Peter Stubb plays Reactionary Records Sat., April 18

Psychotic but lovable folk-punk crooner Peter Stubb plays a free in-store at Reactionary Records at 9 p.m. on Sat., April 18

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Savannah director Mitchell Powers’ film I’m Like This Every Day focus on the life and songs of the mentally disturbed but lovable folk-punk crooner Peter Stubb. Despite his past flirtations with Nazism, cutting himself to release his inner demons, a Santa Claus obsession, and grappling with the possibility that he may or may not be a werewolf, Stubb is an endearing character.-

Through lo-fi recordings, home videos and testimonials from Stubb’s friends and family, many of whom look like a cast of extras from the set of Gummo, I’m Like This Every Day paints a portrait of the Dalton, Ga., artist as a paranoid schizophrenic. But his sometimes filthy folk tales, weighed against the balance of melodic, acoustic punk strumming, are bound by the timeless tussle between warped, automatic self-destruction and redemption.-

As a singer, his voice conveys a sense of innocence and honesty that belies his tattooed exterior. The film’s fast, matter-of-fact pacing feels like a shotgun blast into Stubb’s world. &-;He never lost that kind of childhood enthusiasm for an erotic tune,” says Powers. &-;He still writes sex songs, and he really does have that sense of innocence, like a lonely 13-year-old kid locked in his bedroom singing into a tape recorder.”-

Stubbs plays a free in-store at Reactionary Records in East Atlanta at 9 p.m. on Sat. April 18 after the 7 p.m. screening of I’m Like This Everyday at the Midtown Art Cinema. -

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(Photo by Mitchell Powers)