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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Stop making excuses. Just bundle yourself
up, take some vitamin C and get yourself to
some shows this week. It's tough love, y'all.
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Y HHBTN: Nate Mitchell (Cars Can Be Blue)
will celebrate his turning 34 years old with
one of his Soul Spectacular Dance Parties
at New Earth Music Hall on Friday, Nov.
19. The event features DJ Kurt Wood, DJ
Mahogany and DJ Suzy Q (WMLB 1690 AM,
Fringe Factory). The Eyegate Light Show
and Whistling School for Boys (AKA Sabrina
Cuadra) will provide visual stimulation
throughout the night. Just as with his past
dance parties, Mitchell will serve a free dinner
shortly after doors open at 9:30 p.m. Previous
menus have focused mainly on soul food, and
I imagine this one will, too. Admission is S3
for those over 21 and $5 if you're under, and
a portion of the proceeds will benefit the
Greater New Orleans
Foundation and its
efforts to clean up oil
from the BP disaster.
Happy birthday, Nate!
This Here Is the Place:
Dexter Weaver, pro
prietor of Athens
institution Weaver
0's Delicious Fine -
Foods, will celebrate
his famous restaurant's
25th anniversary next
spring. Plans are in the
works for a weeklong
celebration and the
call is out for bands
that wish to perform at
a celebratory concert
on Apr. 7. Organizer
Farrah Johnson is in
charge of arrangements
and is seeking all types
of music (pop, rock,
hip-hop, etc.). If you're interested, drop her
a line via farrahjon@yahoo.com or call (706)
614-6793. Weaver D's was trucking right along
with a solid local reputation until 199? when
R.E.M. used Weaver's personal motto and busi
ness ethic "Automatic for the People" as the
title for what would become one of the band's
best-selling albums. Since that time. Weaver
D's has been a not-to-miss step for Athens
visitors from around the world. -
Night Time Ain't Got No Eyes: Out of basi
cally nowhere, news came in this past week
that the goldamed Chickasaw Mudd Puppies
went into John Keane's studio and recorded
a song for an upcoming film. The recording
features the original pair of puppies, Brant
Slay and Ben Reynolds, and Keane himself
joined in on some percussion. The track is a
new spng named "Chickenbone," a rework
ing of their old song "Ponky Knot," to be
featured in next year's The Mechanic (star
ing Donald Sutherland and Jason Statham).
Another Mudd Puppies song, "Lookout" from
the duo's 1990 debut album, White Dirt, will
be used as originally recorded in the up-and-
coming movie Tracing Cowboys. Although
the homespun (and authentically self-taught
and rough-hewn) early-1990s Athens band
enjoyed a high-profile recording contract with
Polygram Records and artistic patronage and
production from both Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)
and blues legend Willie Dixon, its success was
limited to a large amount of critical acclaim,
an enormous local following, a decent regional
audience and, after that, only the most ardent
seekers of swampy Southern culture. Since
that time, Reynolds has played some music
(mostly with Workhorses of the Entertainment
and Recreational Industry), had a wonderfully
fruitful career in photography and continues
a long-time career as a UGA faculty member.
Slay has been busy working with the Nature
Conservancy in Ft. Benning. The band will play
next spring's South by Southwest Festival in
Austin, TX and is planning a full-on Athens
reunion sometime ?fter that.
Ask the Man: Are you a musician in need of
legal advice? Well, you can sign up for a free
session to get all your questions answered at
Null's Space on Thursday, Nov. 18 from 2-6
p.m. You'll need to make an appointment,
but what you'll get in return is a private half-
hour session with a lawyer. The sessions are
made possible by Athens law firm Timmons,
Wames & Anderson, the UGA Law School and
the Music Business Program at UGA's Terry
College of Business. Please call (706) 227-
1515 or drop a line to dgonzalez@classiccity-
law.com with your name and a short version of
the questions you'd like answered.
Come Again: Local and pretty quickly ris
ing complicated-core band Manray recently
recorded a four-song EP titled I Think I Heard
Something at Japanski Studios with engineer
Matt Tamisin. In a rare move, the band says
it's only going to be available on compact
• disc. A proper release show won't happen
until Dec. 4 at the Caledonia Lounge (with
Lazer/Wulf and Savagist), but if you sample
a couple of songs over at www.myspaoe.com/
manray.band you'll swear you've partying like
it's 1995. Other local bands should start writ
ing more songs really quickly because Manray
is about to use up all the notes. This tyoe of
"math rock" (I hate that term) isn't as com
mon as it once was in Athens, so be sure to
get your fill while you can.
On Sale: The B-52s will be headlining the
Classic Center on Feb. 18. Tickets go on sale
this Friday, Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. Log on to www.
classiccenter.com to reserve your seats.
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