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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Man shot near Center Stage in Midtown

An off-duty Atlanta police officer working at the Midtown music venue was involved in a shooting after observing a suspect firing toward a group of people.

A man was shot in the leg late Tuesday evening while attending a concert event at the Center Stage Music Complex in Midtown. The complex, located at 1374 West Peachtree Street, is home to three separate music venues. According to Atlanta police spokesman John Chafee, an event had just concluded around 11 p.m. when an off-duty officer working the event heard shots being fired and observed a suspect firing toward a group of people. Chafee said the officer confronted the suspect and fired multiple shots at the suspect, who ran to a vehicle and fled the scene. Around 30 minutes later, a male entered Grady Hospital indicating he had been shot in the leg at the concert venue. According to Chafee, it is not clear at this time who shot him.  A …

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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Sleigh Bells: Don't Count on a Wedding Just Yet

My take on the CSS/Sleigh Bells Concert on May 2.

I just finished reading a write up on the Monday night CSS/Sleigh Bells show over at Midtown’s Center Stage from Creative Loafing. Usually, I find their musical reviews to be pretty solid, but tonight I had to take umbrage with Bobby Feingold’s spin on the show. Here what Bobby had to say: Bridesmaids are never supposed to steal the bride's thunder, unless of course you're Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. Same goes for concerts: the opening act is never supposed to outshine the headliner. But that's exactly what happened at the CSS show at Center Stage last night. The Brazilian band Cansei de Ser Sexy, short for the Portuguese translation of "I'm tired of being sexy," were totally surpassed by Sleigh Bells, a newer and trendier band. That's what …

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