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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Athens' own Widespread Panic is out on another nationwide tour,
and though there are no plans for a local date this time around,
the band is setting down in (relatively) nearby Macon at the
Macon Centreplex on Saturday, Oct. 27. Why am I telling you this
now? Because tickets go on pre-sale this week on Wednesday, Aug.
22 and are officially up for public grabs on Saturday, Aug. 25. Want
more? Hit up www.widespreadpanic.com.
To The Land Of Sand: Longtime local musician and resident Aaron
Wegelin (ex-Elf Power) will be moving to Tucson, AZ, soon and
has set up what will be one of his last shows in town. Appearing
Puttin' On The Fritz: All you folks who were gone over the summer
and all you folks who slugged out here in town should know there's
a new booking sheriff over at Tasty World. Your new booking con
tact there is Fritz Gibson, and you can bother him via email to
tastyworld@mindspring.com or by calling 706-543-0797 from 3 to
6 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Seriously, don't call at other
times trying to book your act. One thing I can tell you absolutely
about club bookers: they may not remember the name of your
band, but they will absolutely remember if you bug them when
they ask not to be bugged. Yes, they're a touchy bunch, but, for
now at least, the man to touch is Fritz.
< They Totally Almost Did It: So I was all jazzed
to tell you how local musician Sam Paulsen (We
Versus the Shark) and her pal Corrie Dickherber
were the official winners of the Hall and Oates
video contest. Heck, they thought they won!
But turns out that a web mixup on the end of
the lite-rock duo, an a round of voting was ac
cidentally skipped. Now you've got until midnight
on Wednesday, Aug. 22 to send Paulsen and
Dickherber to Hollywood, CA to meet the guys, win
some cash and make their dreams come true. Hit
up www.hallandoates.com/vcontest.php.
Back To The Basement: Another reunion is hap
pening this week on Friday, Aug. 24 over at
the Caledonia Lounge. Basement, which won
Flagpole Athens Music Awards in 2002 and 2003
in the jam/ improv category, will reunite for one
show only that night. Also on the bill are the hip-
hop/ comedy stylings of Dillon Maurer (formerly
known as Intellekt from the combo Intellekt &
Dirty Digits) along with the goofball R&B of Da
Ticklah (AKA Jay Murphy of Bling the Children
Back Home, STS9). Buy a drink when you get
there. You'll need it.
Loud Is The New Quiet, Wimpy: Formerly Athenian,
now based nowhere, Jucifer will return to town
next week and play the Georgia Theatre on Friday,
Aug. 24 along with We Versus The Shark and Summerbirds In
The Cellar. A few weeks back, the band released a video for the
track “Hennin Hardine," from the album If Thine Enemy Hunger,
exclusively at www.singingfool.com. Shot by former Athenian and
Flagpole writer Mark Pilvinsky, this makes the third video he's di
rected for the band via his Bare Ruined Films production company.
For more information, please see www.myspace.com/jucifer.
Work That Skirt: Video production house New Slang Films just
completed work on a new video for Modem Skirts, which the band
will debut at its show on Friday, Aug. 24 at the 40 Watt. The new
clip is for the song “Pasadena" and the band has worked with New
Slang in the past to produce its electronic press kit and a video for
the track “Indiana Indian." Also on the bill that night are The Old
Ceremony and XYZ Affair. So, to catch the video, see some bands
and meet perhaps the entire new UGA freshman class, all you gotta
do is go and pony up $10. Doors are at 9 p.m.
Big C & The Ringers in 2002
the band. Ingham, along with drummer Laura Swindall, are among
the very few local musicians—-see also American Cheeseburger and
Madeline—who have ever been able to completely transcend the
house-show and club scenes. Loved by (generally) all audiences,
the band played a well-attended set at the Athens PopFest a
couple of weeks back and the rumor was that it was the final show
for the pair. However, the two played again the following week. As
this vital news develops, please check this space for updates. In
the meantime, please see www.myspace.com/christopher39sliver.
Be sure to keep your news coming in and always mention either
Threats & Promises or my name in the subject line of all emails.
That's how my love grows via email to music@flagpole.com,
voicemail at 706-549-9523, ext. 203, or by post at P.O. Box 1027,
Athens, GA 30603. .
Gordon Lamb
Sam Paulsen
at Little Kings on Thursday, Aug. 23 are Honey and Tiny Sticks.
The latter is the only ESG cover band in the known world, and if
you need to know what ESG is, just Google it. Suffice it to say that
you can expect a throbbing, rhythmically synchronized good time.
After the bands, Wegelin says he'll deejay a "Sonic Youth dance
party," so there's that, too. In any case, you should come and say
goodbye to a guy who has probably been onstage at over half the
shows you've seen in the past decade.
> How Lovely For You: Once upon a time, there was place called
the Athens Music Factory in the space where
The Library now serves drinks. In this factory was
a blues band that was pretty much the house
blues band for the place. That band, Big C & The
Ringers, fizzled when vocalist Clarence "Big C"
Cameron split to live in Memphis, TN, several
years ago. On Thursday, Aug. 23, the band will
play a reunion show at the No Where Bar.
A New Iron Curtain: Local band Iron Hero saw
its album Safe As Houses released in Germany,
Switzerland and Austria a couple of weeks ago via
Stagnation Records. This is certainly cool news for
the band and, hopefully, will lead to some inter
national touring. A few years ago, Iron Hero was
a band quickly on the rise, but for the past year—
Iron Hero's last show was in December of '06—has
been residing in the "where are they now?" file as vocalist Sam
Gunn toured as a fill-in member of The Whigs. Well, bub, they're
in the practice space with lots of new songs and equipment and
are eagerly anticipating being a live Athens band again in the near
future. Eye candy and music available over at www.myspace.com/
ironhero.
Now, In The Rumor Department: While it's true that Christopher's
Liver frontman Christopher Ingham will move to New Orleans in
the coming weeks, it's less certain whether this spells the end of
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