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Ed Gordon brings ‘Promise’ bond to Morehouse
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Emmy Award-winning V journalist Ed Gordon will host a town hall meeting Monday at Morehouse College to encourage strong bonds between fathers and daughters as part of an initiative called “Daddy’s Promise: A Lifetime of Love.”
Gordon, who is targeting African-American families, is touring colleges and churches across the country encouraging fathers to be actively involved in their daughters’ lives.
He also wants to talk to young people about the importance of treating women with respect.
“We are going to be candid and talk about the hypocrisy. Men want their daughters treated a certain way, but they may not be treating women themselves with respect,” Gordon told Buzz.
The town hall-style discussion will take place at 7 p.m. at Morehouse’s Sale Hall.
It’s open to the public.
Gordon, who is father to 14-year-old daughter Taylor (with him, at right) and former contributing correspondent to “Dateline,” said “Daddy’s Promise” also is designed to “salute men who are doing the right thing — and there are a whole lot of them.”
Gordon also told Buzz that Big Boi of Outkast will be on the panel with him.
Gordon is planning to return to Atlanta in the coming months to ask fathers to take the “Daddy’s Promise pledge,” in which fathers commit to being supportive, encouraging and “the best father I can be.”
Criminal Records spins to a bigger space
In this day and age of downloading and dwindling CD sales, many indie record stores are closing up shop as well. Not Criminal Records, the Little Five Points store. It’s moving to a location with triple the space.
The current Criminal Records, a jam-packed 1,800-square-foot space next to Junkman’s Daughter, will shut down Oct. 12 after a weekend of concerts, a 25-percent- off sale and “general shenanigans,” as manager Shannon Mulvaney described it to Buzz on Friday.
Soon after, the new Criminal Records will open about a block away at 1154-A Euclid Ave. N.E., in a spot with 5,500 square feet. All CDs and DVDs — and plenty more vinyl, a surprisingly hot growth area for the store — will be on the floor instead of behind the register. There will be a stage for bands to perform.
Owner Eric Levin is aware that he’s taking a big risk but said, “We’ve always done everything with no budget, seat of our pants, on a whim. I can’t think of a better time to invest more into our future, even in dark economic times.”
Criminal Records, which still generates about 70 percent of its income from music, has become a magnet for fans of local indie rock bands. “We really try to cultivate a sense of community,” Mulvaney said. “And you won’t find that snotty record store clerk attitude.”
A fair share of celebs have shopped and performed there, from Bruce Springsteen to the Indigo Girls to Beck. Buzz’s favorite visit? Techno musician Moby in 2005, who spent nearly three hours sipping tea one on one with 200 fans to promote his oddball cookbook “Teany Book.”
Italian writer to give ‘Confessions’ at Emory
Renowned Italian novelist Umberto Eco, who wrote “The Name of the Rose,” will be in Atlanta this weekend to give a series of free lectures at Emory University. Eco calls the series “Confessions of a Young Novelist,” which might seem a strange title for a 75-year-old whose works of fiction have sold many millions of copies.
“He didn’t start writing until he was 50, so even though he’s 75, he still considers himself a young novelist,” said Ron Schuchard, an English professor at Emory and founder of the Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature.
Eco is scheduled to deliver three lectures, give a reading and attend a book signing during his three days here. On Sunday morning, he’s scheduled to have brunch at the Buckhead mansion of Ted Turner’s son, Rhett Turner, and Rhett’s Italian-born wife, Angela Della Costanza Turner, who is said to be a big fan of Eco’s writing, said Schuchard.
For more information about the lectures: www.emory.edu/ellmann.
Falcons player’s party tackles hurricane relief
Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux will celebrate his 27th birthday Oct. 12 at the Velvet Room.
The party begins at 10 p.m. And many of his teammates have confirmed they’ll be in attendance, including Keith Brooking, Michael Turner and D.J. Shockley, according to publicist Cherry Bañez. A portion of the proceeds will go to the hurricane victims in Port Arthur, Texas, Babineaux’s hometown.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Author Anne Rice is 67. Actress Susan Sarandon is 62. Actor Bill Fagerbakke (“Coach,” “SpongeBob SquarePants”) is 51. Rap producer Russell Simmons is 51. Singer Jon Secada is 47. Actress Alicia Silverstone is 32. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook (“Josie and the Pussycats,” “She’s All That”) is 29.
Contributing: Rodney Ho, Kirsten Tagami and news services.
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