allArkansas-crazy doesn’t quite around magnificent cast. look like Georgia-crazy. In The Lafayettes talk around racism as only Actor’s Express’s Arkansas-based Appropriwhite families can. They are uncomfortable ate, no one says “y’all,” and there isn’t a sinbut not outraged by it. Characters stick up gle “bless your heart” muttered in any of the for their late father’s heart of many arguments (which contain gold even as increasingly disturba multitude of “bless your heart” Appropriate ing evidence of his prejudice surmoments). One of the characters Through Nov. 20. face. Thirteen-year-old Cassidy mistakes Washington, D.C., for $21.60-$30.24. wonders who Emmett Till, the being part of the South, however, Wed.-Sat., 8 p.m.; black teen infamously lynched for and everyone — on and off stage Sun., 2 p.m. Actor’s supposedly flirting with a white — chuckles. It’s a moment of Express, 887 W. woman in 1955, is. The line wargood ol’ fashioned Southern pride Marietta St. N.W. rants a chorus of affirmation before the show forces the audi404-607-7469. from the audience, the closest ence to confront its pitfalls. actors-express. you can get to saying “bless your Appropriate reunites the three com. heart” during a show. Toni allows “casually dysfunctional” Lafayher father’s racist tendencies ette siblings for an estate sale. An because he hails from a different generation, old photo album full of horrifying pictures and oldest brother Bo is annoyed people exsurfaces, amplifying all of their family issues pect him to make amends for the prejudices as the siblings speculate about whether or not of his ancestors. Denying discrimination their late father was racist. might not be racism itself, but it’s definitely Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ script is a goliath. For the most part, Actor’s Express’s pro- a close cousin. Appropriate serves as a captivating, heartduction matches its brilliance. Jan Wikstrom wrenching reminder that explaining away rac(Kennesaw State University acting professor) ism is a luxury afforded only to white people. C shines as Toni, consistently revealing contradictory layers as the oldest sibling. The crowd [email protected]

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Octopus’ garden

Angus Brown and Nhan Le come back strong with their new Ponce eatery Joeff davis pHotos

By Hilary Cadigan

Brown, Le, Engelbrecht, and Jeff Jurgena are aiming for a spring 2017 open, but there’s no rush. 8ARM has them occupied t all started with a bong fashioned out for the time being. of a honey bear bottle and some salmon Originally purchased for parking and collars, furtively shared behind Bottle maybe a coffee shop, the former Atlanta Rocket in Castleberry Hill late one Motorcycles and Repairs is a diminutive night. Chef Angus Brown had just returned brick edifice located in front of Paris on home after nearly 15 years away when he met Ponce. “I realized it was going to take a chef Nhan Le. “I wanted to learn from him,” while with AMA, and I really loved this Brown recalls. “We wanted to learn from space and the energy, the clientele,” Brown each other.” says. “It’s the heart of the city. I knew exBrown’s experience was mostly in actly what I wanted to do here.” French cooking while Le held vast knowlSo he opened 8ARM for dinner, serving edge of Asia’s gastronomic diaspora — as executive chef while Le focused on manVietnamese heritage, Korean upbringing, agement. training in Japanese cuisine. Within months, By day, 8ARM is a coffee shop and café. the pair had teamed up and started a new Small but airy, all white painted concept: EAV’s Octopus Bar. brick and picture windows Perhaps the only place in At8ARM streaming light. Caffeine options lanta where you can order a plate 710 Ponce de Leon are blessedly limited — rotating of Banger Island mussels at 2 a.m., Ave. 470-875-5856. daily coffee, espresso, “latte/ the industry haunt gained quick 8armatl.com. whatever,” and iced java from a critical acclaim. Brown and Le silver beverage dispenser labeled returned to full-scale dining three “baptismal water.” years later with another joint venture, the seaCinnamon rolls, quiche, and other baked food-forward Lusca in Buckhead. But despite goods fill a glass case at the front of the national recognition from the likes of James shop. In-house baker Sarah Dodge’s fluffy Beard and GQ, Lusca shuttered in February, buttermilk biscuits, bagels, English mufless than two years after it opened. fins, and artisanal loaves provide a hearty Ultimately, Brown says, the location base for sandwiches, avocado toast, and the proved a bit too polarizing. The pair had signature Egg McMuff. Grain bowls, veggie hoped to unify Atlanta foodies in a central plates, and rotating pasta dishes round out location, to bring back “a sense of Buckthe day, ranging from $5 to $14. head in the ’80s,” as Brown puts it, recallAt 6 p.m., dinner service begins in the ing the neighborhood’s scrappier days. “I attached 40-seat dining room, anchored by thought I could do it. I tried,” he says. “A a large communal table wrapped in coplot of positive stuff came out of it, but it per. Vintage bureaus line the walls, holding was just wrong place, wrong time.” Brown’s favorite cookbooks (Hugh FearnThat’s when Skip Engelbrecht, owner of ley-Whittingstall, Fergus Henderson, YoshiParis on Ponce, entered the picture. A loyal hiro Imai), little spindly plants, cookies fan of Octopus Bar, he approached Brown in a bell jar, a tabletop radio that could’ve and Le with a proposition: Would they like been purchased across the street back when to open a new restaurant inside his sprawlPonce City Market was still Sears Roebuck. ing Ponce de Leon antique emporium? Yes. A black-on-white mural by local design guAMA, named for the pearl-diving sea ru Alvin Diec dominates one wall. Two hybridwomen of Japanese antiquity, will be a ized animals — a crane/hawk and a snake/wolf grilled seafood and raw bar concept, similar — carry a bannered phrase in Latin: “Nulla ento Lusca but smaller and simpler, with a im servientes mercedem impii” or “no reward for patio perched beside the Beltline’s Eastside serving the wicked.” It’s the moral of Aesop’s Trail and sweeping views of Ponce City Market and the skyline beyond. Partners See Octopus’s garden p.17

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Quick Bites Castellucci Hospitality leases Cockentrice space, the Yogurt Tap shutters, and more Krog Street Market anchor restau-

MAIN CHEESE: Burrata on pain au levain with pickled shallots and bottarga

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fable about a crane that retrieves a bone stuck in a wolf’s throat. Despite promised riches, the crane’s only reward is not getting eaten. Waitstaff shout orders through a window into the tiny kitchen, where chef Brown reigns. The menu changes nightly, and there’s no walk-in because nothing gets stored for more than a day or two. “The idea is: buy small and buy what’s good,” says Brown, who maintains close relationships with local farmers and urban foragers. In that spirit, 8ARM’s dinner menu features only eight dishes at a time, plus a few unlisted specials. The idea is that the entire menu provides the ideal amount of food for three people (or two really stoned people, notes Brown) to eat family-style and leave full. Plates get larger as you move down the list: four vegetable-forward items, two seafood dishes, one land animal, one fresh pasta. The only near-staple is burrata. “It’s one of my favorite things,” Brown says. “I’d been searching for a steady supply the whole time I lived in Atlanta; then I found a guy the week we opened.” Brown won’t reveal his source but says he’s served the Italian cheese 30 different ways in two months. On our visit, it arrived on sourdough with sliced tomatoes ($15), topped with tangy ribbons of pickled shallot, fresh basil, and golden bits of bottarga (fish roe, salted and cured). It was exquisite; the pouch of mozzarella giving way to a velvety cream center, like biting into a rain cloud. Plates are smallish but shareable, priced for the quality of the ingredients, and healthy. As of this writing, 8ARM is BYOB, though that will change very soon, once the liquor license comes through. Then, the small outdoor patio will

open, with a bar built from a repurposed shipping container painted white, its interior wallpapered with pink and purple florals. A half dozen John’s River oysters arrived on ice with thick homemade cocktail sauce ($20). Then came locally grown carrots cut lengthwise and sprinkled with sesame seeds sitting in a shallow pool of homemade Caesar ($9). Yellowfin ceviche ($16) was meaty and clean, seasoned with just a hint of locally foraged Flying Dragon bitter orange, wafers of avocado, and a crown of cilantro jeweled with trout roe. A small but plump cut of Florida grouper ($18), plated simply and sautéed to crispy-edged perfection, arrived with just a silky dollop of fresh salsa verde. Two Georgia quails sat primly atop a mini mountain of spaghetti squash and cubes of butternut, emboldened with earthy fontina, hot pepper, and sage ($24). For dessert ($7 — don’t skip it!), vanilla ice cream came sandwiched between two hearty sea salt chocolate chip cookies. Brown likes to wax poetic about the importance of simplicity, and his dishes back him up. He doesn’t drown his ceviche in acids or plate his dishes for Instagram likes. Instead, the food — most of it sourced locally, all of it selected carefully — is allowed to speak for itself. His latest obsession is the cuisine of East London and 16th century Roman ghettos. “The food that comes out of poverty is like, make it fucking flavorful with as little as you can,” he says. “There’s nothing on the plate that doesn’t have a purpose.” Brown takes off his cap and rakes a hand through his hair, glancing around the restaurant. “Food is good,” he says with conviction. “Food is beautiful on its own.” C [email protected]

Zero, Cooks & Soldiers) will take over the lease in December and plans to open a new restaurant by spring 2017. Cockentice owners Megan and Kevn Ouzts have said the Spotted Trotter and Frankly will stay open. Frozen yogurt hot spot the Yogurt Tap in Decatur closed shop Nov. 6. Owners Stanford and Lindsey Phillips said they were looking forward to spending more time with their children in a statement posted to the shop’s Facebook page. The Yogurt Tap opened in August 2009. After a month of BYOB, Inman Quarter’s Char Korean Bar & Grill now has its liquor license. The beverage menu includes a variety of whiskeys, including four Japanese bottles, five soju options, and craft cocktails. The team behind Genji Sushi Bar, the company that runs the sushi spots inside Whole Foods markets, will open a ramen concept in the Midtown Place

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Fit as a fiddle

Tasting ASW Distillery’s foraged Fiddler bourbon whiskey

Brad Kaplan

FIDDLE-DE-DEE: ASW Distillery’s Fiddler bourbon whiskey

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mash bill — 45 percent for this particular whiskey. Other notable wheated bourbons on the market are Maker’s Mark and Pappy Van Winkle, both of which have a much smaller wheat component than ASW’s. This Fiddler release is relatively young — “aged at least 18 months,” according to ASW, in full size new American oak barrels followed by quarter casks. Suggested retail price is around $35.

ave you found it hard to stay on top of all the new spirits being distilled here in Atlanta and its surrounding counties? Welcome to Drink Local, a semi-regular series in which we’ll feature and taste a range of local products, starting with the four local distilleries highlighted in our Made in Georgia Spring Dining Guide. How it tastes: At 86 proof, Fiddler makes Our aim is to enable you to walk in to your for a smooth and balanced sipper, remarkably local liquor store (or favorite bar) armed with so for such a young bourbon. You can use it a basic knowledge of the local goods on the in cocktails, but doing so would shelves. Our first feature was knock out the pleasant wheat Old Fourth Distillery Vodka, the ASW presence here. The grain notes very first (legal) spirit distilled in Distillery are prominent and lightly toasty the city of Atlanta since the days 199 Armour Drive — no heavy oak or dark brown before Prohibition. Today, we’ll N.E. 404-590-2279. sugar in sight. A young corn introduce you to the new whiskey aswdistillery.com. whiskey might have you thinking from ASW Distillery — Fiddler tortilla chips, but this Fiddler Bourbon. wheat is all graham crackers. A hint of orange peel with clove and nutmeg The facts: The new Fiddler bourbon whiskeeps it interesting. key comes from a line of “foraged” spirits to complement ASW’s house-distilled prodWhere to find it: The best place to find Fiducts — meaning ASW bought the stuff from dler is at ASW Distillery, where you can tour and another distillery but have fiddled with it in take home a bottle. Local bottle shops like Tower, some way, mainly through aging in different Green’s, and Decatur Package have it in limited types of casks and blending. This particusupply. Expect the next limited release before the lar release came out Nov. 1 and amounts to holidays, though the exact finishing age and casks a mere 450 bottles, or roughly two barrels. may vary from release to release. C It is a high-wheat bourbon, meaning that wheat makes up a good percentage of the [email protected] Opening a new restaurant? Got gossip? Give us a shout at [email protected].

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Georgia dreamin’

Scofflaw brewmaster and California transplant Travis Herman talks hops BY Austin L. RAY

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cofflaw is an interesting brewery. First off, it doesn’t have a Twitter handle. Its brewmaster moved here from the beer mecca of California, and at the time of this writing, five of the six beers on tap at its Westside location — less than a 10-minute drive from Monday Night, Red Brick, and Second Self — are IPAs or double IPAs. And much like the impressive, built-to-scale space, the beers themselves are surprisingly great for a brewery that just launched at the end of July. Travis Herman, 42, has a microbiology and chemistry degree. While maintaining a day job in the pharmaceuticals industry, he started homebrewing about 12 years ago and soon found himself working at some of the country’s finest breweries. After interning for the Lost Abbey, working at Russian River, and helping start Arizona Wilderness, he moved to Atlanta in late 2014 and now lives a quarter HELLO THERE: Scofflaw co-founder and brewmaster Travis Herman looks through the manway of mile from Scofflaw in Adams Crossing. his brewery’s lauter tun. As brewmaster, Herman leads a team that includes former Terrapin and Jekyll brewBEER EVENTS ers. (“They keep us in tune with what’s gothe beer capitals of the world. Why move to ing on, and I make sure that the science side Georgia? Vanilla Gorilla of it makes sense,” he says.) And if its early I’d never been to the South, but I knew I wanted Release Party creations are any indication, Scofflaw could be to open a brewery. I was looking for a market that When: fri., nov 11, one of the state’s most-talked-about breweries wasn’t as completely saturated as the markets I was 5-8 p.m. in the years to come. working in. We came out here, saw the South, and Where: Red Brick Brewing, Creative Loafing caught up were pretty impressed with the whole 2323 defoor Hills Road n.W. with Herman at the brewery, thing. I liked how friendly everybody was Price: depends how many Scofflaw which was humming along on a and how green everything was. It was very beers you drink Brewing Co. weekday evening. While there’s nice. The beer laws aren’t as friendly here, Red Brick’s original Oata lot of space there now, barrels but I think that’s gonna change soon with meal Chocolate Porter 1738 MacArthur Blvd. N.W. and additional fermentors will all the breweries opening up. recipe has been beefed up scofflawbrewery. quickly fill it up in the months with two types of vanilla com. to come. Amid a growing tour You guys make a lot of great hopbeans and 8 percent ABV, crowd, we talked about why he py beers, but there are so many and they’re throwing a came to Georgia and what makes great hoppy beers in the world party to celebrate. Scofflaw special. already. What’s the future look like? What makes Scofflaw special? Swine + Spirits Describe your first beer. We’ve started our wild side of the brewery and When: sun., nov 13, I come from Oklahoma, where craft beer captured a lot of native organisms [wild yeasts care3-6 p.m. pretty much didn’t exist [when I was growing fully harvested from plants and used for spontaneous Where: 5 seasons Westup]. But when I moved to California, I was fermentation] from around Georgia. We caught some side, 1000 Marietta st. n.W. just blown away that you could buy craft beer in the graveyard behind the brewery, some in an apple Price: $30 in grocery stores. I was really mesmerized by orchard, one from one of our local front yards. We’ve Hamthropology Artisanal Sierra Nevada and [New Belgium’s] Fat Tire. probably captured a hundred different organisms, tryHoggery is teaming up with We would drive to Oregon on a Saturday ing small fermentations with them. Out of those hunOld fourth Ward distillery morning just to pick up some New Belgium dred, we got maybe 10 that were viable candidates, and 5 seasons Westside for before they distributed to California. and then six of those that had all the things you look a whole hog roast paired for in a wild organism. And those have been going for with live music, seasonal You’ve worked at the Lost Abbey and about a year and half now. C sides, desserts, spirits, and Russian River in California, one of [email protected] craft beer.

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Alloy Orchestra revisits Metropolis Ken Winokur on composing a score to Fritz Lang’s negative-utopia masterpiece

Why do so many musicians want to score for the film? We started with Metropolis because of Giorgio Moroder’s score from 1984. Years later, a programmer in Boston wanted to play the movie, but he didn’t want to play the Moroder score, which includes Pat Benatar, Adam Ant, Freddie Mercury, and Loverboy — kind of an ’80s Are you the leader of Alloy Orchestra? disco-rock score. Which maybe people found to I call myself the director, which means I do the be audacious at best and inappropriate at worst. boring business work, booking, and publicity. I It created a need for an alternative score. So this own the recording studio so I’m the recording programmer casually asked us to throw together engineer, mixer, kind of the producer. However, a score. Metropolis is by far the most popular and I am not the musical director. It’s a collaborative exceedingly modern-feeling silent film. Audiproject and there’s no boss who inspires the music ences love it. It’s exciting, filled with action and that gets created. adventure, the sets are magnificent, the story has all these feel-good moments … workers How much of your Metropolis performance is and owners getting together. It’s naive in a lot improvised? of ways, but it presents this wonderful utopian It’s all very composed. Metropolis was the first solution to the world. You feel good when you show we ever did. We had about two weeks to get out of this movie. Musicians are attracted put together a score, so we wrote to it A) because people want to see some themes and we improvised on it; B) It’s a dramatic and effective Alloy them. We’ve done something like moving picture that’s very emotive. Orchestra 500 performances now, and we’ve It encourages musicians to match performs worked with four different versions that with the emotions they create score to of the film. We do some improv through music. Metropolis scores, but for the most part our $25. 8 p.m. Sat., modus operandi is to spend a It’s a sci-fi film, but it’s also a horNov. 12. Rialto couple months writing, fine-tuning, ror movie. Center for the tweaking, and rehearsing so it can Yep. But they pull out the happy Arts, 80 Forsyth get played pretty much the same ending. After the city has been deSt. N.W. 404-413each time. But within those scores stroyed, the workers and the owners 9849. rialto.gsu. there is improvisation. The chase come together and shake hands and edu. scene lasts about six minutes. Terry you’re led to believe that all is good and I do a wild drum barrage, and and the world will be saved. But it it sounds similar each time; it’s essentially a long doesn’t work that way in real life. It’s essentially improv. But we know the moment the body gets a fascist message: The workers can’t achieve thrown off the parapets, and it ends abruptly, so anything without having the guiding hand of the we switch to the next piece. Everything is set in overseer, the rich elite. But it also has a Marxist a moderately rigid fashion with some flexibility. quality to it, and an appreciation of the working class. And then there’s a religious aspect. The Does your score pay homage to Gottfried message is kind of blurred. Huppertz’s original score? No. When we wrote the score, I’m not sure that Are you going to release a Metropolis score? Gottfried Huppertz score was even known. If it The last time they came out with a restoration, was known, it wasn’t available. We never listened we were commissioned by Kino Video, the Amerto it until a few years ago when it came out on a ican distributor, to record our score for inclusion. new restoration. Our score was written with abWe recorded it. It was perfect. But then they got solutely no reference to the Huppertz score, and a note from the German copyright owners saying they’re wildly different. Huppertz’s is essentially they wouldn’t allow that, so they killed our score. a neo-romantic score, in the style of the mid-19th We have essentially released the score on a disc century. To me it’s a missed opportunity. Gerthat you could, if you’re ambitious, play simultamany in 1926 was a hotbed of musical innovation, neous to the Blu-ray or DVD. They haven’t given with the serial composers, atonalism coming in. up on putting our score on the film, but the cost But they chose to go backward in time with Hupinvolved in reissuing Metropolis is pretty high. It’ll pertz’s score. It isn’t as effective as it should be. happen one day. C naive about anyone else who was scoring films. We didn’t even think to look into it. But this being a science fiction film, anything that we did was seemingly fair game. The film takes place in, I think, 2034. We aren’t there yet, so anything we can conceive of is theoretically appropriate for this movie.

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MUSIC FOR FILMS: Alloy Orchestra is Roger Miller (from left), Ken Winokur, and Terry Donahue.

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ince 1991, Alloy Orchestra has skirted the fringes where avant-garde music and film collide. The group’s director and co-founder Ken Winokur (percussion, clarinet) and a current lineup featuring Roger Miller of Mission of Burma (keyboards) and longtime member Terry Donahue (junk percussion) are best known for composing scores for silent films such as Dziga Vertov’s Man With the Movie Camera, F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, and Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill Jr. During live performances, the group accompanies screenings of classic silent films while performing its own percussion-based scores steeped in industrial music imagery, atonality, and singularly expressive dirges. On Sat., Nov. 12, Alloy Orchestra performs a live score to Fritz Lang’s 1927 negative-utopia masterpiece Metropolis. Before the show, Winoker took a few minutes to talk about the group’s history, and creating scores to films that exist outside of both time and place. How did you get started playing music? Did you come into it from a punk rock background? We’re a little older than that. I started in grade school, in band and orchestra, and played in rock bands. I went to college and studied English and stopped playing music. Because everyone knew music wasn’t a serious endeavor. When I got out of college I missed music so badly, I gravitated 20 ❘ NOVEMBER 10 - 16, 2016 ❘ clatl.com

back into it. I lived in France for a while, played music in the subways. I converted from being essentially a drum set player into a hand percussionist, and then an orchestral percussionist using found objects. When I got back to the States punk and new wave were taking off. I was pretty inspired by that. Roger was playing in Mission of Burma. Terry was a little less involved with the punk scene, but we all had a rock ’n’ roll background. That informs our playing; it taught us how to speak to people of today. A lot of silentfilm musicians play music of the 1920s, which works to a point, but it leaves out contemporary audiences. In a way, we’re able to play music that is not specific to any time or style. We never play rock music, we don’t play jazz. We write music of a somewhat indefinite style. It invokes the emotional content of the film or the setting, without being too specific to the time period it was created. When did the Alloy Orchestra begin? We call it 1991. That’s when the current group got together. There was one show, with my original Alloy partner, Caleb Sampson, and a couple of other musicians, that we called Alloy Orchestra. But that was a one-off with a good name — worth recycling. Metropolis is a silent film that makes projections about the future. There is a built-in sense of being out of time and place. When we first looked at this, we were totally

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Letters to Mama revisited Slim Chance and the Convicts to pay homage to debut release

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COUNTRY OUTLAWS: Slim Chance (from left), Tony Drummer, Cecil Lawrence, and Fishbait circa 1993

By Doug DeloaCh

“a rockabilly band with a speed metal guitarist” — Joey Thorpe, for the record. With her muscular, Kitty Wells-style mezzo his year marks the 30th anniversary tone and rhythmic control, Jennie B made an imfor Atlanta’s resident country music pression during the Speedillies’ short-lived twirl ensemble Slim Chance & the Convicts. in the Redneck Underground spotlight. To celebrate, the group’s founding In 1996, Bentley-Brown moved to St. Louis, member, singer and guitarist, and CL music scribe Missouri, with her husband, Al. She dabbled with James Kelly has wrangled as many original mema blues band while raising two children but never bers as possible to revisit the glory days of the seriously pursued a singing career. Now settled oft-lamented Redneck Underground scene. in St. Marys, Georgia, Bentley-Brown and her The next installment in the year-long celebrahusband work at the Ritz Carlton on tion is a concert featuring musicians Amelia Island when she’s not racing with whom Kelly, known to most as Slim Chance & around in her beloved Mini. “Now Slim Chance, recorded the Convicts’ the Convicts that the kids are almost grown, I 1993 cassette debut, Letters to Mama. ft. Jennie B don’t want to get any older without Among the guests taking the stage at play Letters to having sung again,” she says. Kavarna to perform Letters to Mama Mama Letters to Mama was recorded by in its entirety is Jon Byrd. Now a Sat., Nov. 19. $6. Rob Gal at his Not Bad for 8-Track Nashville-based troubadour extraor8 p.m. Kavarna, studio. At one point, Kelly recalls, dinaire, Byrd started playing guitar 707 E. Lake Drive. Gal suggested calling the album and singing with the Convicts in 404-371-1113. The Fuck it Sessions because “After 1989 during the heyday of the band’s kavarnadecatur. the third or fourth take, one of us legendary run of shows at the longcom. would inevitably say, ‘Fuck it, that’s gone Austin Avenue Buffet. The good enough.’” blue-collar dive bar in Little Five Cassette copies of Letters to Mama are long Points served as the launching pad and inspiration out of print. But Kelly says the group will have for a host of musical aggregations including Caroremastered CDs made up just for the show. line (Hull Engel) & the Ramblers and the Vidalias. As for the woman who served as the album’s Fellow founding Convict Mike Gagel, aka inspiration, Slim reports that Mrs. Kelly loved Tony Drummer, joins the group along with Bill Fleming, whose masterful pedal steel can be heard most of Letters to Mama — all but one song, “Mama Sings Amazing Grace.” “She said it was throughout Letters to Mama. The biggest news too sad,” Kelly says. about the show, however, is the re-emergence, With an all-star cast of the Convicts’ original after decades in retirement, of country chanteuse Jennifer Bentley-Brown. Back in the day, Bentley- members coming together again, the Letters to Mama reunion show is sure to be a celebration. C Brown wowed as lead vocalist of Jennie B & the Speedbillies, which she affectionately refers to as [email protected]

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MAGICAL BEANS: Jacob Faber (from left), Julia Cumming, and Nick Kivlen of Sunflower Bean play the Drunken Unicorn on Nov. 10.

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Cumming says. “After the record, it’s become a matter of how we represent these recordings that rooklyn-based Sunflower Bean spent we’re really proud of.” two years playing shows together beThis attitude lends a surreal pop touch to songs fore its members had a record to get such as “Easier Said,” “I Was Home,” and “Wall the group in the door — a fact that is as evident in their unhinged live performances as it Watcher.” Each song swells with languid psychedelic textures, propelled by yearning, atmospheric is in their elevated studio work. “It gave us a lot of pop tones. On stage, each number bursts with time to figure it out,” says Julia Cumming, bassist spontaneity and excitement. and vocalist. “We just started off playing as many Seeking the serendipity of a good live shows as we possibly could and live show has everything to do with just practicing all the time and being Sunflower keeping songs pliable while adjusting together all the time.” Bean to the mood of a room. “What could The band, which released its With the Lemon reveal itself to us that night to make debut full-length, Human Ceremony, Twigs and that performance different and excitin February via Fat Possum, came Warehouse. $10ing and fresh and unique — for us together shortly after members Nick $12. 8:30 p.m. and also for the audience?” Kivlen Kivlen (guitar, vocals) and Jacob Thurs., Nov. 10. asks. “When a band is playing their Faber (drums) graduated from high Drunken Unicorn, song the same way every night, unischool in Long Island. After playing 736 Ponce formly, audiences can really pick up a few gigs as a duo, the pair linked De Leon Ave. on that. Having that wild card eleup with Cumming, a classical vocal thedrunkenunicorn. ment where maybe something goes student at a performing arts high net. wrong or something goes better than school. The trio cites influences usual, maybe it’s just changing and “from Bob Dylan to the Velvet Unevolving and being more malleable — they really derground to the Verve,” but Sunflower Bean’s pick up on that.” evolution as a band is most influenced by its own That flexibility on stage and willingness to time on the stage. Endlessly playing shows around experiment in the studio is only a natural extenNew York, by the time it felt right to settle down sion of the instincts that helped them hit the and record, the band was most interested in usground running as a band in the first place. “The ing the studio to create the kinds of sounds they second it was all three of us together, we just never couldn’t replicate on the live stage. “You can be stopped,” Cumming says. so many other things vocally and so many other And that momentum is only just firing up. C things instrumentally in the studio — we can create a different universe than we can on stage,” [email protected]

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With their fiddle and guitar, male and female voices, Max and Maggie weave a harmonious sound that evokes old-timey Appalachian vibes. They’re joined on stage by Georgia Mountain String Band’s David Stephens (banjo, vocals) and Tre Watts (bass). Versions of this band have performed recently at the Cartersville Bluegrass Festival and the Grant Park Farmers Market. The group’s repertoire features traditional songs such as “Hand Down My Walking Cane,” “Jellyroll Blues,” and “Tear it Down.” Fiddle player and vocalist Max Godfrey’s high and lonesome singing voice is influenced by artists such as Charley Patton, Riley Puckett, and Big Bill Bronzy. Georgia Mountain String Band also celebrates the release of a self-titled EP, so it’ll be a serious hoedown. $10-$15. 6 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 10. Eddie’s Attic, 515-B N. McDonough St. 404-377-4976. www.eddiesattic.com. — Joeff Davis

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Back together since January following a 2015 hiatus, Warpaint returns with Heads Up, a refreshingly funky-but-still-ominous successor to 2014’s self-titled LP. Enlisting Exquisite Corpse EP’s Jacob Bercovici, Heads Up is an album-long metamorphosis, bringing dark resonance, swirling percussion, and waife-like vocals into a new and uplifting light. “You’re a new song,” floats like a familiar trance-inducing mantra in “New Song.” The single joins the syncopated post-punk heartbeat of Stella Mozgawa’s percussion with erratic disco inflections punctuated by maracas and synth bleats over cavernous four-part vocals. It’s a sign of the times that Warpaint reunited to help us dance in the dark with bleak uncertainty. $23-$25. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 10. Terminal West, 887 W. Marietta St., Studio C. 404-876-5566. www.terminalwestatl.com. — anastasia Zimitravich

ambient: Gardener

Here are some of the mental images that arise when listening to Gardener, the moniker of Richmond, Virginia-based Dash Lewis: Waking up from a fever dream, disoriented and yet possessed with an earthly calm; putting an ear to a seashell and hearing the most majestic (and vaguely extraterrestrial) frequencies; discovering transcendence in an evangelical AM broadcast. Using just vocal loops, a modular synth, and some pedals, Lewis’ music evokes

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$10. 8 p.m. at iker : d and g an tranquility in purgatory, a state of calm even in estic dissonance. For a moment, all anxiety disapdis- pears, as the horizon — somehow more fluoAM rescent than usual — blurs with the heavens. ar With Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel. $5. kes 9 p.m. Fri., Nov. 11. The Mammal Gallery, 91 Broad St. S.W. www.mammalgallery.com.

Chucho Valdés and Joe Lovano Quintet sunday, 11/13, Jazz Joe Lovano, whose fiery style on the tenor saxophone has inspired comparisons to Sonny Rollins, has dabbled in various subgenres of jazz throughout his entire career. His recent Village Rhythms Band forged a connection between West African music and American jazz. Now, he’s making what seems to be a very natural shift to Afro-Cuban jazz in his new quintet co-led with Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés. While Downbeat’s twice-named jazz artist of the year is a genuine American treasure, Valdés’ immense talent cannot be overlooked. Together they make beautiful, celebratory music in a group rounded out with drums, congas, and double bass. $34-$69. 7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 13. Rialto Center for the Arts, 80 Forsyth St. N.W. 404-413-9849. www.rialto.gsu.edu. — omar KhaliD

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Thursday, 6 p.m. Little Things Mean a Lot 2016: Opening Reception at Swan Coach House Gallery

Friday, 7 p.m. How AIDS Changed American Art at High Museum of Art

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News Flash: Back in Action ThurSDay, 11/10, ComeDy Laughter might be the best medicine for the lackluster state of American politics. News Flash is part news show part comedy contest. Over three rounds, comics and writers go head-to-head creating current event-inspired jokes. The champion from each round competes in a final battle where they have to write five jokes in 15 minutes. Whoever spits the best zinger, as determined by Ladylike variety show members Kenzie Carolyn Rowland and Jil Pasiecnik, wins. Fighting for this month’s title are Amber North, Neal Reddy, Caroline Schmitt, Shaunak Godkhindi, Kevin Saucier, and returning champ Brian Emond. Joe Pettis, Samm Severin, Piper Ruhmkorff, and Trey Dunn perform stand-up, too, guaranteeing maximum laughter. Andrew Michael and Paige Bowman (pictured above) host. $5. 9 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 10. The Village Theatre, 349 Decatur St., S.E. 678-701-6114. www.villagecomedy.com. — caleiGh DerreBerry

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behind the stereotypical Spandex leggings. Rather honorable mission, TBH. To celebrate three years in the biz of making bikers look (extra) goooood, the Spindle crew is throwing down. Swing by the shop to make a celebratory toast and maybe pick up a few hot commute tips. Free. 6-9 p.m. The Spindle, 480 John Wesley Dobbs Ave. N.E., Unit 170. 404-823-2046. www.thespindleatl.com. — Beca Grimm

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For those who need a little motivation to get going this holiday season or others seeking an opportunity for gift-giving dreams to become reality, CL’s Crafts & Drafts is here. Holiday shopping is hard work, and because we love ATL so, we’re bringing dozens of local and regional craft vendors together in the spirit of convenient, unique, and enjoyable shopping. Take a break from shopping and enjoy a variety of craft beers in the beer garden. Knock back a few before hitting the vendors to make better buying decisions. Access to the vendor area is

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Space Jam SunDay, 11/13, Film The only thing Hollywood loves more than a remake is an instant replay. Twenty years after raking in $230 million in worldwide box office, Michael Jordan + Looney Tunes vehicle Space Jam returns to theaters for a limited re-release. Considered a classic by ’96 standards, the film has a sequel in the works starring Lebron James. So yeah, call this the buildup. In the original, Jordan teamed up with Bugs Bunny to take on the Monstars. But who are we fooling, plot points aren’t the seller here. It’s the marriage of two franchises to cash in on the imaginations of kids and kids at heart. $10.80-$13.50. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 13; 7 p.m. Wed., Nov. 16. Regal Cinemas Atlantic Station 18 IMAX, 261 19th St. N.W. 404-347-9894. www.regmovies.com. — roDney carmichael

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nature: Fernbank Forest Bird Walk Bird-watching isn’t just a porch swing

Saturday, 10 a.m. Atlanta Veg Fest at Cobb County Civic Center

Sunday, 12:15 p.m. Beltline Pizza Bike Tour at Varuni Napoli

monday, 8 p.m. Eric Burdon and the Animals at City Winery

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Birdman Live Friday, 11/11, Film As part of the Schwartz Artist-in-Residence program, Art by Emory and the Emory Department of Music invite Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer Antonio Sánchez (pictured above) to give a live performance of Birdman’s soundtrack. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA for Best Film Music, Birdman follows a washed-up film actor’s struggle to shed his old identity by taking on Broadway. Sánchez’s soundtrack pairs well with the film’s cinematography, reinforcing the acclaimed thematic threads as the characters navigate an unpredictable environment. Sánchez will play live as the film rolls alongside him, giving the audience a new way to experience both the story and his talent. $20. 8-10:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 11. Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Road. 404-727-5050. www.schwartzcenter.emory.edu. — Savannah EldEr

activity for early risers, it’s a chance to get out in nature and among our feathered friends who also call ATL home. This Saturday, join the Atlanta Audubon Society for a bird walk through Fernbank Forest, a 65-acre undisturbed, oldgrowth hardwood forest near Emory University where many small mammals, turtles, snakes, and birds live year-round, along with many protected species of visiting migratory birds. Participants are encouraged to bring binoculars and field guides for the two-and-a-half hour walk. And don’t forget to pack some water! Free-$33. Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 767 Clifton Road N.E. 404-929-6300. www.fernbankmuseum.org. — alicia cartEr

Theater: Juicy

Juicy Mangos: A Play

Juicy Juicy Mangos highlights cultural differences while meditating on the fruit itself. Writer and director Raashi Mehta contrasts America’s capitalistic society and the rest of the world. Two cowboys bribe customs employees with money and mangos to pass through. Money and mangos, of course, act as stand ins for the bank and grocery store conglomerate. The play has it all: themes of preserving world culture, comedy, and lots and lots of fruit. Eclectic electronic band .Esc provides beats at a show reception. $10. 5:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 12. 787 Windsor, 787 Windsor St. S.W. 706-540-0206. www.787windsor.com. — calEigh dErrEbErry

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