Eason reverted back to the free model, but in 1978, facing insolvency, she ran a faux classified ad on the cover, pleading for investors. It became clear that, if I wanted to do stories that required investments, it might not be possible there. Rodell: One of the small benefits of Ken leaving when he did was that Mara and Debbie got to run the thing. I worked ’til Christmas Eve in 2004. Atlanta Greek Festival - September 24-26, 2021 | Creative Loafing The company is an alternative newsweekly nationally…. There were a lot of talented writers who saw this as a place where they could really create something and not be cogs in the daily newspaper machine. Save on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy throughout the Metropolitan Atlanta area. When I think of the hours lost around that table . You had to account for your hours. She would never cut a listing. I know that at times I was passionate, and I tried to quell that emotion, somewhat. Found insideJoin author Robert Hartle Jr. as he tells the story of the revitalization of Little Five Points, including firsthand accounts from longtime L5P business owners who were actually there and who helped to save the area from the many threats to ... We sold the backgammon club and opened up a seafood restaurant. She was right. In 1979, Eason was introduced to Scott Walsey, then a 20-something owner of a backgammon nightclub located at Piedmont and Peachtree. When I left the Loaf for the Chicago Reader a year later [that paper was sold by Atalaya one year later to Wrapports, the owner of the Chicago Sun-Times], it wasn’t because I thought CL was in trouble. The whole House pawed through them. Copyright 2021 Creative Loafing | Allrights Reserved. Debbie Michaud, who started at CL in 2001 as an intern, became editor in chief in October 2012. Daughter Snow plays live from the Creative Loafing archives room. I think startup culture is the closest thing you could get to that these days. Ellis Jones, the editor-in-chief of Vice Magazine, interned at CL while in college in the mid-2000s and later freelanced: This was basically my first time writing for any publication, not to mention one that I read every week, so it felt like such a huge opportunity for me. Debby’s tarot card reader once read people’s charts in the office. It was more for white liberals. Here, Michaelangelo Matos tells the story of how it emerged from an extraordinary period of creativity to become one of the landmark recordings of the 1980s. Host Jill Melancon speaks to Karen Anderson Singer, the artist behind Tiny Doors ATL about what drew her to miniatures. At the time, the Creative Loafing chain of newspapers—which consisted of nine weeklies and one monthly—was the third-largest chain of its kind in the nation. The business that had once boasted a staff of 70-plus people now has just four. She hated her husband, she hated me, she hated Ben, hated her daughters, hated everybody because they were putting her out to pasture. Understand the historical and cultural contributions of African Americans Get to know the people, places, and events that shaped the African American experience Want to better understand black history? Ben Eason, the current owner of Creative Loafing, is the son of Debby and Chick. Jennie and I literally worked every job to the point where I had no interest in being involved in any part of the newspaper business. I applied for the editor-in-chief position, and I got the job. Politics reporter Kevin Griffis coaxed 2004 presidential candidates Lindsey Graham and Howard Dean to the office for interviews. Patrick Hill, a talent buyer for the Bowery Presents, booked bands for 13 years at the Earl. Staffers welcomed the investment but knew the Wall Street executives were fattening the goose for an eventual sale. It wasn’t that big. Any financial person would look at the prospectus and say, “this is going to fail.” You’re borrowing far more money than the company’s worth, and revenues are declining. But it was flattering. Edelstein: There’s a fetish for “balance” that just got stronger and stronger in mainstream journalism throughout the second half of the 20th century. There was the guy who did work on Debby’s house. We get down there, and it was a very boisterous party in that building the whole time. Witness a motley crew of businesses (both local and corporate), strippers, social workers, religious organizations, biker crews, law enforcement, and other city officials come together in a gigantic, colorful display of solidarity. Article. Its weekly print circulation is 70,000, and its cumulative readership in print is 477,000 according to Scarborough Feb 2014 - Jan 2015 study, and the website creativeloafing.com draws . We’d track them down, photograph them, interview them. Carmichael: There was so much transition going on in the city that decade I was there, 2007 to beginning of 2017. They start, flourish, prosper, someone wants to become a media mogul, and they collapse and fail. I didn’t know there was this white Atlanta. They had a movie, music, culture website. It was always a seminal day when the Golden Sleaze arrived on the desks. Creative Loafing is the best source for events in Tampa, Restaurants, concerts and shows, Visual Arts reviews, news and opinion. The cultural milieu of the different staff members getting a buzz off each other was kind of creating a virtuous cycle. Fennessy: Ken had unrelentingly high standards. She wasn’t wrong. | First published in 1972, Creative Loafing has been Atlanta's go-to source for news, food, arts, and music . I remember Carmelo Pino [CL’s Atlanta-based vice president, who helped oversee sister publications in Charlotte and Tampa] saying, “This is a hostile takeover.” I wasn’t ready to retire. Yet even as BMF was attracting celebrity attention, its crew members created a cult of violence that struck fear in a city and threatened to spill beyond the boundaries of the drug underworld. It felt like every other week there was a protest, and we were out there with the activists. OutKast was the big story. Every time I saw Debby, she was wearing a muumuu or a caftan. I miss Creative Loafing. We were able to jump on politicians in a way that the, Just to give you an idea of how different times—and mortgage requirements—were, writing two freelance columns a week for, I thought we should get more hot people into our pages, so I floated an idea where readers would submit nominations of service workers they found attractive and wanted to know more about. There was Harley, who was dating Carley, and they were hardcore bikers. There was just a surrealness to it. Sugg: Any financial person would look at the prospectus and say, “this is going to fail.” You’re borrowing far more money than the company’s worth, and revenues are declining. I’m as guilty as anyone of going to the internet and finding out what’s going on. The last issue he was in charge of, he went through the Happenings section and put Debby’s phone number on every one of the hundreds of listings. Wall: I didn’t know much about longform writing until he put me through his grinder. We told the kids in college where to take their dates, what’s the good music, what movies are in the theater. He even let me start my own column. Ben had always sworn to the shareholders that we could cash out our shares. . I later found out from the cops that it was his 21st birthday. YP - The Real Yellow PagesSM - helps you find the right local businesses to meet your specific needs. Ken Edelstein was senior writer at Creative Loafing from 1996 to 1998, left, and then returned as, effectively, editor-in-chief in late 1998, a position he held until 2008. And I felt lonely. In 2001, we had been in Atlanta about two weeks, and my wife and I wanted to go to Savannah. It was trial-by-fire moment in how to be a local news reporter. For better or worse, we weren’t afraid to be wonky and occasionally preachy. Three people, including two engineers who worked at Lockheed Martin, each gave $5,000. His tirades could tear the paint from the walls. Eason said it was a private discussion and declined to comment on the firing but called Edelstein one of CL’s most talented editors. But the timing couldn’t have been worse. We were doing a Best of Atlanta event at Paris on Ponce. So when I came to CL, I got introduced to a side of Atlanta I had no clue about. Creative Loafing is a U.S. city monthly paper serving the Atlanta metropolitan area covering local news, politics, arts, entertainment, food, music and events. From 2006 to 2012, she was CL’s food editor. Abstract: Marc R. Levinson was a journalist and news editor of Creative Loafing, an Atlanta weekly. Host Jill Melancon speaks to Chelsea Arkin and John Dirga of the Cabbagetown Neighborhood Improvement Association to talk about what makes Cabbagetown so unique. After the city zoning department cited the Easons for operating a business out of their house, Creative Loafing relocated in 1973 to a house next to McDonald’s on Cheshire Bridge Road, where it operated for one year before moving to a house on North Highland Avenue. Homeless people in Woodruff Park would tip over the newsboxes and shake out the quarters. Creative Loafing (Atlanta) of Atlanta, Georgia, sold in July 2012 to SouthComm Communications. Not long after I started in 2000, I watched the cops pull the body of a dead john out of a car parked in front of our office. Cliff Bostock served two stints as Creative Loafing editor—from 1982 to 1984 and 1986 to 1990 and wrote the “Grazing” and “Headcase” columns for 27 and 20 years, respectively. “Let’s cut out words or make a picture smaller, because if you’re a High Museum fan, and you go to Creative Loafing and find out that there’s nothing about the High Museum, you’re not coming back to the paper next week.”. No one was publishing bowling scores! Found inside – Page 30Creative Loafing , 7 October 2000 , Online http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2000-10-07/arts_feature4.html . Go figure . Nexus Biennial Reflects Local ... He became the maintenance man. It wasn’t in my personal culture. The only things in Jersey Kincaid's world that she has time for are keeping her grades up so that she doesn't lose her scholarship to South Texas University, playing the bass in her band, The Prototype, and satisfying her coffee addiction. In July 2007, Creative Loafing Inc., a mini-empire with four papers in three states, purchased two heralded alt-weeklies—the Chicago Reader and the Washington City Paper—and The Straight Dope, a longtime Reader-syndicated column by Cecil Adams. Advisers and a band of consultants began traveling periodically to Atlanta to offer management, journalism, and marketing training. The Golden Sleaze issue usually landed right around Sine Die, when the General Assembly was winding down. 14 reviews of Creative Loafing "This is the first review because I assume people look right over it - it's such a part of Atl culture. There were even ties to a fatal shooting carried out by an up-and-coming rapper named Gucci Mane. You also have to acknowledge your own point of view. Found insideA passionate listener, he hears modern times deep in the grooves of old records by Lead Belly and Robert Johnson. The interconnected profiles and stories in Memphis Rent Party convey more than a region. Chick and I tried to do a peaceful sale. Found inside – Page 81Apartment hunting in metro Atlanta can be competitive year - round , but is ... Creative Loafing , 404-688-5623 , www.creativeloafing.com ; comes out every ... Ben Eason: Scott and my mom had just this magical partnership. I don’t think Ken gets the credit that he should as one of the smartest editors there’s ever been in Atlanta. [It meant] I had arrived as a conservative. And each time I hired, they tended to stay for a little bit longer as well. I learned in other newsrooms how restrictive that can be at times, and I’m still trying to get back to the alt-weekly ethos back in my work. Here, Michaelangelo Matos tells the story of how it emerged from an extraordinary period of creativity to become one of the landmark recordings of the 1980s. There was nothing better than to be thrown into council meetings. . Creative Loafing is a U.S. city monthly paper and web site serving the Atlanta metropolitan area covering local news, politics, arts, entertainment, food, music and events. But he could make you miserable. These factors are similar to those you might use to determine which business to select from a local Yellow Pages directory, including proximity to where you are searching, expertise in the specific services or products you need, and comprehensive business information to help evaluate a business's suitability for you. Ben Eason: The ’70s and ’80s, it was like Animal House. On this week's episode of Mo Audio - the podcast all about soul music and culture in Atlanta, brought to you by Creative Loafing, ABL+Radio and Slo*Mo Media - ATL-based DJ/producer DJ 100K gives up the goods about his album, "Forrrest." See Program. But in the long run, it was the right thing for everybody. “We didn’t know beans about journalism. We’ve got a lot of avenues to be able to take that, and, in particular, in the rich, new media environments. “Let’s cut out words or make a picture smaller, because if you’re a High Museum fan, and you go to, “I watched the cops pull the body of a dead john out of a car parked in front of our office.”. Eason believes he can resurrect it, sensing an opportunity in the growth of digital ad dollars attracted to CL’s demographic. I could look at what was happening in my life—the shows I was going to, the changes in Atlanta’s music scene I was noticing—and make those into stories. When offers to buy the paper came in—from Village Voice, but also from the Easons’ son, Ben, and daughters, Jennie and Taylor—Walsey, who had always wanted to retire when he was 50, saw an opportunity. I came at a time when Atlanta was planting its flag as a capital of hip-hop. Imagine how the AJC would lame-ify that idea. “We’re not cutting out that event at the High,” she’d say. Found inside – Page 107Creative Loafing Atlanta, 20 Sept. 2006. Web. 8 Aug. 2012. 10. “Cee-Lo Shares 'His Perfect Imperfections.” Billboard. Billboard, 27 Apr. 2002. Web. Scott Walsey worked at Creative Loafing for 25 years, retiring as publisher in 2004. The holiday parties were the best ever. Nice man. until nowâ¦CL Radio is the stream that feeds Atlanta The deal granted CL entry into the third- and eighth-largest media markets in the country, according to Forbes. Ken called me out of the blue. He’d say, “Give your best ideas the best sentences.”. I thought this was a pretty weird corporate thing and that there were a lot of hangers-on. YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. Sister papers followed in other cities—Tampa, Savannah, Birmingham, and elsewhere. We ended up paying around $20 million. Edelstein lured flight attendant and part-time memoirist Hollis Gillespie from competitor Poets, Artists, and Madmen, gave a local photographer and stunt presidential candidate named Andisheh Nouraee a tongue-in-cheek nightlife column, and challenged young reporters to chase stories no other outlet would tell. Why in the world would you want to do something like this? I wanted what was best for the company, and I don’t remember [Ben] even asking us about buying it. Most of it was handshake promises. That’s where we’d gather to be lectured at by the consultants and advisers. Back in Atlanta, there was money in the suburbs. After Ben Eason first bought the paper in 2000, he tapped former Tampa-area journalists, financial executives, and civic activists to serve as a kind of college of cardinals. Creative Loafing, LLC purchased the assets of Creative Loafing Atlanta from SouthComm in February 2017, which put the paper back into the Eason Family's hands. There was a sewage backflow at a pipe under my desk, and the carpet got drenched. It was a nightmare, and I had no real power to force the production manager to do things differently. The story begins with the railroads that brought people and business to Atlanta, and the intersections of transportation that Atlanta eventually outgrew. It was a culture shock for me coming to CL. Our handy guide to the 5 things to do in Atlanta today. . The voice of Atlanta since 1972. This charming collection of 100 recipes for everyday cooking and entertaining from Cambridge's Sofra Bakery and Cafe, showcases modern Middle Eastern spices and flavors through exotic yet accessible dishes both sweet and savory. I’d put a trash bin on the windowsill near my desk to catch the water during storms. My coworkers took me to the Clermont and paid Blondie to give me a lap dance. By the time I got back for my second term, things were better, although Debby would not fire the head of the production department, who still constantly kept things in chaos. Now, it’s some of the most valuable property on the BeltLine. Now he oversaw 275 employees. But I lost it all in a flash. Plus: Music from hometown notables and more. That same week, Roni Sarig joined Creative Loafing as music editor. Balance is like the old joke, “you don’t balance the Jewish point of view with the Nazi point of view.” If you’re going to be fair and accurate, then you need perspective. It was relevant for a long time, and I appreciated its role. We’re gonna cover the hell out of the city. It would add up to a loss every year of five to 10 percent. I had been a reader for so long, so it’s kind of like when you’re a fan of something and then all the sudden you’re a part of it. It was the first time I heard that word in that context—but certainly not the last. Found insidepublic speaking Creative Loafing Atlanta | “Hope Under My Fingernails” 2004 Circulation: 3,180,000 The first-place winner in Creative Loafing Atlanta's ... They were attracted to Creative Loafing because it was cool and hip. Creative Loafing was very, very profitable. The night I left, I actually cried outside the door of the office. On this week's episode of Mo Audio - the podcast all about soul music and culture in Atlanta, brought to you by Creative Loafing, ABL+Radio and Slo*Mo Media - ATL-based DJ/producer DJ 100K gives up the goods about his album, "Forrrest." See Program. Where Debby Eason had invested profits in digital initiatives, her son invested in consultants. Joe Salome of The Georgia Hemp Company talks CBD and the cannabis industry with host Ema Carr. A year later, Topside Loaf, covering north Fulton, Cobb, and Forsyth counties, followed. Walsey: I handled the sales and marketing, and she handled the editorial and production. Wheatley: I started reading CL when I was in sixth grade and buying band stickers in Little Five Points. Creative Loafing, despite its juvenile name, was gaining traction nationally. Some elected officials welcomed the dubious honors; in 2016, state senator Judson Hill, R-Marietta, proudly sported a “Sleaze” button that CL gave to winners. Ben Eason: I had to outbid the Village Voice guys. He told me he’d been reading the Chronicle and was impressed. Through years of sweat equity, Walsey had built up a minority ownership stake in Creative Loafing. There were all these people who were either on payroll or were hangers-on. The Atlanta Greek Festival will take place at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral on Sept 24-26, 2021. Mo' Audio. I think it was like 60, 70 people working on the internet [side of the business] at the time. The newspaper was founded in 1972 and reaches a total audience of more than 535,000. Most of it was handshake promises. In its heyday, Creative Loafing told a story of Atlanta different from the one chronicled in the Journal-Constitution, teased on WSB-TV, or splashed across the pages of Atlanta magazine. God Sent Me is the account of one citizen making himself heard and taking action to preserve constitutional protections in the context of the conflict between evolution science and religion-based creationism. 14 reviews of Creative Loafing "This is the first review because I assume people look right over it - it's such a part of Atl culture. Ken said go for it. Host Ben Eason speaks with Robby "Ranger Robby" Astrove of Arabia Mountain Parks. WSB’s 1,075-foot transmission tower loomed overhead. I remember walking in and feeling intimidated on the editorial side of the office. If daily newspapers like the AJC have found an uneasy toehold in the digital age, alternative weekly papers like Creative Loafing tumbled down the sheer face of the cliff. With 100 recipes for the home cook from Atlanta's most celebrated eateries and showcasing over 200 full-color photos featuring mouth-watering dishes, famous chefs, and lots of local flavor, Atlanta Chef's Table is the ultimate gift and ... Listen online, no signup necessary. Michael Wall, director of farmer services at Georgia Organics, was a staff writer from 2000 to 2006. Rodney Carmichael covers hip-hop for NPR. Debby Eason: The sale split our family up, for at least a couple of years. We just gotta get the old out of here—the old thinking and the old clinging on to stuff, which I think largely we’re sort of done with. Found inside – Page 326Other publications, such as Creative Loafing and the apartment and real estate magazines, have their own boxes or racks. Still others are simply piled high ... We’re done seeing ourselves as purely a newspaper with a website attached to it. I took a decrepit, old, straight-backed chair with me wherever I went in the house. The last day of Pride always ends with the Atlanta Pride Parade. We would get together once a day, just bullshit. please vote this video and like our channel It made you smarter, hungrier, grittier, cooler. I wish there was something that took 30 minutes of my week, and I’d sit there and focus on it, but that’s not how I live my life right now. No one was shocked he chose my desk. She left in 2011. It wasn’t in my personal culture. And it felt weird to be at a publication in the city that was very much about arts, culture, and music where I was getting pushback on covering too much hip-hop, or that it was too popular to cover in an alt-weekly. Hackworth: Debby’s tarot card reader once read people’s charts in the office. A long, strange trip: The oral history of Creative Loafing. I was working in a restaurant up until the point I started at CL. Wall had been a reporter at the Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2000 when Edelstein lured him to Creative Loafing, where he covered the General Assembly and the environment. We get down there, and it was a very boisterous party in that building the whole time. Host Jill Melancon speaks with Scott Prince and Chris Lane of Line Creek Brewing in Peachtree City about their love of Easter eggs on their cans and their upcoming second location in Fayetteville. It was the place where, if you were 24 and your girlfriend had just kicked you out, you found a new apartment and maybe even a new girlfriend. Edelstein: I was very lucky that I came in at a time when Creative Loafing had grown enough that a certain type of professionalization of the staff was necessary. There was a whole level of upper management that I had to report to. It was a total shock. Ken was there, and we were waiting for everyone to arrive. An old guy with a white beard would come in wearing flip-flops, collect his mail, and then walk out. And unless you have some strategies or something to bail out an old model that’s dying, then you’re gonna lose value every day, until you’ve lost all the old revenue, and now, you gotta go invent your new stuff. I would go out and slam my hand on their cars, screaming for them to get back to work. Ken was a very careful editor. My sister, Jennie, is one year older. 12:00 pm. Found insideAs Atlanta rose from the ashes of the Civil War, so also has artisanal beer made a comeback in this enigmatic but resilient city. He had an eyepatch. That experience, and other poorly attended events, convinced them Atlanta needed a publication that told the public about all of the city’s cultural happenings—festivals, concerts, Wicca meetings. 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