Crib Notes

Who are you?
Chris Strawn.

Describe yourself in three words.
A gentle spirit.

Who — dead or alive — would you most like to meet?
Phil Lynott. A friend of mine once said that he smelled fantastic.

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
I’d like to go back into the Book of Genesis and slap the snake in the face.

What song do you wish you had written?
“Freight Train” by Elizabeth Cotten.

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Uh… “Lipstick Vogue”, “Kentucky Rain”… It’s probably a dead heat.

LP, CD or MP3?
LPs. Also, MP3s recorded to cassette tape in real time, that’s what I end up mostly listening to while I drive.

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
We need more outlandish recreational watercrafts this Summer.

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
Here are two: hair-punk and tapas.

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
The Ajax Lady from Up In Smoke.

“Horseless” mp3

Glen Iris plays 529 with GPWFLY and Can Can. Mon., June 15. Free. 9 p.m.

(Photo courtesy Chris Strawn)

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To celebrate the forthcoming vinyl compilation of Atlanta’s finest outsider, art punk, DIY, post-hardcore and non-garage rock bands, We No Fun,  a gaggle of bands and DJs are headed over to 97 Estoria tonight (Fri., Nov. 28th) to throw a pre-party.

Bands scheduled to perform include Hawks, Brass Castle, Sunglasses, Vera Fang, Skin Problems and Lay Down Mains.

The actual release party for the record won’t be happening until the last weekend in January.

But if you would like a sneak peak at what the record has in store, come check out the show tonight.

The show is free and starts at 8 p.m.

For more information on the record, including a track list and details regarding the forthcoming We No Fun Fest in January at The Drunken Unicorn, head over to the We No Fun Myspace page.

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Baltimore-based ATL expatriate label HOSS Records has announced that this fall it will be releasing the third full-length from Atlanta purveyors of sludge-infected drunk-punk riffage, Brass Castle. Though the currently untitled LP is still in production, here is a sneak peak mp3 of the song “Raining Balls,” which kind of says it all.

In addition to the Brass Castle full-length, HOSS has a few other releases up its sleeve slated for release late in ‘08 / early ‘09…

First and foremost there is a new 12-inch / digital EP from the group MI AMI. This will be he first in HOSS’ forthcoming “Techno” 12-inch series. More details on the series are coming soon.

Also, FOOD FOR ANIMALS album, Belly, will arrive on vinyl.

The label is releasing a digital EP from resident ATLien BEN LAWLESS, which will precede a full-length that slated to arrive in early ‘09.

And lastly, the much anticipated QUEERHUNTER / COCKCLEANER split 12-inch between Deerhunter and Clockcleaner looks like it will actually see the light of day as well.

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