Crib Notes

As of this Saturday night the Fringe Factory will no longer be held at the Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge.

According to resident FF hosts/DJs Vikki V and Suzy Q, after more than a year at the Highland Inn, the reason for their departure is that due to low bar sales, the Highland Inn has asked them to put all future FF events there on hold.

A new home for the monthly psychedelic, multimedia dance party is yet to determined, and the next Fringe Factory will most likely take place in November. “We’re sad to see it go,” says Suzy. “The Highland Inn is where Fringe Factory blossomed.”

In the meantime Vikki V and Suzy Q will be spinning records at the Sleepy Sun show at the Earl on Sat., Sept. 5, and will also be starting up a monthly DJ night in the MJQ cafe on the second Saturday of every month.

They’re also gearing up for the maiden voyage of Fringe Factory Records, a new label that they’re planning to unveil at the Star Bar as part of their weekly Freakout on Thurs., Oct 8, with a new 7-inch single from local garage rock act, thee Electric Cycles.

But before any of that happens the Selmanairs and a host of DJs are primed for the send off this Saturday night.

$7. 9 p.m. The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge. 644 North Highland Ave. 404-874-5756.

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On Sat., May 16 Fringe Factory sets up shop at the Highland Inn Ballroom one more time before heading off to Europe. In other words there won’t be another Fringe Factory until the end of July.

Anna Kramer and the Lost Cause are scheduled to perform. This weekend, and before and after the set the Lost Cause DJs, as well as resident FF DJs Viki V ans Suzy Q are on-hand to spin records as well.

$7. 9 p.m. Anna plays at 11:30 .p.m.

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Suzy Q, Fringe Factory

My mixtape:

1. Los Saicos – “Demolicion”
2. The Pretty Things – “She Says Good Morning”
3. The Velvet Underground – “I’m Waiting For The Man”
5. The Smoke – “My Friend Jack”
6. Gal Costa – “Sebastiana”
7. The Zombies – “It’s Alright With Me”
8. Love – “She Comes In Colors”
9. Booker T & the MGs – “Green Onions”
10. The Kinks – “Blue Sky”

Favorite Atlanta-based artist:
The Jaguars – The trio is new to the Atlanta music scene. Imagine Booker T and the Ventures tripping on acid – that’s the Jaguars’ sound. And that is the sound I will pay to hear.

Check out Mixtape Love: CL Music Issue ‘09

(Photo by Chris Devoe)

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Tonight Atlanta garage rock mainstay the Forty Fives play a live set at the Fringe Factory at the Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge.

The standard fare of ’60s rock and roll dance party records will be spun by DJs Suzy Q and Vikki V as well as Kurt Wood and Adam Renshaw.

$7. 9 p.m.  The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge. 644 North Highland Ave. 404-874-5756.

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Just as the masses are spilling out of the Masquerade after the Scion rock fest. another installment of Fringe Factory will be firing up at the Highland inn just up the street.

This months Fringe Factory will feature standard fair of fuzzed out vintage international psych., rock, garage, freakbeat, prog, soul, exotica, surf, R-n-B, soul and rock-n-roll from the ’60s beig spun  Djs Vikki V and Suzy Q, along with guest DJ Ty Jesso from Providence RI.

There will also be a live perfromance by the Jaguars, a newish trio that features members of the Soulphonics.

$7. 9 p.m. – 2:30 a.m. The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge. 644 North Highland Ave. 404-874-5756.

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Tonight (Thurs., Feb. 12th) the Fringe Factory DJs Suzy Q and Vikki V get a head start on the Hallmark weekend at 529. The ladies will DJ a grip of 60’s garage rock, trash, psych, and exotica records from 10 p.m. until close.

The evening will also host the non-house party debut performance from local newcomers Knoel and the S.S., which features members of Pinche Gringo (Greensboro, NC), Cars Can Be Blue (Athens, GA), and Atlanta’s very own Barberries. Their sound is a primitive take on garage rock, punk and straight-forward rock and roll. The photo kind of says it all.

The show is free and the music starts at 10 p.m. 529 Flat Shoals Rd. 404-228-6769.

(Photo courtesy of Knoel and the S.S.)

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CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chat about upcoming shows around Atlanta including Adron and Madeline at the Star Bar (Thurs., Jan. 29), and Fringe Factory’s one-year anniversary party at the Highland Inn Ballroom (Sat., Jan. 31).

For a more comprehensive list of local shows check out Sound Menu.

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This Sat., Jan 3 New Orleans’ Mod Dance Party DJs Matty and Kristen return to Atlanta to spin records alongside Fringe Factory founders Suzy Q and Vikki V, and DJ Agent 45 for HOT DAMN Trios!

This is the third installment of Fringe Factory’s HOT DAMN soul series that places an emphasis on ’60s soul, R&B, psych, garage and rock and roll sounds.

Live music will be provided by Atlanta band, the Soul Shakers.

Cost is $7 and everything gets started around 9 p.m. The Soul Shakers will perform at 11:30 p.m. The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge. 644 North Highland Ave. 404-874-5756.

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It’s the last Saturday of the month again, which means it’s time for another installment of the Fringe Factory .

Fringe Factory returns to The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge tonight to present the Reverberation DJs from Houston, Texas.

Come dance off your Thanksgiving leftovers with DJ Psychedelic Sex Panther and DJ Andrew Lee as well as your regular Fringe Factory hosts DJs Suzy Q and Vikki V for an ATL meets Tejas dance party extravaganza.

Local band electro/experimental rockers Recompas (featuring Travis Thatcher from Judi Chicago) will be performing as well.

Cover is $7 and things will get started around 9 p.m. The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge.

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This Tuesday night Fringe Factory and Movie Lounge present a free screening of director Barbet Schroeder’s 1969 cult/hippie classic, More.

The film captures a slice of life in ’60s Europe where youth and drug cultures collide.  Stefan (Klaus Grunberg) ventures to Paris after graduation, where he becomes enamored with a young American hippie girl, Estelle (Mimsy Farmer).  She lures him to Ibiza, where the dangerous and exotic world of LSD and nude sunbathing are pursued before succumbing to the destructive trappings of heroin addiction.

The film follows the two youths as they fall deeply into a downward spiral of drug abuse and denial.

Famous for its moody Pink Floyd soundtrack, songs in the film include “Green is the Colour,” “Cymbaline,” “The Nile Song” and “Ibiza Bar.”

DJs, as well as a few short films and movie trailers will also be seen and heard throughout the night.

Doors open at 9 p.m. Film starts at 10 p.m. FREE. The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge is located at 644 N. Highland Ave. near the intersection of North Ave. and N. Highland. For more information call (404) 874-5756 Ext. 450.

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This Saturday the Fringe Factory in conjunction with the Chicago-based soul label Rabbit Factory, Inc. will set up shop at The Earl. This Fringe Factory installment has been dubbed “Hot Damn!:  A Southern Soul Revue.” The evening will feature a marathon  of old school Southern soul men taking the stage to do what they do best.

In 1960 Oxford, Mississippi’s Herbert Wiley formed the band, the Checkmates who went on to perform as the backing band for too many super soul legends to name.

After several successful years spent on the road, Wiley decided to quit music altogether to start a family. But in 2002 he came out retirement to reform the Checkmates as a six-piece soul monster churning out real deal gospel, jazz, funk and rock and roll. This second coming of the Checkmates fashions a modern take on the original Checkmates’s sound.

Since then Wiley and Co. have been touring the Southeast playing everywhere from Alabama frat bars to the annual Ponderosa Stomp festival.

Wiley and the Checkmates CD, We Call It Soul is out now on Rabbit Factory, Inc.

The Checkmates aren’t the only star attraction lined-up for the evening.

Old school Atlanta funk maestro Hermon Hitson also performs. Hitson is best known for his collaboration with Jimi Hendrix on the production of Hendrix’s album, Free Spirit. Since the ’60s he has performed with alongside Bobby Womack, Wilson Pickett, Major Lance, Jackie Wilson, The Drifters, The Shirelles, Joe Tex and The Midnighters.

Here’s a montage set to Hitson’s song, “Ain’t No Other Way.”

Also on hand will be Ralph “Soul” Jackson. Hailing from Southern Alabama, Jackson recorded six rare soul 45s that are now highly sought after artifacts. Jackson began his recording career in the ’60s when he received a call from Rick Hall at FAME Studios who wanted to record his song, “Don’t Tear Yourself Down.”

Here’s some footage of Jackson performing at The Bottletree in Birmingham, AL in 2006.

The “Down in the Basement” DJs Agent 45 and Tim Lawrence  will also be on hand spinning records between sets. And as per usual there will be an array of multimedia visuals provided by Fringe Factory hosts Vikki V. and Suzy Q.

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It’s that time once again. This Saturday night the much lauded Fringe Factory returns for one more go-around.

This weekend the regular hostesses / DJs Suzy Q and Vikki V present a night of music that is both inspired by and paying homage to the Spanish and Latin American influences that have colored garage rock, punk and psychedelic culture since the 1960s.

DJ Sergio Bastida comes all the way from Granada, Spain by way of a temporary stay in Wilmington, DE to spin records at this weekend’s Fringe Factory festivities.

Also, local gringo act, El Cobra Negro perform a set of surf rock riffage that’s tempered with Bossa nova beats.

More details will be announced as they develop.

Cost is $5 before 10 p.m. and $7 after. Or it’s $5 if you come dressed in vintage or “vintage-inspired” attire.

Doors open at 9 p.m. For more information look online The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge, located at 644 N. Highland Ave. 404-874-5756.

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This Saturday night Fringe Factory returns to The Highland Inn Ballroom with yet another themed party. This time around it’s the “Summer Love Revelation,” and word on the street is that it’s a mushroom themed party. What exactly that means remains to be determined, but the interior of the ballroom will be decorated with some pretty ambitious and elaborate mushroom decorations that the ladies of Fringe Factory spent a lot of time putting together, so it will be worth checking out for the props alone.

DJ Soulmarcosa from North Carolina heads up the turntables with a set of vintage rock and roll, mod rock et. al., and special guest DJ Jared Swilley of the Black Lips fills in with a set of doo-wop and rock and roll records.

Swilley’s infamously reckless other band The Gaye Blades are also set to perform. The last few shows they’ve done have been unexpectedly tight, so this one is not to be missed, especially since this is their last show together before guitar player and Rob’s House Records owner Trey Lindsay moves away to go to school in New York City.

There will also be music provided by hosts and resident DJs Suzy Q & Vikki V., as well as a psychedelic light show and vintage, 16mm visuals provided by the OP SHOPPE.

The party starts at 9 p.m. and the Gaye Blades go on around 11:00 p.m. Cover is $7. The Highland Inn Ballroom is located at 644 N. Highland Ave. For more information look online at www.myspace.com/highlandinnloungeatlanta.

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Tonight The Star Bar in L5P hosts the Barberries 7-inch release party.

Other bands on the bill include Atlanta bands Predator and Coffin Bound, along with Montgomery, Alabama’s noisy, spazzy punk foursome, the Love Acts.

Fringe Factory DJ’s Vikki V and Suzy Q, along with a few others will be on the turntables.

The show is free and starts at 9 p.m.

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Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Chad Radford chatting about the music scene for this weekend, including No Age, King Kahn, Gil Scott-Heron, Fleet Foxes and the hot new dance party, Fringe Factory.

Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.

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