As the founding singer, songwriter and guitarist for the seminal Atlanta band, Kinney is a keystone fixture on contemporary Georgia rock ‘n’ roll’s mighty pantheon.
Bill DeYoung
Bill DeYoung was Connect's Arts & Entertainment Editor from May 2009 to August 2014.
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Life on ‘My Block’
‘Because of the nature of our medium, the things I was able to show them in the beginning sparked a lot of interesting conversations. About stereotypes, for example.’
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Jurassic Park: All-access pass
The film was re-released earlier this year, in 3D, to capitalize on its 20th anniversary. It’s this version that the SCAD Cinema Circle screens July 13 in the Trustees Theater.
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Deadheads unite: Meet the Charlie Fog Band
“You’re really looking for a moment in time, chasing it,” says guitarist Dan Berman. “You’re really hoping it finds you as a group.”
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AASU goes commedia!
‘In traditional commedia, some of the more buffoonish characters — such as the Pantalone and the Harlequin — were all masked. And the others were heavily made up. So it was almost like a mask, but not quite.’
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Ponderosa: Homeless survival mode
“It’s ‘Oh my God, I have to eat Taco Bell one more time,’ or ‘I hope this person doesn’t have 17 cats when we show up to their house at 4 a.m.’
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New live music club to open Aug. 2
The Brick & Mortar Live Music Lounge will open Aug. 2 at 307 W. River St., the site of the old Live Wire Music Hall. Tim and Jennifer Strickland, owners […]
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Vienna Boys Choir performs in October
‘The interesting thing about travel with the children’s choir is that yes, the travel’s wonderful, but the whole process is such a great learning experience for the kids.’
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Old school hip hop @Johnny Mercer
The headliner is Kurtis Blow, the first rapper signed to a major label (in 1979).
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Savannah goes to the movies
‘The theme was universal — passing stories down through the generations, and a certain set of values that has to do with loyalty to a friend. And also a loyalty to, and a caretaking of, the environment.’
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Three by three: New Savannah acoustic music
It’s a bold, compelling set of original tunes, full of glorious lyrical twists and melodic turns. Sincerely, Iris remains Savannah’s most idiosyncratic (and enjoyable) acoustic artist.
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Staged events: ‘Speech and Debate,’ the Mint Juleps
‘What I like about it is, as it goes through the story it doesn’t go out of its way very naturally. It avoids a lot of clichés. The characters are very real.’