Crib Notes

For today’s installment of Roll Call we call out Derek Lyn Plastic, the self-proclaimed “monk of Atlanta punk.”

Who are you?
Derek Lyn Plastic “The Mother-Fuckin Monk of Atlanta Punk.”

Describe yourself in three words.
Gozer the Destructor.

Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Nikola Tesla — I like them both.

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Everybody just wants a little slap and tickle right?

What song do you wish you had written?
“Wooly Bully”

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
I’ve listened to the Charles Manson White Album 5 times today.

LP, CD or MP3?
7″

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
The Witch Doctor look.

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
Mall Metal.

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
The Coathangers — you couldn’t lose… C’mon someone had to say it!

Derek Lyn Plastic heads up a month-long residency at The Star Bar every Wednesday night in November.

Wed., Nov. 12th, he will be joined by the N.E.C. and Abby Go Go.
Wed., Nov. 19th Hollow Stars and the Sunglasses open the show.
Wed., Nov. 26th DLP plays the middle slot between Das Manics and opening act Vera Fang.

All shows are $3, 21+ and start at 9 p.m. for more information look online at www.starbar.net

“Let’s Get High”
”Run With Me”
“She’s Got A UTI”
“Swim”

Photo courtesy of Derek Lyn Plastic.

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Starting tomorrow night, Derek Lyn Plastic begins a month-long residency at The Star Bar in Little 5 Points.

For the first installment (Wed., Nov. 5), DLP headlines a set with Ominous Castle and Trial By Fire.

Next Wed., Nov. 12th, he will be joined by the N.E.C. and Abby Go Go.

On Wed., Nov. 19th Hollow Stars and the Sunglasses open the show.

And finally on Wed., Nov. 26th DLP plays the middle slot between Das Manics and opening act Vera Fang.

All shows are $3, 21+ and start at 9 p.m. for more information look online at www.starbar.net

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Monday nights are always a hard sell, but there are a couple of noteworthy shows going on around tonight.

First and foremost Derek Lyn Plastic is playing a 7-inch release party for his brand new She’s Go A U.T.I. 4-song 7-inch EP tonight at 97 Estoria in Cabbagetown.

Who would have thunk a 7-inch EP with a title like She’s Got a U.T.I. would show off major artistic growth for Derek Lyn Plastic? Believe it.

The four songs that make up the latest release from Atlanta’s burgeoning icon of discomfort are cut from the same vampy and paranoid cloth of synth-driven punk jams that made his previous singles so addictive. But there’s an added level of precision and intensity in his delivery that makes it clear Mr. Plastic isn’t just working out his social demons for the sake of it.

To read the rest of the story click here and to stream mp3s from Derek Lyn Plastic’s “She’s Got A U.T.I.” 7-inch click here.

… and if if the avant-garde thing is more your speed, CONNCET 9,  JERKAGRAM and QUR’ANOSAURUS HEX are playing over at Eyedrum. The droning and mysterious ensemble Conncet 9 revels in the dark resonance of real-world sounds and textures but manipulates them to take on a much more cluttered and haunting hue than their naturally occurring order. Jerkagram is a noisy and reactionary improv/psych-rock outfit from Connecticut that bashes out aggressive and ramshackle art-rock clusters of rhythm and dirge. Qur’anosaurus Hex opens the show and there’s a distinct possibility that Atlanta’s very own Duet For Theremin and Lapsteel will perform as well. $5. 9 p.m. Eyedrum. 404-522-0655. www.eyedrum.org.

(Photo courtesy of Derek Lyn Plastic).

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Atlanta punk underdog Derek Lyn Plastic has given Crib Notes an exclusive preview of the songs from his forthcoming 7-inch, titled She’s Got A UTI.

The 4 songs on the EP were recorded at Nickel and Dime Studios by Kris Sampson (B-52s, the Coathangers, Variac).

According to Derek this was one of the studios last sessions held at Nickel and Dime before they closed down last month.

“Let’s Get High”
 ”Run With Me”
“She’s Got A UTI” 
“Swim”

The 7-inch release party for She’s Got A UTI will be held at 97 Estoria on Mon., Sept. 8 at 9 p.m. No cover.

But before that, Derek is also playing a free show at The Star Bar with the Coathangers and Sex Tapes this Thursday night (Aug. 28) at 9 p.m.

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