Atlanta Intersections explores how lives and place are bound together. The series brings activists, artists, authors, journalists, musicians, photographers, scholars, and urbanists together to discuss their lives, their work and their experiences of the city and how it all converges.
Our exploration of the Rose Library's Atlanta punk collection continues with a conversation with William DuVall and Randy DuTeau of Neon Christ. In this episode, we talk about the band's 1984 tour, the song they wanted played on 96 Rock, settling old scores, the 1984 reissue, and last year's Record Store Day show in Atlanta. Neon Christ formed in 1983 and soon began sharing the stage with hardcore luminaries such as the Dead Kennedys, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, and Corrosion of Conformity. Last year Southern Lord Recordings released 1984, a deluxe edition of all the material Neon Christ recorded in that year. More about Neon Christ. Check out the video.Neon Christ official videoWilliam DuVall is the vocalist and guitarist in Alice in Chains. He founded his first band AVOC (Awareness Void of Chaos) in 1983. Hardcore legends Neon Christ followed soon after along with a stint in BL'AST!. He started jazz/punk/world improvisors No Wall before forming Comes With the Fall. DuVall joined Alice in Chains in 2006. Visit DuVall's website.Randy DuTeau is the vocalist for Neon Christ and Gardens Of.... He is now a noted sports marketing executive. Learn about Rose Library's Atlanta punk rock collection here.
Our exploration of the Rose Library's Atlanta punk collection continues with a conversation with William DuVall and Randy DuTeau of Neon Christ. In this episode, William and Randy talk about how they discovered punk, their first bands, the formation of Neon Christ, the band's first show, their early sound, and hardcore's DIY ethos in part one of our conversation. Neon Christ formed in 1983 and soon began sharing the stage with hardcore luminaries such as the Dead Kennedys, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, and Corrosion of Conformity. Last year Southern Lord Recordings released 1984, a deluxe edition of all the material Neon Christ recorded in that year. More about Neon Christ. Check out the video.Neon Christ official videoWilliam DuVall is the vocalist and guitarist in Alice in Chains. He founded his first band AVOC (Awareness Void of Chaos) in 1983. Hardcore legends Neon Christ followed soon after along with a stint in BL'AST!. He started jazz/punk/world improvisors No Wall before forming Comes With the Fall. DuVall joined Alice in Chains in 2006. Visit DuVall's website.Randy DuTeau is the vocalist for Neon Christ and Gardens Of.... He is now a noted sports marketing executive. Learn about Rose Library's Atlanta punk rock collection here.
Join us for episode two of our exploration of the past, present and future of Atlanta punk. In this edition, Randy Gue, Assistant Director of Collection Development at Rose Library, and music writer Chad Radford talk to Hoff, KT, and Mikey of Upchuck, who have been called “one of the most talked about bands” in the local scene. You can hear Upchuck's latest single here. More Upchuck:Instagram BandcampLearn more about the Rose Library's Atlanta punk rock collection (1980-2009) here.
In this episode, we sit down with author and journalist Gary M. Pomerantz to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the publication of his book, Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family, a landmark history of Atlanta. After he finished the book, Pomerantz donated his research files and interviews to the Rose Library. Join us for an inside look at the making of Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn.Gary M. Pomerantz joined The Washington Post as a sports reporter in 1982. He moved to Atlanta and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1988. Pomerantz is the author of nonfiction books on topics ranging from history to sports to civil rights. His most recent book, The Last Pass, a New York Times bestseller, centers on Boston Celtics legends Bob Cousy and Bill Russell. To learn more about Pomerantz and his writing, check out his website here. Discover his papers, which are held at Rose Library.
Atlanta photographers and artists Alli Royce Soble and Jon Arge discuss the library’s online exhibition “Our Archive Could Be Your Life,” which features their work. The exhibit highlights how the unique and joyful photographic record of Queer Atlanta they created in the 1990s.
A conversation about learning, reading, writing, and creating while incarcerated with artist, author, and designer, Noe Martinez, and Bill Taft, Academic Director of Common Good Atlanta.
Artist and photographer, Jon Arge talks about his artwork, the 6,000 Polaroids in his collection, the city’s nightlife, and “The American Music Show”. The Rose Library is delighted to be the home of the Jon Arge photographs.
Atlanta martial artist Marianna Kaufman talks about Karate for Women, a local organization she founded in the 1970s to teach women and girls martial arts and self-defense. The Rose Library is proud to be the home of the Karate for Women records.
Did you know Atlanta was an important crossroads for local, national, and international hate groups in the 1980s and 1990s? Join me for a conversation with Walter Brown Reeves about Neighbor's Network, a local community-based organization dedicated to countering this hate group activity in Atlanta and Georgia. The records of Neighbor's Network are part of the Rose Library's holdings that document the history of the city.
Join us as we discuss Chad Radford's escape from the Midwest, Atlanta's underground music scene, "Southern" hardcore, and two contenders for Atlanta's album of the year.
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