--- title: "Aja Arnold - Mainline" language: "en-US" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/author/ajers/page/16/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![Protesters at night; one holds a large hand-lettered sign reading ](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mainline-a-better-world-is-possible.jpg)](/the-means-for-solution-a-talk-with-the-giving-kitchen/) [ Mar 17 2020 ](/the-means-for-solution-a-talk-with-the-giving-kitchen/) ## [The Means for Solution: A Talk with the Giving Kitchen](/the-means-for-solution-a-talk-with-the-giving-kitchen/) Executive Director Bryan Schroeder responds to the COVID-19 crisis in Atlanta as it continues to affect restaurant industry workers As Georgia nears a statewide mandate for restaurants to close their doors to decrease the risk of spreading COVID-19, many industry […] [ The Means for Solution: A Talk with the Giving Kitchen Read More »](/the-means-for-solution-a-talk-with-the-giving-kitchen/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DKA-vol.-iii.jpg)](/on-your-radar-dka-tape-programme-vol-iii/) [ Feb 7 2020 ](/on-your-radar-dka-tape-programme-vol-iii/) ## [On Your Radar: DKA Tape Programme Vol. III](/on-your-radar-dka-tape-programme-vol-iii/) DKA Records returns with its third installment of cassette tape compilations featuring local, national, and international artists DKA Tape Programme Vol. III by DKA Records Atlanta\’s own electro and darkwave authorities DKA Records presents us with some more heavy duty [ On Your Radar: DKA Tape Programme Vol. III Read More »](/on-your-radar-dka-tape-programme-vol-iii/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BLACK.jpg)](/but-what-do-i-do-with-my-hands/) [ Jan 9 2020 ](/but-what-do-i-do-with-my-hands/) ## [“But What Do I Do With My Hands?”](/but-what-do-i-do-with-my-hands/) Okay, look. There is definitely some seriously destabilizing, nervous energy hovering around right now. And it\’s totally normal to be at a loss in terms of what to do about it—because this is not normal. You, dear reader, probably already [ “But What Do I Do With My Hands?” Read More »](/but-what-do-i-do-with-my-hands/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/BLACK.jpg)](/swamp-tour-pts-2-and-3/) [ Jan 7 2020 ](/swamp-tour-pts-2-and-3/) ## [Swamp Tour, Pts. II & III](/swamp-tour-pts-2-and-3/) CONTENT WARNING: This piece is very heavy and includes descriptors of sexual trauma. If you live for heavy, then this piece lives for you. Also, please note that the author of this piece is not an expert on trauma; she [ Swamp Tour, Pts. II & III Read More »](/swamp-tour-pts-2-and-3/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Big-Star-Mafia-1.jpg)](/premiere-big-star-mafias-radio-city-killa/) [ Jan 3 2020 ](/premiere-big-star-mafias-radio-city-killa/) ## [Premiere: Big Star Mafia, “Radio City Killa”](/premiere-big-star-mafias-radio-city-killa/) Jonathan Merenivitch kicks off the year with his newest release Radio City Killa as solo rap/rock infusion Big Star Mafia Radio City Killa by Big Star Mafia Okay, so 2020 isn\’t off to the most stellar start. Tensions are rising [ Premiere: Big Star Mafia, “Radio City Killa” Read More »](/premiere-big-star-mafias-radio-city-killa/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/OMNI_NETWORKER-1.jpg)](/omni-cracks-the-code-with-networker/) [ Dec 30 2019 ](/omni-cracks-the-code-with-networker/) ## [Omni Cracks the Code with ‘Networker’](/omni-cracks-the-code-with-networker/) This article was written by Aja Arnold with Autumn James. Omni- combining form all; of all things There is no back-up plan.Better yet, there can’t be a back-up plan. I watched Omni play its album release show in early November [ Omni Cracks the Code with ‘Networker’ Read More »](/omni-cracks-the-code-with-networker/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Linqua-print-1.jpg)](/on-your-radar-linqua-franqa/) [ Dec 29 2019 ](/on-your-radar-linqua-franqa/) ## [On Your Radar: Linqua Franqa](/on-your-radar-linqua-franqa/) We met Mariah Parker—better known to some as hip-hop linguistics master Linqua Franqa—for a photoshoot at the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse steps on a gray November afternoon. Linqua sings about November in her 2017 single “Eight Weeks,” which stirred the pot [ On Your Radar: Linqua Franqa Read More »](/on-your-radar-linqua-franqa/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/TWINS-1-1-1024x1024.jpg)](/alive-inside-that-which-is-not-said/) [ Dec 28 2019 ](/alive-inside-that-which-is-not-said/) ## [Alive Inside: That Which Is Not Said](/alive-inside-that-which-is-not-said/) Originally published in print on Dec. 19, 2019. How do we know what’s real versus what’s imagined? You hang on to your beliefs. How do you, the reader, distinguish between what’s true and what’s false based on the words printed [ Alive Inside: That Which Is Not Said Read More »](/alive-inside-that-which-is-not-said/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Voting-rights-2-scaled-1-1024x619.jpg)](/ongoing-secretary-of-state-admits-georgias-voter-purge-was-erroneous/) [ Dec 27 2019 ](/ongoing-secretary-of-state-admits-georgias-voter-purge-was-erroneous/) ## [Ongoing: Secretary of State admits Georgia’s voter purge was erroneous](/ongoing-secretary-of-state-admits-georgias-voter-purge-was-erroneous/) Published: Dec. 19, 2019Updated: Dec. 27, 2019, 6:29 p.m. ET ATLANTA — Just hours before a federal court hearing called by Judge Steve Jones on Thurs., Dec. 19, following an emergency motion filed by voting rights group Fair Fight Action [ Ongoing: Secretary of State admits Georgia’s voter purge was erroneous Read More »](/ongoing-secretary-of-state-admits-georgias-voter-purge-was-erroneous/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/composite_PRINT.jpg)](/a-primal-scream-joseph-guay/) [ Dec 22 2019 ](/a-primal-scream-joseph-guay/) ## [Joseph Guay: A Primal Scream](/a-primal-scream-joseph-guay/) “Half of me like was like, ‘Have I lost my fucking mind?’” The year was 2016 and Atlanta-based political artist Joseph Guay was flushing $25,000 down the toilet. He was in the throes of constructing a life-sized panel of the [ Joseph Guay: A Primal Scream Read More »](/a-primal-scream-joseph-guay/)