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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Again, for the Last Time: WUOG 90.5 FM
DJ Jon Crandall is pulling a move from the
Mercer West playbook this month as he orga
nizes 60 bands to perform live in the station's
lobby over the course of 20 nights. Running
from Dec. 9-Jan. 9 (5-10 p.m. on Monday-
Friday.afid 4-9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday)
and billed as "Lobbyfestytownietakeover,"
the Dec. 9 show will feature local rockers
Manray and Lazer/Wulf. Crandall says, "The
concept has been to book one band and let
them book their friends' bands for the other
slots. They can play any kind of set they
want (weird and eccentric or boring as crap),
be interviewed, play their favorite records,
etc." Other bands scheduled to participate
include Tunabunny, Green Gerry, American
Cheeseburger, The Goons, Flash to Bang
Time, M. Coast and Dead Dog, with more
being added as you read this. If you'd like to
participate, please email Crandall via jaqc-
jac@gmail.com. - J
In other news, I
reported last week
that the station
will host a 24-hour
live "jam" from 1
p.m. on Dec. 15 to
1 p.m. Dec. 16, and
that's still happen
ing. Anyone can go
to the station and
play music during
this event. Hosts
William Kennedy
(Reptar) and Wyatt
Pless (Bigfoot)
will provide all the
instruments, amps,
etc. All you need do
is show up.
Nightclub Jitters:
Hendershot's Coffee
Bar has a full slate
Of Shows for this umuu rtsiieiie
month, and that's
nice because December is, generally speak
ing, an awful month for shows in Athens.
The coffee shop, located at 1560 Oglethorpe
Ave. (next door to Transmetropolitan), seems
pretty committed to its live music, so it'd be
cool if /all returned the favor and showed
up. Shows this month include Don Chambers
(Dec 8), Mary Sigalas (Dec. 9), Justin Evans
(Dec. 10), The Nice Machine (Dec. 11), open
mic nights (Dec 13 & 20), Cart Lindberg
(Dec. 15), Dave D'Angelo Quartet (Dec. 16),
Heather LutreU (Dec. 17) and on Dec 14 &
21 the Rose of Athens Theatre company pres
ents No Shame. This is a cool bit of participa
tory theater open to everyone, as long as you
follow a couple of simple rules. For info on
how to participate in No Shame, please search
for "No Shame Athens" on www.facebook.com.
For information on Hendershot's in general,
you can calf (706) 353-3050. All shows begin
at 8 p.m. and are free and open to all ages.
Run from the Gun: Dead Confederate had to
cancel a string of shows with Seattle group
Minus the Bear last week because profits
from its last tour were stolen at gunpoint.
Dead Confederate's tour manager (whom I'm
choosing to not name here out of respect for
his privacy) was walking into an AtLanta-area
branch of Wells Fargo Bank carrying the band's
cash from its most recent shows when the
robbery occurred. While he escaped without
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physical injury, it'd be an understatement to
say that he's shaken by the incident, and we
wish him and the band well. For all of you
out there, please be careful and stay aware
of your surroundings. For more information
on the band's plans, please see www.facebook.
com/deadconfederate.
Y Help Fill 'Em Up: Dodd Ferrelle has
organized the second annual "Strung Out
Like the Lights at Christmastime Empty
Stocking Fund Raiser," and it'll happen at
the Office Lounge (2455 Jefferson Rd. inside
the Homewood Hills Shopping Center) on
Friday, Dec. 17. The show starts at 7 p.m.
and will feature members of Bloodkin and
Widespread Panic performing as Romper
Stompers plus Clay Leverett, Workhorses
of the Entertainment/Recreation Industry,
David Barbe (playing with Fiank MacDonnell,
Todd Nance, John Neff and Jon Mills), Betsy
Franck, Curley
Maple and Ferrelle
himself. The show
will run you a mere
$5. For more infor
mation, please see
www.doddferrelle.
com.
Dinner and a Show:
Since we've already
mentioned guns
once in this issue,
I may as well go
ahead and tell you
the The Rattlers will
release a full-length
CD titled after the
group's best-known
song. Welcome Back
to Georgia (whose
title track includes
the line: "If you
think I'm leaving/
If you think you
can make me run/
You and your friends are welcome to try/ here
in Georgia we carry guns") will land in the
hands of fans on Saturday, Dec. 11 at the
Melting Point The Rick Fowler Band will open
the show. Well, shiver me timbers. For more
awesome jams and insight, please see www.
therattlersband.com.
What'cha Doin?: Tickets are on sale now for
of Montreal's New Year's Eve show at the
>0 Watt Club. Tickets will run you $15 in
advance, and—while it's not a guaranteed
sell out—there's still a decent chance that
demand will be kinda high; so if you're plan
ning on going, you should go ahead and
solidify those plans by picking up some tickets
at Schoolkids Records or www.40watt.com. '
In other of Montreal news, band founder and
mouthpiece Kevin Barnes fired a shot heard
'round the Internet a couple of weeks ago
when he published a nearly sentence-by-se.v
tence critique of Pitchfork Media's review of
the band's latest album, False Priest. This type
of reaction is practitaUy universally known
to be a bad Idea as it never really clarifies
anything, has no hope of helping the band
and always comes across as shrill and overly
self-conscious. You can read the whole thing
on Barnes' Tumblr site located at www.thevio-
lenceofhandcrafteddoUs.tumblr.com.
Gordon Lamb (hr8atsandDFomises@fla9pote.com
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