ATL 7/14/08 - Triptych

Sometimes it feels like more than three...Making conversation (click us!)

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWS

MOVIE NEWS - Wed, 7/16 - Flicks on Fifth is "Superbad". I haven't seen it, but it couldn't be any more painful watching someone else coming of age in the 70's than it was for me to actually do it.

Fri, 7/18 - "Dark Knight". It's not like Christopher Nolan is into "light" film subjects, but this flick couldn't be much darker, what with the actor playing the villian dead before the movie even starts. I can't wait to see it.

ART NEWS -"I'm poor, black, I might even be ugly, but dear God, I'm here. I'm here." The Color Purple is here at the Fox, 7/15-8/3. It's the national tour of the Broadway musical that premiered/workshopped at Atlanta's Alliance Theater in 2004.

Fri, 7/18 - High Museum Friday Jazz - Still my favorite excuse to make my way over to the Richard Meier/Renzo Piano gem on Peachtree. Art is alive and so is the building on jazz night.

LOCAL NEWS - Atlanta Mayor Surely-you-jest is moaning about needing to cut 160+ more city employees to meet ATL's budget. Suck it up, Surely, we've all got a budget to balance and some folks are moaning about firing their SUV's. You gotta do what you gotta do.

U.S. NEWS -Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac are in trouble. Or not. Or is it Fanny Flag and Daisy Mae? Or Freddie Prinz and Big Mac? Who knows. Just make sure you don't have more than $100,000 in any one bank.

McCain said this. Obama said that. McCain countered with so-and-so. Obama's campaign fired back this-and-the-other. Don't these guys have jobs? Shouldn't we expect more "did" than "said" from Senators that want to be President?

FRENCH NEWS -Happy Quatorze Juillet (well, yesterday, anyway). And during this celebration of independence from tyranny...Le Monde and the ACLU are pointing out that the anti-terrorist list started by King George W. has 1 million names on it. -lemonde- -aclu- Long live the King.

WEB NEWS -I've visited this site for quite some time (thanks, B!), but it's always interesting to read another perspective on today's news topics on -slate-.