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JASON THRASHER
MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
As summer creeps along here in Athens,
more and more surprising things keep hap
pening music-wise. Nearly every week I catch
a new band that turns my head or an older
one that has upped its ante. What I mean is,
never get jaded. There's always something
great going on even if you have to look really
deeply for it. With that, let's get on with it...
Get Outta Town: Widespread Panic and
Drive-By Truckers have once again shown
their love for Nuq's Space by offering fans
a chance to win a total VIP weekend at New
Orleans' Voodoo Festival. The prize package
includes two roundtrip airline tickets from
AirTran, a three-night stay at the New Orleans
Marriott, two VIP tickets to the festival, side-
stage seating for Widespread Panic, VIP park
ing, private bathrooms and more. The raffle is
open now and will run until Sept. 2. The win
ner will be notified by Oct. 2. Entries require
a minimum $1 donation to Nugi's Space. The
Voodoo Festival runs Oct. 30-Nov. 1. KISS also
plays the festival, as does Eminem. I mean,
for a dollar, come on. Take a shot. I know I
am. Visit www.rocknraffle.com to enter.
Y Say Wha?: Longtime Athens .band and
instrumental powerhouse Japancakes have
done what was previously, if not unthinkable,
certainly not within their scope of composi
tion. They're poised to release the first ever
for both nights is employee- and former-
employee-heavy, which I think is really cool,
even though I'm probably slightly biased
considering I've been manning the door there
for more than three-quarters of the club's
existence (there's your disclosure, conflict
of interest police). Anyway, on Friday, Aug.
21, the lineup is Cinemechanica, Vincas
and The Arcs. On Saturday, Aug. 22 The Tom
Collins graciously reunites to perform with
Hayride. The Tom Collins was on the bill on
the Caledonia's opening night. If anything
changes regarding these shows, you'll be
notified in these pages. You can visit www.
caledonialounge.com, too, for the complete
calendar and other info.
Correction: In our July 15 issue, we incorrectly
reported that local musician Adam Klein
will be on a European tour for the relatively
brief duration of Aug. 12-22. In fact, he will
be traveling through Sept. 5, with stops in
England, Ireland, the Netherlands and France.
Happy trails! [Michelle Gilzenrat]
A Decent Idea: Local band Princess Idiot has
derided to help local charities through the
sales of its album via Athensmusic.net. The
money from the first 100 CD sales will go to
the Georgia Theatre fund and, after those are
sold, the band plans to donate money from
each batch of 100 to other local charities.
Japancakes
Japancakes with vocals. On July 28, iTunes
will release an EP of tracks by the band includ
ing the vocals of Orenda Fink (Azure Ray) on
the track "Behind the Mountains" and Moon
of Chinese band Miss Stocking singing in
Mandarin on the track "Wet Concrete." A total
of three tracks (the above plus an instrumen
tal version of "Behind the Mountains") plus a
video complete the EP. A gorgeous video for
"Behind the Mountains" debuted a couple of
weeks back on the website Stereogum.
A Decade Down: The Caledonia Lounge is
gearing up to celebrate its 10-year anniver
sary this August. The celebration is scheduled
for the weekend of Aug. 21 & 22. The lineup
The idea behind this is two-fold. One, it will
hopefully expand the band's listenership and,
two, it'll help some very worthy causes. All
said, I think it's a great way for a young band
to get really involved in our scene and city.
Also, the band hopes that these efforts, by a
tiny unknown band by almost any standard,
will spur others to think of what they can do
to help out. One thing, though, Princess Idiot:
check the spelling of my name. It's printed at
the bottom of this page if you need a primer.
Other than that, many kudos and good luck.
For more information, please see www.my
space.com/princessidiotband.
Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com
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