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Planet Shark

mamalikey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:18:02 +0000

I just have to say, I haven’t been to the Aquarium in a long time, mainly because I didn’t think my daughter was old enough to appreciate it, and because the crowds get to be a little much for me. But free blogger day passes? Yes, please. In all honesty though, I would have paid to see the Planet Shark exhibit. It was absolutely awesome. It’s really dark and there’s spooky music playing and friendly guides who come and chat with you about some of the items on display. The progression of the exhibit is pretty perfect, starting with the usual skeletons, teeth, and interactive computer displays. My two year old really liked looking at the shark poop. Then it transitions to the spooky portion, which includes long hallway/tunnel that is completely wallpapered in articles about shark attacks, and they play audio from interviews with shark attack victims. It’s pretty intense. It turns factual again, featuring all types of life-sized “shark suits,” before ending with a plea for help on behalf of the sharks. With my 2 year old in tow, I kind of had to skip some of the sections, since I didn’t want to scar her for life, but my husband was enthralled. I’m pretty sure if you were a ten year old boy, you would want to move in. What I wasn’t expecting was the emotional reaction that came up for me in the end of the exhibit. Maybe it was the case of snacks made of various shark parts, or the shark replicas tangled up in fish nets, but I admit it, I cried a little for those sharks. And I wasn’t even PMSing. I could go on, but I won’t. Instead, I’ll present you lovely readers first with a coupon for the exhibit, and then with some of the promotional media they passed on to me. Enjoy!

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Watch your back, Pixar!

pecanne log — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:30:26 +0000

I haven’t even looked at gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine’s new cutting-edge animated commercial, but because some blogger helpfully posted screenshots so I get the general idea: it’s like The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, but set at metro Atlanta’s most popular tourist spots.

Obviously, this is my new desktop background! A rat with human hands and gold jewelry at the laser show!

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We forgot in 2008, so this year we’re going all out

pecanne log — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:37:06 +0000

Each year he gets closer and closer to The Big Chill.

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Día de los Hangovers

pecanne log — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:12:56 +0000

photo via youngbloodgallery.com

Like I said, it’s too much work to mention notable Halloween events around town but I can discuss the more manageable Day of the Dead, which Atlantans aren’t as psycho about…yet.

Like Boxing Day, Day of the Dead comes right after a holiday that Americans go balls-out for, and while we like the idea of continuing yesterday’s celebration for one more day, we are kind of unsure what this foreign holiday is all about and are fatigued from last night anyway. Well, anyone who took an intro Spanish language class knows sort of about Día de los Muertos/All Saints Day. It’s where people in Mexico do a lot of stuff with skeletons and bright colors. No, but really, read about the real thing here.

Youngblood Gallery is hosting a Day of the Dead exhibit curated by Tweet Design. They’re going to have all the necessary fixings – sangria (it means BLOODY in Spanish, y’all), sugar skulls, coffin art, and the bossa nova sounds of Grinder Nova.

Star Bar has some sort of all-day music festival for Day of the Dead that includes Kuroma, so whoever it is that stumbles on this blog daily while googling Hank “The Other Redhead” Sullivant, now’s your chance to see him in person (it’s getting harder since he keeps quitting every band he’s in as soon as they land a track on a primetime teen soap opera) instead of on the internet.

The newish Bone Garden Cantina is doing some stuff, as is the Atlanta History Center. (via Access Atlanta)

I really wish there was some sort of parade in town for this occasion, but I don’t think there is.

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Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies.

missdarrow — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:07:51 +0000

The monthly joy of the Indie Craft Experience is back! Tonight as a matter of fact. No longer do you have to wait for the Centennial Park and B-Complex festivals to fulfill your crafting needs. Tonight they have a line-up of 13 vendors at the new Youngblood Gallery and Boutique on North Highland Avenue including one of my favorites, Glue and Glitter. While you are there, also make a point to check out Linda Hall’s exhibit that is up in the gallery right now.

Linda Hall

This Incomperable Lande: Mark Davis on Zoo Atlanta

pecanne log — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:41:55 +0000

Finally, Mark Davis is relieved of his gas price coverage duties, leaving some other AJC hack to write about this one time gas was under $4 at this one gas station, and he can get back to his calling – romantic stories about zoo animals, nature prose rife with all sorts of literary tropes: onomontopoeia, puns, euphemisms for animal sex, fun facts, anthropomorphism, more onomontopoeia, more euphemisms for animal sex, and lots of ambiance. His latest 500-word masterpieces are “Trunk with joy” (6/14), about elephants’ toothpicks, and “Bear the great outdoors” (6/28), some helpful tips for when wildlife wanders into your suburban backyard.

Some of the most poignant moments:

Dear homeowner, it’s easy to understand that prickly feeling along your neck, that sweat on your palms. They’re coming out of the woods, long-clawed and short-tempered —- bears!

Elephants run through molars like boys run through sneakers.

But what about bear No. 5? Maybe he’s in the far, shadowed reaches of your backyard. What was that sound back there?

Whump! The onetime tree quivered as it landed in the dirt again. It was an enriching moment.

I can’t wait for the anthology and/or his novel about warthog love!

Previously: PSA: Your summer jam

Show & Tell

missdarrow — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:02:20 +0000

Show & Tell is this Sunday at Eyedrum from 1 to 6 p.m. Show & Tell is an opportunity for artists to meet and present work to members of the Eyedrum Art Committee. This event is considered an alternative to submitting a formal proposal for a show, and artists who participate will be considered for future art exhibits at Eyedrum. Many artists who have attended previous Show & Tells were awarded solo shows in our Small Gallery. Others are being considered for group exhibits. All you have to do is bring in your work and talk about it. If you are shy, don’t even fret: you will only be talking to one person at a time, and I promise we are not intimidating in the slightest. You probably made fun of us in high school.

Who is “Whitney”?!?!?!?!?!

pecanne log — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:38:24 +0000

Music blogs across the nation are a-buzz! WHO IS WHITNEY PETTY, DEERHUNTER’S NEW GUITARIST? Is she a real person or a hot suburban stoner cheerleader guitarbot built by Bradford Cox out of his magic “blog” technology? How will she reconcile her love for Aerosmith with Deerhunter’s ambient musical autism? Does Thomas Wheatley know her since they share an alma mater? More importantly, do Thomas and Whitney realize they may have more in common than they thought? And why was she at a party four years ago with two other hippies?

Details are still coming in! The intrepid bloggers at Pitchfork got their hands on her last name so who knows what other deep dark secrets they will dig up!

Atlantic Station has a glamorous ZIP code but no one cares

pecanne log — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:59:15 +0000

Atlantic Station’s developers lobbied to get a ZIP code that would roll off the tongue and be a symbol of prestige and power, but no one knew about this until AJC told us. They got what they wanted – 30363 – which should be easy to remember, I guess, because it has so many threes.

“That was very deliberate,” says Brian Leary, vice president of AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp., the Atlantic Station developer. “We’ve been using that ZIP code as a lifestyle statement. We want them to think ‘I am 30363.’”

The Atlantic Station people are not-so-secretly jealous of 30307, because the code that includes Inman Park, L5P, and Candler Park has bumper stickers proclaiming 30307 is “not just a ZIP code, it’s a lifestyle,” as well as calendars commanding us to “OBSERVE THE CODE” above photos of an old hippie dressed as Uncle Sam and a pair of golden retrievers wearing tie-dye shirts.

We punk

pecanne log — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:50:17 +0000

’80s hc punk mohawk = (photo by: bill hallman, atlanta)

I stumbled across the Flickr of Tonya, a girl who was totally into the Atlanta punk scene in the ’80s. She lives in San Francisco now but plans to dig through more old B&W negatives of punk shows at Metroplex et al and eventually add them to Flickr.

L5P punk scene (1984?), Atlanta: Brian Goodman, Little 5 Pts, Atlanta.

L5P ’80s punks (Atlanta, GA): L to R: Unknown, Cheetah, Me (Tonya), and Ron Shadix. Photo taken around 1983-’84(?), at some house party in Little 5 Points (Atlanta).

1980s Atlanta Punk Scene: erik sizemore / ron shadix / kevin elrod

Highschool Yearbook Photo (Clarkston, GA): posing for my 11th grade high school yearbook photo…i was expelled before the years end. the creeps removed my photo after i got kicked out, just before the yearbook went to press though i had paid for inclusion just like everyone else. fuck you too, Clarkston High.