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6 I Thursday, February b, 2001 | The Red & Bi.ack
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▲ Local group Jet By Day will be opening for pop-punkers
The Gossip tonight at The 40 Watt Club.
Local indie-rockers
spread The Gossip
By MERRITT MELANCON
mmelancon@randb.com
With the grunge days far
behind, it’s about time a good
band came out of Washington —
The Gossip, accompanied by two
local bands, comes to Athens
tonight.
At The 40 Watt Club, Athens-
based indie-rock quartet Jet By
Day will take the night by storm
when it opens for the grrl-styled
pop-punk quartet The Gossip.
Mason Brown, guitarist for Jet
By Day, said The Gossip has dif
ferent musical sensibilities from
its own, but the mixing of differ
ent styles of music was a positive
thing.
“The Gossip are pretty differ
ent from us so hopefully the show
will appeal to wider audience,”
Brown said.
David Matysak, guitarist and
lead vocalist for Jet By Day, said
he would describe his band’s
music as melodious and intricate
indie-rock.
“My influences I guess are
mostly from Dinosaur Jr., but the
other half of the band really likes
the Pixies and Nirvana, that kind
of thing,” Matysak said. “One of
these days, I hope we’ll do a cover
of ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ by Blue
! Oyster Cult.”
There’s a lot of emphasis on
THE GOSSIP
Performing with: Jet By Day and
Annaray
When & Where: 9 tonight at The 40
Watt Club
Tickets: $5
Information: 549-7871
the rise and the fall of the music,
he said. “A lot of people are throw
ing around the word ‘emo,’ but I
don’t like to use it.”
For about five years now, Jet
By Day has played its musical
brand of non-emo, shying away
from the emotive, searing brand
of punk lite.
Matysak, Naumaun and origi
nal bass player Bo Wamsley
formed the band while living in
Atlanta. Matysak and Naumaun
moved to Athens and in March
1999, they recruited Burmeister as
their new bassist. Brown was
picked up as lead guitarist in
September 2000.
Currently, Jet By Day is finish
ing recording its third indepen
dent full-length album, “Please
Unring the Bell.” It also is working
on a split seven inch record with
local band Maserati.
Local band Annaray, a relative
ly new trio specializing in aggres
sively melodic rock, also will take
the stage tonight.
Grease up ladies — it’s Jell-0 wrasslin’ time
Now that the sugar and
red wine hangovers are starting
to wear off, be sure to hit up
the grocery and drug stores
to buy discount candy. It’s
the only thing that makes
stupid Valentine’s Day
worthwhile. Mmmm, Spree
hearts.
From the Oh My God Dept.
It’s been announced in local
media advertisements, but pret
ty soon it will arrive: Jell-O
Wrestling for chicks.
The purveyor of every male’s
fantasy is provided by Bumpers,
that little country dance place
on U.S. 441 North.
According to manager Julie
Paulk, the owner of Bumpers
tried the idea out in one of his
Atlanta bars and it was a suc
cess. Looking to beef up
Thursday night business, the
idea has garnered a little inter
est from possible participants
and dozens of calls from guys
wanting to know when to show
up.
The motivation for the girls?
Men pay $25 to sponsor a girl,
and for the support they get to
oil up their contestant before
she wrestles. The top three
winners then split whatever
money was thrown in. Sound
degrading?
Native Notes
“I just work here,” Paulk said
in an embarrassed tone.
She said the bar is hoping to
draw in a younger crowd. They
may well have hit the jackpot if
this works out.
Any women interested in
wrasslin’ should call 369-7625 to
sign up. The competition begins
in exactly two weeks.
Fresh out the kitchen
Whenever a band “goes elec
tric,” it’s treated like the
band has had some sort of musi
cal epiphany. And it usually
results in “a sharper focus on
songwriting.”
Nothing new with Atlanta
quintet Soup, but the band still
continues to make solid pop-
rockers with or without guitarist
Kevin Crow’s shiny new
Les Paul.
Erik Rowen, the group’s
vocalist and rhythm guitarist
said the process was an
evolution.
“I think we were trying to
explore different avenues,” he
said. “We started experimenting
with this and it clicked.”
The shorter songs not only
reflect the industry standard
three-minute wonder. Rowen
said his storyteller lyrics have
condensed anyway, and the
band was ready for something
new.
In its five years together,
Soup has earned a solid reputa
tion for its energetic live shows
and blend of jam and pop rock
elements.
“When we play live, where
appropriate, we take the songs
for as long as they need to go,”
Rowen said. “Our live show is a
lot more exciting than it has
been in a long time.”
Soup brings its new sound
and a stable full of new, more
concise songs to the Wild Wing
Cafe this Saturday night. The
Southern pop-rock feel is as
high energy as local outfit
Bluestring, with better songs
and musicians.
“Now we can play more
songs, and have variety and
expand,” Rowen said. “I really
like the idea of Soup doing pop
songs. It’s been really fun.”
Definitely worth checking
out. I saw this group
in Columbus not long
ago and was immediately
impressed.
New albums this week:
>- John Frusciante, “To
Record Only Water for Ten
Days.”
► Stephen Malkmus, self-
titled.
► Bare Jr., “Brainwasher.”
Shows worth noting:
Saturday:
► The Dirty Dozen Brass
Band toots its horns at the
Georgia Theatre. Down the road
at Caledonia, The Rock*A*Teens
yowl over throbbing drums and
howling guitars. Tasty World
hosts “A Night of Pure Energy,”
featuring local R&B and hip-
hop talent.
Monday:
>- Don’t Know shows the
pimps and the money-makers
how to really get a woman on
Blues Night at AMF. It’s free and
the band is great.
— Jonathan Reed is a variety
writer for The Red & Black.
Native Notes appears on
Thursday.
Filmaking trio screen ‘Movie’ at Tate
By JEFFERY WHITFIELD
jwhitfiel@randb.com
Rising frpm obscurity and skyrocketing
to success can be lethal to some artists.
Except Sarah Price.
“We all still live in Milwaukee and have
an office there,” Price said.
Price, along with co-filmmakers Chris
Smith and Mark Borchardt, produced
“American Movie,” a documentary follow
ing the life of a man attempting to make
the perfect horror movie.
Through the eyes of the main character,
the audience is taken along on a ride of
satirical proportions, paying tribute to the
principal character’s blue collar, in-your-
face lifestyle.
Smith and Price follow Borchardt’s
exploits, filming him over a two-year
period.
“My favorite part of the film was shoot-
AMERICAN MOVIE
When & Where: Tate Student Theater
Tickets: $3 for students and $5 for non-students
Information: 542-6396
ing it,” Price said. Another two years was
needed to edit the film, she said.
The film’s success landed the three film
makers the Grand Jury prize at the
Sundance Film Festival.
“Everyone went on stage and looked
over the crowd (while accepting the
award),” Price said. “We had a long list of
people we wanted to thank.”
The trio’s success furthered its careers
on an individual level. Price’s current pro
ject is a documentary titled “Caesar’s
Park,” which profiles the creative endeav
ors of five homeowners.
“One couple in Kansas lives in a missile
silo,” she said.
Price began shooting this project during
“American Movies” ’s first year of filming,
but had to put her work on hold due to
time constraints.
“We were following Mark around and
filming eight to 10 hours a day,” Price said.
Now she has time to finish her documen
tary, which will be featured at the
Edinborough Film Festival in England.
Britt Tucker, ideas and issues coordina
tor for the University Union, said the trio’s
award-winning film was something the
Union really wanted to see.
“I loved the idea of one man’s incessant
dream to make a horror movie,” Tucker
said. “Mark is an everyman you can root for
the whole time.”
After screening “American Movie,”
Tucker said Price, Smith and Borchardt
will give a lecture and participate in a
question-and-answer session with the
audience.
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