Take a leisurely drive into metro Atlanta’s downtown Decatur district, and you’ll not only find a budding emergence of new condominium communities and trendy businesses. But what you’ll also find is a healthy peppering of culturally satisfying venues—one being the infamous, Eddie’s Attic. The “Attic” History My research on the place revealed that Eddie’s Attic ...
Coming up during the rising tide of both third-wave ska and Christian rock, Five Iron Frenzy was the band that was going to bridge the gap between the secular and sacred. With beginnings in Denver in 1994 and finally disbanding in 2003, FiF was unfairly stripped from the limelight of the secular music world by ...
On December 10th, 2006 my friend John Sweeney and I rolled into a blistering cold Chapel Hill, a quaint town that serves as home to one of the nation’s top universities. John had given me plenty of real estate business in the last two years and the least I could do was repay him with ...
I’m not sure just why, but I’ve never really recovered from the cultural influences of the 1990s. I still wear my hair short and haven’t bowed to myriad pointy shoes that have arrived season after season, while I stay comfortable in Doc Marten-style boots and Converse All-Stars. I prefer Pearl Jam’s Ten over the cheap, ...
One of the world’s leading female guitarists, Ani Difranco is known for her commitment to her music as well as her strong political messages. One of the most prolific of her contemporaries, Difranco has put forth many great tracks. Here are the top ten. Untouchable Face Off of the 1996 record, “Dilate,” Untouchable Face is ...
What exactly is a genre of music? It is a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, or technique. You may have heard of the basic genres that exist, like rock, blues, country, jazz, hip-hop, christian, and pop. There are many more that you may not have heard about and that ...
To say that Ani DiFranco has had a prolific career is to offer quite an understatement. After producing eighteen critically acclaimed albums in sixteen years on a self-started record label, appearing on a number of compilations, having songs covered by The Dave Matthews Band and Chuck D, and continuing to nurture a growing fan base ...
When discovering an awesome and inspiring soundtrack, it’s unusual to find it if you haven’t seen the movie it came from. This works to the advantage of the box office successes and mainstream hit flicks, while unfortunately films on the opposite end of the spectrum tend to fall in the cracks, along with their music. ...
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