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Confessional engages audience at the Masquerade
In 2000, while being the lead singer for the band Further Seems Forever, a young Chris Carrabba began writing songs on the side as a way of channeling his thoughts and emotions. This collection of acoustic songs was recorded and released as The Swiss Army Romance.
Wrestlemania smacks down on Georgia Dome
The greatest spectacle in professional wrestling made its way to Atlanta for the first time as WrestleMania XXVII, the latest rendition of the wildly successful annual event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), took place at the Georgia Dome on Sunday, April 3.
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Yelle suffers from sophomore slump
Yelle is a French band currently touring with Katy Perry. Safari Disco Club is their second fantastic album after four long years. While many fans will be disappointed by the more mature sound the band found, their music reaches many more people now because it is less flamboyantly youthful. Safari Disco Club is a very fun album, and it is entirely cheerful and infectious.
Fatale falls short on depth, originality
Britney Spears’ seventh studio album was released this past week, marking the beginning of another year of Britney’s roboticized vocals controlling the pop music charts. Get ready to be tired of this album. Her album, though praised for being highly revolutionary, is in short and nothing more than synthesized sex.
Starz’s Camelot underwhelms
Camelot, which premiered April 1, represents Starz’s second foray into the world of premium cable television, following on the heels of their Spartacus series. Starz, late to the party so to speak, is the last of the big three premium channel packages to start producing its own TV series, after HBO and Showtime.
Insidious, incident of clutter
One can tell director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannel love supernatural horror films. They love creepy kids, haunted houses, spirit mediums, ghosts, demons and exorcisms. They love them all so very much that they could not bear to choose between them. Instead, they decided to make Insidious, a movie that incorporates all of the above.
Cosplayers take over MomoCon
Geeks abound at this year’s iteration of MomoCon, Tech’s own convention for Japanese, comics and gaming cultures. Tech Square’s buildings, sidewalks, open spaces and restaurants were packed with attendees and costumed aficionados. Over 10,000 attended the event, including several hundreds of dedicated volunteer staff, artists and panelists provided a slew of events over the March 12–13 weekend.
Sucker Punch misses mark with poor plot
Zack Snyder has developed a reputation known for his film adaptations of comic books that are as visually striking and unsubtle as neon pink jackhammers. Sucker Punch is the most “Snyderian” film to date, having been directed, produced and co-written by the 45-year old comic auteur. So grab some popcorn, turn up your eyeballs and check your brain at the door.
Cut Copy excites Masquerade with flawless set
Many modern bands have tried to revive the synthesizer and electronic pop sounds of the 1980s, and some of these bands have done so with great success. Cut Copy, a synthpop group from Melbourne, Australia, is one of these bands.
Battle: L.A. flops as realistic disaster film
The past two decades in Hollywood have borne witness to the shameless display of world elimination enough times to consider them acts of sheer exploitation. This trend might have begun in the mid-nineties with Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day, a spectacular B-movie blockbuster whose box office earnings topped $800 million worldwide.
F.A.M.E. lets down R&B Genre
F. A. M. E. (“Forgiving All My Enemies” or alternatively “Fans Are My Everything”) is Chris Brown’s latest album. Perhaps famous for the wrong reasons, Brown does not change this perception by proving he should be famous for talent. He shrewdly relinquishes creative control to those who know better than him.
Homefront re-imagines history
In the world of military based video games, it’s not uncommon for developers to create outlandish scenarios for the player to trudge through while playing the game. Homefront offers a premise that is probably the most outlandish that I’ve played to date.
Tech battles Emory for laughs
Who is the funniest guy you know? If you said Hari Gopal, Jamie Ward, David Jaffe or Matty Litwack, then TBS thinks so, too. These are Georgia Tech’s four finalists in TBS’s Rooftop Comedy College Tour, a nationwide search for the funniest stand-up comedian in college.
4/1/11: Eating Atlanta
Midtown’s stretch of Peachtree Street NE is a rich belt of fine restaurants, bars, and original eateries. Situated on the north end of the belt inside the W Hotel, Spice Market offers an intriguing experience and cuisine but doesn’t quite substantiate its price level.
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Stomp never skips a beat
Crowds gathered from the streets of Midtown into the rows of the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, March 2 to witness the opening night of Stomp, a percussive performance that utilizes everyday objects and their environment as tools for musical creation.