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PAM BAXENOALE
MUSIC NEWS AND GOSSIP
Welcome to the last Threats & Promises
for 2011. Next week's column will feature the
"year in review" for 2012. I figure, why wait a
whole year to find out what happened, right?
But, for now, settle your anticipation and just
enjoy what's being offered. It's good to be
grateful for what you have. So, with that, let's
go...
This Moore-tal Coil: Busy Athens folks
Lucas Jensen (Venice Is Sinking) and B.C.
Fortenberry just released a collaborative,
six-track effort under the name A.C. Moore.
The project takes its title from A.C. Moore
Elementary School in Columbia, SC, because
the vocals on the record are all snippets of
field recordings done at the school. The kids
wrote poems under the tutelage of Kristyn
"KK" Kuennen, the school's poet-in-resi
dence, had them recorded by Dr. Courtnie
Wolfgang, and then the tapes were cut up
and used as lyrics on top of Jensen and
Fortenberry's ambient electronica. The school
held a "Creative Literacy Night" a few weeks
ago where the recordings were played. I lis
tened to the whole thing, and for the most
part, I suppose it's pleasant enough, but some
of this is just downright unsettling. It's like
listening to Music for Airports, and then out
of nowhere some little kid is saying, "I don't
care what people think about me' and "I
don't care a single thing about what some
one says." Ostensibly, I guess, these could
be seen as positive statements, but in the
context of this particular record they sound
defensive, if not defiant. Kudos to Kuennen
and Wolfgang for documenting exactly what
the kids wanted to say and not censoring
them for the sake of comfort. You can head
over to www.fortenberryandjensen.bandcamp.
com to check it all out.
That Place with the Books: The Oconee County
Library wilt host its Winter Break Kick-Off
party on Wednesday, Dec. 21 from 7 p.m. to
midnight. Athens band Werewolves will per
form. The event is coordinated by the library's
Young Adult Program which occasionally hosts
concerts such as this. It's open to persons age
11-18, but those under 18 must have a parent
or legal guardian fill out a permission slip to
attend. Other happenings during this event
include snacks, a scavenger hunt, prizes and a
talent show. For more information, please see
www.facebook.com/OCLYA.
A Long Winter's Nap: That band that was all
hush-hush a few months ago, Diamond Rugs,
will play its first-ever show on Dec. 29 at
Atlanta venue the EARL. The group is com
posed of Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate),
Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), John McCauley
and Rob Crowell (Deer Tick), Ian Saint Pe
(Black Lips) and Brian Dufresne (Six Finger
Satellite). Doesn't that just blow your skirt
up? Only one song from the combo has been
released, and it's a snore about eating Chinese
food on Christmas day (see the video over at
www.vimeo.com/33140228), but the group's
publicist promises that "the rest of the album
is a bit more rockin'." Well, it wouldn't take
much. An album is in the works and will come
out in March.
V Doctor, Lawyer, Etc.: Null's Space is gear
ing up for another edition of its Athens
Business Rocks event, whereby local busi
nesses form bands specifically for a charity
"band battle" and then duke it out at the 40
Watt. Like last time, there are three separate
competition dates and then a grand finale
date to determine the overall winner. If you're
interested in participating, it'd be a good
idea to go ahead and get your act together
and register your group over at www.athens-
businessrocks.com.
The competition
happens in February
2012, and applica
tions are being
accepted now.
Chucklin' Cheese:
Hey, parents, if
you're wonder
ing what to do on
Saturday, Mar. 3,
2012 and you've
not yet filled up
your kid's Christmas
stocking, you might
be interested to
know that renowned
kids band Laughing
Pizza will be at the
Melting Point that
night. Advance tickets are S12 for general
admission and S20 for reserved seating. This
show will probably sell out, so if you're on the
fence, it's time to pick a side. For more infor
mation, please see www.meltingpointathens.
cfcm and www.laughingpizza.com.
Short Takes: Dusty Lightswitch has broken
up... That El Hollin album I mentioned a
couple of weeks ago is completed and released
under the title Pleasure-Puncher. It's got a
whopping 26 tracks and is available at www.
elhollin.bandcamp.com... Spring Tigers
has broken up... The HEAP has a new track
available over at www.theheap.bandcamp.
com. It's titled "It's Your Own Kind of Thing"
and is a straight-up old-school heavy R&B
tune—i.e., exactly what you'd expect, right?
It's also reportedly the first of several singles
to be released from the group... Tunabunny,
still buoyant from a massive wave of positive
press following the release of its LP, Minuna
Moralia, will tour the U.K. in February. Member
Brigette Adair Herron finished the first epi
sode of her new video show, "I Want More!,"
and you can see it over at www.youtube.
com/user/IWantMoreTVAthens. If she keeps it
going, I can imagine I will look back on this
as fondly as I do Chip Shirley's "Partyline."
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