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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
The unseasonably cool weather initially
tempted me into thinking Athens was sliding
into autumn bonfire time when, in actual
ity, we have several more weeks of sweaty
rock and roll to attend to. Start your engines
below...
News About News: Local artist and musician
Mux (Rat Babies, Mr. Blank) has announced
plans to do another Carnivale of Black Hearts
show this year. The show is a collection of
sideshow and musical performances similar,
but not the same, to other extreme traveling
carnival shows. Mux has suffered some set
backs this past year, with a serious injury to a
finger and various economic problems, but is
determined to hold at least one Carnivale of
Black Hearts event before the year is out. The
venue is yet to be determined, but it looks
like the date is going
to be on or around
Oct. 24. Check back
periodically at www.
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for more info.
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> Kicking Against
the Pricks: One of the
best local bands you
never heard of, Mass
Solo Revolt, has fin
ished its new record
and is raising funds
via Kickstarter.com
to facilitate manufac
turing. Donations as
low as one dollar are
totally acceptable.
Indeed, everyone
that donates to this
project, no matter
what amount they
donate, will get their
name listed on the Mass Solo Revolt
back of a limited-
edition t-shirt by the band. There's lots more
goodies being offered by the band, too, in
exchange for different tiers of donations. Just
go check out www.kickstarter.com and search
for Mass Solo Revolt. If you wanna hear what
you'll be supporting, check out the band's
newest tracks over at www.myspace.com/
masssolorevolt. You can also read more about
Kickstarter on p. 17.
Clean Your Closet: I'm pretty sure anyone read
ing this column would agree that music in
schools is a good thing. I know I do. Well, the
marching band program at Bumey-Harris-
Lyons Middle School is asking the community
to please donate old marching band instru
ments so that kids who want to participate
but don't have the funds to purchase or rent
an instrument can do so. Also, if you have
something and are not sure if it's a "marching
band" instrument, please ask them. I mean,
Mike Mills (R.E.M.) played the electric bass in
his high school marching band and, you know,
John Philip Sousa had never imagined any
thing like that. So, interested parties should
contact Kevin Shorner-Johnson via email to
shornerjohnsonk@clarke.kl2.ga.us. And, yes,
your contribution is tax deductible.
Unapproved Overtime: On Saturday, Sept. 5 .
you can head down to Little Kings Shuffle
Club for a free Labor Day show featuring Dead
Dog, Daffodil and Liverty. This is Dead Dog's
last show in town before the band takes its
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killer music and awful name out on the road
for six weeks. Also, what better way to cel
ebrate the backbreaking history that led to
several things we now take for granted than
by swilling back several PBRs in quick succes
sion and watching some punk bands? Exactly.
Check out the bands via www.myspace.com/
daffodilathens and www.myspace.com/dead
dawgz.
Always Do Your Best: Local hip-hop producer
and rapper Son 1 (Curtison Jones) has a new
mixtape coming out in October, but he's
got an idea to include others. Titled "The
Swaggerific 16 Contest," Jones has posted
three different beats for it online. What you
do is download the beats, choose one, and
then write your most "swaggeriffic" 16-bar
verse to it. Then, videotape yourself perform
ing the lines and
upload it to The
Swaggerific 16 page
on Facebook. All vot
ing is done via the
comments section.
All kinds of prizes,
including a three-
song demo produced
by Tneb-RCP Music,
will go to the winner.
The second and third
place winners will be
featured on the new
mixtape. The contest
ends Sept. 13, so
head to www.son-
lmusic.com and get
every shred of details
you need.
Get 'Em: Sure, Athens.
I know. You don't
like to buy advance
tickets for anything.
Who knows what
you're gonna be doing that night, right? Well,
be that as it may, but you still may want to
snatch up some tickets for Saturday night
of the three-day Kindercore/Owl Scooters
Hootenanny (the only night for advance tick
ets). The fest runs Sept. 17-19, and Saturday
features Maserati, Still Flyin', The Young
Sinclairs, Ruby Isle, Venice Is Sinking and
Allison Weiss. Tickets are a mere $10 and are
available over at www.kindercore.com.
Big Update: After a few months of fairly
unorganized, but well-intentioned, charitable
giving toward the restoration of the Georgia
Theatre, the cause can now accept funds
through the non-profit Georgia Trust for
Historic Preservation. These donations are
tax-deductible and may be sent to The Georgia
Trust for Historic Preservation, Attn: Kate
Ryan, 1516 Peachtree St. N.W., Atlanta, GA
30309. Please indicate "The Georgia Theatre
Rehabilitation Fund" on the memo line of your
check. In other news, Athens officials have
approved the bracing and stabilization plans
needed to begin rebuilding so the interior
demolition can begin. Also, architects have
begun making plans for a new theatre inte
rior. Further, the theatre has aligned with the
Music Business Program at UGA whereby the
program will help raise funds, but then the
rehabbed Georgia Theatre will pledge those
funds back to the program.
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