Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
September 27, 2007

Feature Article
By DEBBIE MICHAUD

SEE & DO PICK

By all accounts, Andy Friedman is about as educated and cultured as they come. He's a classically trained artist who's studied at the Pratt Institute and Rhode Island School of Design; he's also had the rare opportunity to work as an illustrator for the New Yorker. But over the years, Friedman has deconstructed his obsessive-compulsive approach to art (he spent years trying to perfect a single oil painting during his time at RISD) and traded High-Renaissance techniques for Polaroid photography, cosmopolitan sensibilities for down-home style. The artist/musician/poet channels the simple genius of folk music legends Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt and others through his band ANDY FRIEDMAN AND THE OTHER FAILURES, appearing tonight at Smith's Olde Bar. $8. 8 p.m. 1578 Piedmont Ave. 404-875-1522. www.smithsoldebar.com.