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MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Southern Vision: Longtime Athens artist Adam
Klein (Cowboy Angel Music, Athens Americana
Festival) has started a new songwriting proj
ect called Songworthy. He is seeking listener
input to suggest themes, ideas and stories for
songs relating to issues of development and
human rights as they pertain to the Global
South (i.e., the underdeveloped nations of
Latin America, Asia, Africa and the rest of the
Third World). Klein has spent many years trav
eling the globe and did a stint in the Peace
Corps several years ago. He has connected
quite personally with the issues of which he
speaks, and you'd be
hard pressed to find a
more sincere advocate
for the causes he seeks
to illuminate. If you've
got an idea for this
project or any ques
tions about it, please
send those along to
hellocowboyangel@
gmail. For all other
information, please see
www.cowboyangelmu-
sic.com or www.adam-
klein.com.
Bye, Bye, the Place
That Was Known as
Rye: Rye Bar will be
under new ownership,
and operating under
a new name, some
time next month. Apparently, there's no real
story or drama behind this seemingly sudden
change. Former owner David Tammen said via
email, "The bar is changing names, and I think
they are keeping the music. I am not sure
what the exact plans are, but I am working
with the new owner closely for a while." So,
there you have it. For the past several years,
Rye Bar has regularly showcased live music
in a section of town no longer really known
for live music (i.e.. East Clayton Street). Let's
hope the new owners have a similar vision.
Make Your Own Kind of Music: Betsy Franck
(Bareknuckle Band) has begun a songwrit
ing workshop for kids ages 11-18. She has
hosted a few so far this summer, and the
next workshops are July 27, Aug. 3 & 24. The
cost is S10 per student, and she says if they
are successful, she'll continue through the
fall. The classes run from 6-7:30 p.m., and
students should bring a pencil and notebook
to work out song ideas. There may be a per
formance at the end of the summer featuring
all the songs the class has written, but Franck
insists this will be an optional activity, as she
wants the students to be free to express them
selves through song without the intimidation
of a forced performance. All classes are held
at the Jittery Joe's Roaster on East Broad
Street, and more information can be had by
dropping a line to franck.betsy@gmail.com.
A Songs from the Sea: Athens songwriter
Patrick Morales is recording a new EP for his
project The Viking Progress under the watch
ful eye and helping hands of Suny Lyons
(Hope for Agoldensummer). The planned
title is Whistling While the End Is Near, and
Morales describes the EP as "an assortment of
songs written from the perspective of people
experiencing the end of the world" and how
the issue at hand isn't so much the physical
ending but a person's acceptance or non-
acceptance of the event. Morales composed
these songs in 2008 while living on a fishing
boat in Alaska, which is, like, way over there
on the edge of the world in the first place.
He'll handle most of the instrumentation (gui
tar, bowed banjo, banjo, drums, piano, etc.)
but will have Matt Jarrard (Oryx and Crake,
Book Club) adding some cello. Morales plans to
have the recording finished by late fall, then
do a little touring and launch a Kickstarter
campaign, and then release it proper in 2012.
There are a couple of demos available for you
to sample over at www.facebook.com/thevi-
kingprogress, and they are, as you might imag
ine, a little lonely and desolate.
Day Trading: Chris "Razz" Rasmussen and
Low Yo Yc Stuff Records are hosting the
Secret Record Swap Saturday, July 23. The
event takes place at the 40 Watt and runs
from noon-6 p.m. Dealer set-up starts at 10
a.m. Absolutely anyone can be a dealer at
this event, and tables are super cheap, rang
ing from S5 to $20 depending on table size.
All music-related stuff is eligible for sale
(CDs, LPs, shirts, trinkets, doo dads, geegaws,
posters, fliers, whatever). Food will be sold,
the bar will be operating, and DJs will spin
records throughout the day. Please contact
Rasmussen via chris@chrisrazz.com or call
(706) 206-0766 if you're interested in learning
more, or search for "The Secret Record Swap"
on Facebook.
Local Is as Local Does: WUGA-TV is gearing
up to broadcast its special program on the
Georgia Theatre titled The Magic and Music
Are Back! The show will air Tuesday, July 26
at 9 p.m. (and rebroadcast July 28, 9 p.m.;
July 30, 8:30 p.m.; July 31, 6:30 p.m. and
Aug. 1 at 12:30 p.m. 8< 5:30 p.m.) and will
feature host Charlie McAlexander, who will
"take viewers on a recap of the rebuilt historic
theatre" as well as speak with owner Wilmot
Greene about the two years since the fire and
his plans for the future. As an aside, I'd like to
say a bit about how much I've always enjoyed
these types of productions from WUGA-TV (as
well as the former WNEG, which was folded
into WUGA a while back). I don't mean to
get too teary-eyed about it, but this type of
distinctly regional programming and focus is a
real treat and treasure for communities lucky
enough to have an outlet for it. For more info,
see www.wugatv.org.
Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole com
The Viking Progress
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