Crib Notes

For today’s Roll Call we call out Big Mike Geier of Kingsized.

Who are you?
Big Mike

Describe yourself in three words.
Bold, Brassy, Som’bitch

Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
I’d like to meet his tailor.

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
No face slapping. Now the tusch? Different story.

What song do you wish you had written?
“Happy Birthday”

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Elvis Presley. C’mon already.

LP, CD or MP3?
They all rhyme. Are you a poet?

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
It’s OK for a man to cry.

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
We did it on November 4th. Precious, I know.

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
Lynne Russell & Bonnie Hunt.

“Suspicious Minds” MP3.

The Kingsized Orchestra and the Dames Aflame burlesque troop play the Elvis Birthday Bash at the Variety Playhouse on Sat., Jan. 10. $22.50 advance / $25 day of show. 8:30 p.m. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. 404-524-7354.

(Photo by Dave Stuart)

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This week NylonMag.com posted a short “Mixtape” piece on Deerhunter. the post is all about a mixtape that Deerhunter drummer Moses Archuleta “made for his girlfriend, but gave to [Nylon] instead.”

Moses says…

“So, I tried really hard to come up with a mixtape, but to no avail. I’m usually pretty good at it, if I may say so myself. I had all these lofty ideas for different themed playlists (winter weather, van music, industrial, percussion favorites). I love doing it and it’s usually so easy. Maybe it was the impending mega-tour or overwhelming indecisiveness or who knows what, but I froze up and was unable to produce anything.

But I’m in DC right now on Election Day and it’s raining today and that was actually the jumping point for the last mixtape I put together. So, I leave you with a mixtape I made for my girlfriend a few weeks ago. (Ewwwww gross/Awwwww cute, etc.)”

Vague Fall 2008 theme. 60 minute cassette format. Enjoy.

Side A)
Scott Walker - “It’s Raining Today”
Dislocation Dance - “Tyrannies Of Fun”
Quickspace - “The Flat Moon Society”
Unwound - “Demons Sing Love Songs”
Crystal Stilts - “Crystal Stilts”
My Bloody Valentine – “Thorn”
The Feelies - “Let’s Go”
Billy Bragg & Wilco - “California Stars”

Side B)
Eluvium - “Area 41″
Scott Walker - “Old Man’s Back Again (Dedicated To The Neo-Stalinist Regime)”
Faust – “Jennifer”
Elvis Presley - “Blue Moon”
T. Rex - “Mystic Lady”
Electric Light Orchestra - “Livin’ Thing”
Love - “Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale”
Moondog – “Maybe”
Tom Waits - “Innocent When You Dream (78)”

(Photo by Erik Ian)

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For today’s installment of Roll Call we call out Bobby Ubangi.

Who are you?
Bobby Ubangi of the Gaye Blades and the Soft Spots

Describe yourself in three words.
Knowing, growing and showing

Who — dead or alive — would you most like to meet?
B. Kliban.

Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Sarah Palin

What song do you wish you had written?
“Little Red Book” by Love

Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Fucking… the Pres.

LP, CD or MP3?
Laser disc.

If you could start one trend, what would it be?
Utilikilts

If you could end one trend, what would it be?
UtiliKilts

With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
9 to 5-era Dolly Parton with Jane Fonda watching.

Bobby Ubangi M.C.’s the Atlanta Mess-Around Festival at The Earl this weekend (Fri., Nov. 14th-Sat., Nov. 15th). Two day passes are available for $20. Tickets are $12 at the door.

(Photo by King Khan)

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Today is the 72nd anniversary of Elvis Presley’s birth and the 62nd anniversary of him getting his first guitar for his 10th birthday. He wanted a gun, but his mom was worried he’d hurt himself, so she opted for the guitar.

Celebrate the special day with this grainy bootleg footage of Elvis performing at the Omni in December 1976.

Or if you prefer, here’s a user-made Elvis slideshow soundtracked by my favorite Elvis-inspired work art, “Elvis Ate America” by Passengers.

Passengers was a pseudonym for Brian Eno, u2 and Howie B. It’s the smartest, funniest lyrics Bono has ever written.

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