Crib Notes

The Day Celebration is a charitable event taking place on May 8-10 in the real Buckhead, GA (near Madison) that benefits 5 Georgia-based charities.

The events organizers, The Fare Thee Well Foundation, are hosting The Day Celebration on an 80-acre Triple B Farm that’s easily accessible from Atlanta, Athens, Augusta and Macon. The festival comes complete with a “Kids Zone,” general and RV camping, 24 hour security and lots of food and drinks. A limited number of tickets are being offered in order to promote a relaxed, intimate setting for both the artists and audience.

The site opens for camping on Thursday, May 8th at 5:00 p.m. Music kicks off at 7:00 p.m. with performances from the Dappled Grays, ToyTV, the Planet Riders, Sound Punch, Funkle Fatback and Rebecca Jean Smith.

THE LEE BOYS: Reachin’ (photo by Heather Blanton)

On Friday, May 9th, gates open at 9 a.m. Music starts at noon. Performers include Bolder Monkey, Electric Codpiece, Soulhound, Big City Sunrise, Laura Reed & Deep Pocket, Donna Hopkins Band, the Lee Boys, Blueground Undergrass and the Ramblers performing the Grateful Dead’s 1981 live album, Reckoning.

On Saturday, May 10th, gates open a 9 a.m. Music starts at 11 a.m. Performers include Stop Drop & Roll, the Squirrelheads, Ralph Roddenberry Band, Deep Blue Sun, Speakeasy, Col. Bruce Hampton & The Quark Alliance and Dubconscious.

Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the following charities: Brain Tumor Foundation for Children, Inc., an Atlanta-based organization funding medical research and support for families of children with brain tumors; Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness, Inc., which funds solutions to the issues surrounding homelessness in Georgia; The Georgia Wildlife Federation, an affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation, which funds efforts to protect Georgia’s wildlife, land, water and air resources; the Dogwood Alliance, a non-profit organization made up of individuals and grass-roots organizations who are committed to protecting the endangered forests of the South; and the Humane Society of Morgan County, a volunteer driven organization dedicated to promoting the humane treatment of animals through adoption programs, reduced fee spay/neutering and community education.

Weekend passes are available for $75, and include parking, camping (three nights, starting Thursday).
Friday passes are $45.
Saturday passes are $50.
Children 12 and under get in free.

This is a rain or shine event. All sales are final. Tickets are available at www.thedaycelebration.com or by calling 877-772-5425.

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CELESTIAL SOUNDS: Dennis Palmer of the Shaking Ray Levis works out his cosmic constants. (Courtesy Dennis Palmer)

Hindsight does not always bring with it a clear vision, especially when reflecting on a conversation with Dennis Palmer of the twisted Chattanooga improv duo the Shaking Ray Levis.

When interviewing him for a feature story that appears in Creative Loafing this week regarding his show with Col. Bruce Hampton at Eyedrum ($7, 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19), I asked him to tell me about his relationship with the Colonel and how they interact as musicians. At the time his response felt odd but not out of place.

“He’s a dang Southern avant-garde hero to me,” he said. “Bruce has been tapped into the mystery of the seven vowels and the cosmic constants before and since he landed on this here planet. You don’t bump into someone like Bruce by accident.”

Palmer is a mild-mannered, polite and articulate fellow, and his use of colorful Southern slang and equally colorful drawl flow smoothly, maybe even too smoothly. It’s definitely accentuated to provoke a humorous, albeit weird affect.

There are dozens of atrocities committed against the English language in the name of Southern vernacular everyday. Walk down the city streets of Atlanta and they’re everywhere. On the corner of Ponce and Moreland, you can buy “vine ripen” tomatoes at the fruit stand. Go around the corner to Atkins Park and the lunch special is “blacken catfish.” At Philips Arena you can buy “bottle water” before you go sing the “natural anthem” at the Atlanta “Flacons” game.

All of these are reeling in my mind when talking with Palmer. He’s well-aware of these atrocities and makes light of them by injecting them into the conversation every chance he gets.

So what the heck are the “Seven Vowels and Cosmic Constants” anyway? Is it just another way for Palmer to exploit the tongue of his Southern character and replace “consonants” with “constants” just for fun, or is he talking about something real here? (more…)

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